Today’s top stories:
1) Hostilities intensified in the West Bank district of Samaria – with dozens of wounded and at least five Palestinian gunmen killed – after a premeditated ambush by Hamas-affiliated terrorists drew a vigorous Israeli response.
2) Israel asserts that it is vehemently opposed to any emerging arrangement between the United States and Iran on the latter’s nuclear program.
3) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran jointly announce their intention to deepen relations aimed at deescalating tensions.
