IDF clears for publication that hostages Haim Perry, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper, and Nadav Popplewell are no longer alive.

The ISA foiled a bombing attack in Israel planned by Hamas under the direction of terrorist organization command centers in Turkey. The group planning the attack was arrested.

Iranian media reports that an Iranian military official was killed in an alleged Israeli attack on a copper factory in the Aleppo region.

Undercover Border Police agents in Judea and Samaria and IDF forces surprised a senior wanted man in a wedding hall in Nablus, killed him after a chase, and wounded several other armed terrorists.

"We are stagnating and not achieving victory", IDF generals criticized Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi during a General Staff forum meeting.

<p>Police forces from the northern district have been operating in the last few hours at several locations in which fires broke out in different areas of the Galilee.</p><p>A combined forward command center of the security and rescue forces is operating at the scene and, in accordance with a situation assessment carried out between the bodies operating in the area, it was decided to evacuate several homes of residents who remained in the city of Kiryat Shmona.</p><p>The police forces are now engaged in evacuating the houses, directing traffic and carrying out searches in the various areas while the fire brigades, with the assistance of various parties, are assisting in the extinguishing operations.</p>

Taliq Gavieli, mother of Ran Gavieli, who was murdered and whose body was taken to Gaza, told the Constitution Committee: "We must win the war and bring everyone home."

<p>Foreign Minister Israel Katz met with former US Vice President Mike Pence.</p><p>Katz wrote on X, "Glad to meet again with my friend, former U.S. Vice President @Mike_Pence. I appreciate his support for our efforts to bring back all the hostages and destroy the Hamas terror organization. The alliance between Israel and the U.S. is eternal."</p><p> </p>