In other news from the region, Hezbollah has announced it’s entered into what it calls “serious” talks for a prisoner exchange with Israel. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nazrallah made the announcement Tuesday in Lebanon.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: “These are serious negotiations and the delegate appointed by the U.N. Secretary-General is conducting this mission and is meeting a Hezbollah delegation and also on the other side Israelis concerned with this matter. The negotiations are ongoing and we have reached the stage of exchanging ideas or more accurately exchanging conditions.”