IDF Shoots, Wounds ‘Suspicious’ Israeli Near West Bank Settlement

Here are the latest updates from Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and the Middle East:

■ Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusation that Canberra’s recognition of Palestinian statehood prompted the deadly shooting at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration.

■ Australian security services said they had monitored one of the attackers for his links to ISIS in 2019, but concluded that he was not a danger to the public, ABC Australia reported.

■ U.S. Envoy to Syria and Lebanon Tom Barrack is visiting Israel and is expected to meet with Netanyahu later on Monday, a source familiar with the details told Haaretz.

■ The hearing in Netanyahu’s corruption trial this morning ended after about an hour, due to the arrival of Paraguayan parliament speaker Raúl Latorre at the Tel Aviv District Court.

■ An Israeli citizen was wounded after being shot by an IDF soldier and an Israeli civilian in the northern West Bank after what the IDF referred to as an “attempted stabbing attack.” Soldiers said the man approached them “suspiciously” at a gas station.

■ The Tel Aviv District Court ordered police to release Jaffa Islamic Council Deputy Chairman Sheikh Issam Setel, who was arrested on suspicion of making statements that could cause a breach of public order during a Saturday protest.