🇬🇧 Friady 13/12/24 🇮🇱

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️Day 434🎗️/

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had discussed the importance of achieving a hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas terror group in meetings with Turkey’s president and expressed some optimism about the prospects. https://lnk.sk/imdm
After more than a year of objections, Hamas has given in to an Israeli demand that the IDF remain in Gaza temporarily under a potential ceasefire-hostage deal, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Arab mediators. https://lnk.sk/gjoa ; https://lnk.sk/coyy

SYRIA 🇸🇾 /

Defense Minister Israel Katz had ordered the military to prepare to stay atop the Syrian side of Mount Hermon during the coming winter as Israel aims to prevent the border region from falling into the wrong hands. https://lnk.sk/jpny
Israeli combat engineering troops and paratroopers located weapons and ammunition while operating in the buffer zone in southwest Syria, the military announced Friday. https://lnk.sk/tbdi
Syrian Druze call to be annexed to Israel. A convention of dignitaries from the Druze village of Hader in the Syrian Golan called to join the Israeli Golan. https://lnk.sk/hswq
The United States is working to bring home an American citizen found on Thursday in Syria, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that day in Jordan, where he held meetings to discuss the political transition in Syria. https://lnk.sk/csfp

IRAN 🇮🇷 /

US President-elect Donald Trump is weighing options to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, including preventative airstrikes. https://lnk.sk/mac9 ; https://lnk.sk/wakz
IDF sees chance for strikes on Iran nuke sites after knocking out Syria air defenses. Over 85% of Assad regime’s anti-aircraft systems destroyed in strikes, giving Israeli jets, drones total air superiority https://lnk.sk/csn3
Issuing a video message aimed at the people of Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said the Iranian axis was crumbling due to a “chain reaction” set off by Israel, and expressed his hope that Iran can “be free”. https://lnk.sk/wcm6

GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (so-called West Bank) /

Hamas Applauds Ireland’s Decision to Join South Africa Genocide Case Against Israel .

ISRAEL 🇮🇱

Prime Minister Netanyahu was warned by the heads of the IDF and the Shin Bet in the summer of 2023 that Israel appeared increasingly vulnerable to attack, with the country’s foes viewing the deep societal strains over the government’s judicial overhaul push. https://lnk.sk/xdg0

NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱 AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 GREAT BRITAN 🇬🇧 /

A Dutch court has thrown out a case by a coalition of pro-Palestinian groups aiming to stop from exporting arms to Israel. “There is no reason to impose a total ban on the export of military goods on the state,” says the court in The Hague. “All claims are dismissed.” https://lnk.sk/mdop
‚When hate is allowed to fester, we all lose‘: Pro-Israel presenter Erin Molan fired from Sky News. Her firing comes just a few months after she announced she was receiving hate and threats for her support of Israel. https://lnk.sk/log0
The British Government lifts travel warnings for most of Israel.

Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post and the sources cited directly in some reports

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