Two Israeli embassy workers, Yaron Lishinsky and Sarah Milgram, were murdered in a shooting outside Washington DC's Jewish Museum. The attacker, identified as Elias Rodriguez, shouted "Free Palestine" during the attack. The couple had planned to get engaged next week in Jerusalem.

Yemen's Houthi rebels launched two missiles toward Israel, triggering sirens in central Israel and Jerusalem. Both missiles were successfully intercepted.

An IDF investigation into the October 7 battle at Kibbutz Kissufim revealed serious failures, as the area wasn't fully secured until October 12, five days after the initial attack.

By afternoon, Netanyahu recalled Israel's entire negotiating delegation from Qatar due to a deadlock in hostage talks. Later, defying the Attorney General's directive citing conflict of interest concerns, Netanyahu appointed Major General David Zini as the next Shin Bet chief, escalating tensions with the judiciary following yesterday's Supreme Court ruling.