During Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Africa, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Augustine Mahigah handed Netanyahu a letter from President John Magufuli in which he expressed his intention to open an embassy in Israel. The two met in Uganda at a ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Entebbe operation.

Tanzania renewed diplomatic relations with Israel in 1995, but has not yet established an embassy in Israel.  Israel currently does not have an embassy in Tanzania, and manages all its relations through its embassy in Kenya.

A first truck from the Turkish aid ship has arrived from Ashdod port to Kerem Shalom crossing into the Gaza Strip, according to a statement by the Defense Ministry. The aid ship arrived in Israel yesterday as part of the reconciliation agreement signed by the countries last week.

The truck contains a shipment of toys and diapers inside boxes bearing the Turkish flag. Officials from the Defense Ministry Crossing Authority and the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unloaded the goods and are preparing to transfer them to the Gaza Strip.

The Tel Aviv District Court convicted Israeli businessman and investor Nochi Dankner, for stock manipulation of IDB shares. Specifically, the judge found Dankner and his business partner guilty of manipulating IDB share prices.

Dankner faces a maximum of five years in prison.

An IDF spokesperson confirmed that the IDF attacked two targets in Syria over Sunday night in response to unusual firing in the direction of the border fence in the Golan Heights. The IDF spokesperson added that no nearby residencts or members of the IDF were harmed and emphasized that Israel takes no sides in Syria’s civil war.

“The army does not intervene in the fighting in Syria, but is determined to defend and react to any unusual incident,” the spokesperson stated.

Israeli police on Sunday seized 45 kilograms of cannabis in the Bedouin town of Bir Hadaj, located in Israel’s southern Negev region.  Police dogs led the police to an open area in the village, where they found hidden crates containing the cannabis, buried underground.

The Bedouin village’a proximity to the Egyptian border has made it a major smuggling destination for drug traffickers.