The target, a Hezbollah operative, was located in Beirut's Dahieh district and was helping Hamas plan an imminent severe attack.

The nomination of former Israeli Navy commander Eli Sharvit to lead the Shin Bet security agency lasted just one day. Sharvit responded: “The prime minister asked me to take on the role of head of the Shin Bet and to continue serving the State of Israel at this difficult time - and so I did.”

Although Israel has noticed a spike in troop levels in recent months in Sinai, the new concern is over much less reversible measures: infrastructures being built in the peninsula.

The IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced that a joint team of experts from the IDF and Israel's Ministry of Defense landed Sunday in Bangkok to aid Thai emergency teams.

Representatives of Palestinian terrorist organizations met in Beirut and drafted a document declaring weapons a "red line". Their initial conditions for disarmament: a comprehensive ceasefire, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and the establishment of a Palestinian state.