🇺🇸l🇮🇱 In response to the Israeli Channel 12, the Trump admin issues the following statement

Israel did not ask the US to extend the deadline for Israeli forces to fully withdraw from Lebanon, which is set for Feb. 18, per White House source

Conflicting reports.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: American boxer and YouTuber Jake Paul has converted to Judaism and completed his Bar Mitzvah, after finding out his mother is Jewish

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Trump says 'all gates of hell will open if all the hostages aren't released by Saturday.'

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— 🇪🇬/🇯🇴/🇺🇸 NEW: Trump says U.S may stop aid to Jordan and Egypt if they do not accept refugees from Gaza.

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: Axios reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick for a waiver from proposed controls on advanced AI chips during their meeting in Washington on Friday

Israelis are concerned about being on a list of 120 countries facing limited access to AI chips, as announced by the Biden administration in January.

The restrictions will take effect in three months. A U.S. source noted that Lutnick discussed the issue with Netanyahu but made no commitments.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: A collision has occurred on the runway at Scottsdale Municipal Airport in Arizona, where a Learjet 35A crashed into a Gulfstream G-200 after landing

At least one person is dead, and two others are critically injured.

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— 🇪🇬/🇺🇸 NEW: Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, citing an Egyptian source, reports that the planned meeting in Washington between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Trump has been suspended indefinitely.

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— 🇪🇺/🇺🇸 European Commission President von der Leyen: 'Unjustified tariffs on the EU will not go unanswered and will lead to firm and proportionate countermeasures.'

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: A group of investors led by billionaire Elon Musk has submitted a $97.4 Billion USD bid to acquire OpenAI

If the deal goes through, OpenAI could potentially merge with Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Three of Netanyahu's close aides were indicted on charges of harrassing a state witness in the Prime Minister's corruption trial

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—🇰🇵/🇰🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: North Korea has condemned the arrival of a U.S. Navy LA-Class Submarine in the South Korean city of Busan.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Extraordinary reports now in Hebrew media that Israel will adopt the US-stance regarding the hostages

Yesterday, President Trump said Hamas must release ALL Israeli hostages this Saturday, or 'all hell will break loose'. This is completely contrary to the ceasefire deal.

Originally, Hamas was only supposed to release 3 hostages this weekend. But Netanyahu, in his upcoming speech, may change the equation completely – if true, the ceasefire is almost certainly non-existent.

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