Benjamin Netanyahu

Shin Bet arrested a suspect who allegedly damaged Netanyahu's convoy vehicle, highlighting ongoing security threats against the prime minister.

Netanyahu declared a northern celebration day, visited Shlomi with Defense Minister Katz, then Hezbollah fired on the area minutes after they left, and he also appointed a new military secretary after the latter was reportedly interviewed by Sara Netanyahu first.

Netanyahu is managing simultaneous pressure on the Gaza hostage deal, the haredi draft law crisis, and his own ongoing corruption trial, with coalition survival dominating his decision-making.

Netanyahu publicly declared Israel no longer needs American military assistance, claiming Israel can act independently after having moved past US financial and now military dependency.

Netanyahu is under intense pressure from Washington and hostage families to finalize a ceasefire-hostage deal, while simultaneously managing threats from Ben Gvir and Smotrich to collapse the coalition if he concedes too much.