Two Swedish converts to Islam who were arrested by Stockholm’s SÄPO security agency in March had planned to attack synagogues and other Jewish targets on behalf of Islamic State, according to local media reports on Tuesday.
The suspects, identified as two brothers in their 20s, swore allegiance to the Somali branch of the terrorist organization and acquired a weapon at a “basement mosque” near their home in Tyresö, a suburb southeast of the Swedish capital, the Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported.

A 21-year-old man sustained injuries in Bnei Brak in what authorities have classified as a deliberate ramming incident, according to police reports.
The individual behind the wheel, who struck the victim, was apprehended by law enforcement. He has been confirmed as an Arab Israeli citizen.
Preliminary findings indicate that the driver intentionally veered onto the sidewalk and ran down the pedestrian before fleeing the scene. He was eventually intercepted by officers in a nearby underground parking garage.
The victim’s injuries are considered to be minor, with reports indicating harm to his limbs.

Former Amazon executive Heather MacDougall is among those under consideration to run the federal agency tasked with enforcing workplace health and safety laws, according to two people familiar with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition planning and a third person in touch with Republican planners, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
There is no indication that Trump’s team has begun to seriously consider candidates for the role. And MacDougall is just one candidate who has been floated to run the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the people said.

Israeli ground forces have not left the buffer zone on the Israel-Syria border, a Israel Defense Forces spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday, denying claims that the IDF had progressed further inside the country’s territory.
“It’s not true. The forces have not left the buffer zone,” the spokesperson stated.
Local and regional “security sources” told the press agency earlier on Tuesday that Israeli forces operating to thwart terrorist threats in Syria progressed some 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Israel’s northern border.
Two regional sources told the press agency that the IDF soldiers, who crossed the border following the ouster of President Bashar Assad on Sunday, were approximately 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Damascus.

The Israel Defense Forces has conducted 300 strikes in Syria since Sunday’s ouster of Bashar Assad, Israeli media reported on Tuesday, marking the heaviest air campaign in the country since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Israel’s Ynet news outlet cited Western intelligence sources late Monday night as confirming the figure, saying that the aerial assault is mainly targeting air force bases, including entire squadrons of fighter jets.
It is believed that the Syrian Air Force could be destroyed in its entirety “within a few days,” Ynet noted, which would substantially reduce the threat posed to the Jewish state by the incoming Syrian government.

A violent and shocking incident occurred outside a California nightclub when an Israeli-American man was deliberately struck by a furious Palestinian man, authorities confirmed.
Roy Gross, a 28-year-old who had been enjoying a night out with three friends in Laguna Beach, found himself in a heated argument with two men who claimed to be Palestinian-Iranian, as reported by Hebrew News, referencing the police account.
The confrontation escalated when the men began shouting insults at Israel and prevented Gross and his group from entering a taxi. According to witnesses, one of the attackers then got into his car and deliberately tried to run them over.
Gross sustained serious injuries, including a compound fracture to his leg.

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu began his testimony at the Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday against corruption charges in three cases brought against him by prosecutors nearly five years ago.
Netanyahu, who has consistently denied the allegations against him and denounced the move as political persecution by judicial means, remained standing and did not sit down on the defendant’s bench until the proceedings began when photographing them was not allowed.

The mother of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, reported him missing on Nov. 18, the New York Post reported Monday, citing sources in law enforcement.
Mangione, 26, had not been in touch with family members after he had a back surgery months ago. His last known address was in Honolulu, Hawaii, police have said. A roommate of his there, R.J. Martin, told CNN that Mangione had mentioned having back problems.
“When I first interviewed him, before he moved in, I remember he said he had a back issue, and he was hoping to get stronger in Hawaii,” he said, adding that even surfing caused extreme pain.

The United Nations criticized Israel on Monday for allegedly breaching the 1974 Disengagement Agreement with Syria. This followed Israel’s report to the UN Security Council about taking “limited and temporary measures” in a demilitarized strip along the Syrian border, aimed at addressing potential threats to the Israeli Golan Heights.
In a letter to the 15-member Security Council, Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, emphasized that Israel was not involved in the ongoing Syrian conflict, which saw the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Sunday. He noted, “Our actions are solely focused on safeguarding our security.”

Geert Wilders, the head of the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands, is currently in Israel, where he met with several prominent Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Energy Minister Eli Cohen, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, and Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel.