Netanyahu aims to bundle the exemption with extending service and reservist benefits to secure coalition backing, while citing IDF manpower warnings to blunt criticism. Failure could push Haredi parties toward opposition deals ahead of elections

U.S. news site Al-Monitor announced the abduction of news correspondent Shelly Kittleson, noting a U.S. official said that the State Department is working with the Iraqi government to secure Kittleson's release

According to the WHO, 52 medical personnel have been killed in Lebanon in the war this month. As proof of Israel's claims, the IDF referred Haaretz to a two-year-old post on X, noting that according to 'assessments,' Hezbollah uses the vehicles to transport operatives and weapons