The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they happen.
IDF says 5 rockets fired from Lebanon at Haifa area, some intercepted; no reports of injuries
The IDF says that a salvo of five projectiles was fired from Lebanon, setting off sirens in the Haifa area.
The military says it intercepted several of the rockets. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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Trump picks Pam Bondi for US attorney general after Gaetz withdraws nomination
US President-elect Donald Trump nominates former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to be attorney general of the United States, moving swiftly to replace former nominee Matt Gaetz after the embattled former congressman withdrew from consideration.
Gaetz, who faced opposition from Senate Republicans, was the subject of a House Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having sex with an underage 17-year-old girl. He has denied wrongdoing.
Bondi served as the top law enforcement officer of the country’s third most populous state from 2011 to 2019. She served on Trump’s Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.
Her resume contrasts with that of Gaetz, who has little of the traditional experience expected of an attorney general. Bondi would likely face less opposition from senators involved in the confirmation process.
Trump announces his pick of Bondi on social media, praising her for her prosecutorial experience and saying she was tough on crime as Florida’s first female attorney general.
Trump, who was elected on November 5 despite being the subject of multiple criminal investigations from US and state prosecutors, including a felony conviction in the state of New York, says Bondi will end the politicization of federal prosecutions.
“For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans — Not anymore,” Trump says.
“Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fight Crime, and Making America Safe Again.”
Rocket alerts blare overnight in Haifa and surrounding suburbs
Not long after after 2 a.m., incoming rocket sirens are heard in Haifa and a number of the northern coastal city’s suburbs.
Biden blasts ‘outrageous’ ICC arrest warrants: No equivalence between Israel and Hamas
US President Joe Biden slams the International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant as “outrageous.”
“Let me be clear once again: whatever the ICC might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security,” Biden says in his first statement responding to the ICC decision.