Yedioth Ahronoth, citing Israeli military officers, reports the West Bank is on the brink of becoming a flashpoint.

China held the 2026 National Social Science Fund annual project review in Beijing; Politburo member and head of the Central Propaganda Department Li Shulei attended and spoke. The meeting ordered priority on systematic theoretical and philosophical study of the Party’s innovation theory and faster construction of an autonomous Chinese philosophy and social-science knowledge system to tackle major theoretical and practical issues of Chinese-style modernization. It called for systemic reform of the National Social Science Fund and research management—sharpening academic evaluation, promoting rigorous academic conduct, reorganising funding and institutions to focus on solving real problems—and urged creative transformation of traditional Chinese culture and wider deployment of digital‑intelligence tools to empower social-science research.

据伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社：伊朗革命卫队陆军指挥官库尔米表示，伊朗人民不惧怕任何强权。在为期12天的战争中，美国提出停火请求并来到谈判桌前，但随后却亲自掀翻了谈判桌。