Director of Military Intelligence Maj. Gen. Tamir Heyman says that Gaza’s rulers would prefer to maintain the cease-fire with Israel, but rival Islamic Jihad may drag them into a conflict with Israel. On Iran, he says that despite boasting otherwise, Tehran may fail to develop a nuclear bomb.

Last week, Israel announced it was willing to participate in talks to resolve maritime border dispute, which will affect vast offshore energy resources.

"Hezbollah’s goal is the destruction of Israel and the Jews, and we should not be offering a safe haven for them to hide in Germany and finance their armed struggle in Lebanon against Israel from our territory," senior AfD MP Beatrix von Storch says.

Brig. Gen. Jamal al-Ahmad was gunned down by unknown assailants in the Sweida area in southwest Syria. Al-Ahmad was among a group of Syrian officers tasked with maintaining ties with Hezbollah and its Golan Heights commander.

Former Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi "blesses" process of supplying the Palestinians with upgraded weapons, says Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei predicts "Zionist regime will disappear."