🎯 Gaza: Hamas brigade commander eliminated: The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed that Izz al-Din al-Bik, commander of Hamas’ Northern Gaza Brigade, was eliminated in a precise overnight aerial strike in Gaza City. Palestinian media reported that an apartment in the al-Nasr neighborhood was hit. Previously the brigade’s military intelligence chief, al-Bik succeeded Ahmed Ghandour after his elimination on November 10, 2023, and had survived an Israeli elimination attempt six months earlier.
The IDF said al-Bik directed the brigade’s terrorists in attacks against Israeli troops and civilians, worked to rebuild its military capabilities and posed an immediate threat. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz also announced his elimination, citing his recruitment of new terrorists.
⚠️ Iran: Oil threat, U.S. warning and sanctions dispute: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf said: "No one in the region will be able to sell their oil if Iran cannot sell its oil". U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was taking Iranian threats against American interests worldwide very seriously and warned of consequences if those interests were attacked.
President Trump denied an Axios report that he had offered Iran sanctions relief and frozen funds, stating: “I offered them nothing!” He called the report a hoax motivated by hostility toward him and demanded its withdrawal.
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is conducting flight operations while sailing in the Arabian Sea.
🤝 Diplomacy: Reported Netanyahu meeting with Saddam Haftar: Netanyahu reportedly met secretly during his UAE visit with eastern Libya’s Commander-in-Chief, Saddam Haftar, son of LNA founder Khalifa Haftar. According to the report, Haftar sought to use the meeting to facilitate a summit with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
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