The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen.
7 injured, 2 critically, in shooting at checkpoint near Tayasir in the northern West Bank, medics say Seven were wounded in the shooting attack at an army checkpoint near the northern West Bank village of Tayasir, first responders say. The Rescuers Without Borders emergency service says two are listed in critical condition, and five others are moderately and lightly hurt.
After Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump envoy, PM’s office says team heading to Doha in coming days WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in Washington with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz to discuss the next phase of the hostage release deal underway with Hamas. In the wake of the meeting, Israel is preparing to send a mid-level team to Qatar this weekend to discuss “technical details related to continuing to carry out” the agreement, says Netanyahu’s office. The meeting was “positive and friendly,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office. Netanyahu is joined by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, and Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman.
Gunman who opened fire at north West Bank checkpoint killed by troops on the scene A Palestinian gunman who opened fire at an army checkpoint near the northern West Bank village of Tayasir was killed, a military source says. Troops stationed at the checkpoint and another force dispatched to the scene exchanged fire with the gunman, during which he was killed. At least six were taken to hospitals for treatment after being wounded in the attack.
IDF responding to reports of shooting at checkpoint in northern West Bank IDF troops and medics are responding to reports of shooting at the Tayasir checkpoint in the northern West Bank near the Palestinian town of the same name. Further details are not immediately known.
Gaza sick, wounded could get medical care in Japan, PM Ishiba says The Japanese government is considering offering medical care in the world’s fourth-largest economy for sick and wounded residents of Gaza, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says. Ishiba tells a parliament session that his administration is working on a policy to provide support in Japan for “those who are ill or injured in Gaza.” He says that educational opportunities could also be offered to people from Gaza, which is under a fragile ceasefire with Israel.
NY Times: US believes Iran looking at potential ways to quickly build nuclear bomb New American intelligence indicates that a covert team of Iranian scientists is exploring ways to quickly develop a nuclear weapon if the country’s leadership decides to pursue one, The New York Times reports. The report says the information points to Iran seeking a shortcut to a bomb that would enable them to convert their uranium stocks into a weapon within months rather than years, if necessary, though a decision to race toward a bomb has not been made. The paper says the intel was gathered in the final months of the Biden administration and shared with Donald Trump’s team. It notes that with Iran’s regional power weakened by the blows to its proxy forces in the region and its failure to significantly hit Israel with its missile barrages, Tehran is anxious to find new ways to deter a strike by Israel or the US.
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun his meeting with the Trump administration’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. The meeting is being held at the Blair House guest house in Washington, where Netanyahu is staying this week. Witkoff is accompanied by US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz. The ongoing ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza is at the top of the agenda.