Sara Netanyahu and the head of the Labor Party, Merav Michaeli, held a secret and unusual meeting in recent weeks to discuss efforts to release the hostages being held by Hamas, Israeli media reported on Monday.Michaeli also offered to serve as a representative of the state to improve relations with the US Democratic Party, according to Ynet. Michaeli also offered to provide a “safety net” to the Netanyahu government and not to work to take it down, according to the reports, although sources close to Michaeli denied that this was the case.

France will increase the numbers of soldiers for its 'Operation Sentinelle' unit, which deals with handling terrorist threats, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Monday.Attal said an extra 4,000 members of the military would be put on standby for the Sentinelle division, on top of the 3,000 military staff already on deployment for Sentinelle, which guards sites such as railway stations, places of worship, schools and theaters across the country.On Sunday, the French government raised its terror alert warning to its highest level following the Friday night shootings on Moscow.

A US judge on Monday dismiss X Corp's lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized a rise in hate speech on the social media platform once known as Twitter since Elon Musk took it over.US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted the dismissal request by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying the lawsuit had been brought as a means toward "punishing the defendants for their speech."