Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security consultation with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Defense Minister ישראל כ"ץ. The IDF renewed strikes in Lebanon, and Palestinians reported a targeted killing in Gaza. A security source said, "All eyes are on Iran."
Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir announced that former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi will be dismissed from the IDF. At this stage, the process does not include a rank reduction.
An Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf spent the day in Qatar. Arab media reported that Iran is willing to transfer its enriched uranium to China, but the U.S. is refusing.
American officials told Al Jazeera that "Hezbollah ignored repeated requests to stop firing at Israel." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ordering an expansion of the strikes. The IDF confirmed it has begun attacking several areas in Lebanon.
Palestinian reports said Israel carried out a "precise" strike in Gaza. According to those reports, the terrorist Hassani Hamdan, Hamas’s head of supply who was involved in the October 7 massacre, was killed.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held a situational assessment with Northern Command. Addressing the possibility that a U.S.-Iran agreement may not be signed, Zamir said: "The IDF is prepared to return to intense fighting immediately." Separately, a terrorist involved in the October 7 attack on Zikim Base was killed in Gaza.
President Isaac Herzog has reportedly decided to pause, for now, his handling of the pardon request submitted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attorneys. The reason given: the prime minister did not respond to the president’s proposal to begin a process of dialogue.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment against former Cuban president Raúl Castro. The charge alleges that about 30 years ago, while serving as defense minister, he gave the order to shoot down two American planes.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir met with division commanders and addressed the possibility of renewed fighting with Iran. The IDF also carried out strikes against militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza.
The government approved a sweeping 250 million-shekel plan to rescue, preserve, develop, and make heritage and antiquities sites more accessible in Judea and Samaria, the Jordan Valley, and the Judean Desert. Efforts to protect the sites from looting and destruction will also be expanded.
Col. Meir Biderman, commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, was seriously wounded in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone strike. In the same incident, a combat officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel was moderately wounded, and a reservist soldier was lightly injured.
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin, and after their state meeting the two issued a joint statement calling for an end to the war in Iran. They stressed: "The attack on Iran harmed regional security."
Amid reports that the U.S. and Israel could resume strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump spoke with reporters. Asked whether Israel is pushing for an attack, he replied: "Bibi will do what I tell him."
IDF officer Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir of Ariel, a company commander in the reserve battalion of the Maglan unit, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon. He is survived by his wife and their year-and-a-half-old son.
President Donald Trump said he is giving Iran a matter of days to reach an agreement, saying the deadline is Sunday. Iran also confirmed a report that it is demanding compensation for damage caused during the war.
The government of Somaliland announced that it will open its embassy in Jerusalem. The embassy is expected to open next month at an event attended by Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi. It will be the eighth foreign embassy to begin operating in Jerusalem.
Democrat Adam Hamawy, who served as a defense witness for Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, one of the figures behind terror attacks in the U.S., is now a leading candidate in New Jersey’s House race. Families of those killed and survivors of the attacks have published letters of condemnation.
With approval from the attorney general’s office, prosecutors instructed police to carry out additional investigative steps in the case known as the "Qatar-Gate" affair. Among those called in to testify were several diplomatic correspondents.
The IDF said it struck a Hamas weapons warehouse and a rocket launch shaft in northern Gaza. Dozens of rockets, launchers, and explosive devices were reportedly stored at the site.
A 17-year-old Palestinian suspect from the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem had been wanted for a week after allegedly throwing an improvised explosive device at Rachel’s Tomb. No worshippers were hurt, and Border Police forces later found him at his home and transferred him to the Shin Bet.
