14:10 – Police stop vehicle associated with previous terror alert
According to reports, a suspicious vehicle was stopped by police units at a roadblock near the Latrun junction on Highway 1. Security forces are said to be checking the occupants.
The suspicious vehicle was stopped following a special police order activated in the Jerusalem area following a security alert about two suspects who entered Israeli territory from the Wadi Hummus area in East Jerusalem. Special forces were dispatched to the scene.
13:58 – Police and Shin Bet set up security roadblocks around Jerusalem due to threat of terror infiltration
Due to a warning about a terrorist squad in the Jerusalem area, the Israel Police and the Shin Bet set up security checkpoints on Highway 1 heading towards Jerusalem.
12:41 – Turkish defense minister says ready to aid new Syrian government
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said on Sunday his country is ready to provide military training to Syria if the country’s new government requests it.
The Turkish minister said his country has “military cooperation agreements with many countries, and we are ready to provide support if we receive a request from the new administration in Syria.”
He also suggested Ankara might reassess its military presence in Syria if circumstances require.
10:46 – Prime Minister’s Office condemns Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s call for Haredi draft refusal
The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement in response to a video in which former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said that even ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men who do not study in a yeshiva should not enlist. The PMO said that Yosef’s words are “unacceptable and worthy of all condemnation.”
10:21 – Al Mayadeen says Israel ‘completely destroyed Syrian air defense systems’
Lebanese news site al-Mayadeen, which is affiliated with the Hezbollah terror group, reported that Israel completely destroyed the air defense systems in Syria.
The site also claimed that Israel is targeting not only the strategic weapons depots in Syria, but also less critical ones. Al Mayadeen claimed that it will be difficult for the new Syrian government to control weapons within the country due to the widespread use of personal weapons.
10:07 – President Herzog condemns all calls for refusal to serve
In a post to 𝕏, President Isaac Herzog condemned calls for refusal of military service.
“I once again strongly condemn any call for refusal, failure to show up, and failure to volunteer!” Herzog wrote. “Serving in the IDF is a tremendous privilege. The IDF is ours, all of us. Any harm to it is a harm to the security of the State of Israel and its citizens. If there is anyone who did not understand this on October 7th – let them wake up urgently and act responsibly.”
09:50 – Clashes in Jenin resume between PA forces and terror groups
Qatari news site Al Jazeera reported this morning that clashes between the Palestinian Authority security forces and terror groups affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad have resumed.
Last week, clashes between the PA and PIJ led to the killing of a local commander in the Iran-backed terror group (PIJ).
08:50 – Former Chief Rabbi says even ultra-Orthodox men who don’t study should not enlist
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi and the spiritual leader of the Shas party, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, said in a video released on Sunday morning that even ultra-Orthodox men who do not actively study should not report for the draft over fears of secularization.
“There’s no such thing as going to the army. Listen to me. Even those who are idle and do not study are forbidden to go – you see that yeshiva students when they go to the army, they break down,” Rabbi Yosef said in the video. “Everyone becomes secular. Afterwards, they may repent, but when they go, they [become] secular.”
08:11 – United Torah Judaism won’t support Judicial Reforms without changes to Draft Law
A senior member of United Torah Judaism commented on the judicial revolution, after Justice Minister Yariv Levin said yesterday that he intends to legislate a change in the composition of the committee for the selection of judges, telling Ynet, “We will not support any move related to the judicial reform, if at all, until there is significant progress on the issue of the conscription law.” He added, “It should be emphasized that Levin’s reform is what prevented the enactment of the law in the first place. In general, we oppose the issue of the ‘judicial reform,’ which leads to a rift and division among the people, and it is not certain that we will be partners in this.”
02:55 – Justice Minister Levin threatens to restart Judicial Reforms in spat with High Court
In a post to Facebook on Saturday evening, Justice Minister Yariv Levin threatened to resume the contentious Judicial Reforms which led to significant protests and disagreements, and which some analysts have [contributed to precipitating] the October 7 attacks. Levin made the post after the High Court of Justice ordered Levin to hold a vote for a new president of the Supreme Court; a position which has been vacant since the previous Court president, Esther Hayut, retired in 2023.
Levin said the High Court is seizing power from the government and is telling him how to perform his job.
01:15 – SOHR says Israel struck over 60 military sites overnight
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-affiliated London-based group that tracks human rights violations during the Syrian conflict, reported that the IDF carried out 61 strikes on military sites in less than five hours across Syria on Saturday night. SOHR said, “the attacks were mainly aimed at tunnels containing ballistic missile depots.” According to the group, since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime about a week ago, Israel has carried out 446 airstrikes throughout the country.
