Saudi Arabia is willing to recognize Israel if the Palestinian issue is resolved, Saudi Arabia’s

Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said Tuesday.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, the foreign minister said that the first
step to resolving the Palestinian issue is through a ceasefire "on all sides."

“We agree that regional peace includes peace for Israel but that could only happen through peace
for the Palestinians through a Palestinian state,” bin Farhan said.

Asked at a panel at the WEF whether Saudi Arabia could, within that context, agree to recognize
Israel as part of a wider agreement, the Saudi foreign minister said “certainly.”

Some context: In 2020, four Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and
Sudan, recognized Israel under a set of treaties known as the Abraham Accords, sidestepping the
longstanding Arab demand for a Palestinian state.

Since then, the Biden administration has been working to bring Saudi Arabia, widely regarded as
the leader of the Muslim world, to follow suit, a move that could have opened the door to other
Muslim countries to recognize Israel.

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Israel says it struck multiple Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

From CNN’s Ivana Kottasová, Amir Tal and Celine Alkhaldi

Israel said it struck multiple Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Tuesday, the latest in cross-border
fighting between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shiite militant group.

The IDF said it conducted aerial and artillery strikes on what it said were Hezbollah terror targets
in the area of Wadi Saluki in Lebanon.

“Within a short amount of time, strikes were carried out against dozens of Hezbollah posts,
military structures, and weapons infrastructure,” it said in a statement.

The Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Israel conducted “more than 15
raids, strikes the outskirts of Houla, Wadi Al-Saluki, Wadi Al-Hujair, and the Rab Thalateen Al-
Taybeh road."

The announcement from the IDF comes just hours after it said its special forces struck in the area
of Ayta ash Shab in Lebanon. The IDF did not respond to CNN’s question about the target of the
strike or the nature of the operation.

The Israeli military also said that overnight, one of its aircraft struck a Hezbollah anti-tank
missile launcher in the area of the town of KafarKila in southern Lebanon.
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Iranian-made weapons intended for Houthis were seized in

raid, US officials say
From CNN's Michael Callahan

The US Navy seized Iranian-made ballistic missile and cruise missile components from a vessel
off the coast of Somalia last week that was destined for Houthis in Yemen, US Central
Command announced on Tuesday.