The shooting of two Israeli embassy employees outside Washington's Jewish Museum dominated morning headlines. The suspect, shouting "Free Palestine" and claiming "I did it for Gaza," was immediately arrested. Security around Jewish sites in France was subsequently reinforced.
Political tensions escalated as the Muslim Brotherhood report continued generating controversy. Macron publicly rebuked Interior Minister Retailleau for his independent stance, with Marine Le Pen calling Retailleau's proposed measures "a joke." Senate President Larcher opposed the ban on hijabs for girls under 15.
By afternoon, attention shifted to a major pedophile network bust with 55 men arrested across France, including an ambulancier, a professor, and other "respectable family men."
Evening headlines covered Trump's administration revoking Harvard's authorization to host foreign students, a meeting scheduled with taxi drivers following their strike threats, and continuing Israeli bombardment of Gaza killing over 50 people.