IDF Says It ‘Eliminated’ Palestinian Who Threw Rocks at West Bank Road, ‘Neutralized’ Another

Here are Sunday’s latest updates from Israel, Gaza and the Middle East:

■ IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said the Gaza Yellow Line is a “new border,” adding that the IDF has “freedom of operation.”

■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the second phase of the agreement ending the war in Gaza will begin soon.

■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when asked at a press conference whether he would retire from political life to attain a pardon in his criminal cases, said he would not accept such a deal.

■ Netanyahu said Israel will remain in the territories it occupied in Syria and that the country will not tolerate what it sees as a threat.

■ Hamas is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its cease-fire with Israel, Hamas political official Bassem Naim said.

■ The IDF said it killed a Palestinian who crossed the Yellow Line in Gaza, and shot Palestinians who threw rocks at a West Bank highway, killing one and wounding another.

■ Fifteen Israel Air Force cadets were sentenced to prison time after they invited outside guests to a secret, isolated location, thereby compromising their location, the IDF said in a statement.