Turkish Vice President Yilmaz said he expects inflation to fall to single digits by the end of the medium-term plan.

Turkish Vice President Yilmaz said he will continue to effectively deploy macroprudential policy tools to support Turkey's monetary policy stance.

Israeli sources on the 5th said the Israel Defense Forces are preparing a partial withdrawal from southern Lebanon and plan to establish a smaller "security zone" closer to the Israel–Lebanon border. The move follows a recent operation that destroyed Hezbollah tunnels beneath the Arita-hir highlands in the southern nebetiyeh area; under the proposal the IDF would reduce the depth of its control in southern Lebanon from about 10 km to roughly 3–4 km and replace the existing "yellow line" with a new "grey line." The plan requires Israeli government approval and envisages new military bases inside the reduced zone to protect northern Israeli population centers and stage operations from there.