Overnight editors stayed on Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, airing Riyadh airport footage, reporting 12 dead, a second hit, a US aviation warning and Washington sounding the IDF chief on an Israeli strike he warned could escalate.
By morning focus turned to the arrest of Kfar Saba mayor Rafi Saar, his wife and some 20 others after a year-long probe into cash bribes for tenders, and to Avichai Mandelblit’s second day on the stand in Netanyahu’s trial, marked by shouting between defense and prosecution over unauthorized steps in Case 4000.
Midday all outlets pivoted to Ramim Ridge, where a Hezbollah cluster dud exploded in a backpack during an ORT Maalot school hike near Lebanon, killing a 14-year-old and wounding about two dozen. Pupils had reportedly handled and photographed it for over an hour, prompting a halt to northern school trips and a Netanyahu hospital visit.