The annual pre-parade Met Council breakfast included a demonstration by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul of state power that will better defend Jewish institutions from anti-Israel protests.

The IDF announced on Sunday morning that it had taken control of the Beaufort Ridge outpost and Wadi al-Saluki areas north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon.

"Authorities have yet to identify the victims because their bodies were severely damaged," a health official told the same briefing.

To date, Offir's first major public decision was to withdraw indictments against five IDF soldiers who were indicted in the saga of the alleged beating of a Palestinian detainee at Sdei Teiman.

Netanyahu is currently being cross-examined in Case 2000, the media-corruption case involving his conversations with Yediot Aharonot publisher Arnon “Noni” Mozes ahead of the 2015 election.

This means that the government and the ministry will be unable to participate in the exhibition or establish a national pavilion at EUROSATORY.

The IDF stated only that the impact of an explosive drone had been identified in the area, near the Israel-Lebanon border.

One soldier was severely wounded, and two others were lightly wounded during the incident in which Tzarfati was killed.