The outgoing U.S. president used his final foreign policy address to highlight efforts toward a cease-fire, to aid Gaza's humanitarian crisis, bolster Israeli security, and advance Middle East stability. Some critics argue his actions came too late

The technology of QRGenetics identifies the activity of defective proteins in children with ultra-rare disease with no cure, and seeks out existing drugs for other uses – that may change the course of the disease. Despite a long list of remarkable successes, the company is still struggling for funding

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is part of an Israeli government which badly failed the hostages. It's inexcusable that he's making it harder to bring them back alive to their families

Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Finance Minister Smotrich and National Security Minister Ben-Gvir about the emerging deal, and sources say that despite their objections, the two will not be quick to bring down the government, estimating that Trump will be sympathetic to West Bank annexation

ISRAEL: Netanyahu meets with incoming U.S. Mideast envoy ■ LEBANON: U.S. guarantees a full IDF withdrawal from Lebanon by end of month, Al Akhbar reports ■ GAZA: IDF approves rapid evacuation of troops from large areas of Gaza amid progress in hostage talks

Andrew Miller, the former State Department point person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said that the U.S. did not impose any red lines, leaving Netanyahu with the message that 'he was the one in the driver's seat'

While the UN blames Israel for targeting aid convoys and the IDF accuses Hamas of attempting to seize control of aid deliveries, it is the residents of Gaza who pay the price, as some aid remains stuck on the Israeli side of the border, while other supplies are looted within Gaza itself