Israeli police raid UNRWA headquarters

According to reports, computers and other IT components, as well as furniture and other items, were seized. Communications were cut and the flag was lowered and replaced by an Israeli flag. The police were accompanied by municipal officials. The agency’s staff had been forced to leave the site earlier this year. “But whatever steps are taken internally, the compound maintains the status of a UN site, immune from interference of any kind.”

“This latest action represents a flagrant disregard for the commitments made by Israel as a UN member country to protect and respect the inviolability of UN sites,” Lazzarini said in a post on X.

Trump-Netanyahu meeting in the USA on December 29

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump in the US on December 29. A source within the prime minister’s office told the Times of Israel.

According to the Channel 12 broadcaster, Netanyahu is considering a week-long visit to the United States, from December 28 to January 4. The prime minister’s office did not confirm the news.

Waltz is Netanyahu

Meanwhile, the Israeli prime minister received US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz on a mission to advance the American peace plan for the Gaza Strip. The director of the National Security Council, Gil Reich, also attended the meeting. Waltz will later meet Ran Gvili’s family. The body of Gvili, who died while a hostage, is the last one that Hamas must return.

Israel-Qatar talks hosted by Witkoff

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff meanwhile hosted negotiations between Israel and Qatar yesterday in New York, a White House representative confirmed to AFP.

The Israeli delegation was led by Mossad director David Barnea. It was the highest-level meeting between Israel and Qatar since the agreement to end the war in Gaza. The time has now come to define the second phase of the agreement, namely the disarmament of Hamas and the establishment of an administration to govern the Gaza Strip.