LEBANON: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon ■ IRAN: Tehran plans uranium-enrichment expansion, IAEA report says ■ ISRAEL: Netanyahu convenes meeting of defense officials to discuss Lebanon truce, Syrian rebels' Aleppo offensive ■ GAZA: Hamas delegation visits Cairo for talks with Fatah, Islamic Jihad

U.K. art world figure Candida Gertler announced she was resigning from her roles in British arts institutions after over 1,000 artists called on the Tate to cut ties with groups they described as 'complicit with the Israeli regime'

It's too soon to say if the blow dealt by the 'Organization for the Liberation of the Levant' to the Syrian army will spark a wider campaign or insurrection. While Iran and Russia may aid Assad, the U.S. and Europe seem likely to remain on the sidelines

The University of Leipzig said it had planned the lecture by Prof. Benny Morris as a critical discussion but had to cancel it over students' opposition and security concerns

The resurfacing of an old article calling za'atar an 'Israeli spice' triggered a heated response from Palestinians on social media

Massad Boulos, notably the first of Trump's appointees to hold any remotely critical views of Israel's conduct, played a major role in Trump's electoral success with Arab American voters disillusioned with U.S. President Joe Biden's Israel-Gaza policies

Massad Boulos was widely viewed as the gatekeeper in Trump's orbit concerning Arab affairs, but it's unclear how his efforts to maintain calm between Israel and Lebanon will jibe with Trump's previously appointed special Mideast envoy Steven Witkoff – an unabashed Netanyahu fan

Calin Georgescu has come from nowhere to lead the field for Romania's presidential elections. A conspiracy theorist who calls the country's WWII fascist leaders 'heroes' is a danger for Romania and its Jewish community, and Israel should back off from its approaches to him