Iran plans assassinations, US prepares for strike - and Netanyahu gets a blow | Shabbat news summary

Maariv's Shabbat news summary: Iran plans assassinations and the US prepares for a strike; IDF launches an operation in Hebron; an 82-year-old man murdered in Shefa-Amr; Netanyahu warns of sanctions; Netanyahu's trial in Turkey; CIA espionage affair; Kim Jong-un in China; protests in France.

Maariv's Shabbat news summary presents several major headlines: Iran plans assassinations of American officials, and the US prepares for a possible strike on Iran, while updating Iraq on the planned timing. Meanwhile, the IDF launched a large-scale operation in Hebron following the deadly attack in which Ron Yonatan Reutman and Yuval Shai Soylem fell. Also, 82-year-old Ibrahim Bishkar was shot dead in Shefa-Amr, and 43-year-old Yana Zikova was murdered in Kiryat Haim. Netanyahu warned of economic sanctions and claimed that blockchain is the alternative. In Turkey, the trial of Netanyahu and 34 senior Israeli officials began. In the US, an espionage affair was exposed involving a CIA employee who leaked classified information about Israel. Kim Jong-un arrived for his first visit to China in a year. In France, 70,000 police officers were mobilized ahead of the "yellow vests" protests.