前以色列外交官阿隆·平卡斯表示，內塔尼亞胡絕對需要一場永久戰爭。以色列拒絕加沙計劃的這一表態，應當完全放在10月27日以色列大選的背景下來看待。平卡斯表示，內塔尼亞胡做出的是一個他認爲沒有風險的算計——他認爲自己可以公然對抗特朗普，因爲特朗普沒那麼在乎，因爲時機，因爲哈馬斯尚未解除武裝，因爲他可以不受懲罰地這麼做。這一切都關乎永久戰爭和選舉。

Senior Israeli security sources said three advisers to Prime Minister Netanyahu are suspected of leaking classified, high-level discussions about Egypt to Qatar. The sources said the leaked material — drawn from Israeli military and intelligence assessments between March and May 2024 on whether Egyptian deployments in the Sinai violate the Israel‑Egypt peace treaty — was used by Qatar in media campaigns to discredit Egypt and to shift public pressure and leverage over mediation, reportedly to gain control of negotiations on the release of detainees in Gaza.

Israeli military radio said 22 families settled today at a newly established Emek Dotan outpost in the town of Al-Araba in the northern West Bank.