Here are Tuesday’s updates on Israel, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the Middle East:
■ After comments that French President Emmanuel Macron does not plan to join the Board of Peace, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “If they feel hostile, I’ll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and champagnes and he’ll join.”
■ U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering not joining Trump’s Board of Peace after Russian President Vladimir Putin was invited to join, according to a report from the Financial Times. U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said, “Putin is not a man of peace, and I don’t think he belongs in any organisation with peace in the name.”
■ Several European countries are considering whether to stop sending personnel to a U.S. military-led coordination center for Gaza in southern Israel, saying it has failed to increase aid flows or achieve political change, diplomats said.
■ Israel’s High Court ruled that no postmortem examination will be carried out on the bodies of infants who died on Monday at an unlicensed daycare in Jerusalem. Footage from protests in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh showed extensive police violence: the commander of the Bnei Brak police force was filmed choking an ultra-Orthodox demonstrator, a mounted officer was filmed striking a protester who was sitting on the ground and other footage shows a car ramming into a protester.
■ Iranian security authorities shut down 40,000 terminals for Elon Musk’s Starlink, which enables satellite access to the internet, an Iranian state broadcaster reported.
■ Syria’s defense ministry announced a four-day cease-fire following a new agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, starting 8 P.M. local time on Tuesday.
■ A State comptroller report found that Israeli police used intrusive surveillance technology for years to break into private devices without authorization to extract information outside of their legal authority.
■ Greece and Israel plan to increase security and defense cooperation following talks in Athens between the defense ministers.
■ Israel Land Authority officers began demolishing buildings at a UNRWA compound in Jerusalem, accompanied by police. Several Israeli officials applauded the demolition, which drew condemnation from UN officials and Jordan.