Overview
- In a Channel 14 interview, the prime minister said he will seek another term in 2026 and expressed confidence in winning.
- He stated the conflict will end only after a Phase B that includes Gaza's demilitarization and the full disarmament of Hamas.
- A Channel 12 survey shows Likud on 27 seats and Naftali Bennett's new list on 22, leaving Netanyahu's bloc on 51 seats versus 59 for rivals.
- The far-right Religious Zionism party is projected to miss the Knesset threshold, and 57% of respondents back a state commission on the Oct. 7 failures.
- Hamas's armed wing announced it will deliver two Israeli hostages' bodies, while Israel conditions reopening Rafah on the return of all deceased captives.