The day was dominated by the broad-daylight assassination of Yanis Yushvayev, head of the Caucasian mafia, at a gas station near Caesarea. The shooting, captured on video, drew extensive coverage across outlets, with reports detailing the police manhunt and the victim's criminal background. The story competed with security developments: the capture of the Palestinian assailant who stabbed an Israeli in the Jordan Valley, and a high-level meeting between Mossad chief Roman Gofman and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Shaibani to de-escalate tensions after Israeli airstrikes. In the evening, US envoy Jared Kushner issued a warning to Hamas over intelligence indicating deception, threatening that the US would not restrain Israel. The Shin Bet chief's decision to deny Gadi Eisenkot a security detail remained a secondary political story.