Foreign Minister Israel Katz sends a letter to his French counterpart, Stéphane Séjourné, warning him of an Iranian-backed plot to attack the Israeli delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“There are those who seek to undermine the celebratory nature of this joyous event,” writes Katz. “We currently have assessments regarding the potential threat posed by Iranian terrorist proxies and other terrorist organizations who aim to carry out attacks against members of the Israeli delegation and Israeli tourists during the Olympics.”
Katz expresses “gratitude” to French officials for the “unprecedented security measures” to protect Israelis at the Games, as well as the French government’s rejection of calls to ban Israel from the Olympics.
The 88 Israeli athletes at the Paris Games are subject to round-the-clock protection from French security services, and are also being guarded by Shin Bet officials, amid a spate of threats to the delegation and the proceedings.
Hamas rockets fell short and struck UNRWA-run school in Gaza’s Khan Younis, says IDF
Rockets launched by Hamas yesterday from the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip struck a United Nations-run school in Khan Younis, killing and wounding Palestinians, the IDF says.
According to the IDF, it received reports from international aid organizations that two civilians were killed and several more were wounded after the rockets struck UNRWA’s Al-Qarara school.
The IDF says the rockets were fired by Hamas from the humanitarian zone, but failed to cross the border into Israel, falling short on the school in Khan Younis.
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Report: New UK government to withdraw its objection to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
The new UK government, led by the Labour party, is reportedly expected to back away from the last government’s objections to the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza.
Citing “two people briefed on the government’s deliberations,” the New York Times reports that the decision by new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is likely to come by the end of this week.
Last week London announced that it will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA after the government under Rishi Sunak had frozen it in the wake of Israeli allegations that agency staffers took part in Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
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