Israel’s Supreme Court freezes dismissal of Shin Bet director, but allows Netanyahu to meet with candidates for his succession. In a new decision, Israel’s Supreme Court continued to freeze the dismissal of the Shin Bet director, but overturned the decision of the government’s legal adviser, allowing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conduct interviews with candidates for the post of head of the security apparatus.
The decision is a major development in the dispute between Netanyahu and the legal adviser, and it is not the first time the court has interfered in favor of the prime minister in this file. Police arrest and forcibly evacuate protesters at the entrance to the Knesset building in Jerusalem. The government today approved the general budget.
A second public clash between Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, against the backdrop of the investigation into Brigadier General (res.) Oren Salomon, who was fired from his post following his investigation into the events of October 7. Katz confirmed his support for Salomon, stressing that the investigation into him must be transparent, while Zamir rejected the accusations, stressing that the Chief of Staff does not receive orders through the media and that the investigation will be conducted professionally and objectively. Tensions escalated after a letter from Salomon to the Prime Minister and Minister of War, in which he stated that his investigation into the army’s actions in Gaza had been covered up at the political level.
And again, Mike Hakapi, candidate for US ambassador to Israel said: “I will do everything I can to ensure that there is no future for Hamas in Gaza. It is a terrorist organization and must be addressed on that basis. The release of the American prisoner is the most important priority that must be addressed immediately. The reason is that he is still held by Hamas. I will support the West Bank as part of Israel. President Trump realizes that Iran cannot be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon, and it is better to prevent it through an agreement than through a military attack. Trump seeks to achieve “Torati Salam” in the Middle East”.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres officially announced a reduction of one-third of the UN staff in the Gaza Strip, for the first time since the start of the war, after UN staff in the Strip were injured by IDF fire.
US envoy Ortagus, in response to your question about Israeli violations: “This is a wrong question. The correct question is: why does the Lebanese army continue to allow rocket fire from Lebanese territory? And what can it do to adhere to the ceasefire and disarm Hezbollah in the south?” – The UN and UNIFIL have issued statements saying there are no rocket fires from Lebanon, Hezbollah or the ceasefire.
On the night of March 24, 3 B-2 ‘Spirit’ stealth bombers landed at Diego Garcia Air Base in the Indian Ocean, with another 4 B-2s landing on March 25, marking an unprecedented 7 B-2s ready for missions in the Middle East.
The B-2 ‘Spirit’ is an American long-range heavy strategic bomber, equipped with low-observable stealth technology that allows it to penetrate areas with a high density of air defenses and radar without being easily detected. It is the only US aircraft in service capable of carrying large air-to-surface stand-off weapons in a stealth configuration.
In particular, the B-2 has been used in US bombing campaigns over Yugoslavia, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan, with its most recent operational use in October 2024, when the Biden administration bombed underground facilities belonging to the Houthis in Yemen. Never before have so many B-2s been brought together at a single forward operating base.
And now a look at the military scenarios opened by Israel updated at 17:00 on March 25.
Yemen reports a wave of large-scale US strikes against Houthi targets in Saada province. A US airstrike targeted the Al-Rasoul Al-Aazam cancer hospital in Saada governorate in northern Yemen for the second time. Yemen is under heavy pressure from the US in an undeclared war because we ourselves value the lives of the Yemeni people.
The Yemeni armed forces in a statement explained that they launched attacks on Ben Gurion Airport and the US naval fleet in the Northern Red Sea using ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as suicide drones. General Yahya Saree provided details of these new attacks, saying that the Yemeni Missile Force launched a Zulfiqar ballistic missile and a Palestine 2 hypersonic ballistic missile at Ben Gurion Airport, located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. This attack set off alarm sirens in over 300 locations in the occupied territories, forcing thousands of people to seek refuge. According to IWN statistics, this missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport marks the 84th air operation conducted by the Yemeni army against Israeli positions.
Israeli artillery struck the village of Koya, Yarmouk in Daraa on the border with Syria. At least five Syrians were killed Tuesday after Israeli airstrikes targeted the town of Koya, west of Daraa in the south of the country. Four people died in the village and many were injured. Turkish bases under construction in Syrian Badya attacked by Israeli airstrikes. Israeli attack in the countryside of Homs, central Syria.
Israeli drones are again active over Beirut at 7,000 feet, in violation of 1701 and in a serious assault on Lebanon’s sovereignty. No comment from the Lebanese state on these overflights, in which the IDF is spying and taking photos of Beirut. A senior Hezbollah member identified as Hassan Kamal Halawi was killed last night in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the town of Qaqait al-Jisr, in southern Lebanon.
Shrapnel from an Israeli ballistic missile interceptor or the Houthi ballistic missile itself hit a rescue and firefighting station in the town of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem
Israeli Air Force airstrike on Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. |Another attack recorded near the Turquoise Towers northwest of Gaza City.
Al-Mayadeen correspondent confirms the news: an Israeli airstrike west of Al-Karama Towers, northwest of Gaza City. Israeli warplanes bombed a house of the Al-Balaawi family in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The Israeli army launches smoke bombs east of the town of Abasan Al Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. Israeli vehicle fire east of Abasan Al Kabira town, east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. Heavy Israeli tank fire in central Rafah, east of Bureij camp and west of Beit Lahia.
A popular march calling for an end to the aggressive war in the Gaza Strip took place in the town of Beit Lahia.
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