PM calls Hezbollah tunnels ’act of war’ as UN meets * ’Abbas budgets $330m. to pay terrorists, martyrs, inmates’ * 1st Ethiopian-Israeli pilot * Brain cancer breakthrough

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Wednesday, December 19, 2018 [Ahead of UN discussion, Netanyahu calls Hezbollah tunnel-digging ‘act of war’]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [PM says Lebanese army has been a ‘total failure,’ failing to confront Shiite terror group; urges Putin not to defend Hezbollah at Security Council]( [Netanyahu: Hezbollah shuttered Beirut missile sites after my UN speech]( By [TOI staff]( [US registers ‘deep concerns’ over Hezbollah’s growing sway in Lebanon]( By [TOI staff]( [UN Security Council to convene on Hezbollah attack tunnels, Israeli envoy says]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF checking Sderot residents’ reports of digging sounds from ground]( By [TOI staff]( [Army says it is looking into locals’ concerns over new tunnels from Gaza, but no evidence found so far]( [GOP senators pitch resolution to recognize Israeli sovereignty of Golan Heights]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Israel media review / Boring into Lebanon: 10 things to know for December 19]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( Live updates [US said mulling full withdrawal of its forces from Syria]( By [TOI staff]( [American officials announce possible move as campaign to eradicate the Islamic State winds down]( [Think tank: Abbas allocates $330 million to pay terrorists, ‘martyrs,’ inmates]( By [TOI staff]( [JCPA report details 2018 funds set aside in PA budget for recipients including Palestinians who have killed Israelis, and their families]( [UN announces cuts in food aid to Gaza, West Bank]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Poll shows Hamas leader would defeat Abbas to win Palestinian elections]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Israel said to strongly protest Russian invite to Hamas leader]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Lt. ‘Yod’ to become first Ethiopian-Israeli air force pilot]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Airman to serve as fighter jet navigator upon completing grueling pilots course later this week]( [New drug may lead to cure for aggressive brain cancer, Israeli researchers say]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [10% of animals treated with SIXAC gained ‘extended life’ and the drug ‘actually cured them of the disease,’ Sheba Medical Center reports]( [UK court jails neo-Nazi couple who named child after Hitler]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas sentenced to 6.5 and 5 years in prison, respectively, for membership in group banned under anti-terror laws]( [Alice Walker endorses bizarre anti-Semitic tract in NY Times interview]( By [JTA]( [After racism cases, Chelsea chairman says ‘unpleasant’ minority shaming club]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Haley: Trump peace plan more thoughtful, creative, specific than past efforts]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Upcoming initiative ‘takes advantage of new technology,’ embraces ‘previously unthinkable’ realities, says outgoing UN envoy]( [Oman’s foreign minister in US to seek role in Mideast peace process – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli-Saudi ties reportedly set back by fallout from Khashoggi killing]( By [TOI 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