The cleric stressed that "Hezbollah and the resistance want to change the balance of powers in Lebanon and in the region."

Herzog left the White House in high hopes for improved US-Israel relations after receiving positive responses to his speech.

Assistance to Ukraine receives broad bipartisan support in the US Congress, which has control of government spending.

In an eloquent 41-minute speech that elicited 29 standing ovations, Herzog appealed to both Americans and Israelis across the political spectrum.

Polling showed that Benny Gantz's National Unity party would receive 29 seats making them the largest party in the Knesset.

“I received with pain and sorrow the news of the death of the late Capt. Leader Peretz, a logistics officer in the 7th Brigade,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant wrote.

These changes were prompted by the notorious Pegasus affair, which challenged the public's trust in the government.

The former director of the authority, who organized the sending of the lamps, told the Journal that “Saul Fox operated transparently with the antiquities authority.”