President Biden is expected to sign off on sanctions on Judea and Samaria residents involved in violent attacks against Palestinians.

Elisha Medan, an IDF reservist who lost both his legs, met the PM and asked him not to stop the fighting against Hamas and asked that Israel not return to the pre-war reality.

The US has reportedly approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for Iranian-back militants' strike on US bases.

In a photo from the scene, the hostage taker is seen on the backdrop of a wall spray-painted with Turkish and PLO flags.

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A senior Hamas delegation, led by Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Cairo for talks with the Egyptian intelligence head, about an exchange deal with Israel.

MG Yaron Finkelman held a situational assessment and conversation with commanders and soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip.

Order states that such acts of violence 'undermine the foreign policy objectives of the United States, including the viability of a two-state solution.'