Overview
- Axios reported that Washington sent a sensitive UN Security Council draft to create an enforcement-oriented international security force for Gaza and a U.S.-led Council of Peace through at least the end of 2027, with a U.S. official saying a vote could come within weeks and initial deployment as early as January if approved.
- The proposal assigns Israeli forces to secure Gaza’s borders with Israel and Egypt, protect civilians and aid corridors, train a new Palestinian police, and support disarmament of armed groups including Hamas during a phased pullback, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated there will be no Turkish troops in Gaza.
- Israel detained former military advocate general Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi days after her resignation over her office’s leak of the Sdei Teyman abuse video, escalating legal and institutional fallout tied to detainee treatment and the leak investigation.
- In Gaza’s “yellow line” zone, Hamas teams entered Israeli-controlled areas to search for hostage remains, the IDF said it killed suspects who crossed and threatened forces, and an Israeli broadcasting report cited a Prime Minister’s Office source saying Netanyahu is preventing roughly 200 Hamas fighters from leaving the area.
- On the northern front, Israeli media said the military is preparing for possible action against Hezbollah’s rebuilding north of the Litani, a senior U.S. official urged the Lebanese army to execute a disarmament plan, and Lebanon’s president called for negotiations as Hezbollah lawmakers vowed no surrender.