A court order is barring Israeli media from reporting on an investigation into alleged connections between Qatari officials and individuals in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office; A senior Israeli official told army radio Israel has decided to return 5 Lebanese detainees who were arrested by the IDF. & A court ruled that Sophia, a baby born after an embryo mix-up in Israel, will remain with her birth mother and her partner rather than being transferred to her genetic parents. The genetic parents are preparing an appeal. 

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