Marking two years since Yahya Sinwar's killing, outlets led with IDF-released letters urging filming of October 7 atrocities, alongside Trump's 'in politics I don't trust anybody' reply when asked about Netanyahu and continued warnings of a pre-election confrontation with Iran.
Election coverage then turned to an intra-opposition feud, with Avigdor Liberman calling Gadi Eisenkot 'Gantz 2' and accusing him of siphoning votes to build a coalition with Netanyahu, Deri and Goldknopf.
By midday attention shifted to the West Bank olive harvest near Ramallah, where masked men beat Washington Post photographer Heidi Levin, who described prolonged kicking and hospitalization. The IDF called the assault intolerable and the U.S. Embassy demanded arrests. In the evening security chiefs said readiness was high but elections would proceed, as Trump claimed Israel aided Saudi Arabia against the Houthis and Abraham Accords were back on the table.