The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold.
Lebanese media report that an Israeli man who crossed the border into Lebanon this morning has been arrested.
The Lebanon 24 news site says the man climbed over Israel’s border fence near the Lebanese village of Zhayra, across the border from the Bedouin village of Aramsha.
The report says the man is being questioned by the Lebanese Military Intelligence.
There is no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on the incident.
The Defense Ministry says security guards foiled an attempt to smuggle thousands of Captagon pills from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip this morning.
The ministry says the pills were hidden in the doors of office refrigerators. The shipment — en route to the Gaza Strip — was found at the Tarqumiyah Crossing, in the southern West Bank.
The drugs have been handed over to police for further inspection.
Captagon is an amphetamine-type stimulant manufactured mostly in Lebanon and Syria. Much of it has been bound for illegal recreational use in Saudi Arabia.
Israeli officials call it the “Islamic State drug,” as it was supposedly used by jihadists to prevent fear and fatigue during fighting in Syria and Iraq.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges “calm” and “deescalation” after violence flares between Israel and the Palestinians, as he kicks off a Middle East tour in Cairo.
At a press conference in Cairo, Blinken urges “all parties to calm things down and deescalate tensions,” while also stressing the “importance of working for a two-state solution.”
Blinken is due to arrive in Israel in a few hours and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as President Isaac Herzog.
He will travel to Ramallah tomorrow to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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In Cairo, Blinken urges Israel and Palestinians ‘to calm things down’
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold.
Lebanese media report that an Israeli man who crossed the border into Lebanon this morning has been arrested.
The Lebanon 24 news site says the man climbed over Israel’s border fence near the Lebanese village of Zhayra, across the border from the Bedouin village of Aramsha.
The report says the man is being questioned by the Lebanese Military Intelligence.
There is no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on the incident.
The Defense Ministry says security guards foiled an attempt to smuggle thousands of Captagon pills from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip this morning.
The ministry says the pills were hidden in........
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