Netanyahu: West Bank Settler Attacks Against Palestinians, IDF Soldiers to Be Addressed ‘With Full Force’

Here are Sunday’s key updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank:

■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned West Bank settler attacks against Palestinians and IDF soldiers, which would be addressed “with full force,” and reiterated his opposition to a Palestinian state at the opening of the Israeli cabinet meeting.

■ Senior Saudi officials have signalled that they will not advance normalization with Israel during Netanyahu’s term, following Trump’s statement that he is considering a deal to supply Saudi Arabia with F-35 stealth fighter jets, while Israeli officials like Defense Minister Israel Katz and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid issued statements opposing a Palestinian state.

■ The IDF fired at UN peacekeepers from an Israeli tank positioned in Lebanese territory, according to UNIFIL reports.

■ Right-wing activist Mordechai David was questioned on suspicion of threatening journalist Guy Peleg from Channel 12 News, who was the first to publish the leaked video of IDF soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman.

■ A number of Gazan patients who underwent medical treatments in Israeli will be transferred back the Gaza Strip after not being able to return since October 7, 2023, according to a Gaza Health Ministry announcement.

■ Iran’s foreign minister said that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country.

■ Israel’s High Court ruled that Judiciary Ombudsman Asher Kula cannot oversee the investigation into former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi and other senior officials implicated in the Sde Teiman video leak affair.

■ The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that a 19-year-old was killed by IDF gunfire during an overnight raid in Askar refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank. IDF reported that a “terrorist hurled an explosive device toward the soldiers” during operational activity in the area.

■ An Israeli who collected IDF intelligence from his reservist partner and sold intel to Iranian intelligence operatives was arrested by the Shin Bet and Israeli police.