HEADLINES
Kleifer to brief Knesset on Iran options
New Arab Society Crime Combat HQ launched
Vance Trump weighs Iran options red line

The time is now 9:02 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In the conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Israel's security leadership is outlining paths forward as tensions with Tehran rise. The head of the Home Front Command, Major General Shai Kleifer, will participate tomorrow in a closed briefing of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, delivering a security overview as part of preparations for a possible war with Iran and for potential missile launches from Iranian territory.

In the Disputed Territories (Gaza, Judea and Samaria, East Jerusalem), Kalkilya rescue details show Civil Administration officers rescuing an Israeli citizen wandering the area; they provided protection and transferred the person to appropriate security forces, and the incident has been forwarded to Israel Police for further handling. The security service notes that entry into Area A is life-threatening and prohibited by law. Past similar incidents have involved relocations from Jericho in late January and a December 31 incident involving a 22-year-old Israeli woman. In Gaza, reports indicate strikes in the Al-Tofaḥ neighborhood.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, following talks in Geneva, Vice President JD Vance said President Trump is weighing the “different options” regarding Iran, with all options on the table. He noted a red line that the United States draws, namely that Iran must not possess a nuclear weapon. He added that the talks with Iran went well in certain respects, and that the Iranians have not yet accepted several of the United States’ red lines.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, the National Headquarters for Combating Crime in Arab Society announced its establishment on Tuesday, saying it will operate with the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee and both Jewish and Arab civil bodies to show that organized crime is not a cultural fate but the result of political policy that diverts police from fighting crime. The group called for restoring government funding for civilian crime prevention tools and programs and for steps to restore security in Arab-majority areas, including weapons collection, solving murder cases, and dismantling organized crime networks. The move comes as violent crime in the Arab-Israeli sector reached a record high in 2025, with more than 250 Arabs murdered. Separately, Israeli police last week arrested a Palestinian terrorist who was freed in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange after he was found outside the G Mall in Kfar Saba; the terrorist from Gaza was in Israel illegally and attempted to enter the shopping center using a false identity. Police also arrested a Kfar Saba resident suspected of driving him to the mall in exchange for payment.

In Uplifting News, Jewish-American speedskater Emery Lehman, a four-time Olympian, won a silver medal in the Winter Olympics' men's team pursuit, finishing 4.51 seconds behind host Italy. Lehman has said he plans to retire from speedskating after the 2026 Games. The 29-year-old from Chicago helped his team set three world records and win five straight World Cup season titles since the 2021-2022 season, earned a 2022 Olympic bronze, and claimed a 2025 world championship. Lehman began speedskating at age nine in Chicago, encouraged by his mother, Marcia.

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