🇯🇵❗️ — At least 14 people were hospitalized after a stabbing and liquid attack at the Yokohama Rubber Mishima Plant in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

➡️ Five or six people were stabbed with a bladed weapon, and a liquid was also scattered at the site.

➡️ Police confirmed the suspected attacker has been taken into custody and said an investigation is ongoing to determine the full circumstances.

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained an FSB-linked operative in Kyiv who was allegedly preparing to assassinate an officer from Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR).

➡️ The suspect was recruited by Russia’s Federal Security Service, promised financial compensation and help with legalization in the European Union, and was apprehended with evidence showing coordination and communication with FSB handlers.

🇺🇦🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: President Trump will meet with Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, according to Axios.

🇸🇾💥 — More than 7 people have been killed as a result of the bombing in the Imam Ali Mosque, according to Syrian media.

➡️ 30+ people are injured, including several in serious condition.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️ — NEW: President Trump plans major Gaza announcements in early January, but outcomes hinge on his Monday Mar-a-Lago meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu, according to Axios.

➡️ The White House fears Netanyahu is delaying the peace process and could resume the war with Hamas, while Netanyahu hopes to push Trump toward a more hawkish approach.

➡️ The administration wants to quickly launch a Palestinian technocratic government and an International Stabilization Force for Gaza, possibly unveiling the Trump-led “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

➡️ Netanyahu is skeptical of the demilitarization plan, the makeup of the technocratic government, and roles for Qatar and Turkey, and has raised concerns with war hawk Sen. Lindsey Graham.

➡️ Without Netanyahu’s buy-in, the process cannot move forward, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio is closer to Netanyahu’s position than Witkoff and Kushner.

➡️ Trump is expected to press Netanyahu to uphold the ceasefire, avoid civilian casualties, and move beyond the war.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️ — The proposed Palestinian government, already vetted by the U.S., would govern Gaza, oversee phased demilitarization starting with heavy weapons, and work with an international force to dismantle arms held by all militias, including Israeli-backed groups, Axios reports.

➡️ Trump will also raise concerns about the West Bank, warning of possible Palestinian Authority collapse, and push Israel to curb settler violence, release withheld Palestinian tax revenues, and reconsider settlement expansion.