The courts sentenced two leaders of the Bnei Zion pre-military academy to seven years imprisonment for the 2018 Tzafit Creek disaster that killed ten students, closing a traumatic chapter exactly seven years after the tragedy. By midday, search teams recovered remains of a diver attacked by sharks in Hadera, after extensive coastal searches.
A new ceasefire proposal dominated diplomatic news, with mediators presenting a 5-7 year truce framework including complete IDF withdrawal from Gaza and a hostage exchange. Hamas reportedly signaled willingness to relinquish Gaza control. Trump and Netanyahu spoke by phone, conspicuously omitting any mention of hostages in their public statements affirming they're "on the same side of every issue."
The crisis between Netanyahu and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar intensified, with the government requesting Bar announce his retirement date. Captured Hamas documents revealed Sinwar believed Israel was on the verge of collapse before October 7, tracking Israeli social divisions.