Flags were lowered to half-mast and state ceremonies were held at Mount Herzl on the third national memorial day for October 7. Chief of Staff Zamir said the IDF had failed to protect civilians and had a duty to investigate, a line echoed by President Herzog, who warned against ignoring warnings and called for an inquiry. Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to settle accounts and rule out Hamas rule; his address was interrupted by a bereaved father shouting he had not protected his son.
Attention later returned to the Flydubai case, with reports Shin Bet investigators joined the interrogation in the UAE and that the co-pilot sought revenge for Gaza, as Trump said he personally believed Iran was responsible.
Separately, a Bar-Ilan lecturer was indicted for planning mass attacks on Arabs, Saudi-led jets struck Houthis, and Britain threatened to expel diplomats over the East Jerusalem consulate closure.