Israel's Ministry of the Interior gained an addition of about one billion Shekels (USD 270 million) in Israel's new state budget for local authorities, of which hundreds of millions of Shekels are allocated for emergencies like the October 7 attack.
Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, met with the visiting Foreign Minister of Australia, Senator Penny Wong, on Tuesday and spoke on the telephone with Austria's Foreign Minister, Alexander Schallenberg.
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander arrested in Gaza described to Israeli interrogators how terror operatives were trained in Iran in video footage released by the Israel Defence Forces on Tuesday.
Israeli media reported that one rocket struck a store in Netivot and another hit a warehouse in the adjacent community of Givolim, causing damage. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
In the latest such operation, the soldiers of the IDF, together with forces from the Shin Bet (Israel's anti-terror General Security Service) and Border Police overnight operated throughout Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley region where they arrested 27 wanted terrorists.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, the Qatari PM underscored the broader impact of regional tensions, stating that addressing the conflict in Gaza should be a primary focus for leaders.
The claim was filed by lawyers Anat and Gilad Ginzburg, who note that the night before Hamas's invasion, top security brass held meetings amid intelligence indicating abnormal activity in the Gaza Strip
Israel's Ministry of Transportation said that as part of the meeting to approve the 2024 state budget and in light of the ongoing war in Gaza, it agreed to cut its budget and pledged to finance the war and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Iran President Ebrahim Raisi discussed speeding up the implementation of Iran-India agreements, including the Chabahar Port Development Plan, and further compensating for delays.
Over the past day, Hamas released videos showing hostages Itay Svirsky, Noa Argamani, and another hostage, whose family requested that he not be named.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian hosted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Tehran on Monday. The two leaders discussed expanding bilateral and multilateral ties within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and BRICS.