Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met with the Qatari Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, in Cyprus in June to discuss possible plans to rehabilitate to Gaza Strip, Walla News reported Wednesday.

The meeting was kept secret until now. Last week, Channel 10 News reported that Liberman travelled to Cyprus in order to meet with Qatar’s mediator to Gaza, Muhammad al-Amadi, however pointing out that al-Amadi frequently travels to Israel, and that Liberman’s trip to Cyprus was most likely in order to meet with someone much higher up. According to reports, Qatar is set to be instrumental in the rehabilitation of Gaza, offering to partially finance the efforts and establish sea and airports in Cyprus to be used for Gaza.

Jusr hours after United States President Donald Trump said in  speech that Israel will have to pay a “higher price” in the wake of  his decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, his National Security Adviser John Bolton said in Jerusalem Wednesday morning that “moving the embassy was not an issue of quid pro quo.”

Bolton added: “The President did the right thing in moving the embassy to Jerusalem.”

The Health Ministry announced Tuesday that the import and marketing of Juul electronic cigarettes has been prohibited, due to the product’s high nicotine content. Juul cartridges generally contain 59 milligrams of nicotine for every milliliter of liquid, nearly tripling the Israel legal limit of 20 milligrams per milliliter.

Military Advocate Maj. Gen. Sharon Afek has instructed Military Police to open an investigation into two incidents in which IDF troops shot Palestinians close to the Gaza border. The decision was made after internal investigations conducted in the units in which the incidents took places, as well as information obtained by the IDF, raised suspicion that troops may have opened fire in violation of IDF’s rules of engagement.

Border Police arrested a Palestinian from the Shuafat Refugee Camp, north of Jerusalem, Sunday, on suspicion of receiving funds from Hamas in Gaza. The man was apprehended outside the refugee camp, while in possession of NIS 30,000 in cash. The money is believed to have been payment for a close relative who is a known Hamas operative and is currently serving a sentence in an Israeli prison.  “This is part of the Israel Police and security organizations’ fight against funds used to fund terror, or that have originated from terror organizations,” a Border Police spokesman said in a statement.