Israel, Lebanon to hold direct talks in coming days: Haaretz reports

Israel and Lebanon are expected to have direct talks in the next few days. These would be their first meetings since the start of the Iran war, which has pulled Lebanon further into the conflict, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing two sources.

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, will take part in the talks. They might be held in Paris or Cyprus. The Israeli delegation will be led by Ron Dermer, a close advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Meanwhile, a Jewish school in Amsterdam was damaged after an attack targeted, in what the city’s mayor called “a deliberate attack on the Jewish community.”

The incident occurred in a well-to-do residential area on the city’s south side. Mayor Femke Halsema said police and firefighters responded swiftly, limiting the damage. No casualties were reported.

Similarly, a missile struck a helipad inside the compound of the United States Embassy in Baghdad, according to Iraqi security officials, in the latest escalation of tensions surrounding the fortified diplomatic district.

According to Al Jazeera, the projectile landed within the heavily guarded Green Zone, an enclave in central Baghdad that houses key government buildings and numerous foreign missions. Two Iraqi security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to brief the media, confirmed that the strike occurred within the embassy grounds.