JFeed Staff
![Bennet and Liberman in friendlier days.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/07/07/52e328f0-3c6f-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h2560_w3840.jpg)
A new center-right party meant to unite Naftali Bennet, Avigdor Liberman, Yossi Cohen, and Gideon Saar is stuck in negotiations over who will lead it.
![Minister Amichai Chikli.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/07/acd45f10-3c64-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h4000_w6000.jpg)
Politics, Hostage Deal
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amihai Chikli spoke to Galei Yisrael about his core condition for a hostage deal.
![Avigdor Liberman.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/04/c82d7e00-3a1a-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5147_w7717.jpg)
Politics
Former Defense Minister and current Israel Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman said that "the main effort needs to be directed at defeating Iran."
![What will day one of war with Hezbollah look like?](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/04/d41a6a90-39f0-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3172_w4758.jpg)
Lebanon, Hezbollah
Lt.-Col. (res.) Yaron Chanan provides a glimpse into what the first day of war with Hezbollah will look like, and it isn't pretty.
![Smotrich.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/02/558793f0-385c-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h4000_w6000.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
People in Smotrich's circle say that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made the decision to renew electricity provision to the Gaza Strip on his own.
Israel-Hamas, post war plans for Gaza
According to a report in the British newspaper, The Financial Times, Israel is developing a plan for the day after the Gaza war. Among other measures, it involves recruiting Palestinians screened by the IDF and delivering food through them to residents of the Strip.
![Funeral of IDF soldier at Mount Hertzl military cemetery](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/01/7584ba30-37ac-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3824_w5733.jpg)
IDF, soldier publication
Fallen soldier who was killed in Rafah named as Sergeant Ori Yitzhak Hadad from Beer Sheva.
![Once, the Labour leader - now The Democrats leader. Yair Golan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/30/a023e790-3700-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Politics
Having once called Charedim a "parasitical population," Democrats leader Yair Golan now says he does not rule out forming a government with them - but he does with others.
![Nuclear missiles](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/27/1534ba10-3480-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3264_w4896.jpg)
Hezbollah war, Israel-Lebanon-Iran
Former Mossad senior official David Elam addresses the possibility of war in the north, stating that neither Nasrallah nor Hezbollah are interested in it. He also remarked, "The American government is displaying hints that are also evident in negotiations."
![Mosquitoes carrying West nile virus](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/20/b8fe7dc0-2f2b-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h4000_w6000.jpg)
Health, Nile Virus
The number of Nile fever patients in central Israel continues to rise, reaching a peak of one hundred diagnosed cases, with at least 8 in critical condition requiring ventilation.
Israel-Gaza War, Lebanon
A senior Lebanese official told Arab media that the IDF's current deployment is defensive, not offensive, and is located 20 km from the border.
![Air Force commander Tomer Bar.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/27/2febd0d0-34a0-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h331_w650.webp)
Israel-Gaza War
Air Force Commander Tomar Bar spoke at the completion ceremony of the flight course, saying "Hamas in Gaza will be defeated soon, and we are ready against Hezbollah in the north. We have the means for it, we have the capabilities."
![Avigdor Liberman says he observes this religious commandment](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/27/5ad8e1c0-3491-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h3424_w5133.jpg)
Politics, Religion
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman rejects the anti-religious label attached to him: "I do not despise religion at all."
![Nuclear missiles](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/27/1534ba10-3480-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3264_w4896.jpg)
Israel-Iran-Russia relations
Vyacheslav Matozov, a former Russian diplomat, says that Iran has no ambitions to produce nuclear weapons: "All relations between Russia and Iran are based from the beginning on the fact that Iran has no ambitions to build a nuclear military legacy"
![IDF in Shejaiya. Archive.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/27/890aaa50-346a-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
Arab sources report a sudden IDF attack in Shejaiya in northern Gaza city, with residents fleeing artillery and helicopter fire.
![Ayman Odeh.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/26/106a51e0-339d-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Palestinian State
Odeh told a Galilean radio station that he would be establishing an organization dedicated to founding a Palestinian state once he resigns from the Knesset.
![Knesset members Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/25/b224b0a0-32f5-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h4097_w6143.jpg)
Internal politics, Netanyahu elections
If Naftali Bennett, Gideon Sa'ar, Yossi Cohen, and Avigdor Lieberman run under one right-wing list, this party is expected to win the elections and become the largest party in Israel. Even in the question of suitability for prime minister, Bennett defeats Netanyahu.
Israel-Gaza War
The London-based Saudi paper al-Majalla reported that a surprising number of Palestinians have left the Gaza Strip entirely.
![Yitzhak Nadoff.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/24/a00bf0c0-3234-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h331_w650.webp)
Israel-Gaza War
IDF veteran Yitzhak Nadoff was visiting Israel away from his home in Pennsylvania when October 7 broke out. He then called his father and told him - I'm staying.
![Beirut International Airport.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/23/631184e0-3172-11ef-b326-875a4c3cecda__h3864_w5796.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hezbollah
A report by the Sunday Telegraph suggests that Hezbollah is working hard to store much of its weaponry and ammunition in the civilian Beirut International Airport to shield it from the IDF.