Ynet

After nearly 400 days of reserve service, an engagement at the Western Wall, and frantic, in-uniform planning, MSgt. Idan Saadon learned three months out that the venue canceled his August wedding over a "typo." "I was in Hebron with a helmet on when I had to tell my fiancée we had no venue," he says. The hall responds: "We offered alternatives and a 30% discount; he tried to exploit the situation."

Israel’s Advisory Committee on Senior Appointments approved Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman to head the Mossad. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed the appointment; Gofman is slated to take office June 2, 2026, for a five-year term. Multiple reports say committee chair Asher Grunis dissented over a past case involving teen operative Ori Elmakias; the attorney general flagged a "legal difficulty," and petitions to the High Court are expected.

Egyptian police at Taba Airport detained an Israeli traveler for praying with a tallit and tefillin, telling him "no praying here." He was released after Israel's Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem intervened.