The ISA is investigating a new affair related to the activities of a senior employee at the Office of the Prime Minister, who is reportedly considered close to the Netanyahu couple.

ISA Director responds to Netanyahu: 'Decision to dismiss me not connected to October 7th'

<p>Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar spoke with his counterpart, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Timco Mucunski to express Israel's condolences for the tragedy in which more than 50 people were killed and dozens were injured in a nightclub fire. </p><p>He told his counterpart that Israeli medical experts would travel to North Macedonia within the next day to provide medical assistance.</p><p>"I also suggested any other assistance needed. Israel stands by North Macedonia in this difficult time," Sa'ar stated.</p>

The police will summon Nadav Argaman for questioning regarding a complaint of blackmail by Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Tamir Ohayon, visiting from Tel Aviv, was confronted, verbally abused, and spat on in a Dublin hotel bar by two women accusing him of being an IDF soldier.

<p>Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to respond to the bullet that hit the windshield of a car in Moshav Avivim and to convey a warning to the Lebanese government regarding the future.</p><p>"The claim that it was a stray bullet from a funeral of a Hezbollah terrorist in a nearby village is completely unacceptable. We will not allow a situation in which residents of the north are shot at for any reason whatsoever and will respond to any violation of the ceasefire. Any threat or harm to the security of the residents of the north will be met with a hard hand," Katz said.</p>

<p>Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir commented on Netanyahu's announcement that he would move to dismiss ISA director Ronen Bar </p><p>"I congratulate the Prime Minister on his decision to fire the head of the ISA. This is something I have been demanding for a long time, and better late than never. There is no place in a democratic state for bureaucrats who conduct a political counter-offensive against elected officials."</p><p>"The Right must learn from President Trump to eradicate the deep state, to conduct itself as a democracy, and to restore the public's trust in the security and judicial bodies of the State of Israel."</p>

<p>The Houthi terrorist rebels in Yemen claim that in response to US strikes against them, they targeted the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and its warships in the northern Red Sea with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone.</p>