Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, said on Tuesday that Argentina intends to withdraw its troops from UNIFIL, Reuters reported.
“Argentina has asked its officers to go back,” Tenenti said at a U.N. press briefing, per the news service. The statement appeared to confirm two-week-old reporting that Javier Milei, the Argentinian president, made the decision to exit UNIFIL on Nov. 1.
JNS sought comment from the Argentinian embassy in Washington.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has called on the United Nations Security Council to take “immediate action” against the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq launching drones and missiles at the Jewish state.
In a letter sent to the UNSC president for November, U.K. Ambassador Barbara Woodward, Sa’ar expressed “grave concern over the significant increase in the frequency and the intensity of attacks on Israel conducted by the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq” since September.

Agudath Israel of America is bewildered at the release of an audit report indicating that the East Ramapo Central School District (ERCSD) has a budgetary surplus of approximately $30 million. This finding, presented yesterday at the ERCSD Board meeting by independent auditing firm EFPR Group, LLP, diverges wildly from the $20-40 million deficit expected this summer by state-appointed monitors. The severe projected deficit had prompted the State Education Department (SED) to take the extraordinary step of substantially increasing and overriding the voted upon property tax levy on East Ramapo residents to generate needed funds. This move by SED — and specifically the communally divisive rhetoric used to justify it — was criticized by Agudath Israel and others at the time.

The leaders of the Knesset’s chareidi factions, Degel Hatorah and Agudas Yisrael, voiced their objections to Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s proposal to advance the judicial reform, according to a report by Kan Reshet Bet.
The judicial reform was a central element in the formation of the current government, sparking significant backlash from the center-left. These opponents, through judicial activism, have spent years trying to limit the powers of Netanyahu’s administrations. The reform, which led to widespread protests, was paused following the October 7 massacre as Israel shifted its attention to matters of self-defense, and the protesters redirected their focus to advocating for the release of hostages.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx) accused the Biden administration of trying to “undermine” the future Trump administration and a Republican-controlled Congress and Senate by proposing a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council. This resolution, Cruz argues, demands that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) pull out of Gaza and calls for a ceasefire but does not simultaneously call for the release of 101 Israeli and foreign hostages that Hamas and other terrorists continue to hold.

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, and ISA Director Ronen Bar, made a visit to the Netzarim Corridor in the heart of the Gaza Strip today.
At an observation post within the corridor, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister received updates from the Commander of the 99th Division, Yoav Broner, and Major-General Yaron Finkleman, the head of Southern Command.
The two leaders also engaged with reserve brigade commanders stationed on the Gaza coastline. The commanders discussed their operational efforts, successes, and the obstacles they face in directing the ongoing operations.

Space X attempts to “catch” it’s Starship for a second time, with President-Elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk in attendance.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Mehmet Oz, a well-known television host and medical doctor, to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Trump expressed confidence in Oz’s abilities, stating, “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget,” in a statement released on Tuesday regarding the appointment.
In his new position, Oz will collaborate closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the individual Trump has appointed to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

A secretive U.S. Army helicopter unit sent to the Mediterranean last year in response to Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel was conducting nighttime target practice when one of its crews crashed into the sea after a diving attack, killing all five on board, according to a mishap report obtained by The Washington Post.

The leaders of President-elect Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” have discussed trying to create a mobile app for Americans to file their taxes free with the Internal Revenue Service, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.