2 IDF soldiers killed in northern Gaza fighting | Lebanese army continues deployment after IDF withdrawal | 3 Israelis rescued from mountain in Japan

13:35 - DM Katz calls to build bypass road around site of yesterday's terror attack

Defense Minister Israel Katz will demand to urgently speed up the construction of a road bypassing al-Funduq, the village where terrorists killed three Israelis yesterday.

Highway 55, which leads to the town of Kedumim is used by thousands of Israelis, passes right through the village. Several similar bypass roads exist throughout Judea and Samaria to protect Israelis from terror attacks.

12:24 - Israel calls on world to stop Turkish attacks on the Kurds

Israeli Foreign Ministry Dir.-Gen. Eden Bar Tal told reporters that Israel calls on the world to help the Kurds in northern Syria against Turkish attacks.

“The international community must call on Turkey to stop these aggressions and killing. The Kurds must be protected by the international community,” Bar Tal said.

11:00 - Brazilian police says it won't investigate IDF soldier who fled the country

The Brazilian police said it won't seek to investigate the complaint made against an Israeli soldier, who fled to Argentina after the Israeli Foreign Ministry warned him that an anti-Israeli organization was seeking his detention.

"The public pressure and the exposure of the terror supporters organization were successful," Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli said in a statement.

"Thanks to the report by the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and the Fight Against Antisemitism and the help of my friend, the Brazilian member of the House Bolsonaro, the whole world was exposed to a report that made waves and embarrassed the hostile regime of Lula in Brazil. We will not be deterred, we will not be silent and we will not relent."

"We will continue to expose the ugly face of the supporters of terrorism and will persecute anyone who tries to harm IDF soldiers and the State of Israel. The truth is with us - and it will win," Chikli declared.

09:43 - Israel's hostage coordinator meets colleagues from US, UK, Canada, Germany and Austria

Israel's Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing, Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch will, over the next two days, hold working meetings with his counterparts from the US, the UK, Canada, Germany and Austria, who have specially come to Israel for this purpose, according to the Prime Minister's Office.

"The coordinators came to Israel to discuss efforts to return the Israeli hostages. Talks will be held at the Foreign Ministry and President Isaac Herzog's residence, and will include meetings with hostage families."

08:59 – Lebanese army continues deployment following IDF withdrawal

The Lebanese army will continue its deployment in several additional villages in the western part of southern Lebanon today, Hezbollah’s Noor Radio stated.

The area between a-Naqoura and Rmeish, opposite Israel’s Western Galilee, was vacated by IDF troops yesterday, according to the ceasefire agreements.

08:06 – Two IDF soldiers killed, 2 seriously wounded in northern Gaza fighting

The IDF named two soldiers who died in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.

One of them was Cpt. Eitan Israel Shiknazi (24), a deputy company commander in the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, a resident of Eli. The second was Maj. Dvir Zion Revah (28), a company commander in the 932nd Battalion, from Jerusalem.

In the same incident in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, two more soldiers from the same battalion were seriously wounded.

The IDF has now lost 397 soldiers in the Gaza Strip during the war.

06:42 – 3 Israelis rescued after being stuck on Japanese mountain

Three young Israeli men were rescued after being stuck on a mountain in Japan for around 24 hours, the Foreign Ministry confirmed.

They were snowboarding on Mount Hakuba when the weather cut off their descent and were stranded in freezing temperatures with cellphone batteries running low.

The ministry said the men were rescued after cooperation with local government and police.