1) The United Sates says that progress has been made in talks for a ceasefire between Israel and the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah. 2) The Islamist Hamas terror group says it will not release the hostages unless Israel effectively accepts defeat. 3) Israel pledges to fight on against Iran and its terror proxies – irrespective of the ICC’s issuance of arrest warrants for Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

