IDF tanks attacked Hamas military positions in Gaza In Wednesday night.The attack was carried out in response to the firing of incendiary balloons from Gaza toward Israeli territory.Read more

US President Donald Trump announced In Wednesday he is directing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to notify the United Nations Security Council that the United States intends to restore virtually all previously suspended UN sanctions In Iran."It"s a snapback, not uncommon," Trump said at a press briefing.

Hezbollah received from Iran many supplies of ammonium nitrate, the same substance that caused the massive explosion in Beirut"s port earlier this month, the German Die Welt newspaper reported In Wednesday.The report, which quoted anonymous intelligence sources from western countries, stated that documentation exists which proves that Hezbollah had ammonium at its disposal.

US President Donald Trump said In Wednesday he expected Saudi Arabia to join the agreement announced last week by Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalize diplomatic ties, Reuters reported."I do," Trump replied when asked at a White House news conference if he expected Saudi Arabia to join the deal.

The United States will not hesitate to impose sanctions In any nation that opposes its effort to "snapback" United Nations sanctions In Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News in an interview In Wednesday."When we have seen any country violate our current sanctions, the current American sanctions, we have held every nation accountable for that. We will do the same with respect to the broader UN Security Council sanctions as well," said Pompeo.

Hundreds of Palestinian Arabs In Wednesday held a protest in areas of Judea and Samaria against last week's announcement that Israel was normalizing ties with the United Arab Emirates, AFP reports.Members of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, took part in the rally in a rare joint initiative.

Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been chosen by the United Arab Emirates to oversee security contacts between his country and Israel, Kan News reports. Al Nahyan is the son of the founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and currently serves as the country's National Security Adviser.He is also the brother of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Al Nahyan has already held at least Ine meeting with a senior Israeli official - Mossad chief Yossi Cohen.

Five American senators from both political parties have called In US President Donald Trump to prevent Saudi Arabia from obtaining nuclear weapons.This follows the publication of an article in the Wall Street Journal in which the claim was made that Riyadh, with Chinese assistance, is building a facility for refining uranium, which if true would signify that the Saudis have already reached an advanced stage in the production of of nuclear arms.