In Israel, nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was released earlier today from prison 18 years after he leaked detailed information about Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program. He told reporters he had no regrets and that he had been held in cruel and barbaric conditions. We’ll hear from his press conference later in the show.

In other news from Israel, early this morning 25 Israeli tanks backed by helicopter gunships invaded the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. Nine Palestinians have been killed there over the last day.