Most of this morning's decisions are about what to leave standing. The army has picked which parts of Hamas it can live with for now, and the elections committee looked at the suspicions and left the count alone. A UN official wants to take down an agency that outlived its reason years ago. Dublin says it'll go find the money to keep it up.
Flash Brief: The Day in 90 Seconds or Less
Iran: Netanyahu presses Trump to resume strikes right after tomorrow's midterms, and Trump reportedly wants the Doha talks to run longer. See The War Today.
Hormuz: Britain's maritime agency reports two ships hit by projectiles since last evening, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim two tankers hit mines. See The War Today.
Gaza: The IDF stops targeting Hamas's mayors, military sources say, and keeps up two to three targeted killings a day. See The War Today.
Hebron: The army pulls out of the Jaaba clan's quarter after ten days, and more than 2,000 residents can go home. See Briefly Noted.
The count: Sohlberg says the vote was conducted properly, and the results go to Herzog on Wednesday as counted. See Inside Israel.
The draft: Military Police track a haredi evader by his phone, and riots follow in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. See Inside Israel.
Eisenkot: B'Yachad will recommend Eisenkot on Wednesday, and his bloc splits over who should take the speaker's chair. See Briefly Noted.
UNRWA: UNRWA's acting chief plans to close the agency in stages, and the PLO moves to block him. See Israel and the World.
Somaliland: Israel's Michael Lotem is now the first accredited ambassador in Somaliland, after presenting his credentials in Hargeisa. See Israel and the World.
Michigan: Senate nominee El-Sayed says Israel's right to exist needs "a shared understanding," and Stevens, the Democrat he beat, endorses Rogers. See Israel and the World.
Iran's imports: Reuters finds over 5,000 "MOD" agencies registered at Iran's defense ministry that brought in at least $2 billion of hardware. See Briefly Noted.
Not everyone gets to choose what stays up. The haredi parties can't stop an arrest, and there's no exemption law for them to stand behind. What they've still got is the option to stop voting, and a party that stops voting can still decide who gets the speaker's chair.
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