The Israel Prison Service announced the completion of the release of 1,986 Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire agreement.
US President Donald Trump told the Israeli parliament on Monday that the ceasefire he helped broker in the Gaza war had ushered in the “historic dawn of a new Middle East.”
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had thwarted a terrorist attack in Moscow targeting a high-ranking officer in the Defense Ministry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel ended the war in a way that ensured Hamas’s disarmament and that Gaza would no longer pose a threat to his country.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday’s Gaza summit in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, his office said.
US President Donald Trump said that the hand of friendship to Iran is always open. Addressing the Israeli Knesset on Monday, he said, “Even to Iran, whose regime has caused so much death in the Middle East, the hand of friendship and cooperation is always open.”
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that Israel must withdraw from any points it seized after December 8, adding, “Syria has not provoked Israel since we arrived in Damascus.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that Russia fears a repeat of the Gaza crisis and has called on all concerned countries to prevent such a scenario.
Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas are to attend Monday’s Sharm El-Sheikh summit on Gaza, according to a statement released by the Egyptian presidency.
The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Monday that Russia was “gambling with war,” after a spate of Russian drones and military jets crossing into the bloc’s airspace.
