Cabinet formation efforts hit turbulence after an explosive meeting between Berri and Salam at the Presidential Palace. The naming of the fifth Shiite minister emerged as the central obstacle, requiring additional consultations. US Secretary of State planned his first Middle East visit amid these developments.
Israeli airstrikes targeted alleged Hezbollah infrastructure in Nabatieh region, while cross-border tensions escalated with Lebanese clans engaging HTS members following house demolitions in Syria. The IDF later claimed targeting weapons smuggling routes from Syria.
Trump's Gaza displacement plan faced skepticism from both US and Israeli officials, with the US Secretary of State declaring Gaza "uninhabitable." Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, while regional responses to the Gaza proposal continued to emerge throughout the evening.