Overnight Houthi strikes on Saudi airports displaced domestic concerns. Outlets reported suspensions and fires at Riyadh's King Khalid airport and a drone explosion near Dammam, with casualty claims rising through the morning and Yemeni forces warning airlines to avoid Saudi airspace while claiming further hits on Aramco facilities and mobilizations. Lebanese officials from Salam to Gemayel issued solidarity with Riyadh.
Washington set terms for the post-UNIFIL south, rejecting a European replacement and lifting air restrictions as a confidence signal, as editors asked who would fill the vacuum.
The Dahr al-Baidar explosives file advanced, with reports identifying one detainee as a Hezbollah official's son, Geagea calling it the most dangerous incident in years, and an investigating judge opening the case.