Morning headlines were dominated by the continued fallout from Eli Feldstein’s interview, in which the former aide alleged that Prime Minister Netanyahu personally backed the plan to leak classified intelligence to the Bild. Simultaneously, editors tracked high alert levels regarding Iranian ballistic drills, highlighting Jerusalem's coordination with the Trump administration to prevent a miscalculated escalation. By midday, editorial focus shifted to a confrontation between Justice Minister Yariv Levin and the High Court, which rejected his second attempt to appoint a specific ombudsman for the Sde Teiman probe. This legal friction coincided with a brief but intense storm that caused severe flooding in Netanya, and a controversial declaration by Defense Minister Israel Katz regarding Nahal settlement kernels in northern Gaza, which he retracted within hours following reported U.S. pressure. The evening culminated in reports of a Mossad abduction of a former Lebanese security official in the Bekaa Valley, allegedly linked to the Ron Arad case. The day’s coverage closed with Naftali Bennett’s public call for a criminal investigation into the Prime Minister’s Office, as Feldstein provided further testimony regarding a meeting involving senior advisor Yonatan Urich.
