Overnight coverage stayed on the Houthi missile hit on Riyadh's terminal, settling on 12 killed including an American and around 309 wounded, with Trump weighing joining Saudi retaliation and Netanyahu issuing a rare condolence. Reports later noted Saudi strikes on Sanaa airport and a further Houthi claim against Dammam.

By morning attention moved to Jerusalem District Court, where former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, summoned by the defense seven years after indicting Netanyahu, admitted serious investigative steps were taken without his approval, called the Nir Hefetz trick improper and said he cancelled a wiretap in anger, while insisting the cases remained serious with Netanyahu listening in court.

In the evening Netanyahu convened security chiefs on Iran, Gaza and Lebanon amid U.S. tanker movements, as polls showed his bloc at 53 against Eisenkot's 50 and Bennett retracted suggesting Netanyahu could serve in his government.