Over 500 people have been killed in Saudi Arabia over the past five days due to extreme heat conditions, with temperatures reaching as high as 51 degrees Celsius according to Euro news.  

Among other things, Jews are no longer accused of "distorting" their scriptures and while Israel is not mentioned, the name "Palestine" has also been removed from some of the maps.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry issued a condemnation of the Rafah fire killing dozens of civilians, blaming Israel for the deaths and calling for international intervention.

Arab countries joined the Palestinian Authority and Hamas in welcoming the International Court of Justice order to cease operations in the southern Gaza Strip.

American National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that the US will not agree to a defense alliance with Saudi Arabia without Riyadh signing normalization with Israel: "one part cannot be separated from the other."

It was reported on the Bloomberg network that the Saudi government has increased  efforts to arrest citizens who published anti-Israeli posts online.

Smotrich: "A Palestinian state is an obstacle to peace and an existential threat to Israel."

According to Kann 11 News, both countries insisted that the decision to intercept the projectiles was "a matter of sovereignty."

The Prime Minister made it clear that Israel cannot exist alongside Hamas; the German Chancellor said Israel has the right to defend itself but that the civilian casualties are too high.

The communications cables connect European countries to Asia and serve as a serious disruption to communications, especially the Gulf states and India.

During a visit by Minister Ron Dermer to the US, the Saudis submitted a request that a Palestinian currency be recognized in an effort to advance regional normalization.

The US is reportedly asking Israel to withdraw from Judea and Samaria & recognize a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.

MK Avigdor Liberman claims he knows the Prime Minister's plans, and that he intends to resign in the coming months.

National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said that the United States still believes is that normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia is "still possible."

International reports indicate that despite Israel's war with Hamas, Saudi Arabia still expresses interest in establishing diplomatic relations with Israel as part of a normalization agreement.

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced that they will soon stop humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip: "This will be the responsibility of Israel and the United States. We will not finance Gaza without a two-state solution."

A source close to Zoubaidi, the president of the Transitional Council in South Yemen, said that Yemen is interested in helping Israel in the fight against the Houthis, provided that the latter recognizes its right to self-determination in South Yemen.

It was reported on the Reuters network that Saudi Arabia asked the US to "show restraint" in the military response to attacks by the Houthi rebels against vessels in the Red Sea - this in order to prevent the expansion of the war to other countries in the region.