LiveLive Updates June 02, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJune 02, 2026Updates28 minutes agoGovernment approves budget plan for special tribunal for Hamas militants who participated in the October 7 massacreThe Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Finance announced that the government has approved their budget plan to establish a special tribunal for Hamas militants who participated in the October 7 massacre.According to the approved outline, the Ministry of Defense and the IDF will be allocated over a billion shekels to establish the infrastructure required to establish and maintain the court complex, the prosecution and the IDF headquarters, salary costs, maintenance and upkeep of the buildings, computer systems, food and medicine.Last month, the Knesset plenum approved the bill, which stipulates that the special tribunal – tasked with trying more than 250 Hamas elite Nukhba force terrorists detained in Israel since the attack – will function as a military court. Indictments will include charges such as genocide, harming state sovereignty or territorial integrity, initiating war, aiding the enemy in wartime, offenses under the Counter-Terrorism Law and murder.Cases will be heard by a military court in Jerusalem. The IDF chief of staff, upon the recommendation of the Military Advocate General, will be authorized to appoint prosecutors. The tribunal will operate through panels of three judges, at least one of whom must have served as president of a military court.Palestinian detainees in the Gaza Strip, in December 2023. Credit: Moti MilrodPalestinian detainees in the Gaza Strip, in December 2023. Credit: Moti MilrodThe tribunal will be permitted to depart from standard procedural and evidentiary rules if it determines that doing so is necessary to ascertain the truth and ensure justice. This may include flexibility regarding access to investigative materials, evidentiary chain-of-custody requirements, reliance on written submissions, and adaptations in the taking of witness testimony.U.S. Ambassador to the UN: The Lebanese people will rebuild a country that does not belong to TehranAt a UN Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz said that the Lebanese people will "get a chance to rebuild a country that belongs to not Hezbollah, not its thug leadership, and certainly not to Tehran."The path is clear: Hizballah stops attacking Israel.