Samar Arabid, who is suspected of being the head of the terrorist group that murdered Rina Shnerb and wounded her father and brother, has fully regained consciousness and will soon be questioned, Kan Reshet Bet reported.
According to the report, Arabid’s condition has improved over the past few days, leading authorities to decide to renew interrogations and prevent him from meeting a lawyer. On Tuesday, his detention was extended in his room at Mount Scopus Hospital.
Shabak classed Arabid as a “ticking time bomb,” a designation which allows the security organization to use extreme interrogation methods.
At the same time, the Israeli security establishment made it clear that Arabid’s interrogation “prevented shooting, bombing, and kidnapping attacks.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon 26-year-old Israeli-American Na’ama Issachar, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed on Tuesday.
A day prior, President Reuven Rivlin sent Putin a letter, in which he recognized the Russian leader as “a friend of the Jewish people and the State of Israel,” and requesting that he grant Issachar a pardon.

President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the NATO ally as Trump scrambled to limit the damage from his much-criticized decision to clear US troops from Turkey’s path.
Vice President Mike Pence said Trump had told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Monday to agree to an immediate ceasefire. He also said he would travel to the region soon to try to mediate the crisis.
Pence said Trump had been firm with Erdogan on the phone.
“The United States of America simply is not going to tolerate Turkey’s invasion in Syria any further. We are calling on Turkey to stand down, end the violence, and come to the negotiating table,” Pence told reporters.

Attorneys for Vice President Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani informed Congress on Tuesday that neither man will cooperate with the House’s impeachment probe, and Democrats gathered at the Capitol to plan their next moves. Meanwhile, former congressman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, has been issued a subpoena by a New York grand jury probing his interactions with Giuliani and two associates who were arrested last week and charged with campaign finance violations, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
The vice president’s office called House Democrats’ action a “self-proclaimed” and “purported” impeachment inquiry, and urged lawmakers “to first seek information from primary sources that may be responsive to your broad requests.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, one of the most influential voices among young liberals and a rising Democratic star, plans to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president and appear with him at a rally on Saturday, according to two people with knowledge of her plans.
The surprise endorsement is a political coup for Sanders, 78, who has been fading in the polls and has faced growing questions about his age and health. Before Tuesday’s Democratic debate, he had been sidelined from the campaign trail for two weeks by a heart attack.
“We’re looking forward to Saturday,” said Corbin Trent, a spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez. Sanders, I-Vt., teased the rally at Tuesday night’s presidential debate, saying he would have a “special guest” appearing with him in New York.

The fourth Democratic debate is over, after 12 candidates jousted over three hours.
Below, your winners and losers (and two-betweeners).
Winners
– Elizabeth Warren, the front-runner: For the first time in one of these debates, Warren found herself under sustained attack. Through a combination of debate format, Joe Biden’s leads in early polls and Warren’s unique political Teflon, she had somehow avoided it. That changed Tuesday, though. Warren was the focal point, with the other candidates all but taking their focus completely off Biden. It wasn’t completely smooth sailing for Warren (which we’ll get to), but it was an affirmation that she is viewed as perhaps the front-runner now.

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton have emerged as key targets for House Democrats in their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump after explosive testimony about the president’s pressure on a foreign leader to investigate a political rival.
House Democrats on Tuesday began discussing the possibility of summoning both men – who would be the highest-ranking individuals to testify – as the investigation has accelerated in recent days with the cooperation of several current and former administration officials.

A federal grand jury in New York has issued a subpoena to former Texas congressman Pete Sessions seeking records and other information on his interactions with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and two Giuliani associates charged last week with a scheme to funnel foreign money to U.S. politicians, according to two people familiar with the investigation.
The subpoena seeks records about Sessions’s dealings with Giuliani and two business associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who had been helping Giuliani investigate Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden.

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Five members of the same family were hurt when they were struck by lightning at Zikim Beach, just north of Gaza.
The 14-year-old is listed in critical condition. The sister-in-law is listed in serious condition. The other siblings, ages 13, 17, and 24 are listed in moderate condition.
Dr. Gili Givati, deputy director of the hospital, provided updates on the status of the injured. “Five people were injured and brought to the medical center. One of them, 14 years old, who was in critical condition, underwent prolonged resuscitation, which continued in the hospital,” she said.