The Minister of Defense approved the operation to take over Gaza City - "Gideon's Chariots II". As part of the plan, the reserve orders required to carry out the attack will be sent.

Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke also attacked Netanyahu: "Strength is not measured by the number of people you can blow up or starve."

Report: A senior ISIS commander was arrested by the US-led international coalition while staying with women of French origin near the border with Turkey.

Netanyahu, in a sharp letter to Macron, said, "Your call for a Palestinian state fuels anti-Semitism."

Vienna will host Eurovision 2026 on May 16.

Syria officially announced the meeting with the Israeli delegation last night in Paris: "We discussed strengthening stability in the region and in southern Syria."

White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt on Hamas's agreement to the mediators' outline: I don't think it's a coincidence that it accepted the offer after President Trump's tweet on his social media. • In the tweet, Trump wrote: "We will only see the release of the hostages when Hamas is destroyed."

Rabbi Rafael Kreuzer from the "Derech Chaim" yeshiva, which prepares Haredi students for service in the IDF, recognizes a change in society: "There is an understanding that the Haredi leadership has failed. They are heading in the direction of hatred and incitement. Many young men think that this is not the way. Defining Haredi society as a society that does not enlist, does not work, and does not study is a sin against our tradition."

A rare 2,200-year-old gold coin bearing the portrait of Egyptian Queen Berenice II was discovered in an archaeological excavation in the City of David: "A fascinating glimpse into the city's status in the days when Egyptian rulers ruled the land."

The High Court of Justice delivered its response and rejected the petition of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, which sought to extend its stay in the evacuation centers in contradiction to the position of the Ministry of Defense.

The government approved the increase in the state budget: billions for security, cuts in education, health, and welfare.

The Center for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism announced that "Liberate Palestine" graffiti was sprayed on cars in Chatel, France, last night.

Minister Ze'ev Elkin, who was part of the Israeli mediation between Russia and Ukraine and met several times with Putin and Zelensky: "The Ukrainian interest is to end the war, but Putin is making far-reaching demands such as ceding sovereign territories of Ukraine. I don't think there will be a response to this."

Bereaved families from the Heroism Forum appealed to Prime Minister Netanyahu with a call against a partial deal and a halt to the fighting. "It has been proven - only military pressure brings results."