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Two residents of the Golan Heights in northern Israel were indicted on Friday on charges of spying for Iran, according to a statement by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Police.
The suspects, father and son Bassem and Tahrir Safadi, from the Druze village of Mas’ade, were apprehended in November on suspicion that they had been “recruited by Iranian elements and committed crimes of espionage and contact with a foreign agent during war,” the statement read.
The son, a 21-year-old software engineering student, was apparently involved in recent years in gathering intelligence for Iran and the “Shi’ite axis” under the guidance of his father, Hebrew media reported.

Sources within terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip told AFP on Sunday that Hamas has ordered them to provide information on the captives they hold for a potential ceasefire-for-hostages deal with Israel.
Hamas told fellow terrorist organizations—including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Resistance Committees—to prepare information, including whether their hostages are alive or dead, AFP cited the sources as saying.
A Hamas source told the agency there had been “intensified contacts” between Hamas and Qatari, Egyptian and Turkish mediators in recent days, and that the terrorist organization expected another round of negotiations with Jerusalem to kick off in Cairo “in the coming days.”

Israeli forces have killed some two dozen Hezbollah terrorists since the start of the Nov. 27 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday.
The Israeli Air Force has also struck dozens of Hezbollah positions during the same period, the military stated.
Under the terms of the truce, Israeli forces are to withdraw from Lebanon by late January, while Lebanon’s army enters those areas vacated by the IDF. Hezbollah has violated the ceasefire repeatedly since the day it took effect, according to the IDF.

The Israeli Air Force on Sunday morning intercepted a missile launched from Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
The projectile was downed before it crossed into Israeli territory, the IDF said. No air-raid sirens were triggered, as the missile did not pose an immediate threat to populated areas.
Last Sunday, a ballistic missile fired from Yemen triggered sirens in the Judean Foothills, a region known in Hebrew as the Shfela. The missile was intercepted by the Arrow defense system before entering Israeli airspace.
Four people were injured running to shelters, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service.

The United States has opened an official investigation into whether Spain has been denying port entry to cargo vessels transporting American weapons to Israel.
The move comes as Spain under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of Israel’s most vocal critics in Europe, and has championed the Palestinian cause.
The Federal Maritime Commission, an independent agency of the U.S. government, said it opened the probe after receiving information that the NATO ally had refused to allow at least three cargo vessels into its ports, two of which were U.S.-flagged.

The Northern Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces’ Gaza Division completed a targeted operation in the Jabalia area of the northern Strip, the military announced on Sunday.
The raid, which also included troops from the division’s engineering unit and the Yahalom combat engineering special forces unit, was launched in early October following indications of a resurgence of Hamas terrorists there.
Soldiers dismantled “dozens” of tunnels in the area—some of which were booby-trapped—that were used by Palestinian terrorists to harm the forces operating in Jabalia, the army said.
In one instance, soldiers discovered and destroyed an underground terrorist infrastructure stretching hundreds of feet, it said.

President-elect Donald Trump called on Russia to pursue peace talks to end the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, particularly after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. He highlighted Russia’s vulnerability, noting the impact of the war and the “bad economy” on the nation’s ability to maintain its stance.
“There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. Too many lives are being so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if it keeps going, it can turn into something much bigger, and far worse,” Trump, 78, posted on Truth Social Sunday.
“I know Vladimir [Putin] well. This is his time to act. China can help. The World is waiting!”

This morning, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisroel Katz visited Mount Bental, a key observation point in the Golan Heights that overlooks the Syrian border. Uri Kellner, the head of the Golan Regional Council, also joined them on the visit.
Netanyahu described the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime as “a historic day in the history of the Middle East.” He continued, “The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers. This collapse is the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran, Assad’s main supporters. It set off a chain reaction of all those who want to free themselves from this tyranny and its oppression.”

A prominent Saudi royal sharply criticized Israel yesterday, calling the Jewish state both “genocidal” and an “apartheid” regime. Prince Turki Al Faisal, a former head of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence service for more than twenty years, also voiced his hope that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would face prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This came after the court recently issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.