Today’s top stories: 1) Deadly terror strikes at Israel’s southern Re’em–Masmiya Junction – claiming the lives of two civilians, and wounding six others. 2) Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant voices Jerusalem’s hope to avert a northern war. 3) IDF Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi emphasizes that plans to launch an offensive on the town of Rafah have been presented to Jerusalem’s war cabinet.