The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen.

Four IDF soldiers were wounded, including one seriously, in a car crash during operational activity near the border with the Gaza Strip earlier today, the military says.

The soldiers served with the Desert Reconnaissance Unit, commonly known as the Bedouin reconnaissance unit.

The soldiers were taken to a hospital, where one is listed in serious condition, one is moderately injured and two are lightly hurt, the army says.

A boat capsized in waters off Yemen’s coast, leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the UN’s migration agency says.

The tragedy was the latest in a series of shipwrecks off Yemen that have killed hundreds of African migrants fleeing conflict and poverty in hopes of reaching the wealthy Gulf Arab countries.

The vessel, with 154 Ethiopian migrants on board, sank in the Gulf of Aden off the southern Yemeni province of Abyan early this morning, Abdusattor Esoev, head of the International Organization for Migration in Yemen tells The Associated Press.

He says the bodies of 54 migrants washed ashore in the district of Khanfar, and 14 others were found dead and taken to a hospital morgue in Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan on Yemen’s southern coast.

Only 12 migrants survived the shipwreck, and the rest were missing and presumed dead, Esoev says.

Iran’s top security body has approved the creation of a new defense council, state media reports, more than a month after a ceasefire ended a 12-day war with Israel.

“The Supreme National Security Council approved the establishment of the National Defense Council,” state television says.

The new body — which will be chaired by the president and include top military commanders among other senior officials and ministers — will be tasked with “reviewing defense strategies” and “enhancing the capabilities of Iran’s armed forces,” it adds.

On Friday, the Fars news agency said the decision comes as part of broader structural changes to Iran’s security apparatus.

The Hostage Families Forum slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he says that Hamas does not want a deal and that Israel must act to eliminate the terror group, amid stalled ceasefire talks.

“For 22 months now the public has been sold the illusion that military pressure and intense fighting will bring the hostages back,” the group, which represents a majority of the families of the 50 hostages still being held, says in a statement.

“Even before the draft for a comprehensive deal was written, they’re telling us that an agreement is not........

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