<p>A teenage girl died after being attacked by a shark in Queensland, Australia.</p><p>The attack took place at Woorim Beach, just north of Brisbane. Police confirmed that the girl had suffered life-threatening injuries and died shortly thereafter.</p>

<p>Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, wrote on X, "I had the pleasure to meet my good friend Mike Huckabee, who is set to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel, during Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting with Evangelical leaders in Washington."</p><p>"I have known Mike for decades—he is a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people. I look forward to our collaboration in strengthening the unwavering alliance between the State of Israel and the United States," added Danon.</p>

Education Department announces new investigations into allegations of antisemitism at five US universities, including Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley.

French railway police open fire at busy Paris train station, wounding two people, including a man who was spray-painting a swastika and appeared to brandish a weapon.

Prof. Avi Friedman, an adjunct professor at Columbia's business school, informs the university's leadership of his resignation due to what he describes as "systematic" anti-Israel bias on campus.

Syria's transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, estimates it would take between four and five years to organize presidential elections, cites need for vast infrastructure which needs to be re-established.

<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to appoint Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to lead the negotiations on the second phase of the hostage deal, even though Dermer disapproves of direct contact with Qatar.</p>

<p>Egyptian sources told Al-Arab Al-Jadeed that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will fly to the US to meet with President Donald Trump on February 18th.</p><p>According to the sources, Sisi will present “a comprehensive Egyptian plan to rebuild and rehabilitate Gaza without transferring the population.”</p>