For review:
1. IDF Strikes Hezbollah in S. Lebanon after Ceasefire Violation.
IDF Fighter jets struck a Hezbollah facility, which was used to hold medium-range rockets, after identifying activity there.
2. Israel warns Syria of allowing weapons transfers from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Israel Defense Forces has said that amid the truce it would continue to act to prevent all weapon deliveries to the Lebanese terror group, including by striking shipments anywhere in Lebanon or Syria.
3. President-elect Trump selects Retired Army General as Ukraine-Russia Envoy.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Keith Kellogg, a former national security adviser and retired lieutenant general in the US military, to be special envoy to Ukraine and Russia in his second administration.
4. Russian SU-27 Warplanes Intercept B-52H Bombers near Baltic Sea.
The B-52s were conducting a training flight when the Russian Su-27 fighters intercepted them near Kaliningrad. A US defense official said the interception was safe and professional, and the B-52s continued with their planned flight.
5. President-elect Trump selects businessman John Phelan as Nominative Secretary of the Navy.
If confirmed, Phelan would replace current Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, who is expected to step down ahead of Trump’s inauguration.