Channel 12 will not air its comedy show Eretz Nehederet following the IDF's announcement that five Golani soldiers fell in southern Lebanon, Walla reported on Wednesday evening.

The US military said on Tuesday it had conducted strikes against an Iranian-backed terror group's weapons storage facility in Syria."These strikes were in response to a rocket attack on US personnel at Patrol Base Shaddadi. There was no damage to US facilities and no injuries to US or partner forces during the attack," the US military said in a statement.

US President-elect Donald Trump called Argentine President Javier Milei his "favorite president" during a phone call they held, a spokesman for the South American leader said on Tuesday.Trump and Milei have previously expressed their admiration for each other. They are set to meet in person later this week at Mar-a-Lago.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the importance of improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza in a meeting with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Washington on Monday, the State Department said.Dermer updated Blinken on operational changes and policy decisions taken by Israel in response to a US letter sent in October, the department said in a statement on Tuesday.Blinken "emphasized the importance of ensuring those changes lead to an actual improvement in the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, including through the delivery of additional assistance to civilians throughout Gaza," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in the statement.

UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi appealed to Iran's leadership on Tuesday to take steps to resolve longstanding issues with his agency a day before he arrives in the Iranian capital for crunch talks over its nuclear program.The International Atomic Energy Agency head has for months sought progress with Iran on issues including a push for more monitoring cooperation at nuclear sites and an explanation of uranium traces found at undeclared sites.But little has come from Grossi's efforts, and with the return of President-elect Donald Trump, who is widely expected to restore a maximum-pressure policy on Iran, Grossi's trip on Wednesday should provide indications of how Iran wants to proceed in the coming months."I am far from being able to tell the international community ... what is happening. I would be in a very difficult position. So it's like they (Iran) have to help us, to help them to a certain extent," Grossi told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP29 climate summit in Baku.

Ukraine's air force said on Wednesday it shot down four out of six missiles and 37 out of 90 drones launched by Russia overnight.Ukraine's military lost track of 47 more drones, two more left its airspace heading towards Russia and Belarus, and two more remained in the airspace as of Wednesday morning, it said.