Here are Sunday’s latest updates:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to comments made in June by U.S. Vice President JD Vance that Israel was alienating its only major ally, saying he has a good relationship with both Vance and U.S. President Donald Trump. “We have many other friends as well,” Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n
\u25a0 The Israeli military confirmed that Israeli civilians attempted to cross the border with Syria following reports that an Israeli settlement had been established in Syria’s Daraa governorate.<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Israeli helicopter and artillery fire were reported in southern Lebanon, as President Joseph Aoun told the press that although he is “not enthusiastic about Israel” and is waiting for “any solution or agreement that will get us out of the wars.”<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Hamas is expected to announce that it will dismantle its government in the Gaza Strip, the Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported, citing Hamas sources.<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Maritime \u200ctrade between Iran \u2060and Qatar has \u2060resumed after a roughly five-month suspension, Iran’s commercial attach\u00e9 \u200cin Doha \u200ctold state media.<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that “Pardoning Netanyahu is not enough,” and that senior officials in the Israel Police, the State Prosecutor’s Office and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara should be imprisoned over what he called their efforts to “stitch up” criminal charges against the prime minister.<\/p>\n
\u25a0 President Isaac Herzog said the Israeli government’s decision to defy a High Court of Justice ruling<\/a> was a “red line that must not be crossed under any circumstances.” According to Herzog, such statements “harm the very core of national unity.”<\/p>\n \u25a0 In response to the government’s decision to defy a High Court ruling, opposition lawmaker Naama Lazimi <\/a>said Netanyahu should be arrested for incitement and state security offences.<\/p>\n