<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a situational assessment with the heads of the defense establishment.</p><p><em>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</em></p>

<p>IDF says Hamas terrorist cell was identified using an ambulance. IDF aircraft struck and neutralized the terrorists.</p><p><em>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</em></p>

The widow of Druze Israeli Salman Habaka, hero of Be'eri & the highest-ranking officer to fall during Gaza battles, has an unusual request.

Heads of Jewish communities and organizations from around the world are calling for Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

People gather at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad to listen to Secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.

<p>Defense Minister Gallant told US Secretary of State Blinken today: "There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages, period."</p>

<p>Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah commented in a speech in Lebanon: "The campaign has expanded to more than one front. There is no campaign more important than the campaign against the Zionists. There is nothing more important than this campaign from a religious, moral, and human point of view."</p>

The Secretary of State speaks about his third visit to Israel since the war broke out.