Amid Hamas refusal to disarm, US pitches $112 billion ‘Project Sunrise’ high-tech Gaza reconstruction plan. Plan presented to several regional partners as Trump peace plan remains stuck in first phase

‘Out of darkness’: Freed hostages lead Hanukkah candle-lightings. Emily Damari, Gali and Ziv Berman light menorah together, share video of dancing; four freed surveillance soldiers lead lighting ceremony

‘Son Of Hamas’: ‘The evidence under the Temple Mount is overwhelming’.Knesset Member Ohad Tal led Mosab Hassan Yousef, known as the ‘Son of Hamas,’ on a rare tour of restricted sections of the Kotel Tunnels beneath the Temple Mount.

Synagogue in West Hartford, Conn., receives bomb threats. Law-enforcement officials concluded that there was no credible threat, but the synagogue is increasing security measures.

Israel OKs 19 Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria, “Within three years we have legalized 69 new settlements—a record like no other,” says Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Mob harasses Jews heading to Istanbul Chanukah candle-lighting. Protesters shouted “Zionists, leave this country” at worshippers walking to the Neve Shalom Synagogue in the Turkish metropolis.

Wikipedia’s Israel page now unequivocally states Jewish state is ‘committing genocide’. The edit was made on December 11 and has not been reversed since, despite extensive discussion between editors. The section appears at the end of the third paragraph in the top section of the page.

Iran’s ballistic missiles now rival its nuclear threat to Israel, US Sen. Graham tells ‘Post. “Hamas and Iran are regenerating. Hezbollah is trying to build more weapons. We hit them hard, but they’re trying to come back – and on the missile side, that’s a real threat to Israel,” said Graham.

Israel warns US that missile exercises by IRGC might be cover-up for surprise attack – Axios. The report notes that the likelihood of an attack is below 50%, but an Israeli source said that “nobody is willing to take the risk and just say it is only an exercise.”