Maya Zanger-Nadis

"Bibi has no f***ing discretion," Trump said in an earlier conversation with Israel's Channel 12, hours before the US-Iran ceasefire deal was expected to be signed.

Yousef is a senior leader of Hamas in the West Bank, having co-founded the group in 1987 along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and other Palestinian members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

"He's had an amazing career," Trump said. "Does he want to continue? Because, you know, he's a wartime prime minister."

The investigation revealed that the officer, a man in his 20s, and two of his family members, who are both officers in the IDF, had an ambush planned out in order to carry out the murder.

The suspect was held in detention following his arrest, and the detention was extended to June 11. 

The two parties must cooperate on a variety of matters that require joint action, including appointing judges and court officials.

Netanyahu issued a statement shortly after the approval, naming the proposal as his and Smotrich's product, although the prime minister was absent for much of the approval meeting on Tuesday evening.

Other senior Mossad officials are expected to follow suit in the coming days, KAN added. 

The new guidelines limit gatherings in communities along the Lebanese border to no more than 50 people outdoors and 200 indoors, and beaches are closed to the public.

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion praised Avdija for representing the State of Israel as a public figure in the US and for bringing pride to Jews and Israelis worldwide.