According to Axios’ Barak Ravid, citing unnamed officials close to the negotiations, some last-minute changes were requested by Hamas before the ceasefire deal was signed, including the release of a number of Hamas’ “military leaders” who are serving multiple life sentences in Israel for planning a number of suicide bombings.

Axios is reporting that Mediators from Hamas, Israel, Qatar, and the United States have all now officially signed the Ceasefire & Hostage Deal in Doha, with it to be presented tomorrow to the Israeli Security Cabinet.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice President Han Zheng will act as President Xi Jinping’s special envoy and represent China at the inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump on January 20 in the U.S. capital. Han has been a key go-between for Xi and the U.S. before; most recently meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the U.N General Assembly late last year.

Wow, some Footage from the Cockpit of a Commercial Aircraft, showing falling Space Debris from SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7, which broke-up earlier tonight over the Atlantic near the Turks and Caicos Islands.

A Team of Firefighters from Israel, arrived earlier today in Southern California to assist with the ongoing Wildfire Outbreak near the City of Los Angeles.

French President Emmanuel Macron has landed in Beirut, where he is set to meet with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

The Romanian Ministry of Defense is reporting that its National Airspace was breached last night, during a Russian Drone Attack against the Odesa Region of Southern Ukraine; with a Russian Drone being discovered near the City of Tulcea in Northeast Romanian, near the Border with Ukraine.

Yesterday, the Israeli Air Force carried out a Precision-Strike on the Northern Gaza Strip which resulted in the elimination of Muhammad Hashem Zahdi Abu al-Rous, a Senior Terrorist in Hamas’ “Elite” Nukhba Forces who participated in the Attack on the Nova Music Festival during the October 7th Massacre.

According to a release from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump spoke on the phone and talked ways to increase
Sino-American cooperation in the future. This comes as the Chinese have confirmed that Chinese Vice President Han Zheng will attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration this upcoming Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Bill passed by Congress banning the Social Media App, TikTok; with the Ban going into effect on Sunday, January 19th. The only way that the Ban could now be stopped, is if Congress voted to withdraw it, which was already tried and Failed.

According to Fox News; New Orleans FBI Assistance Special Agent in Charge, Alethea Duncan has been temporarily reassigned following her Press Conference after the ISIS-Affiliated Terrorist Attack in New Orleans, where she wrongly stated, “This is not a Terrorist Event.”

According to a release from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the U.S. has sanctioned the Yemen Kuwait Bank for “having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Ansarallah [Houthis].” While this won’t be the first time that Houthi entities and/or individuals have been sanctioned by the Biden administration, this action comes amidst a slew of other last minute actions against adversary-actors around the globe and has left many wondering why such measures weren’t taken before.