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Argentina’s Milei congratulates Netanyahu on ‘great victory’ at election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) greets Argentinian President Javier Milei in Jerusalem, April 19, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Argentinian President Javier Milei congratulates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on what he calls “the great victory” of the Likud party.
According to Milei, the Likud “has once again become the leading force in Israel,” in a post on X.
While the Likud is the largest party coming out of the election, the bloc of coalition parties lost its Knesset majority.
“Once more, you have demonstrated the strength of your leadership, even in the face of polls and predictions against you. Argentina and Israel will continue to be strategic allies against those who challenge our Western values,” Milei says.
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Netanyahu and Smotrich said to meet to coordinate efforts following election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Likud, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionism-Zehut party, met today to coordinate their efforts following the election, according to Hebrew media reports.
Central Elections Committee publishes final election results, Knesset to be sworn in Nov. 10
A voter casts his ballot at a school used as a polling station during Israel’s general election in Tel Aviv, October 27, 2026. (AP/David Goldman)
The Central Elections Committee publishes the final results of the national election, without any changes to the party breakdowns from the previous update.
The final seat allocations in the 26th Knesset are as follows:
Likud 27
Yashar 21
B’Yachad 12
Joint List 11
The Democrats 8
Ra’am 8
Yisrael Beytenu 7
United Torah Judaism 7
Otzma Yehudit 7
Shas 6
Religious Zionism 6
The final official results will be submitted to President Isaac Herzog on November 4 following any examinations of errors or inquiries. The Knesset is slated to be sworn in on November 10.
The final results leave the pro-Netanyahu bloc with 53 seats, the anti-Netanyahu bloc with 48 and the Arab factions with 19.
The final voter turnout was 77.9% of eligible voters, with 5,716,665 votes cast.
The Reservists (2.7%), People of Israel (1.7%), Charedi Public (0.2%) all failed to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold.
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Crypto platform Binance confirms major hack, more than $2.5B frozen
The Binance logo is displayed on a screen on June 6, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images via AFP)
Cryptocurrency platform Binance says it fell victim to a major hack that resulted in the freezing of more than $2.5 billion in an effort to prevent them from being stolen.
The company — the world’s largest crypto exchange by daily trading volumes — says it has suspended trading on certain products.
It nevertheless insists: “User funds are completely safe.”
Several experts say it looks like a massive amount of assets had been stolen.
“It does look like a hack on Binance,” says former Binance chief Changpeng Zhao, who no longer runs the group but remains a majority shareholder.
Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether — a company that issues a cryptocurrency known as USDT — says his firm froze about $1.6 billion “related to a potential Binance exchange hack.”
Bitcoin prices fell more than three percent on the news.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in US for G20 meeting
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walks for a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Iori Sagisawa/Pool Photo via AP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in the United States to attend a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Atlanta, state-owned TASS news agency reports.
Moscow said yesterday that Lavrov would use his speech there to argue against international sanctions. It comes ahead of fresh talks between officials from Moscow, Kyiv and Washington on trying to broker an end to the Ukraine war.
Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed drone fired by Yemen’s Houthis over Mecca
The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis in the Mecca region, the coalition says in a statement.
The reported incident is the latest in a series of cross-border attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on Saudi Arabia, involving drones and missiles targeting military installations, airports and energy infrastructure.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis. The group has repeatedly denied targeting Mecca and Medina, Islam’s two holiest cities, rejecting previous Saudi-led coalition accusations that it had launched drones towards the cities.
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Blockchain analysis firm: North Korea behind Binance crypto theft; $6.3 billion stolen
North Korean hackers were behind a $6.3 billion raid on cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to US blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs.
“An attacker moved approximately $6.36 billion out of Binance wallets on ten blockchains, most of it in about 20 minutes,” TRM Labs says in a blog post on its website.
“TRM attributes the attack to TraderTraitor, North Korea’s elite hacking unit, based on robust on and off-chain intelligence. We make this judgment with high confidence.”
Report: US believes Iranian hardliner Rezaei offers best chance for reaching deal
Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, attends a ceremony at Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran on June 4, 2026. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
US intelligence believes working with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council head Mohsen Rezaei is Washington’s best option if it wants to head off renewed fighting, according to The Washington Post, after the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Vance had contacted the hardline official.
In his letter to Rezaei, Vance reportedly stressed the need for the US and Iran to return to negotiations focused on their respective national interests — Washington’s being preventing a nuclear-armed Iran and Tehran’s being its economy and sovereignty — an official familiar with the matter tells the Post.
The official tells the Post that Vance stressed the need for Iran to dispatch negotiators who are “empowered” to discuss and resolve the nuclear issue, indicating that the White House believes Rezaei has that ability.
According to the Post, US intelligence believes Rezaei is a key player in the Iranian regime, as he is in contact with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and has his finger on the pulse of the country’s security and economic situation. He is believed to have been in contact with Khamenei after receiving Vance’s letter, the report says.
It cites US officials as saying they believe Rezaei “understands the dire situation.”
Rezaei has yet to respond to Vance’s letter, however, and the Post notes that his hardline stance against the US over the years casts doubt on his willingness to pursue a deal with Washington.
Houthis deny attacking Saudi’s Mecca region after Riyadh says it downed drone
Yemen’s Houthis deny launching any attack towards Saudi Arabia this morning, after the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by the group over the Mecca region.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree dismisses the coalition’s account as false in a post on X, saying the group had not carried out any operation towards Saudi territory. He says its operations target Saudi oil facilities and military bases.
The Iran-backed Houthis have launched a series of cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia targeting military installations, airports and energy infrastructure.
The group has repeatedly denied targeting Mecca and Medina, Islam’s two holiest cities, rejecting previous Saudi-led coalition accusations that it had launched drones towards the cities.
Bus driver killed, at least 20 passengers wounded in collision with tractor in south, medics say
A bus and tractor are seen after a crash on Route 25 in southern Israel on October 30, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
A bus driver was killed and at least 20 passengers were wounded in a collision with a tractor on Route 25, near the Shibolim agricultural community in southern Israel, medics say.
The Fire and Rescue Service says it is working to free people trapped on the bus. The bus was transporting a group of girls to a field trip, the rescue service says.
Police say they are investigating the crash and working to reroute traffic.
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‘A win is a win’: Lapid urges patience as uncertain effort to form government unfolds away from public eye
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at the B'Yachad party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night, October 28, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Outgoing opposition leader and B’Yachad No. 2 Yair Lapid declares that the anti-Netanyahu bloc “won” the election on Tuesday, despite not achieving an outright victory, and asks the public for patience as it begins working to try and cobble together a government with no clear path to majority rule.
The anti-Netanyahu bloc received a combined 67 seats out of a possible 120, which would be a comfortable majority if three of the four Jewish-led parties, Yashar, B’Yachad and Yisrael Beytenu, hadn’t ruled out sitting in coalition with the predominantly Arab Joint List and Ra’am.
Netanyahu’s bloc received 53 seats, and his Likud party is the largest one, with 27 seats, but he too has no clear path to a 61-seat majority
Lapid, in a post on X, acknowledges that Netanyahu’s opponents “wanted a clear, immediate victory, the kind you can go to sleep with. But that isn’t what we got.”
But he says the opposition bloc still won in several ways.
“Netanyahu received 53 seats. A collapse. And even within that low number, 13 of those seats belong to parties that consider themselves anti-Zionist,” he writes, referring to the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism and Shas, which won seven and six seats, respectively.
“He is left with 40 [seats],” Lapid assesses. “That’s what he has. No matter what he does, he doesn’t have any way to form a government.”
“So we won,” he declares. “It wasn’t a knockout; it was a win on points. But points count too. A win is a win.”
The outgoing opposition leader says his bloc, led by Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot, will do everything in its power to try and form a government, but says it will be “difficult,” and success is not guaranteed.
“So I need to ask you for something difficult to ask of Israelis: patience.”
Forming a government, he says, is the “exact opposite” of the election campaign process: “It takes place in small rooms, slowly, away from the cameras.”
“I know that human beings detest uncertainty, but consider how much you would hate to find out in a month from now that for the sake of a headline or a leak, we had failed to work smartly, quietly, or precisely.”
So, he says, “If you want to know whether anything is happening behind the silence you’re currently hearing, the answer is yes.”
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Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for US-Iran deal, official says
Qatari mediators have returned to Tehran today as part of efforts to reach a deal between the US and Iran, an official briefed on the talks tells Reuters.
The mediation talks have been coordinated with the US, the official says.
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Police open probe into suspected settler arson attack in southern West Bank
Palestinian media outlets report that settlers set fire to a building overnight in the area of the South Hebron Hills in the southern West Bank.
There are no reports of injuries.
Police say they have launched an investigation into suspected property damage, graffiti vandalism and the suspected arson of an unoccupied building.
“Police officers from the Hebron station and forensic investigators from the Judea and Samaria District are at the scene, under IDF protection, and have begun collecting evidence and taking witness statements as part of the investigation,” police say.
A new attack.. Extremist Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home in the village of Maeen, South Hebron Hills. pic.twitter.com/aNLn8Bg4Mo
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) October 30, 2026
Golan repeats call to work with Arab parties, says undemocratic to discount them out of hand
Yair Golan, chair of the left-wing Democrats party, repeats his call for the Jewish-led opposition parties to work with the Arab-led parties and form a governing coalition, arguing that ignoring their combined 19 seats would be undemocratic.
“There are no conditional citizens in a democratic Israel,” Golan argues in an opinion piece for Haaretz. “A ballot cast on Tuesday by an Arab citizen in Sakhnin or in Rahat is worth exactly as much as a ballot cast by a Jewish citizen in Tel Aviv or Sderot.”
“Every member of Knesset elected in a lawful, democratic election is a legitimate part of our political system,” he writes. “Anyone who believes in democracy cannot fight for it in the morning only to then, in the evening, invalidate the voices of hundreds of thousands of citizens because of their origins or their names.”
Golan is the only head of a Jewish-led opposition party to express willingness to work with Ra’am and the Joint List. Yashar’s Gadi Eisenkot, B’Yachad’s Naftali Bennett, and Yisrael Beytenu’s Avigdor Liberman have all ruled out doing so.
The Democrats chair acknowledges in the opinion piece that working with the Arab-led parties won’t always be simple, but says this does not mean it shouldn’t happen.
“We will present demands, stand firm on our security and national principles, and will conduct tough and practical negotiations — just as we would with any other faction in parliament,” he says. “But we will not disqualify individuals, nor will we accept the rules of the game dictated by the poison machine to keep its grip on power.”
Golan, whose party won eight seats in Tuesday’s election, met yesterday with Eisenkot, B’Yachad No. 2 Yair Lapid, and Ra’am chair Mansour Abbas, as the anti-Netanyahu bloc begins coalition-building talks.
Head of Czech embassy’s Jerusalem branch office hit by minibus and killed in accident
Klára Schneiderová, a 30-year-old Czech diplomat and head of the Czech Embassy's branch office in Jerusalem, was killed in a traffic accident in Jerusalem on October 29, 2026. (Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tel Aviv)
The head of the Czech Embassy’s Jerusalem branch office was killed yesterday in a car accident, the Czech Embassy in Tel Aviv confirms.
Klára Schneiderová, 30, was hit by a minibus on Jerusalem’s Agrippas Street, apparently after the driver lost control of the vehicle. She was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in critical condition, where she succumbed to her injuries.
The Czech embassy in Tel Aviv confirms Schneiderová’s death, recalling her as a “bright, warm, and friendly young woman, and an outstanding diplomat.
With deep sadness,we mourn the tragic loss of our colleague and friend,Klára Schneiderová,Head of the Czech Embassy’s Branch Office in Jerusalem,who died in a car accident.Klára was a bright,warm and outstanding diplomat.Our heartfelt condolences go to her family and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/4h4RgMFNLS
— Czech Embassy in Tel Aviv (@CzechEmbassyIL) October 30, 2026
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says he received the news of Schneiderová’s death “with deep sorrow.”
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, her loved ones, and the entire Czech diplomatic community,” he writes. “Klára was a dedicated senior diplomat and a true friend to Israel.”
The Czech embassy in Warsaw also extends condolences to Schneiderová’s loved ones, mourning the loss of “such a young and talented colleague,” full of “energy and optimism.”
Czech media reports that the country’s foreign ministry will fly a black flag over its headquarters in the Czernin Palace as a show of respect for Schneiderová.
Her body will be flown to the Czech Republic for burial.
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IDF: Four Palestinian terror suspects arrested by troops in Jenin Thursday
Four Palestinian terror suspects were apprehended by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Jenin yesterday, the military says.
The IDF says troops of the Duvdevan Commando Unit raided Jenin on Thursday following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet on the whereabouts of the four wanted Palestinians.
The four are “terrorists who traded in weapons” and had been part of a former terror network in Jenin, according to the military.
They were taken to be questioned by the Shin Bet, the army adds.
European dockworkers stage walkout over against arms shipments, as Italians hold nationwide strike
A demonstrator pushes a shopping cart carrying mock missiles and placards calling for a minimum pension of 1,000 euros during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending in Rome, Italy, October 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Dockworkers in Europe and beyond are staging strikes as part of an international campaign against arms shipments and to demand better working conditions, unions say.
Unions in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Morocco issue a joint call to demand an end to the wars in the Middle East, including in Gaza, where near-daily strikes have continued despite an October 2025 ceasefire, and “an end to the militarization of ports.”
“Ports must not be used for the transport of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and troops,” the statement says. “Dockworkers do not work for war!”
Organizers say more than 100 ports across multiple countries have joined the protest movement that could affect port operations in parts of Europe, the Mediterranean region and North America.
In Greece, the ENEDEP dockworkers’ union called for a strike at Piraeus, the country’s largest port, as part of the international day of action. In addition, ships remain docked at several ports, disrupting ferry services, because of a separate seafarers’ strike demanding better pay, working conditions and improved safety measures.
Italy’s Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) says port demonstrations are planned in key ports, including Genoa, Trieste and Gioia Tauro, coinciding with a nationwide general strike called by major unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending.
France’s CGT ports and docks federation has called a one-day strike in major ports including Le Havre, Marseille, Dunkirk and Rouen to reject “the militarization of port facilities” under European policies and denounce the French government’s budget proposals, which the union says threaten social protections.
The scale of the disruption remains unclear. Organizers say participation will range from full-day strikes to shorter walkouts and demonstrations.
Report: Shin Bet letting Hamas operatives choose whether they’re killed alone or alongside their families
Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reports that in recent months, the Shin Bet has begun calling Hamas operatives in Gaza ahead of strikes targeting them, offering them a choice: leave their homes and be killed alone, or remain inside and be killed along with their family members.
According to the newspaper, this has happened at least five times recently.
The newspaper reports that last Wednesday, Mohammad al-Bayouk was killed in an IDF airstrike in Khan Younis while standing on the roof of his home, after receiving a phone call from Shin Bet officers who allegedly told him to choose between being targeted alone on the roof or inside next to his family.
According to the report, al-Bayouk chose to go up to the roof, where he was killed.
Al-Bayouk’s aunt was seriously injured when she chased after him in an attempt to stop him from going outside following the phone call, according to a relative who spoke to the newspaper.
IDF: Two Hamas weapons depots destroyed in Gaza strikes overnight
Two Hamas weapon depots were destroyed in strikes in the Gaza Strip last night, the military says.
The IDF says the sites in central Gaza’s Bureij camp and in Gaza City were used by Hamas to store dozens of various weapons, including RPGs, explosive devices, rockets, Kalashnikov rifles, grenades, and other equipment.
Ahead of the airstrikes, the military says it issued warnings to civilians residing in the areas to mitigate harm to innocents.
צה"ל ושב"כ השמידו שני מחסני אמצעי לחימה של ארגון הטרור חמאס ברצועת עזה
צה"ל ושב"כ תקפו אמש במרחב אל-בורייג' ובמרחב העיר עזה, והשמידו שני מחסני אמצעי לחימה ששימשו את הזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס.
ארגון הטרור חמאס אחסן בתוך המחסנים עשרות אמצעי לחימה מסוגים שונים ובהם RPG,… pic.twitter.com/pWYRRzrICw
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 30, 2026
Fitch says Israel’s credit rating remains on negative outlook due to ‘prolonged political uncertainty’
Fitch says Israel’s “A” credit rating remains on negative outlook, warning that the country faces a “heightened risk of prolonged political uncertainty and a period of caretaker government” after this week’s national election.
The rating agency notes that Israel’s “fractious” domestic political environment and the “risk of a no-majority government” are consistent with the country’s current rating.
“We believe there is a risk that a stable coalition with a 61-seat majority will not emerge,” Fitch says. “A dissolution in early January and fresh elections in early April is the most likely scenario, in our view.”
“We expect government debt/GDP to continue rising modestly, which remains one of the main drivers of Israel’s Negative Outlook,” the rating agency cautions.
Fitch’s negative outlook on Israel’s rating means the country could face a downgrade. A lower rating raises credit costs for the government, businesses, and households.
Trump claims Iran war will ‘get wrapped up soon’
US President Donald Trump, speaking ahead of the November 3 midterm congressional elections, says he believes the war with Iran will end soon, but does not say how that will happen.
“It’s going to get wrapped up soon,” Trump says in an interview with Kansas City radio station KCMO. “We need a guarantee there’ll never be a nuclear weapon.”
Trump has said the US would not strike Iran before the elections.
He has also promised several times in recent weeks that the US and Israel will soon “finish the job” in Iran, without specifying whether he intends to push for diplomatic or military measures.
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Eisenkot, Bennett appoint faction chairs for incoming 26th Knesset
Incoming parties to the 26th Knesset have begun appointing Knesset faction chairs ahead of the swearing-in on November 10.
Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot announces that incoming lawmaker Roy Folkman will serve as his party’s Knesset chair.
Folkman was a member of Knesset for the now-defunct Kulanu party between 2015 and 2019, and served as its faction chair then as well.
Eisenkot praises Folkman as a man with “extensive political experience” who has the necessary “intellectual sharpness, creativity, and proven leadership ability” for the job.
מיניתי את חבר הכנסת המיועד רועי פולקמן ליו״ר סיעת ישר! בכנסת ה-26.
פולקמן עתיר ניסיון פוליטי וניחן בחדות מחשבתית, יצירתיות ויכולת הובלה מוכחת, שנדרשות על מנת להוביל את עבודת הסיעה.
אני בטוח ביכולתו להתחיל לממש את רצון הבוחר כבר עם פתיחת מושב הכנסת.יש לנו משימה ואחריות גדולה… pic.twitter.com/h4yJNoFunh
— Gadi Eisenkot – גדי איזנקוט (@gadi_eisenkot) October 30, 2026
B’Yachad chair Naftali Bennett, meanwhile, appoints MK Eitan Ginzburg, a member of Blue and White in the outgoing parliament, as his party’s Knesset chair.
Argentine-born Ginzburg previously served as communications minister for a brief stint of one month and 11 days before the dissolution of the Netanyahu-Gantz government in June 2021.
Iran’s IRGC says two tankers halted after ‘incidents’ in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says two oil tankers have been halted after encountering unspecified “incidents” while attempting to transit what Tehran considers an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Two offending oil tankers, one in the eastern part and the other in the western part of the Strait of Hormuz, which were attempting to pass through the unauthorized route, encountered incidents and were brought to a halt in the waters south of the strait,” the IRGC says in a statement.
The tankers had “switched off all their navigation and positioning systems and, with the support of the terrorist US military, were attempting to exit through the unauthorized route,” the statement adds.
The IRGC does not specify the nature of the incidents, which come a day after Iran’s armed forces said at least four tankers had stopped in the area after hitting mines.
They say the latest incidents occurred after the vessels received several radio warnings but disregarded them.
In appeal to opposition bloc, ex-defense minister Ya’alon says Mansour Abbas should be minister in next government
Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on January 17, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Moshe Ya’alon, a former defense minister turned vocal Netanyahu critic, calls on the Jewish-led opposition parties to form a government with Ra’am and offer a ministerial post to its chair, MK Mansour Abbas.
In a lengthy post on X, Ya’alon, who says he knows the Ra’am leader both personally and professionally, sings Abbas’s praises, calling him a “courageous Arab Israeli leader” and noting that he has both recognized Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and supports universal recruitment, either to the military or in national service, two conditions set out by Yashar chair Eisenkot for working with any party.
He contrasts Abbas’s actions with those of far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, recalling how, during the violent clashes in mixed Jewish-Arab cities in May 2021, he visited the sites of the violence “to pour water” on flames fanned by “Ben Gvir’s Kahanists.”
“I know Itamar Ben Gvir from his time as a subject of Shin Bet surveillance, when he incited hatred, agitation, and violence in the Hebron area,” Ya’alon writes. “He was convicted on eight separate indictments for his actions, including support for a (Jewish) terror organization.”
“I know Bezalel Smotrich from the period leading up to the Disengagement, when he was arrested on suspicion of planning to detonate 700 liters of fuel on Route 1,” the former defense minister and IDF chief continues.
“Mansour Abbas is not Jewish, but I would hope that most Israeli citizens align more with his values than the values of the messianists, racists, and fascists.”
“Mansour Abbas needs to be appointed a minister in the Israeli government,” Ya’alon appeals. “Stop accepting the game rules of those who are responsible for October 7 and are prepared to burn down the country just to stay in power.”
IDF announces four Hamas operatives killed in southern Gaza strikes
Four Hamas operatives were killed in strikes in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the military announces.
One strike in Khan Younis killed Mohammed Alyan al-Bayouk, identified by the IDF as a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force.
The Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported earlier that the Shin Bet security agency called Bayouk before carrying out the strike, telling him he had to choose between being killed alongside his family or being killed alone on the roof. According to the report, Bayouk chose to go up to the roof, where he was killed.
In another strike on Wednesday in Rafah, the IDF says it struck and killed three Hamas operatives, identified as Hammam Jaber al-Sayed Abu Labda, Mahmoud Abu Naameh, and Mohammed Hamad Shariq Abu Sultan.
The military says the four operatives had recently been advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians and acted to restore Hamas’s capabilities, “in systematic violation of the ceasefire.”
בשתי תקיפות בדרום רצועת עזה: צה"ל ושב"כ חיסלו ארבעה מחבלים מארגון הטרור חמאס
צה"ל ושב"כ תקפו מוקדם יותר השבוע במרחב ח'אן יונס וחיסלו את מחמד עליאן ביוק, מחבל נוח'בה בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס.
בתקיפה נוספת השבוע במרחב רפיח, צה"ל ושב"כ חיסלו מספר מחבלים מהזרוע הצבאית של… pic.twitter.com/jcASm1F3uz
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 30, 2026
Swedish academic says he’s been barred from UK ahead of appearance with Palestine Action founder
Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm says he has been denied entry to Britain, where he was due to speak alongside the co-founder of Palestine Action, a group banned as a terrorist organization.
Malm, an academic at Sweden’s Lund University, has been a vocal critic of Israel and expressed strong support for the Palestinian movement.
Britain’s Home Office says it does not comment on individual cases.
Malm tells BBC Radio 4 he received a message from the Home Office saying his “presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good” with no further clarification.
He says he suspects he was barred because he had been due to appear at an event next Wednesday organized by a socialist magazine alongside Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori, where he says he had been due to speak about the war in Iran. He adds he has not publicly endorsed, promoted or financially supported Palestine Action.
“I’ve been going back and forth to the UK for years, for decades, to do my scientific work, my archival research, my participation in conferences. This is the main purpose of my visit to the UK this time too,” Malm says.
“What this means is that I am banned from doing my work as an intellectual, as an academic.”
Israel said to raze home of gunmen who carried out deadly Hebron shooting attack
Smoke, dust and debris rise as the Israeli army demolishes two houses with explosives in connection with an October 23 shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers, in the West Bank city of Hebron, October 30, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinian media outlets report that the Israeli army razed the home of the two gunmen who carried out last week’s deadly shooting attack against soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron.
During the attack on October 23, Hebron residents Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba killed Staff Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem, and wounded three other troops, before they were shot dead.
Footage published by Palestinian media shows the home of the two gunmen being blown up, and the Associated Press also publishes photos of the controlled explosion.
The IDF has not yet commented.
لحظة تفجير الاحتلال منزلي الشهيدين حمودة وأحمد الجعبة، في مدينة الخليل. pic.twitter.com/bpo2EqgOUj
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) October 30, 2026
Liberman reiterates refusal to join coalition with ‘supporters of terror’
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on election night, October 27, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman reiterates his party’s refusal to join any coalition that includes the two Arab-led parties in the next Knesset.
With neither bloc securing a majority, pressure has been rising on the “change” coalition to work with Ra’am and the Joint List to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Liberman has been among those most steadfastly refusing to entertain such an option.
“We will not sit with supporters of terrorism!” he writes on Facebook, citing a number of statements and actions from Ra’am and Joint List MKs to support his claim.
Liberman points to Joint List MK Ofer Cassif — the faction’s only Jewish member — for supporting South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, Ra’am MK Yasser Hujirat’s refusal to call Hamas a terrorist organization, and Joint List MK Osama Saadi singing the Palestinian national anthem on election night.
The High Court last month overturned a Central Elections Committee decision to disqualify both Ra’am and the Joint List from running, but the court pressured Sami Abu Shehadeh, the chairman of Balad — one of the three factions in the Joint List — to drop out of the race or face disqualification for expressing support for armed struggle against Israel.
“Anyone who wants to rely on supporters of terrorism is welcome to do so,” Liberman writes. “Yisrael Beytenu will not be part of it.”
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Oman rescues 25 sailors from burning oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Oman says it has rescued 25 sailors from a merchant ship that was targeted and set ablaze in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
Oman’s navy “carried out an evacuation operation for 25 crew members of the merchant ship RITI, flying the Panamanian flag, after it was targeted, which led to a fire breaking out on board,” Oman’s Maritime Security Center says in a statement.
The crew members were provided with medical care, the Omani statement says, without giving details. The Marine Traffic ship-tracking website described the RITI as a crude oil tanker.
IDF says Hamas commander who held a dozen Israelis hostage killed in Gaza strike
Palestinians search through the rubble of a building destroyed in an overnight Israeli strike in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, October 23, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Hamas commander who took part in holding numerous hostages in captivity in Gaza during the war was killed in a strike in the Strip’s center yesterday, the military announces.
The strike yesterday in Nuseirat killed Ihab Jamil Abu Taqiya, who the military says was involved in holding hostages at the start of the war, including Raya Rotem, Hila Rotem Shoshani, Emily Hand, Ohad Ben Ami, Noa Argamani, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, Maxim Herkin, Yosef Haim Ohana, Segev Kalfon and Alex Lobanov.
The strike also killed Ibrahim Gihad Muhammad Abu Oshaiba, identified by the IDF as a Hamas platoon commander.
The IDF says both operatives had recently been advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians and acted to restore Hamas’s capabilities, “in systematic violation of the ceasefire.”
חיל-האוויר חיסל במרחב נוציראת אתמול (ה') את איהאב גמיל אבו טאקיה, מפקד חוליה בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס.
אבו טאקיה היה מעורב בהחזקת חטופים רבים בתחילת המלחמה, בהם רעיה רותם, הילה רותם שושני, אמילי הנד, אוהד בן עמי, נועה ארגמני, אנדריי קוזלוב, שלומי זיו, אלמוג מאיר ג׳אן,… pic.twitter.com/4TrA0RpEdR
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) October 30, 2026
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Mossad reported to join probe of alleged foreign influence on vote, not just from Qatar
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during Israel’s general election in Jerusalem, October 27, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
The Mossad is reportedly joining the investigation into alleged foreign influence in this week’s national election.
According to an unsourced report from Channel 12 news, the spy agency is working with the Shin Bet security agency in probing alleged foreign interference, which is suspected to come not just from Qatar, but also from other countries.
The allegations center on a purported effort to pay Arab voters to boost their turnout at polling stations on Tuesday.
The Central Elections Committee has repeatedly said that the scope of the investigation is limited in nature and that the results of Tuesday’s election are not in question.
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IDF confirms demolishing homes of gunmen behind deadly shooting of 2 soldiers
Smoke and dust rise from two houses demolished with explosives by the IDF in connection with an October 23 shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers, in the West Bank city of Hebron, October 30, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
The Israeli army confirms razing the homes of the two Palestinian gunmen who carried out last week’s deadly shooting attack against soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron.
During the attack on October 23, Hebron residents Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba killed Staff Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem, and wounded three other troops, before they were shot dead.
The military says troops operated in Hebron today and demolished the two homes. It publishes footage showing one of the houses being blown up.
שבוע בלבד לאחר ההיתקלות בצומת יהודה: צה"ל הרס את בתיהם של שני המחבלים שחוסלו
כוחות צה"ל והנדסה מיחידת יהל"ם בפיקוד חטיבת יהודה ואוגדה 98 פעלו בחברון מוקדם יותר היום, להריסת בתיהם של שני המחבלים מההיתקלות בצומת יהודה בה נפלו סמ"ר רון יונתן רויטמן ז"ל וסמל יובל שי סוילם ז״ל ונפצעו… pic.twitter.com/kCGg1Cz4o0
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 30, 2026
Zelensky to visit Turkey tomorrow for talks with Erdogan
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, during their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, April 4, 2026. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a working visit to Turkey for talks over the war with Russia and the security situation in the Black Sea, the Turkish presidency says.
“During the discussions to be held in Istanbul, the parties will address steps that can be taken to further enhance bilateral cooperation between Turkey and Ukraine, as well as regional and international developments — most notably the Russia-Ukraine War and the security situation in the Black Sea,” Burhanettin Duran, communications director at the presidency, says on X.
Lebanese military court judge charges 13 over seized Hezbollah explosives truck
Supporters of Hezbollah wave flags of the terror group during a ceremony held to mark the second anniversary of the killing of leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike by Israel, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 27, 2026. (Anwar AMRO/AFP)
A judge at a Lebanese military court charges 13 people over a truck carrying explosives belonging to the Hezbollah terror group that was seized by authorities earlier this month, state media reports.
Two of the defendants were arrested when the shipment was seized and are in custody. The others remain at large and were charged in absentia. Five of the defendants were listed only by nicknames because their real names are still unknown.
The charges include crimes against internal state security and possessing weapons and explosives and forming illegal associations aimed at undermining the authority of the state, the state-run National News Agency says.
There is no immediate comment from Hezbollah.
The truck, which was stopped at a checkpoint on the main highway linking Beirut with the eastern Bekaa Valley earlier in October, was carrying 780 kilograms (1,720 pounds) of explosives, including 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of TNT and 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of C-4 plastic explosives, according to judicial officials.
The news of its seizure generated heated public discussion, with many accusing Hezbollah of planning to carry out assassinations of domestic opponents at a time when the group is under increasing pressure to disarm.
Hezbollah later issued a statement acknowledging that the explosives belonged to the group. It said they were intended for use against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. It said it had requested that Lebanese authorities return the explosives and release the two people who were detained.
Investigation into foreign interference of election said to also include Turkey
An elderly woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the southern Bedouin city of Rahat on October 27, 2026 during Israel’s legislative election. (HAZEM BADER/AFP)
The investigation into alleged foreign influence in this week’s national election is reportedly focusing on Turkey, in addition to Qatar.
The Ynet news site reports that the probe — now reportedly including the Mossad alongside the Shin Bet — is investigating any alleged influence campaigns from both Qatar and Turkey.
Doha and Ankara have both rejected any allegations that they were involved in attempting to influence the vote.
Ra’am activists arrested on election day said to be freed soon due to lack of evidence of bribery
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in the southern bedouin city of Rahat on October 27, 2026 during Israel’s legislative election. (HAZEM BADER/AFP)
Three political activists arrested on election day on suspicion of bribery are reportedly expected to be freed by the police.
According to the Haaretz newspaper, the three Ra’am activists who were accused of a bribery scheme will be released from house arrest since no evidence has been found of an attempt to bribe voters.
A source tells Haaretz that the entire case originated in the Prime Minister’s Office, with a tip from Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff Ido Norden sparking the arrest raid.
The report says that despite finding and seizing envelopes of cash, there was no connection found between those and any bribery scheme.
Police have said that the arrest of the Ra’am activists is unconnected to a larger investigation about alleged foreign interference in Tuesday’s vote.
Opposition figures have accused Netanyahu of attempting to undermine the election results after his bloc lost its parliamentary majority following the vote.
UAE says oil leak from tanker struck by projectile has been contained
The United Arab Emirates says that an oil leak from the Gem No. 2 tanker has been stopped, with no new leakage detected, as cleanup operations continue along coastlines affected by the spill.
The oil slick is concentrated off the northern emirate of Umm Al Quwain and extends partly towards coastal areas in the neighboring northern emirates of Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman and Sharjah, state news agency WAM reports, citing the environment ministry. The density of marine pollution has declined markedly, it adds.
Authorities have temporarily closed some beaches and coastal areas as a precaution, though the ministry says this does not necessarily mean pollution had been detected at every site affected by the closures.
Authorities have not said what caused the spill, but shipping sources have told Reuters the vessel was struck by a projectile on October 9, causing a fire that was later extinguished.
Ministry source says waves of violence expected in fresh France protests tomorrow
Protesters burn trash during clashes with police the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students’ grievances, in Paris, October 18, 2026. (AP/Emma Da Silva)
Street violence on a scale “comparable” to the unrest of October 17, when thousands of businesses were damaged or looted, is expected across France tomorrow, says an interior ministry source.
“Incidents of urban violence comparable to those seen on October 17 are expected throughout Saturday and after nightfall,” says an aide to Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, describing the upcoming day of protests as “high risk.”
Saudi coalition says intercepted drone over Riyadh region, missile in south
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone near Riyadh, as well as a missile fired towards Saudi Arabia’s southern region.
In two posts on X, coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said forces had destroyed the drone in Riyadh province as well as “a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the southern region.”
4 pro-Palestinian activists charged with threatening U of Michigan officials to cut Israel ties
Anti-Israel graffiti at the outside of the Goodman Acker law offices, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Southfield, Michigan, part of an alleged campaign targeting businesses connected to the University of Michigan. (AP/Corey Williams)
Four more people have been charged with participating in a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials to try to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel, federal authorities say.
The new indictment comes nearly five months after eight pro-Palestinian activists were charged with conspiracy.
The indictment describes threats and vandalism at officials’ homes, some businesses and the Jewish Federation of Detroit.
Investigators have highlighted several incidents that made headlines in the past few years, including fake bloody corpses that were placed in a university board member’s yard and the 2024 spray-painting of anti-Israel messages at the home of Santa Ono, who was school president at the time.
Two of the four new defendants were arrested and will make their first court appearance today, while the other two people were not in custody, says the US Attorney’s Office in Detroit.
The eight people charged in June have pleaded not guilty.
“From Pharaoh to Hitler to Hamas, those who terrorize Jews have been the bad guys. As Americans, our job is to fight the bad guys,” says US Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr.
Nancy Pelosi says Mamdani and El-Sayed are ‘wrong’ on Israel positions
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol in Washington, on April 19, 2023. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Nancy Pelosi, the former Democratic speaker of the US House of Representatives, says that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed — two harsh critics of Israel — are “wrong” on their positions on Israel.
In a podcast interview, Pelosi is told that both politicians have said they don’t believe that Israel should exist as a Jewish state.
Pelosi responds: “It’s more than concerning. It’s wrong. It isn’t a reflection of the Democrats in the Congress of the United States. This new person in Michigan, we’ll see if he gets elected to Congress.”
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Abdul El-Sayed’s views on Israel:
“It’s more than concerning. It’s wrong. It isn’t a reflection of the Democrats in the Congress of the United States. This new person in Michigan, we’ll see if he gets elected to Congress.” https://t.co/Q7UQn1GKoW pic.twitter.com/uSqvLhir4E
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 30, 2026
However a spokesman for Pelosi, 86, tells The New York Times in a statement that the former House speaker supports El-Sayed’s candidacy for the Senate: “While they may disagree on some issues, she is united with him in the fight to lower costs, protect health care and defend our democracy.”
Pakistani military ‘cautiously optimistic’ on success of its Iran-US mediation
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir, center, and Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran, Iran, October 20, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Pakistan’s military is “cautiously optimistic” about its mediation between Iran and the United States, its spokesman says in his first interview since a high-level delegation visited Tehran this week.
Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir — Pakistan’s chief mediator in its efforts to de-escalate the now eight-month-old Iran war — has been to Tehran twice this month, most recently on Monday alongside Saudi and Turkish officials.
“Why would the Field Marshal be going twice if it is not for some positivity? So yes, of course,” spokesman Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry says when asked whether the trips are a positive sign.
“The word that we would use is always cautiously optimistic,” adds Chaudhry, director general of Inter-Services Public Relations.
There are still “powerful spoilers and detractors,” who believe conflict serves them, he adds, without naming them.
Speaking in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Pakistan’s armed forces are headquartered, Chaudhry declines to say what was discussed or whether the United States had backed the trip.
Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin joined Munir in Tehran on Monday.
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Panel finds Swiss TV commentary on Israel’s Olympic bobsleigh team was ‘discriminatory’
Israel's Adam Edelman, right, and Menachem Chen start for a two-man bobsled run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
A Swiss public broadcaster’s commentary on an Israeli bobsleigh crew’s run at the 2026 Winter Olympics was discriminatory, according to a national panel examining viewer complaints.
The nine-member independent panel voted 5-4 to uphold four public complaints about the broadcast in February by French-language network RTS, the complaints authority known by its French acronym AIEP says in its ruling.
When Adam Edelman piloted Israel’s two-man bobsleigh crew at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, RTS broadcaster Stefan Renna quoted from the athlete’s social media comments in support of the military during the conflict in Gaza.
The broadcaster cited the International Olympic Committee’s rules prohibiting neutral Russian athletes from supporting the war in Ukraine and noted a United Nations-backed report which described the conflict in Gaza as a genocide — a charge Israel strongly disputes.
The commentary by Renna, the complaints panel judges announced today, amounted to unequal treatment compared to the other 25 bobsled crews who were described just in a sports context.
“[The] majority of members came to the conclusion that the commentary, probably prepared in advance, suggesting that the Israeli athlete should be excluded from the Olympic Games because of his political views had conveyed a stigmatizing and therefore discriminatory message against him,” the ruling says.
Opposition parties said to reach deal to replace Knesset speaker on parliament’s day 1
Speaker Amir Ohana in a preliminary vote to dissolve the Knesset, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The group of parties opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly reached a deal to oust the current Knesset speaker shortly after the new Knesset is sworn in next month.
The 120 members of the next Knesset are set to be sworn in on November 10, regardless of the ongoing talks to form the next coalition.
The “change bloc” — Yashar, B’Yachad, The Democrats and Yisrael Beytenu — together with the Arab-led parties the Joint List and Ra’am, control the majority of Knesset seats, and will therefore be able to remove Likud Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana from his position.
Political analyst Barak Seri reports that a deal to oust Ohana has already been reached. He does not say who the likely candidate is for next Knesset speaker, although reports have indicated that the opposition parties are considering tapping former prime minister Yair Lapid.
Seri reports that the vote on a new Knesset speaker is likely to take place on the day the parliament is sworn in.
Appearing on Channel 12 Friday evening on a TV show co-hosted by Seri, The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan says “the first thing we will do” after swearing in the Knesset is appointing a new speaker, then appointing heads of Knesset committees and establishing a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack.
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US orders non-emergency staff to leave Saudi Arabia over security risks
Buildings and construction sites fill the skyline, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 14, 2026. (AP/Baraa Anwer)
The United States orders non-emergency government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks, the US embassy in Riyadh says, citing Houthi attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure.
US government employees require special authorization to use Saudi airports following recent missile and drone attacks, the embassy says, warning US citizens of potential further attacks, airspace closures, flight cancellations and other travel disruptions.
The fighting between Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s government has intensified in recent weeks, opening a volatile new front in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran.
Yemen government forces say Houthis attack Aden airport and presidential palace
This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on October 28, 2026 shows smoke rising after a missile targeted Yemen’s Aden airport for the second time, as the Iran-backed Houthis called for the evacuation of the facility in the seat of the Saudi-backed government. (AFPTV/AFP)
Yemen’s government armed forces spokesperson says that the Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Aden airport and the Maashiq presidential palace complex with ballistic missiles.
The statement does not give details on any casualties, damage, or whether the missiles hit their intended targets. Fighting has escalated in Yemen, caught in the wider Middle East conflict.
Wife of Israeli murdered in Egypt terror attack on Oct. 8, 2023, dies at age 35
Alon and Mor Shamli in an undated photograph (Courtesy)
Mor Shamli, the wife of Alon Shamli — who was murdered in front of her in a terrorist attack in Egypt on October 8, 2023 — has died at age 35.
The couple was on vacation in Alexandria the day of the Hamas-led attack, and a day later, an Egyptian police officer opened fire on their tour group, killing Shamli and two other Israelis — Amnon Bezalel and Hagai Efrat.
Mor’s uncle, Nahum, posts on Facebook that “for three years you’ve already not been here. You weren’t quiet, you weren’t present, you weren’t yourself. Now, you have quiet. You died already three years ago, when the bullet pierced the heart of your love, Alon, and pierced yours as well.”
In January, Mor had posted on social media that she was intending to end her life through an assisted suicide program in Switzerland, though she did not ultimately go through with it at the time.
Writing on social media in January, Mor said she had tried to devote her life to seeking justice for Alon’s murder, but believed she had failed.
Her family has asked for privacy at this time.
Yair Golan: ‘Absolutely not’ to unity government, opposition can form ‘stable’ coalition with Arab parties
The Democrats chair Yair Golan and members of his party celebrate at the election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the release of exit poll results on election day, October 27, 2026. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan expresses optimism that the change bloc can establish the next government with the support of the Arab-led parties.
During an interview on Channel 12, Golan rejects the idea of any unity government that includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party: “Absolutely not. That would be another Netanyahu government… he is a national security danger.”
Golan says the opposition parties “can establish a government and we must establish a government,” despite receiving only 48 seats out of the 120-member Knesset.
The Democrats head says he met yesterday with Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot, B’Yachad No. 2 Yair Lapid and Ra’am chief Mansour Abbas, “and I found all three deeply determined to form a government.”
Golan says Ra’am can join them in a coalition and the Joint List could provide support from outside the coalition. With Ra’am, the bloc has 56 seats, and the Joint List controls another 11 seats.
Eisenkot has said he will not sit with the Arab parties, as has B’Yachad chief Naftali Bennett, and today Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman steadfastly reiterated his refusal to sit with “terror supporters.”
Golan says the Arab parties would agree to not hold seats on the security cabinet due to the “sensitivities of the Israeli public.”
He notes, however, that the new Knesset — which is slated to be sworn in on November 10 — can accomplish a number of goals even before a government is established.
First up, he says, is replacing the Knesset speaker, then “repealing the judicial overhaul laws, and establishing a state commission of inquiry. All of that will happen before a government is formed.”
He reiterates that the opposition parties “will form a government that I believe can be stable, but even if its tenure is limited, we will be able, in a relatively short time, to save Israeli democracy and, most importantly, Israel’s security.”
Channel 12 reports that Liberman and Lapid are set to meet as early as tomorrow to discuss the issue of replacing the Knesset speaker. Reports have indicated that Lapid himself is in line for the job.
Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed Houthi drone over Medina region
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis over Saudi Arabia’s Medina region, home to one of Islam’s holiest sites and visited by millions of Muslim pilgrims each year.
Cross-border attacks between the Saudi-led coalition, which backs Yemen’s internationally recognized government, and the Iran-aligned Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa, have intensified.
Trump says Iran ‘wants to talk,’ and US still ‘has time’ to negotiate
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks during an event with Stephen Hubbard, following his release from a Russian penal colony, in the Oval Office of the White House on October 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images/AFP)
US President Donald Trump says that Iran wants to keep holding negotiations, claiming that the US “has time” to do so.
Speaking to reporters in the White House, Trump is asked about talks with Tehran: “There are talks, they want to talk, they keep talking,” he says. “We have time, frankly.”
He asserts that the war with Iran is “not a typical war” and is not costing US taxpayers much money, claiming that any money spent “we made up for in Venezuela like by 10 times.”
“I spent a lot of money in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon, which we’ve done,” he claims.
.@POTUS on Iran: "There are talks. They want to talk. They keep talking… We have time, frankly." pic.twitter.com/JtkbZcDsmM
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 30, 2026
Man shot dead in southern town of Tel Sheva
A man has been shot dead in the southern Bedouin town of Tel Sheva.
According to police, the man was wounded and brought to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, where he was declared dead.
Police say they are investigating the incident and searching for the suspects involved. The incident is believed to be criminal in nature, not terrorism, and based on a dispute between two families, police add.
Poland suspends chief justice of constitutional court, sparking protests
Police officers stand behind the fence with a rosary hanging on it as protesters gather outside the headquarters of Poland’s Constitutional Court in Warsaw after police blocked access to the court building on October 30, 2026. (Wojtek RADWANSKI/AFP)
Riot police deploy around Poland’s constitutional court and President Karol Nawrocki calls off an African visit after the suspension of its chief justice in a battle between the centrist government and the nationalist right.
The government has been trying to force out the court’s judges, who were appointed by the previous right-wing government of the nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS).
Dozens of police guard the entrance to the building as followers of the now opposition PiS gathered for a demonstration over the ousting of court president Bogdan Swieczkowski.
The court’s official X social media account says there has been a “coup d’etat.”
Poland’s president, a right-wing independent, calls off a flight to Senegal for an official trip so that he can return to Warsaw.
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Hasan Piker compares Michigan Jewish voters to Ku Klux Klan ahead of El-Sayed Senate race
Hasan Piker speaks at a campaign rally for Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The anti-Zionist streamer Hasan Piker compares Jewish voters in Michigan to the Ku Klux Klan ahead of a pivotal Senate race in the state.
Piker is a prominent figure in the Senate race, having campaigned with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who is facing Republican Mike Rogers in the Tuesday vote. El-Sayed has come under significant fire for campaigning with Piker due to Piker’s history of extremist rhetoric.
Piker, speaking on a livestream, comments on El-Sayed campaigners who are canvassing in a Jewish neighborhood outside Detroit.
He describes the effort as “the wildest door-knocking operation” that is trying to convince “one of the more Zionist, wealthy districts in the country to vote for a Muslim anti-Zionist.”
🚨🚨 Abdul El-Sayed surrogate Hasan Piker crashes out over El-Sayed’s canvassers knocking doors in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Piker compares it to “going to that like Klan KKK neighborhood to stump for like a Black candidate.”
“It’s racial supremacy. It’s Jewish supremacy. What… pic.twitter.com/Wt7bws1Clp
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) October 30, 2026
“This is the equivalent of going to that, like, Klan, KKK neighborhood to stump for a Black candidate,” he says. “The supremacist attitude underlying in their worldview is identical.”
“If you are pro-Israel to the degree that you are making a big fuss about never voting for Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim anti-Zionist, yes, it is the equivalent, the racial equivalent,” he says. “It’s racial supremacy. It’s Jewish supremacy.”
The area’s representative in the Michigan state government, Noah Arbit, says: “This kind of insane, unhinged, repugnant and hateful rhetoric threatens every single one of us in West Bloomfield. It is this kind of rhetoric that radicalizes people and incites them to violence.”
One of Jewish voters’ primary complaints about El-Sayed is that he equivocated about an attempted terror attack on a synagogue and preschool in West Bloomfield by stating, “Hurt people hurt people.”
El-Sayed came under fire earlier this week when Piker’s uncle, Cenk Uygur, another prominent media figure, posted a campaign advertisement for El-Sayed that blamed Israel for food prices in the US.
Al Jazeera airs unseen Hamas video from meeting of top commanders, all of whom have since been killed by Israel
A screenshot of an undated Hamas video aired by Al Jazeera on October 30, 2026, shows the commanders of the terror group's military wing in an underground tunnel below the Gaza Strip. (Screenshot of Hamas video broadcast by Al Jazeera)
Hamas airs previously unseen footage of the terror group’s leaders in the Gaza Strip from several years before the October 7 war, via its Qatari mouthpiece Al Jazeera.
One image broadcast on Al Jazeera’s “The Hidden Is More Immense” documentary series, and published shortly after by Hamas on its Telegram channel, shows top commanders in the terror group’s military wing gathering in a tunnel.
The photo shows Mohammed Deif, then commander of Hamas’s military wing, sitting on a bed at the end of an underground room, with the rest of Al-Qassam Brigade’s leadership, including department heads and brigade commanders, on a carpet.
All those seen in the photo have since been killed by Israel, including Deif, Marwan Issa, Raad Saad, Mohammed Shabana, Mohammed Sinwar, Ahmed Ghandour, Ayman Nofal, Rafa Salama, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Mohammed Odeh, Hakam al-Issa, Raed Thabet, Ghazi Abu Tamaa and Bassem Issa.
The image was taken sometime prior to May 2021, as Bassem Issa, then commander of the Gaza City Brigade, was killed during the 11-day war that month, known in Israel as Guardian of the Walls.
One video aired by Al Jazeera shows the moments the commander of Hamas’s rocket array, Ayman Siam, ordered the launching of rockets at Israel on May 10, 2021, and another clip shows Yahya Sinwar during the 11-day war.
Hamas regularly releases footage via Qatari news channel Al Jazeera.
Polish president enters court blocked by police — presidency
Polish President Karol Nawrocki enters the country’s constitutional court, which was blocked by police in a clash between the centrist government and the nationalist right, his chief of staff says.
“President Karol Nawrocki, accompanied by the First President of the Supreme Court, Zbigniew Kapinski, entered the Constitutional Tribunal building,” Pawel Szefernaker writes on X.
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