These are Saturday’s key updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank:
â– Three Palestinians who crossed the yellow line, to which the Israeli army had withdrawn in Gaza under the cease-fire, were shot and killed by IDF soldiers earlier on Saturday, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.
â– Former chief legal adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office, attorney Shlomit Barnea Fargo, said on Thursday that the government is seeking to fundamentally alter civil servants’ duty of loyalty to the public and to dismiss gatekeepers who do not demonstrate the level of loyalty it demands.
â– The Gaza cease-fire is at a crucial moment as the negotiations over the international stabilisation force to arrive in the Strip remain ongoing, Qatari and Turkish senior officials said over the weekend during the Doha Forum conference.
â– German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to depart on Saturday for his first visits to Israel and Jordan since taking office in May.
â– Eight countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, warned against Israel partially opening Gaza’s crossing to Egypt.
â– Canada removed Syria from its list of foreign state supporters of terrorism and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from its list of terrorist groups.
â– U.S. President Donald Trump will name members of two Gaza authorities under his peace plan during Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit this month, AP reported.