Israel

05 August 2022; MEMO: Senior Israeli officials warned, Thursday, that the chances of a confrontation with the Lebanese Hezbollah group will increase, if Tel Aviv did not reach an agreement with Lebanon regarding the maritime borders.

This came during a cabinet security meeting attended by Chief of Staff, Aviv Kohavi, Military Intelligence Chief, Aharon Haliva and Head of Intelligence Research, Amit Saar, Mossad Director, David Barnea, Shin Bet Director, Ronen Bar, and National Security Advisor, Eyal Hulata.

04 August 2022; MEMO: Police in Israel arrested two tourists from the UAE yesterday following a shooting in central Tel Aviv. The incident took place on Dizengoff Street and was reportedly carried out by two assailants riding a motorcycle who shot at a known criminal standing by his car before fleeing the scene.

04 August 2022; MEMO: Israel's main ultra-right parties, Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism, reportedly reached an agreement to form a new list in the November elections.

02 August 2022; MEMO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz to expedite the investigation into the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh so that the results can be made public.

02 August 2022; MEMO: Israel has conveyed "clear messages" through the United States to neighbouring Lebanon, warning that if Hezbollah group does not restrain its actions, the Israeli army will respond to any breach of calm, and will not be satisfied with merely intercepting drones, Israel's Walla News reported.

02 August 2022; MEMO: Google is providing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning capabilities to the Israeli government, through its controversial "Project Nimbus" contract, reported The Intercept.

"The project is intended to provide the government, the defence establishment and others with an all-encompassing cloud solution," the Ministry said in its announcement.

01 August 2022; MEMO: Israel signalled it would not change policy around its assumed nuclear arsenal on Monday, as Washington affirmed a global treaty designed to roll back the spread of such weaponry, Reuters reports.

The rare, if veiled, remarks by Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, came as countries party to the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) met in New York for a periodic review conference.

JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (NNN-PNA) – Israel decided yesterday, to withhold 600 million shekels (176 million U.S. dollars) in tax revenues it has collected for the Palestinian Authority, to offset the latter’s compensation for “attackers” against Israelis.

The Israeli security cabinet voted to deduct in phases, the same amount from the tax revenues, as the Palestinian Authority has paid to the families of killed or wounded attackers, the state-owned Kan TV news reported.

JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (NNN-PNA) – A large fire started near a military base, and was raging near the central Israeli city of Modiin, the regime’s fire and rescue services said.

The military base of the Israeli Defence Forces, named Mitkan Adam, is located about 11 kilometres north of Modiin.

Strong winds were spreading the fire towards the nearby Neot Kedumim nature reserve, said the services, adding that 21 firefighting teams have been sent to battle the blaze, along with four airplanes and a helicopter.

31 July 2022; MEMO: The Israeli Air Force announced a temporary halt in its fleet of F-35 fighter jets on Saturday, a day after the reports of US concerns about defects in pilot ejection systems, Anadolu Agency reported.

The announcement came after Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, chief of the Israeli Air Force, held a situation assessment meeting following the "information received from the US regarding an inspection for a defect in the ejection mechanism in the pilot's seat in the F-35 aircraft."