<p>The Zehut party, led by Moshe Feiglin, which joined forces with Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist party, has requested to participate separately in the consultations with President Isaac Herzog ahead of the formation of the next government.</p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/435584">Read more.</a></p>

<p>Latvia's military announced that the airspace threat reported earlier in two areas of the eastern part of the country had been lifted.</p><p>NATO fighter jets were scrambled following the alert over a "threat in the airspace."</p>

<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> reports that the US struck Iran's Qeshm Island Monday as part of a weeks-long campaign of limited attacks kept secret to avoid escalation.

<p>A senior US official commented to <i>Axios<i> on the American strike in Iran, reported overnight by <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, saying that a US military fighter jet struck and destroyed a surface-to-air missile launcher on Iran's Qeshm Island.</p><p>According to the official, the strike was carried out in self-defense after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired an anti-aircraft missile from the launcher.</p>

Former MK Nissim Ze'ev, one of Shas's founders, analyzes the party's election defeat in an interview with <i>Arutz Sheva-Israel National News</i> and calls on Aryeh Deri to step down.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul condemn swastikas and antisemitic graffiti on Jewish school buses in Brooklyn, demanding accountability.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly urges Trump to maintain economic pressure on Iran rather than rush into a deal or resume fighting, as advisers remain divided.

Shin Bet and police uncover a Jenin terror cell suspected of producing rockets and explosives, conducting three test launches and receiving foreign guidance.