Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has announced his intention to appoint Eli Sharvit, a former commander of the Israeli Navy, as the new director of the Israel Security Agency, commonly known as the Shin Bet, according to a statement released Monday morning by the Prime Minister’s Office.
Sharvit brings with him 36 years of service in the Israel Defense Forces, including a five-year tenure as head of the Navy. During that time, he was instrumental in strengthening Israel’s maritime security infrastructure, particularly around its territorial economic waters, and directed sensitive and strategic missions against Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas.

IDF Spokesperson in Arabic Avichay Adraee on Monday morning issued an unusually large-scale evacuation notice, calling on all residents of Rafah and nearby towns in southern Gaza to immediately leave their homes and move to the humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi. The notice stated that “the IDF is resuming intense combat to eliminate terrorist capabilities in these areas. For your safety, you must immediately move to Al-Mawasi.” This is the most extensive evacuation notice published by the IDF since the resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu selected former naval chief Vice-Admiral (res.) Eli Sharvit as the next Shin Bet chief, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Monday. Sharvit’s selection was unexpected and considered a surprising choice for several reasons: he was not one of the leading candidates for the position; he is an outsider to the Shin Bet, never having served in its ranks and has no intelligence background; and before October 7, he participated in the protests in Tel Aviv against the government’s judicial rform plan. “After extensively interviewing seven qualified candidates, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decided to appoint former naval chief Vice-Admiral (res.) Eli Sharvit as the next head of the Shin Bet,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.

CBS’ 60 Minutes broadcast the full interview on Sunday night with Yarden Bibas, a survivor of captivity whose family was brutally murdered after being abducted from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7, 2023, terror attack.
During the conversation with journalist Lesley Stahl, Bibas relived the trauma, sharing the chilling and dehumanizing comments made by those who held him hostage.
“[Shiri and the kids] were murdered in cold blood, bare hands,” Bibas explained. “They used to tell me—‘Oh, doesn’t matter. You’ll get a new wife. Get new kids. Better wife. Better kids.’”
Stahl, clearly taken aback, asked in disbelief, “They said that to you?”
“Yeah, many times,” Yarden replied.

At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, israeli Housing Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf launched a scathing verbal attack on Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli after Chikli publicly called for Goldknopf’s dismissal.
“Chikli chose ahead of the primaries to devour the chareidim without realizing that his public is disgusted by that. For that, we already have Yair Lapid,” said Goldknopf.
Goldknopf didn’t hold back, accusing Chikli’s office of failing in its core responsibilities. “Your ministry is supposed to fight anti-Semitism, unfortunately, it is not doing so successfully,” the housing minister charged.

In a searing, gut-wrenching interview aired Sunday night on CBS’ 60 Minutes, former Hamas hostage Yarden Bibas relived the unthinkable horror of losing his wife Shiri and their two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, who were murdered in cold blood while in captivity after being kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. The raw emotion in Bibas’ voice was only matched by the chilling cruelty of his captors, who he says taunted him with merciless words as he endured the nightmare of captivity. “[Shiri and the kids] were murdered in cold blood, bare hands,” Bibas said to journalist Lesley Stahl. “They used to tell me—‘Oh, doesn’t matter. You’ll get a new wife. Get new kids. Better wife. Better kids.’” Stahl, visibly shaken, struggled to comprehend the cruelty.

Iran has armed its missile systems and placed them on standby across its network of underground facilities, according to a post on X made Sunday night by the Tehran Times, a newspaper aligned with the Iranian regime.
“Opening the Pandora’s box will come at a heavy cost for the US government and its allies,” the post cautioned further.
This threat followed a declaration by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who confirmed that Tehran had formally declined direct talks with the United States regarding its rapidly expanding nuclear program.
The announcement served as Iran’s first official reaction to a message sent by President Donald Trump. That communication was conveyed to Iran’s Supreme Leader by way of Oman.

In a new letter, the Pshvorsker Rebbe, one of the most respected chassidic rebbes in Europe, issued a strong warning against the wearing of shaitels, calling the practice a violation of das Yehudis (Jewish modesty laws).
The handwritten letter, addressed to the women of his community, was released to strengthen standards of tznius.
The letter is highly unusual, as the rebbe seldom puts his thoughts into writing.
“One of the fundamental pillars of the Torah, the splendor and dignity of the chosen nation, is the modesty of Jewish women,” the rebbe writes. “Our holy foremothers, generation after generation, sacrificed greatly for this value.”