Occupation

IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorist in Lebanon • Blast kills six Lebanese army troops in south • Witkoff reportedly to meet Qatari PM on Gaza • Haredim protest in Neveh Tzedek Prison 10.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Whether this is chaos by design or simply dysfunction on full display, talk over reoccupying Gaza have led to a critical inflection point.

IDF strikes truck carrying heavy machine gun in south Syria • Nat'l Sc. Adv. Hanegbi against Gaza City op., report says • Egypt, Qatar mediators draft new hostage deal

They adopted five principles for ending the war, namely disarming Hamas, returning hostages, demilitarizing Gaza and maintaining a security presence, and the formation of a civilian government.

"The culture of debate is...a vital component of the IDF," Zamir said at a situational assessment before a critical security cabinet meeting.

A recent NYT column on the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement revived an old argument on Israel-Palestine.

The plan will likely be approved on Thursday, cabinet ministers told the 'Post,' adding that "the real question is what version of the plan will ultimately be approved."

Maj.-Gen. (res.) Israel Ziv, a former head of the IDF's Operations Directorate, expressed his frustration with how Israel is carrying out its operations in Gaza.

During the meeting, tensions flared between Prime Minister Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir.

Sa’ar wrote that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir “is required to express his professional opinion clearly and unequivocally to the political echelon.”