The Israeli military said it intercepted two drones fired from Yemen overnight. Yemen’s Houthi rebels joined the war on Saturday and have been firing at Israel since.
IDF says it targeted 40 weapons sites in Tehran. The IDF claimed that among the sites targeted were facilities used for the assembly of anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank missiles and ballistic missiles.
UPDATE: The Ministry of Environmental Protection has confirmed that a leak of hazardous materials has been ruled out following the damage to the refineries in Haifa Bay.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaie claimed in a statement that "we have not conducted direct negotiations with the United States so far." He said, "we have received messages through intermediaries regarding the United States' desire to conduct negotiations." Baqaie added that "it is welcome that countries in the region are working to achieve peace, but a realistic outlook is required."
Avihu Hahn, chairman of the Haifa Bay Area Cities Association, responded to the damage to the BAZN: "As long as the BAZN continues to operate, it is a game of Russian roulette with the lives of a million residents of the Haifa metropolitan area. Disaster will surely come. The plant constitutes an energy and security failure of the first order, and it is appropriate that this understanding also permeates the policy makers in the government. There are interim solutions that will allow the closure of the BAZN within a few months, and we must act to implement them immediately."
The Shas party said it voted in favor of the death penalty for terrorists law on the first reading, in accordance with the directive of the Council of Torah Sages, in light of the defense establishment's position after the Simchat Torah massacre. Ahead of the second and third readings, the Council instructed Shas representatives to make changes to the wording of the law in committee. After the changes were achieved and presented to the Council, the rabbis instructed Shas representatives to vote in favor of the law on the final reading.
UPDATE: Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen addressed the damage to the refineries in Haifa Bay, where an industrial building was damaged and a fuel tanker was hit. "The damage was not to production facilities and will not result in a disruption to fuel supplies," he said. Cohen added that he had spoken with company executives, and emphasized: "We will continue to ensure a regular energy supply to the entire economy."
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