Overnight editors focused on an American warning of rapid, unexpected escalation in the Middle East, linked to the Houthis, with talk of possible airspace closures, and on Trump's early return from Camp David. The IDF announced completed readiness on all fronts for Yom Kippur, as about 150,000 attended final Selichot at the Western Wall, with Netanyahu present under heavy security.

Morning coverage shifted entirely to Binyamin, where gunfire from a passing car hit a 30-year-old man immersing with his son at Ein Rayah spring near Neve Tzuf. He was first reported critically wounded, then declared dead and named as Netanel Shukron, a father of six from Alei Zahav. After a three-hour manhunt with roadblocks and helicopters, forces captured the gunman alive at a Ramallah hospital. A separate attempted ramming near Jenin ended with the assailant killed.