Prisoner swap deal could take effect next week, if all goes as planned; Egypt worries that Israel will refuse to commit to a ceasefire.

'With a command echelon who grew up on the knees of the Oslo Accords, and simply refuses to wake up, we can never win,' Finance Min. Smotrich accuses.

<p>The Prime Minister's Office stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a situational assessment with the heads of the security services regarding the developments in the north of the country.</p><p>It added that Netanyahu "received a snapshot of the activity to extinguish the fires from the National Fire and Rescue Authority."</p>

Anti-terrorism prosecutors in Germany take over investigation into Friday’s knife attack in Mannheim that killed a police officer.

Palestinian Authority files application with International Court of Justice to join South Africa as a party in its Gaza genocide case against Israel.

<p>Overnight Monday, two armed terrorists approached the border fence with the goal of carrying out a shooting attack on Israeli towns from the direction of Tulkarm. Soldiers from Unit 636 who were in the area eliminated the terrorists and confiscated the weapons they intended to use.</p><p>"IDF soldiers work at all times to thwart any attempt to harm the citizens of the State of Israel," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said.</p>

Office of PA Chairman Abbas says Ali Khamenei's praise of the massacre declares that the goal is to sacrifice Palestinian lives, which will not lead to a Palestinian state.

Ziv Hospital in Tzvat updated that a total of 16 individuals, seven reservists and nine civilians, were brought to the hospital in light condition as a result of fires started by Hezbollah missile and UAV strikes in northern Israel.