Top stories: 1) Israel’s outgoing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warns of significant security challenges on the rise, which Israel’s Defense establishment prepare for. 2) Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem, after reportedly fleeing Lebanon to Iran, declares that the outcome of his terror group’s war with Israel will be determined in the battlefield. 3) The Islamic Republic of Iran tries to reassure followers of the Ayatollah regime that it is well prepared for anticipated austerity measures by the incoming Administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

