Katz warns Lebanon - Israel won't restrict attacks if ceasefire broken | IDF destroys Hezbollah infrastructure on Mt Dov | Judge in 'leaked documents' case says weak evidence of intent to harm

17:31 - IDF demolishes Hezbollah infrastructure on Mt. Dov

Soldiers of the 810th “Mountains” Regional Brigade, alongside combat engineers and the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion, carried out a raid in the Mount Dov area in recent weeks, “as part of a defensive effort to destroy tunnels of the Hezbollah terror organization in the enemy’s staging grounds.”

The military spokesman said the forces "destroyed all artifacts and underground infrastructure and neutralized all threats in this area."

16:51 - Netanyahu thanks Trump for demand of hostage release

During a special Israeli Cabinet meeting in the northern coastal city of Nahariya, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for the strong statement he posted on his Truth Social media platform, demanding the hostages be released before his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.

The prime minister said that Trump's statements “put the emphasis in the right place – on Hamas, and not on the Israeli government, as is customary in some places.”

“It is a very strong statement,” Netanyahu said, “which makes it clear that there is one party responsible for this situation – and that is Hamas. Hamas must release the hostages.”

16:20 - Judge in Feldstein 'leaked documents' case says evidence of intent to harm is weak

Tel Aviv District Court Judge Alaa Masarwa says prosecutors have presented clear evidence that Eli Feldstein, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, passed on classified documents. However, they had insufficient evidence to prove Feldstein intended to harm national security by leaking a top-secret IDF document to the press.

At a hearing on a potential remand for Feldstein, Masarwa said “sufficient apparent evidence has been presented for this stage of the proceedings regarding the charges of illicit transferal of classified information and its publishing in the media."

Regarding the most serious charge, Masarwa said he found “weakness in the evidence for the charge of transferring classified information with the intent to harm the state.”

Even initial reports about the leak surmise that Feldstein believed he was helping the prime minister by leaking the documents dealing with information that could affect a potential Gaza hostage deal.

14:31 - COGAT announces transfer of UAE-donated ambulances to Gaza

Five ambulances donated by the United Arab Emirates to international organizations in Gaza entered Gaza last night (Dec. 2) through the Kerem Shalom crossing, COGAT announced this afternoon.

Five ambulances donated by the United Arab Emirates to international organizations in Gaza entered Gaza last night (Dec. 2) through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

The ambulances were deployed to ensure the continued provision of medical care to residents of the Gaza Strip and to… pic.twitter.com/daYw5MfGxJ

— COGAT (@cogatonline) December 3, 2024

13:25 - Israel reportedly struck Hezbollah official in Damascus, Syria

A security source told Kan News that an earlier airstrike in Damascus was carried out by Israel.

According to Syrian media, the strike aimed to eliminate a senior Hezbollah official traveling in a car.

13:01 - DM Katz warns Lebanese government: Israel won't restrict its attacks if ceasefire broken

In a visit to the northern border, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned the Lebanese government that if the ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses, “there will no longer be an exemption for the state of Lebanon.”

“We will work with all our might to enforce all the understandings of the ceasefire agreement, and we show maximum response and zero tolerance,” Katz said while visiting the northern border on Tuesday morning.

“Yesterday was the first test, shooting at Mount Dov. We reacted strongly and this is exactly what we will do, and we will not allow Hezbollah to return to the old methods they had, such as the tent that was set up and not attacked,” Katz said.

11:40 - IDF announces strike on terror group in Jordan Valley

The Israeli Air Force struck a terrorist cell in the area of Aqabah near the Jordan Valley Regional Brigade, IDF Spokesperson's Office announced.

11:06 - Syrian news site reports alleged Israeli strike on vehicle near Damascus airport

Syrian opposition news site "Voice of the Capital" reported that an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle near Aqraba Bridge on the road to Damascus International Airport.

10:17 - Belgian pro-Palestinian org files complaint for war crimes against new Israeli military attache

Kan News reported that the pro-Palestinian HRF organization filed a complaint against Col. Moshe Tetro, the new Israeli military attache in Belgium, over alleged war crimes in Gaza.

The Hind Rajab Foundation alleges that under Tetro's command, who served in the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Directorate at the start of the war, "policy was enforced to systematically starve the population of Gaza."

Israeli officials responded to Kan News, saying that HRF "is an obsessive organization that has filed and is filing dozens of complaints against officers in The Hague, Brussels and other places in the world. The head of the organization, Diab Abu Gege, is a Lebanese who justified the September 11 attacks in the past. The military attache has diplomatic immunity in Belgium."

09:05 - Foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Russia to meet in Qatar to discuss renewed fighting in Syria

The foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Russia are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Doha Forum in Qatar, on Dec. 7 and 8, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced, according to Iranian state media.

"We all agree that no one will benefit from another war in Syria," Araqchi wrote in a post on 𝕏 after his visit with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

08:20 - Hamas and Fatah reach agreement on the "day after" in Gaza

Kan news reports that Hamas and Fatah have reached an agreement for the management of Gaza following the end of the conflict in Gaza. The report said that the two groups reached an agreement on the establishment of a social support committee to manage civilian life in the Gaza Strip the day after the war – under the authority of the Palestinian Authority.

During their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, they decided that the committee to be established would be under the Palestinian Authority and that its establishment would not lead to a split between Gaza and Judea and Samaria. The committee will be composed of technocrats who are not directly affiliated with Hamas or Fatah, and will be responsible for managing civilian life in the Gaza Strip "for the sake of the Palestinian citizens."

Hamas and Fatah had a power-sharing agreement before the battle for Gaza which led to Hamas seizing power in the Gaza Strip in 2007.

08:15 - Mother of American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel dies

The mother of Keith Siegel, who was kidnapped by Hamas last year and has been held hostage in the Gaza Strip for 424 days, passed away last night according to family.

“My father’s mother died and my father can’t say goodbye to her because he is in Hamas captivity for more than a year,” Siegel’s daughter Elan wrote in a post to Facebook.

“My father can’t stand with us tomorrow in the cemetery, he can’t say goodbye to the woman who loved him and raised him his whole life,” she said. “A violent and murderous terror organization dictates our lives — from Gaza to the great United States and the whole world is silent.”

Keith Siegel and his wife Aviva were taken captive from their home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7.

Aviva was later released during the November 2023 hostage release ceasefire deal. Keith is believed to still be alive.

0:15 - Mike Huckabee says US needs to 'exact severe consequences' for taking American hostages

Future U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee retweeted a social media post by President-elect Donald Trump, which threatened "ALL HELL TO PAY."

"This is my President! There must be serious consequences for holding any hostage, but America needs to exact severe consequences for kidnapping and murdering AMERICAN hostages."