ongoing updates
7:00 – Slight progress in negotiations for the deal: “There is a narrowing of gaps”
The head of the Mossad, Dedi Barnea, will take off this morning (Friday) for Doha, the capital of Qatar, in order to promote the kidnapping deal. Earlier today, Netanyahu and Barnea met for an update on “developments” in negotiations for a deal, but right now it seems that this is a measured and slow progress in a process that may be long and tedious. An Israeli senior official familiar with the details told News 12 last night: “There is a narrowing of gaps. There is no breakthrough, but there is measured and important progress and there can be crises and ramifications.”
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06:40 – IDF Spokesman: A report was received a short time ago of a shooting at an Israeli vehicle near the Horseshoe intersection in the Ephraim Brigade – no casualties, the vehicle was damaged. Forces are searching for suspects in the area
The Binyamin Regional Council reported that terrorists opened fire on vehicles in the Horseshoe Junction area of Binyamin near the settlements of Dolev and Talmon. Upon receiving the report of the shooting, the town councilors and representatives of the council’s security department jumped to the scene. Together with the forces, they are working even now to eliminate the terrorist in the area and are conducting a battle against him.
04:05 – According to Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, Cyprus plans to bring “as many boats as possible” to Gaza to create a maritime corridor, according to Agence France-Presse
00:30 – Charles Michel, President of the European Council: “The European Union calls for an immediate humanitarian pause that will lead to a ceasefire”
20:40 – IDF Spokesman: Very senior members of Hamas were captured. We will reveal their names when their investigation is completed
IDF spokesman Brigadier General Daniel Hagari spoke this evening about the operation at Shifa Hospital, which is still in progress. He said that very senior members of Hamas were captured. “We will find out their names when their investigation is finished,” he added. He pointed out that the terrorists are barricading themselves in the emergency room in Shifa. “Whoever does not surrender – we will fight until we kill him,” he clarified.
19:58 – Two launches towards Ramot Naftali, no casualties or damage known
Two rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Ramat Naftali in the Upper Galilee. No known injuries or damage.
18:12 – The contacts for the deal: the head of the Mossad will leave for Qatar in the morning
The head of the Mossad, Dedi Barnea, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this evening and informed him of “developments” in negotiations for a deal. In the background: tremendous American pressure on the mediators to start moving forward more quickly. At the meeting, the Prime Minister approved the Israeli delegation led by the head of the Mossad to go to Qatar tomorrow, for a meeting with the head of the CIA William Burns, the Prime Minister of Qatar Muhammad bin Abdel Thani and the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence Abbas Kamal to promote the release of the abductees.
The meeting of senior officials will take place as part of the negotiations in Doha, and its purpose is to promote the efforts to return the abductees. Senior Israeli official: There is progress in the negotiations – but no breakthrough.
17:07 – A suspicious target was intercepted near Eilat
The IDF spokesman announced that the air defense fighters successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target, which was suspected to have made its way to Israeli territory from the Red Sea area. The target did not cross into Israeli territory and the incident was over.
The article was first published in N12
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