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SvennoJ on 06 December 2024
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Israel has not yet agreed to send a delegation for ceasefire discussion

The Israel Broadcasting Authority is reporting that Netanyahu’s government has not yet agreed to send a delegation to discuss efforts to return the detainees, noting that the framework currently being discussed is “preliminary” without referring to efforts to stop the war.

On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy travelled to Qatar and Israel to kick-start the US president-elect’s diplomatic push to help reach a Gaza ceasefire and captive release deal before he takes office on January 20.



Iran to ‘dramatically’ increase near weapons-grade uranium

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, warns Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium since it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges.

Cascades are a group of centrifuges that spin uranium gas together to enrich the uranium more quickly.

But Grossi told journalists in Bahrain on the sidelines of the International Institute of Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue that the escalation was “very concerning”.

Iran maintains its programme is peaceful, but the moves are likely to raise further tension in the region amid Israel’s war on Gaza and the ceasefire in Lebanon.

 

Israel reinforces occupied Golan Heights; one Lebanon-Syria border crossing to stay open

Israel’s military said it planned to reinforce its positions in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the northern border with Syria as fighting rages between the Syrian army and rebel groups.

The Israeli military said on Friday that it was “monitoring developments and is prepared for all scenarios, offensive and defensive alike”.

Lebanon also announced that it is closing all land border crossings with Syria bar the main frontier crossing that links the Lebanese capital Beirut with the Syrian capital Damascus.

Lebanon’s General Security Directorate said the decision to close border crossings came hours after an Israeli air strike damaged a border post in northern Lebanon just days after it was reopened.

Jordan’s interior minister also said the Naseeb border crossing with Syria had been closed because of the security situation on the Syrian side.