The United Kingdom announced on Monday that it will suspend approximately 30 out of 350 arms export licenses to Israel. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated that the decision was made due to a “clear risk” that these exports could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law. Addressing lawmakers in the House of Commons, Lammy explained that a government assessment had identified certain UK arms exports to Israel as potentially problematic in the context of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Consequently, the suspension was enacted under the UK’s Export Controls Act, specifically targeting equipment that may be utilized in the current hostilities.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog asked the family of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin for forgiveness for “failing” to bring him home alive. In a Hesped delivered at his Levaya on Har HaMenuchos Monday, Herzog said in Hebrew: “Beloved Hersh, with a torn and broken heart, I stand here today as the President of the State of Israel, bidding you farewell and asking for your forgiveness, from you, and from Carmel, from Eden, from Almog, from Alex, and Ori, and from all your loved ones. I apologize on behalf of the State of Israel, that we failed to protect you in the terrible disaster of October 7, that we failed to bring you home safely.

Rep. Ro Khanna hinted that Vice President Kamala Harris’s team might be considering a “new direction” in U.S. policy toward Israel as the conflict in Gaza continues, including cutting off aid to the Jewish State. Khanna’s remarks came during an interview on NBC’s Meet The Press with host Kristen Welker, where the discussion centered around U.S. aid to Israel in the context of the ongoing war with Hamas. “I’ve been pushing her to support the enforcement of U.S. law. That is what the enforcement of the Leahy Law and our security laws require—that we don’t have unconditional aid,” Khanna said. He referenced historical precedent, noting that in 1982, after the Sabra and Shatila massacres in Lebanon, President Ronald Reagan pressured Israel by making it clear that U.S.

President Biden has made it clear that Hamas is responsible for the deaths of American-Israeli citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages, a US official stated on Monday. This response came after Biden faced criticism for earlier comments suggesting that Prime Minister Netanyahu wasn’t doing enough to secure a hostage deal. “The President has been clear that Hamas is responsible for killing Hersh and the others and Hamas leaders will pay for their crimes,” the official emphasized. Biden is also urging the Israeli government to act with urgency in securing the release of the remaining hostages. A statement from the Whitehouse reads: “Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris met in the White House Situation Room with the U.S.

In a controlled explosion, military and police bomb sappers on Monday detonated the powerful car bomb discovered at the entrance to the yishuv of Ateret in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning. Two huge gas canisters were inside the car, wired to a detonator. The terrorists likely intended to detonate the bomb as school buses filled with children entered the yishuv at the start of the school day.

An imam from Utica, New York, called to “take out” a prominent pro-Israel professor at Columbia University, sparking widespread backlash. The imam, Tom Facchine, made the comment against Professor Shai Davidai during a webinar titled “Islamic Political Activism,” hosted by the Columbia University branch of Students for Justice in Palestine. “If you’re able to take out somebody like that and make an example, that might shut up a hundred more,” Facchine said during the online event. The video of his remarks was later removed from Instagram, which also permanently banned the video from its platform, according to a report by The College Fix, a publication that covers higher education and campus news.

In yet another act of sadistic cruelty, the Hamas terror group released a video on Telegram on Monday afternoon featuring the six hostages executed in cold blood last week. The video shows short clips of each of the hostages confirming their identities and then ends with the threat to release their final messages in the coming hours. The threat comes as the levayos of the victims are still taking place. The levaya of slain US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is taking place on Monday afternoon in Jerusalem. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Senior adviser to the Trump campaign, Jason Miller, claimed in an interview with Fox News that Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is searching for an “escape hatch” ahead of next Tuesday’s ABC News presidential debate. The allegations come amid a dispute over debate rules, particularly regarding microphone controls during the event. Miller accused Harris’s team of attempting to backtrack on previously agreed-upon rules, which included muting the microphones of the opposing candidate during speaking time. “They’re afraid,” Miller told “Sunday Morning Futures” guest host Sean Duffy.

There was great anger among numerous Israelis on Sunday following the Histadrut’s announcement calling a general strike on Monday to “protest”  against the government rather than against Hamas for the heinous executions of six hostages. Fortunately, unlike the last time the Histadrut abused its power and shut down the country in a politically motivated strike, almost all cities and companies refused to join the strike, and several legal appeals were filed against it, forcing Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David to capitulate and tell the Labor Court in Bat Yam that he will end the strike on Monday at 6 p.m. rather than Tuesday morning. However, the Court ruled early Monday afternoon that the strike must end by 2:30 p.m.

Three Israelis were injured in a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile attack on the Kfar Yuval area in northern Israel on Sunday evening. One victim, a man in his 40s, was seriously injured. He was evacuated to Ziv Hospital in Tzfas but was later airlifted to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, which is better equipped to treat his injuries. The two other victims were moderately injured and were hospitalized in Ziv. Following the attack, the IDF revealed that one of the moderately wounded victims was an IDF reserve soldier who also serves on the Kfar Yuval security team. The IDF responded to the attack with artillery fire at southern Lebanon. Hezbollah fire resumed on Monday morning and a missile scored a direct hit on a home on the moshav of Avivim.