Israel, Gaza terrorists enter cease-fire
Israel and terrorist groups in Gaza reportedly agreed to a ceasefire.
Israel and terrorist groups in Gaza reportedly agreed to a ceasefire.
Israel\’s attorney general reportedly is set to announce that he will file an indictment against the country\’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, on graft charges. The draft indictment on charges of fraud, money laundering and breach of trust will be announced Monday or Tuesday, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
Israeli security forces believe that there will soon be a breakthrough in the investigation into the Itamar murders, in which five family members were stabbed to death in their home. On Sunday, Israel Defense Forces soldiers arrested more Palestinian suspects in Samarea in the West Bank, after dozens were already taken in for questioning regarding the Itamar murders.
Israel\’s military is ordering four more Iron Dome missile defense systems, which successfully deployed during recent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it would order the batteries from the Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at a cost of up to $80 million each. The units reportedly will be delivered in a year-and-a-half and be ready for immediate use.
Despite Israel’s rejection of the Goldstone report on the Gaza war a year-and-a-half ago, the international criticism it engendered has led the Israel Defense Forces to make a number of significant changes in policy and doctrine. And they\’ll stay even though Richard Goldstone has recanted one of the most significant findings of his committee\’s report — that Israel intentionally targeted civilians and may have perpetrated war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Discussions on new construction in eastern Jerusalem have been postponed reportedly due to pressure from the Prime Minister\’s Office. The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee tabled its talks scheduled for this week on projects to build nearly 1,000 apartments in Har Homa and 600 in Pisgat Ze\’ev until May 5, Haaretz reported.
Israeli officials expect Hezbollah to fire about 500 missiles a day at Israel, including 100 that will reach Tel Aviv, in the next war.
Israeli combat aircraft reportedly killed three Palestinian civilians in a retaliatory attack. Palestinian officials were quoted by Israeli media as saying that a 45 year old woman, her 20 year old daughter and a 55 year old man were killed in the attack Friday on the southern Gaza Strip.