Israel Strikes Hezbollah Military Chief in Beirut Stronghold, Netanyahu’s Office Confirms

Here are Sunday’s latest key updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank:

■ The IDF chief has summoned senior army officers to hold them personally accountable for their actions over the failures of October 7, and said that several of them will be dismissed.

■ Following an alleged cease-fire violation from Hamas, Israeli forces killed a Hamas commander who transferred weapons “for use against IDF troops,” according to the IDF. Health officials in Gaza had reported that at least 24 people were killed from the strikes and another 54 wounded, including children.

■ At a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will “continue to do everything necessary to prevent Hezbollah from re-establishing its threat capability against us,” adding that “Israel is responsible for its security.” Netanyahu said, “All the talk that ‘we must receive approval for this’ from one source or another – is simply a complete lie. We act independently of anyone.”

■ The IDF killed two Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon on Saturday, one who “took part in Hezbollah’s reestablishment,” and another who “served as the local representative of Hezbollah,” according to their statement.

■ The State Prosecutor’s Office has filed an indictment against a Jerusalem resident on charges of weapons trafficking as part of what was described as “the great war of the end times.”

■ A Houthi-controlled court in Yemen’s capital sentenced 17 people to death over accusations of spying for Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia.

■ Over a dozen supporters of the family of the 14-year-old autistic boy from Jaffa gathered outside the Tel Aviv District court, who has been detained on security offenses and held for five weeks, reporting sexual assault and abuse in prison.

■ Justice Minister Yariv Levin called on the High Court to cancel the temporary injunction preventing retired judge Yosef Ben-Hamo from overseeing the investigation of former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi and other senior officials in the Military Prosecutor’s Office, after the leak of a video showing the abuse of a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman detention facility.