On Thursday, Prime Minister Yair Lapid "was updated on the details of the substantial changes Lebanon is seeking to make and instructed the negotiating team to reject them", an Israeli official said.
Reports say after fleeing the scene of the attack the assailant returned to his home and killed himself along with his wife and child.
Many of those who cheered the inclusion of an Islamist in the last coalition now want Netanyahu to atone for considering having Itamar Ben-Gvir join his next cabinet.
How interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid imagines that permitting a sovereign Palestinian Arab state within the borders of Mandate Palestine would be the "right thing" for Israel's security defies imagination.
In 2015, when then-Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arranged gas deals, they were accused of joining hands with tycoons. In hindsight, we can appreciate their perseverance to ensure energy security for Israel, while by 2022, Europe is in turmoil.
