Sunday’s decision lifts confidentiality restrictions on land registry records in Judea and Samaria cancels longstanding historical limitations on property sales to non-Arabs in the region.

'We will keep to the rule we have determined: Whoever attacks us – we attack them.'

The proposal currently being discussed with Hamas reportedly includes significant compromises by Israel and, for the first time, Jerusalem is considering ending the war in the Gaza Strip.

Gallant said that the Iranian attack offered an opportunity to form a strategic alliance.