Israel’s natural gas and renewable energy innovation has strengthened its ties to countries in Europe and the Middle East. The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz from having a major international footprint.

Israel’s energy minister confirmed that two sides would hold US-mediated talks. For the first time in 30 years, Israel and Lebanon will hold direct negotiations to try to resolve their maritime border dispute, officials for both sides and the United States said Thursday.

Israeli “loitering munitions” or what are called “kamikaze drones” reportedly make up a portion of Azerbaijan’s arsenal. Drone footage, released by Azerbaijan of a drone strike on an artillery position in the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, appears to show an Israeli drone in the frame.