1) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits Israel – during the course of which he emphasized Berlin’s unwavering support for Israel’s right to self-defense. 2) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu re-stresses Jerusalem’s objection to Palestinian statehood. 3) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdellati says that Cairo wants the International Stabilization Force in Gaza to be gain a “peacekeeping mandate” rather than enforce Hamas’s disarmament.
