October 11: PM convenes security officials amid concerns of Iran escalation

Toll from attack on Riyadh airport rises to 12, with hundreds wounded, sources say

The toll from the latest attack on Riyadh’s international airport has risen to at least 12, and 309 people are wounded, Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation agency says, with all flights diverted and Western governments telling citizens to avoid the area.

Earlier, a hospital source told AFP that at least two people had been killed in the attack.

There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident but Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have been escalating their missile strikes on Saudi Arabia, and claimed responsibility for the two earlier attacks this week.

The Saudi government’s media office does not immediately respond to questions on the incident and the casualty toll.

No official toll has been given.

The people briefed on the matter, who include two Western officials, warn that the number of dead and wounded was not a final toll. The strike occurred without warning, with no alert issued by Saudi Arabia’s threat warning system.

The wounded were evacuated to hospitals by ambulance and helicopter, with some in critical condition, the people say.

Operations at the kingdom’s busiest airport, servicing a city of around 8 million people, are temporarily suspended, the civil aviation authority says.

After the attack occurred, the Houthi military spokesperson retweeted his own post from before the attack, saying only pre-approved humanitarian flights were allowed to land at Riyadh airport, adding the words: “a reminder.”

The Houthi strikes earlier in the week left four people dead and heavily damaged a Saudi commercial airliner.

Woman stabbed to death in Beersheba apartment; husband arrested

A woman, around 40 years old, was stabbed to death in the southern city of Beersheba earlier tonight, prompting the arrest of her husband.

Magen David Adom says it received a report at 1:42 a.m. of a woman who had been injured in Beersheba. Medics and paramedics were dispatched to her apartment, where they found her in critical condition with penetrating wounds.

She was transported to Soroka Medical Center in the city, where she was pronounced dead.

According to reports, the woman’s husband phoned the police and reported the stabbing by saying, “I have murdered my wife.”

He was arrested at the scene, and police have opened an investigation.

US military says it disabled cargo vessel trying to bypass blockade on Iran

The US military says it has disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the ship’s crew ignored warnings and attempted to run an ongoing naval blockade against Iran.

“A US military fighter jet struck the stern of Panama-flagged M/V Ocean Molica (also known as the ‘Arika Sun’) with a precision munition, fully disabling the ship’s propulsion without harming the crew,” the US Central Command posts on X.

CENTCOM says the cargo vessel had attempted to transit regional waters after leaving an Iranian port.

Trump: Attack on Riyadh airport ‘not acceptable’

The attack on Riyadh’s international airport that killed at least a dozen people earlier today was “not acceptable,” US President Donald Trump says.

He tells reporters he “will be speaking” with Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the attack blamed on Yemen’s Houthis.

“What happened in Saudi Arabia’s not acceptable,” Trump adds.

US Justice Department probing TV networks over decision to boycott Trump pool

Reporters raise hands to ask a question in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, September 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The US Justice Department says it is investigating whether television networks violated federal antitrust laws over their decision to boycott covering the White House following its decision to pull the credentials of reporters from three news organizations, including CNN.

The networks under investigation are ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News, the US Justice Department says.

“Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act,” a Justice Department spokesperson says.

“The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws.”

The investigation is the latest in a series of clashes between the Trump administration and major news organizations. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called the mainstream media “fake news” and frequently clashes with reporters during encounters with the press.

The action also puts legal and potentially financial pressure on the media to continue coverage of the president even when they disagree with how the White House handles them.

The networks do not immediately respond to requests for comment. The New York Times was first to report about the probe.

The investigation comes after weeks of tension between the White House and the press.

Riyadh schools switch to remote learning after deadly attack on airport

Schools in Riyadh will move to remote learning for a week, according to an email sent to parents citing an order from the education ministry, following the deadly attacks on the capital’s airport.

“Following instructions from the Ministry of Education, all schools in Riyadh will switch to distance learning for the entire week,” read an email sent to parents, marking the second time in less than a month that such an order was given.

All 22 Indian crew rescued and safe after incident off UAE coast, consulate says

All 22 Indian crew members aboard the MT GEM No. 2 oil tanker were rescued and safe after an incident off the United Arab Emirates’ Ras Al Khaimah coast, the Indian consulate says, without giving details of the incident.

Canadian Jewish group calls for ‘moral clarity’ after anti-Israel protesters laud ‘martyrs’

Anti-Israel protest in Toronto, Canada on October 10, 2026. (Emma Paidra/JTA)

A Canadian Jewish group expresses concern and calls for “moral clarity” after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters marched in Toronto with chants of “we will honor all our martyrs” and “In my lifetime I will see Palestinians living free!”

The protest also featured antisemitic chants, including “Overthrow the Epstein class,” a slogan referring to the late Jewish sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre has warned about the consequences of turning a blind eye: when targeting of the Jewish community becomes frequent and normalized, it can push susceptible individuals toward violence,” says the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. “Events praising the ‘resistance’ responsible for the October 7 atrocities as communities gather to mourn the murdered demands moral clarity from civic leaders about what is acceptable in our society.”

Canada has seen rising attacks on its Jewish community in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led onslaught.

Ex-AG Mandelblit to begin testimony in Netanyahu’s corruption trial; PM expected in court

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, later attorney general, during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, September 21, 2014. (AP/Menahem Kahana, Pool/File)

Former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit will begin his testimony at the Jerusalem District Court today in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.

Netanyahu, who does not regularly attend hearings, is expected to be in court.

Mandelblit was the attorney general who indicted Netanyahu on charges of fraud and breach of trust in all three of the cases against the prime minister, and one charge of bribery in one of those cases.

Netanyahu has in the past accused Mandelblit of having indicted him in order to have him removed from office, which Mandelblit has denied.

Netanyahu’s lawyers have request that Mandelblit testify from October 11 to October 22, ending just five days before the October 27 election.

The move may be a tactic by Netanyahu to shift pre-election national attention to his trial by having his defense team assail Mandelblit in court over his decision to file the indictment.

US embassy restricts staff access to Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, Dammam airports

The US embassy in Saudi Arabia says staff working in the kingdom will now be required to request permission to use airports in the cities of Jeddah and Dammam, days after a similar order was issued for Riyadh.

“US government employees working in Saudi Arabia require special authorization to use the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, as well as the airports in Jeddah and Dammam,” reads a statement published online following fatal attacks on Riyadh airport.

Operations still halted at Riyadh airport following deadly attack, aviation source says

People gather outside a metro station on the road to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 10, 2026. (AP)

Operations at Riyadh’s international airport continue to be suspended following fatal attacks on the facility, a senior aviation source in the Saudi capital says, after authorities announced a temporary closure the night before.

“Riyadh airport has suspended operations again today. They informed us of this at dawn,” the source says.

Air traffic monitor Flightradar24 also noted the suspension, saying “the closure of Riyadh Airport has been extended by another 24 hours, until 21:00 UTC today,” in a statement posted on X.

Footage appears to show unidentified object that triggered sirens near Lebanon border

Security footage circulating online appears to show the unidentified aerial object that triggered sirens last night in the Western Galilee village of Arab al-Aramshe, near the Lebanese border.

It remains unclear what the object was. Some Hebrew media outlets speculate that it may have been a bag or balloon that drifted in from Lebanon. The IDF says searches are ongoing, not having ruled out a security incident.

Local security teams from nearby communities and IDF troops were mobilized last night after the object was detected. There are currently no restrictions on civilian activity in the area.

העצם הבלתי מזוהה כפי שנקלט אתמול באחד היישובים בגליל המערבי – והוביל לסריקות נרחבות במהלך הלילה ופריסת מחסומים. שקית? בלון? מצנח רחיפה? עב"ם? pic.twitter.com/6G2fHmTerB

— איתי בלומנטל ???????? Itay Blumental (@ItayBlumental) October 11, 2026

Woman killed in Beersheba, allegedly by her husband, named as Nania Melda

Nanaia Melda, who was stabbed and killed in Beersheba, allegedly by her husband, on October 11, 2026 (Courtesy)

The woman stabbed and killed in Beersheba last night, allegedly by her husband, is named as 40-year-old Nania Melda.

The couple’s youngest child, a boy aged five, was at home when his mother was stabbed multiple times, and tried to get help from a neighbor.

“The boy tried to call me at night. I woke up at 6 a.m. and saw a missed call from him,” the neighbor tells Ynet news.

According to reports, the victim’s husband phoned police and told them he had murdered his wife.

According to the Michal Sela Forum, 14 women have been killed by family members this year. The forum was founded by Lili Ben Ami after her sister was brutally murdered by her partner on Rosh Hashanah in 2019.

Houthis warn travelers against using Saudi airports after deadly Riyadh attack

An ambulance is parked outside King Khalid International Airport after several people were killed and wounded in an attack on the airport that forced a suspension of operations, according to Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 10, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from social media video. (Social Media/via Reuters)

Yemen’s Houthis warn travelers against using Saudi airports after an attack on the airport in the capital Riyadh killed 12 people and wounded hundreds.

“The Yemeni armed forces renew their warning to all aviation and navigation companies, experts, staff, workers, and travellers against using Saudi airports and airspace,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree says on X.

“The airports and airspace are exposed to targeting and constitute a theatre of operations for our forces, with the exception of the airports of Mecca and Medina,” adds the spokesman for the Iran-back group, referring to the two holiest cities in Islam.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Netanyahu arrives in court to listen to testimony of former AG Mandelblit, who indicted him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his corruption trial at the Jerusalem District Court, October 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in court to listen to the testimony of former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, who is being questioned by the premier’s defense team at the Jerusalem District Court this morning.

Mandelblit was the attorney general who indicted Netanyahu on charges of fraud breach of trust and bribery.

Questioned by Netanyahu’s defense attorney Amit Hadad, Mandelblit says that he had stated at one stage during the police investigations that he thought the police were working behind his back.

Hadad also asks Mandelblit if he had authorized every police action taken during the investigation into the prime minister, and the former attorney general says he did not, but that this is permissible and that he approved all the principal investigative actions.

Mandelblit says that he was angered by the police placing a wiretap on Netanyahu’s then-chief of staff Natan Eshel and that it was subsequently cancelled.

“[Police investigators] told me they did something which made me furious and I said it must be stopped, and that’s what happened,” he says.

“I asked for it to be stopped immediately. It’s not acceptable to me. I said that in the future if there are things like this, they need to come to me from the beginning,” Mandelblit says of the wiretap.

Netanyahu has in the past accused Mandelblit of having indicted him in order to have him removed from office, which Mandelblit has denied.

Netanyahu’s lawyers have requested that Mandelblit testify from October 11 to October 22, ending five days before the October 27 election.

Trump urges Democratic Sen. John Fetterman to switch parties and become a Republican

President Donald Trump passes Sen. John Fetterman as he departs after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

US President Donald Trump openly encourages Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to switch parties and become a Republican just weeks before the midterm elections could reshape control of Congress.

“I’d love to see him as a Republican,” Trump tells reporters at Joint Base Andrews as he returns to Washington from a rally in Tennessee. “He does better as a Republican than he does as a Democrat.”

The comments were among the most direct overtures by Trump to woo Fetterman into the GOP, a matter of growing importance as the party could lose its Senate majority in next month’s elections. With his everyman appeal, Fetterman was a Democratic star when he was first elected to the Senate in 2022. But during his time in Washington, he has split with Democrats on issues ranging from Israel to immigration, leading to speculation that he might switch parties.

A representative for Fetterman doesn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Fetterman has repeatedly rejected the notion of becoming a Republican, writing in The Washington Post in May that he would be a “terrible Republican who still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats.”

Poland’s police warn of a possible plot to attack PM, defense minister

(L-R) Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz attend a session of parliament in Warsaw on February 26, 2026. (Wojtek RADWANSKI/AFP)

Poland’s police say they received information about a possible attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

Security services, police and representatives of the Interior Ministry are scheduled to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation, Karolina Galecka, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, says.

In September, Tusk had warned about likely intensified hybrid attacks by Russia on NATO’s eastern flank.

No more information about the reported plot is immediately available.

Polish authorities are on high alert this week after three school attacks within four days in Mazovia province in central Poland, where capital Warsaw is located.

Pope Leo to undergo surgery for small growth on lung

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, October 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo says that doctors had detected a small growth on his lung during a recent health check and he will be undergoing surgery this week to remove it.

Leo, 71, tells pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly Sunday prayer that the growth is “well-contained” and caught at an early stage.

“Recently, during some medical examinations, doctors found a localized nodule in my lung,” says the pontiff. “It was detected at a very early stage and is well contained.”

“The doctors believe it is advisable to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to remove it,” he says. “The operation is already scheduled for the next few days.”

The Vatican press office says the pope’s recovery from surgery is expected to take about a week.

Military court sentences Palestinian to 45 years for 2022 shooting attack on bus carrying soldiers

Members of the Israeli security forces and emergency services inspect the site of a shooting attack on a bus transporting soldiers in the Jordan Valley, on September 4, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

A military court has sentenced Muhammad Walid Ahmad Saeed to 45 years in prison for taking part in a 2022 shooting attack on a bus in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley carrying IDF soldiers, and trying to set it on fire.

Saeed and three accomplices blocked the bus on September 4, 2022, poured flammable material on it and opened fire with an M16 rifle, the military prosecution says. The driver and two soldiers were wounded.

After the driver was hit, an officer aboard stopped the bus from veering toward the roadside barrier, preventing further casualties. Saeed and his accomplices fled the scene and were later arrested.

Saeed pleaded guilty to attempted murder as part of a group. The court also imposed a suspended sentence and a NIS 15,000 fine ($4,900), and ordered him to pay NIS 700,000 ($230,000) in compensation to the victims.

Proceedings against his three alleged accomplices are ongoing.

France condemns ‘heinous’ deadly attack by Houthis on Riyadh airport

France condemns the “heinous attack” by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis a day earlier on Riyadh’s international airport and stresses “total solidarity” with Saudi Arabia.

France, which is already lending troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia, “will continue to remain by its side in its defense of its territory and its infrastructure,” a foreign ministry statement says, calling on the Houthis to cease their attacks.

Shas, UTJ sign surplus-vote agreement ahead of election

The ultra-Orthodox Shas and United Torah Judaism parties announce that they have signed a surplus-vote agreement ahead of the October 27 election.

In a joint statement, UTJ chair MK Yaakov Asher and Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri say that the agreement “reflects the continuation of cooperation between the two factions, in accordance with the directives of the generation’s leading rabbis and sages.”

They add that the two parties will “continue to cooperate fully and present a united front on core issues concerning the preservation of Torah study, the status of yeshiva students and the strengthening of religious educational institutions.”

Surplus-vote agreements do not merge parties, which run independently and must each cross the 3.25 percent electoral threshold for the deal to take effect, but pool leftover votes in the allocation of the Knesset’s final seats, potentially helping one of the parties gain an additional mandate. Parties have until October 16 to submit their agreements.

Both parties are currently polling at around eight seats each.

Separately, in an interview with radio station Kol Barama, UTJ candidate Moshe Rosenthal says the party will refuse to join any government unless its demands for legislation preserving military-service exemptions for yeshiva students are met.

Asked about whether they would sit in a government led by Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot, the front-runner, Rosenthal says: “We will go with whoever commits to passing a conscription law that can withstand High Court scrutiny. After the elections, the leading rabbis will decide.”

His remarks follow a Channel 12 report last month that said UTJ would not oppose an Eisenkot-led government, amid lingering anger over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to pass legislation exempting ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from military service, potentially depriving the premier of crucial support needed to form a government.

While Eisenkot has pledged to advance legislation ending sweeping draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men and he has said that no Haredi party currently meets his conditions for joining a government, he has also previously signaled openness to governing with Haredi parties, particularly Shas.

IDF, Shin Bet say they struck Hamas infrastructure across Gaza, including three weapons depots

Israeli forces destroyed Hamas military infrastructure in several strikes across the Gaza Strip over the past day, including three weapons depots, a rocket-launch site and a surveillance command center, the IDF and Shin Bet say in a joint statement.

The surveillance center, in the area of Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods, was allegedly used by Hamas operatives “to carry out activities against IDF troops operating in the area.”

The rocket-launch site was located in the al-Furqan coastal neighborhood of Gaza City.

According to the statement, Hamas weapons depots containing rockets, explosives, mortars, Kalashnikov rifles and other military equipment were also targeted across the enclave.

The military says advance warnings were issued before the strikes and that precision munitions and aerial surveillance were used to “mitigate the risk of harm to civilians.”

מחסני אמצעי לחימה, אתר שיגור וחמ"ל תצפיות: צה"ל ושב"כ השמידו תשתיות של ארגון הטרור חמאס ברחבי רצועת עזה

צה"ל ושב"כ תקפו במהלך היממה האחרונה במספר מרחבים ברצועת עזה והשמידו תשתיות צבאיות של ארגון הטרור חמאס, בהן:
* חמ"ל תצפיות במרחב דראג' תופאח ששימש את מחבלי הארגון בפעילותם נגד… pic.twitter.com/y3nNdTzqCC

— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 11, 2026

Justice Ministry watchdog orders police to probe publications about Mali and Liel Yahalomi

An undated photo showing Mali (left) and Liel Yahalomi, an Israeli mother and daughter who went missing in Vienna on August 7, 2026, and were found alive and well in Argentina on August 14, 2026. (Israel's Embassy in Austria)

The Justice Ministry’s Privacy Protection Authority says it ordered police to conduct an internal investigation into the publication of footage and personal information about Mali and Liel Yahalomi, the mother and daughter who disappeared in Austria in August, were later revealed to have fled to Argentina of their own accord, and returned to Israel last week.

Many of the publications came after the women were already located safe and sound in Buenos Aires on August 14, and “had no legitimate basis and appeared contrary to police’s own guidelines,” Authority head Gilad Samama says.

The source of the information about Mali and Liel Yahalomi was “in at least some of the cases” the police force itself, apparently in violation of the organization’s own guidelines, the Authority says.

“Among other things, videos were published documenting them in a vulnerable situation when they were found on a bus and questioned by a police representative,” the Authority says, referring to footage that police posted to official social media pages.

“Personal and sensitive details were also revealed from the investigation… including private correspondence, searches conducted with artificial intelligence tools, information about their financial situation, financial actions, their location and movements and their expected time of arrival in Israel,” the authority adds, referring to information published in Hebrew media reports that cited law enforcement officials.

Samama calls on Police Commissioner Danny Levy and internal privacy regulator Commander George Kevorkian to probe “the criteria weighed by the Israel Police, to the extent they were weighed,” in making the footage and information public, and to send him the results.

IDF investigates suspicious man-made cave found in central Israel

Security forces are investigating a cave discovered yesterday by a civilian near the community of Horshim in central Israel, adjacent to the West Bank, the military says.

An initial investigation finds that the cave had no exit or connecting passage, ruling out the possibility that it was a tunnel. Digging tools were found inside, but no weapons were found in or around the cave, according to the military.

“Investigators are continuing to examine the findings and search the area around the site,” the IDF says.

Tanker damaged after being hit in Strait of Hormuz, marine agency says

A tanker heading outbound through the Strait of Hormuz was struck on its port side by an unidentified projectile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency says.

It says the strike damaged the vessel but left all crew safe and caused no reported environmental impact.

Ukrainian-Israeli jailed for spying for Russia recounts his exploits

The New York Times reports on a Ukrainian man who was jailed in Ukraine for spying for Russia.

The man, identified only as Aleksander, is also an Israeli citizen who moved to Israel as a child and served in the Israeli military, the report says.

Aleksander tells the paper he never felt connected to either Ukraine or Israel, with most of his family in Russia, and agreed to work for Russian operatives, providing them with information on troop movements and plans throughout the war, before he was caught.

Houthis report another strike on Sanaa’s airport, accusing Saudi Arabia

The escalation in fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen continues as the rebels say the airport under their control in Sanaa has been struck again. They blame the Saudis but provide no details.

The accusation, aired by a Houthi-held broadcaster, comes a day after the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels accused them of another deadly missile attack on the Riyadh international airport that killed 12 people and injured over 300, some of them critically.

Saudi Arabia kept the Riyadh airport closed today and moved schools in the capital online as the Houthis threatened new strikes across the kingdom.

Zelensky responds to Trump: ‘Up to our people’ to pick leader

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushes back against US counterpart Donald Trump’s call for him to be replaced, but says his country could hold elections if Russia agrees to a 60-day ceasefire.

Tensions have flared once again between the two leaders after Trump on Friday announced he would waive sanctions on a large quantity of Russian diesel to help lower fuel prices ahead of the November US midterm elections.

Yesterday, Trump lashed out at Zelensky over Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries, arguing they have contributed to soaring diesel prices, and called for him to be replaced by a leader who will settle the war.

“First of all, with all respect to President Trump, it’s up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader,” Zelensky tells ABC News in a televised interview.

Zelensky says he told Trump’s team that if they really wanted Ukraine to hold elections — their first since Russia’s invasion began in 2022 — “please tell Putin — give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections.”

Trump’s move to temporarily waive Russian oil sanctions has sparked backlash not only from Ukraine, but also many US allies in Europe, and even from some in his own Republican Party.

Zelensky notes the necessity of continued US support and says he hopes the latest dispute will not hurt the “unity” among Ukraine’s allies.

Zelenskyy: "Freedom, independence, Ukraine — we can't lose it. And the truth is on our side." pic.twitter.com/hTPLenFQ98

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2026

“To stop Putin — and I think this is the main goal, to stop him, this is the main deal, to stop this war… we count on American support,” he says.

“Then, and of course, we count on our European partners, and I hope that we will save this unity, Europe and the United States,” he adds, noting it is “really not simple.”

Russia’s heavy attacks this week showed it does not “feel real pressure” to end the war, he says.

Two killed during olive harvest in south Lebanon — official media

Two men have been killed in south Lebanon, one by Israeli shelling and the other by an explosive remnant of war, as they took part in the annual olive harvest, according to official media and a local mayor.

South Lebanon has been the scene of two wars since 2023 between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, and Israeli troops still occupy a band of territory 10 kilometers (six miles) wide running along the border.

The official National News Agency (NNA) says one of the men, a retired soldier, was killed in Yater, in Bint Jbeil district, “after Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the town while he was inspecting his land and olive harvest.”

NNA also reports that “a foreign object” left over from Israeli operations in the village of Froun, in the same district, exploded and killed an engineer as he and others tended their trees.

The engineer had come down from Beirut, where he lives, for the harvest, Froun mayor Hassan Bazzi tells AFP.

The incident prompted local residents to call off the harvest and wait for “the Lebanese army to complete the decontamination of the village,” Bazzi says.

Since a framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel was struck in June, the violence in the south has diminished but not stopped. Israel continues to carry out sporadic strikes and demolitions in and around the territory it holds, while Hezbollah refuses to submit to government plans to disarm it.

Hezbollah munitions have also caused civilian deaths in south Lebanon. The IDF has so far not commented on the latest claims.

Knesset Speaker Ohana urges president to pardon PM after Mandelblit testimony

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana arrives at the Jerusalem District Court to show his support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his corruption trial, October 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana urges President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, citing today’s testimony in the trial by former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit.

“I was shocked to learn from the testimony of the former attorney general that even the remaining charges — after the panel of judges twice suggested that the prosecution withdraw the bribery charge — are based on illegal investigative actions carried out without his knowledge or approval,” Ohana writes.

Netanyahu’s attorney asked Mandelblit today if he had authorized every police action taken during the investigation into the prime minister, and the former attorney general said he did not, but that this was permissible and that he approved all the principal investigative actions.

Mandelblit said that he was angered by police placing a wiretap on Netanyahu’s then-chief of staff Natan Eshel and that it was subsequently canceled.

He also conceded that in Case 4000, where Netanyahu is accused of taking a bribe in the form of positive media coverage in return for favorable regulatory decisions for Bezeq majority shareholder Shaul Elovitz, he had not reviewed the 315 examples of alleged media bribery cited in the indictment. Many of those examples were discredited during Netanyahu’s testimony.

“This conduct, which exposes a series of failures, shortcomings and violations of the law, cannot end merely with dramatic reports in the media. It must also lead you to make a decision on the prime minister’s pardon request,” Ohana says.

The prime minister formally requested a pardon last November, arguing that the trial was tearing the country apart and distracting him from his duties. But he did not admit guilt, raising the question of whether he could receive a pardon while his trial was still ongoing.

The Justice Ministry’s Pardons Department completed a legal position paper on Netanyahu’s pardon request in March, determining that it was highly problematic and unprecedented given the premier’s ongoing trial, lack of conviction, and absence of admission of guilt or remorse.

Herzog has held off on reaching any final decision on the matter, though he was reported to tell a Netanyahu confidant that the request had “no chance of passing.”

IDF publishes footage showing armed Hamas operatives at Gaza hospital

The IDF publishes footage that it says shows Hamas operatives using Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza to “advance terror plots and try to rebuild the group’s capabilities.”

Armed men can be seen in the footage of the hospital grounds.

The military says the hospital, in Jabalia, currently operates as a clinic during the day, while Hamas continues to use the facility and its grounds as an operational hub. It accuses the group of “exploiting the presence of patients, medical staff and civilians as human shields, in violation of international law.”

In December 2024, Israeli forces conducted an operation in the hospital, seizing weapons and military equipment and detaining some 240 suspected terror operatives.

Gaza’s hospitals have repeatedly become battlegrounds in the war, with Israel accusing Hamas of regularly using them to shelter fighters, hold hostages, and conceal military infrastructure. The terror group has denied those claims, despite the IDF repeatedly providing evidence of such use.

צה"ל חושף תיעודים של מחבלים חמושים בבית החולים ׳כמאל עדואן׳ שמשמש כמוקד פעילות מרכזי של ארגון הטרור חמאס

לכל הפרטים????https://t.co/tkDAELbknU pic.twitter.com/zIA86nZWro

— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 11, 2026

Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to ‘energy ceasefire’

US President Donald Trump says in a brief statement that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to halt strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure, prompting surprise from Ukraine’s leader, who says the announcement is “news for me.”

There is no immediate comment from Russia on Trump’s claim.

Russia has launched waves of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure since invading in February 2022, knocking out power and heating to millions during freezing temperatures, while Ukraine has systematically struck Russian oil refineries that it says fund the war.

Ukraine’s largest private energy provider, DTEK, announced fresh power outages in the capital Kyiv today amid the attacks.

“Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” Trump writes on his Truth Social network, without further details.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that his country would be ready to stop hitting Russian oil refineries if Russia curbed its own attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

Reacting to Trump’s ceasefire announcement, Zelensky told the Axios news outlet that it is “news for me.”

Likud demands Netanyahu’s trial be halted following former AG Mandelblit’s testimony

Former Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit arrives to testify in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, October 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party calls for his corruption trial to be halted immediately following testimony by former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, with the party accusing prosecutors and police investigators of fabricating the cases against the premier.

“We demand that the trial be halted immediately following Mandelblit’s testimony and that the proceedings be terminated because the cases were unlawfully fabricated,” Likud says in a statement, calling for criminal investigations into Mandelblit and several senior law enforcement officials involved in the cases.

Mandelblit acknowledged today that he had not authorized every police action during the investigation, though he maintained that he had approved all major investigative steps. He also conceded that he had not reviewed the 315 examples of alleged media bribery cited in the indictment in Case 4000, in which Netanyahu is accused of trading regulatory favors for positive coverage, many of which were discredited during the premier’s testimony.

“The trial against the prime minister is a witch hunt intended to bring down a strong right-wing prime minister. For years, they put him, his wife, his sons, and his associates through seven circles of hell,” the party claims, accusing investigators of trying “to achieve through improper means what they had failed to achieve at the ballot box.”

IDF launches interceptor at ‘suspicious aerial target’ in southern Lebanon

The IDF says it launched an interceptor at a “suspicious aerial target” detected in an area where troops are operating in southern Lebanon.

The results of the interception are being investigated, the military says, adding that no sirens sounded, “according to protocol.”

Saudi civil aviation authority says latest Riyadh airport attack caused injuries

The Saudi civil aviation authority says a new attack on Riyadh’s airport this afternoon caused injuries, a day after another attack blamed on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 12 people and wounded hundreds at the facility.

“King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was subjected to a new attack on Sunday afternoon,” the General Authority of Civil Aviation says in a statement, adding that it “resulted in injuries, and the assessment of the damage and verification of the safety of the facilities are still under way.”

PM’s aide says he’ll sue anyone who shares chats leaked from his phone; journalist Amit Segal defends their conversations

Journalist Amit Segal at a Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 24, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Jonatan Urich says he will sue anyone who leaks or shares private conversations from his phone.

In a statement posted to his X account and attributed to his lawyers, Urich says, “Whoever hacked [my] WhatsApp and published private conversations while adding to and altering the exchanges will pay the full price.

“The same will apply to anyone who publishes, distributes or shares the messages. Anyone who does so is committing a criminal offense and will face a personal lawsuit.”

Meanwhile, on Channel 12, chief political correspondent and analyst Amit Segal defends his own chats with Urich that were leaked today, in which the two appeared very friendly.

“I am going to give self-incriminating testimony: He is by no means the only one,” Segal says on the network, referring to his conversations with various political actors. “The matter is very simple. I know it sounds strange but I’ll let you in on a terrible secret: Journalists do not receive information because of their pretty eyes, certainly not me.”

“They get information as part of a very delicate tango between the journalist and the subject of their coverage… This can include exchanges of information as well as exchanges of opinions.”

He adds: “Many people I’ve covered over the years gave me drafts of speeches, saying, ‘This will be our campaign, what are your thoughts?'”

Asked if a line was not crossed, he says: “No. And I think hacking into someone’s phone and laying bare their life is a terrible thing, a criminal thing. If my phone were hacked and my correspondence published, I would go after everyone who did it.

“I very much hope that no one’s phone is hacked in these elections, from a chief of staff to a campaign head or a party chief, but if it happens I promise you one thing… From the Arab parties to the Haredi parties, from [Gadi] Eisenkot to [Itamar] Ben Gvir, similar chats of mine will be found with anyone who is hacked, if not identical or even mor far-reaching.”

Lawyers who represent Jews accused of nationalist violence say two ‘security personnel’ arrested in West Bank

Honenu, a legal aid organization that represents Jews accused of nationalist violence against Palestinians, says two “security personnel” were arrested in the northern West Bank this morning.

Police and the Shin Bet requested the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court extend the detainees’ detention by 12 days, but the court agreed to only four, Honenu says, adding that “most of the details” are still under a gag order.

The statement comes after police announced the arrest overnight of two suspects following a police and Shin Bet investigation into “extremist violence in the area of Aqraba,” near Nablus in the northern West Bank, “about a month ago.” The Petah Tikva court issued a gag order on the investigation on Thursday.

Honenu does not say what the detainees it is representing are accused of, but slams police for banning them from meeting with counsel — a move typically reserved for Palestinian detainees.

Nati Rom, who is representing one of the detainees on behalf of Honenu, says in the organization’s statement that the practice is “a tool designated for terrorists, not those who serve and love the country.”

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria District Council, is also quoted by Honenu as saying the detainees that the organization is representing are “dedicated security personnel who work day and night to protect residents, and have saved many lives.”

The two “were arrested in their living room, in front of their children,” Dagan says, adding that settlers in the area “know the suspects and believe in their innocence.”

US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over refinery attacks, FT reports

The US is threatening to stop the procurement system that provides Ukraine with weapons in order to press Kyiv to halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, the Financial Times reports, citing officials in Europe.

The officials, who received calls from US officials or were briefed on them, say that the US is lobbying European capitals and Kyiv to try to end the attacks on Russian oil refineries, the report adds.

The White House does not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The message from the US includes threats to cut off intelligence sharing and Purl (the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List) mechanism for procuring US weapons for Ukraine, the report added.

“They are calling Kyiv… They are calling everyone [in Europe],” says an official who received a call from a US defense official, as per the report.

The report comes after US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement today of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine that he said was “effective immediately,” but Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was still waiting to see details of the deal.

Two Indian sailors missing after vessel attacked off Oman

Ships are anchored off the coast of Khasab in Oman’s Musandam Governorate, near the Strait of Hormuz, on October 2, 2026. (AFP)

Two Indian sailors are missing after a commercial vessel was hit by a “drone attack” today off the coast of Oman, New Delhi’s shipping minister says.

Shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal says the tanker MT Petro Dolphin, with 11 Indian seafarers on board, was attacked at the anchorage area for the port of Sohar in northern Oman.

“While nine of our Indian crew members have been successfully rescued and are safe, two Indian nationals currently remain missing,” he says on X.

Sonowal says search and rescue operations by local authorities are underway.

“We are continuously coordinating with all relevant authorities to fully support the ongoing rescue efforts and ensure every possible action is taken to safely locate our missing personnel,” he says.

Netanyahu calls for criminal investigation into soldiers who appeared on NAZA film

Directors Yuval Abraham (right) and Rachel Szor (left), winners of the Special Jury Prize for 'Naza,' attend a photocall on the red carpet following the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, Italy, on September 12, 2026. (Scott A Garfitt/ Invision/ AP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demands of IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Shin Bet chief David Zini, and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to launch a criminal investigation into soldiers who appeared anonymously in the film NAZA “for serious information security offenses, criminal defamation, and harming Israel’s diplomatic and security interests.”

The film is based on testimony from 24 unnamed Israeli soldiers who accuse the army of killing numerous civilians in Gaza with the use of AI-powered targeting systems.

“There is concern that those involved in the film committed criminal offenses, including serious offenses involving the exposure of classified information and a breach of information security by a highly sensitive intelligence unit,” Netanyahu says in a letter released by his office.

He says investigators must uncover the identities of the soldiers who appeared in the film.

The Israeli army has “categorically” rejected the accusations contained in the film, expressing doubts about the reliability of the anonymous contributors. The military has said the film “presents a distorted, misleading and disingenuous picture of the IDF’s target planning and striking process” and that its narrative is “based on substantial factual errors stemming from manipulative misrepresentations of reality.”

It also said “the interviewees, described as having served in IDF intelligence roles, usually refer to only limited, initial stages dealing with intelligence, rather than the much broader process of planning and approving strikes,” thus presenting a highly partial picture.

Report: Police suspect PM’s chief of staff took 30 classified security records to shape post Oct. 7 narrative

Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman arrives for the funeral of Asher Hayon, a former chief of staff and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, at a cemetery in Modi’in, February 17, 2026. (Jonathan Sahul/Flash90)

Police have evidence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, improperly removed some 30 classified records of security discussions from the Prime Minister’s Office, allegedly in an effort to shape the narrative surrounding the failures leading up to Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, according to an unsourced Channel 12 report.

The records allegedly include discussions concerning Gaza held before October 7, under both Netanyahu’s government and the preceding Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid government.

The report comes after Hebrew media reported on Friday that police believe they have gathered sufficient evidence to charge Braverman with tampering with records from the day of the October 7 massacre.

Braverman also faces an indictment for obstruction of justice, fraud, and breach of trust in connection with a separate scandal over the leak of classified documents.

11 days after flydubai attack, Israel yet to tighten vetting of foreign aircrew — report

A Smartwings plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 14, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)

Israel has not ramped up security screenings to vet pilots flying into the country, 11 days after the terror attack aboard a flydubai flight perpetrated by the plane’s Omani copilot as it was en route to Tel Aviv, according to a report by Channel 12.

On September 30 the first officer of flydubai’s Flight 1073 attacked the captain and tried to crash the plane. The flydubai attack has raised serious questions about how pilots flying into Israel are vetted and what kind of security protocols they face — particularly those from countries that have no diplomatic relations with Israel.

The Transportation Ministry is expected to present results of an investigation conducted in recent days as it seeks to expand security checks on pilots, the Channel 12 report said.

In an email cited by Channel 12, the head of the National Passenger Assessment Center told the Transportation Ministry that it is currently not possible to screen crew members on incoming foreign aircraft 48 hours before take-off. Currently the data on foreign flight crews is provided by the airlines after the plane doors are closed. The network says there is no clear solution to this issue at this time.

Police: 7 minors arrested on suspicion of assaulting Ramle man

Police say they arrested seven minors in Ramle over an assault on a resident in his 20s this afternoon.

The victim was lightly wounded, police say.

Officers located and detained the suspects after the “serious criminal incident,” and will bring them before a court tomorrow “based on the needs and findings of the investigation,” police add.

Poland holds suspect in alleged assassination plot against PM Tusk

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk looks on during the signing of agreements between Poland and France at the Main Town Hall in Gdansk, Poland, on April 20, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN/AFP)

Polish police are investigating after arresting a man suspected of plotting an attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the interior ministry tells AFP.

Searches are continuing at the suspect’s home, ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka says, adding: “Information about this man will of course then be verified by the police.”

This came after Tusk and interior minister Marcin Kierwinski said that a suspect had been detained.

“The man threatening an attack has been detained,” Tusk wrote on X, praising the police for their “swift and decisive action.”

The suspect, a man in his 60s, was arrested in the southwestern region of Lower Silesia, Kierwinski told public broadcaster TVP Info.

“The services got to him through a thorough analysis of content posted online,” he added, saying the man’s “contacts and his activity on the internet are being examined.”

Earlier, the interior ministry said Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz may have been the targets of assassination attempts.

Galecka said police had been alerted by the State Protection Service (SOP) following reports of a potential threat against the premier and defense minister.

Air pollution from Haifa oil refineries necessitates relocation of school students for 24 hours

Excess gas is burned at the Bazan oil refinery in Israel's northern city of Haifa late on March 19, 2026 (Odd Andersen/ AFP)

Following media reports of air monitoring showing that the Bazan oil refineries have emitted 3.3 times the permitted amounts of cancer-causing benzene near a high school in northern Israel’s Kiryat Ata, the Health Ministry orders that students from the Social High School and Arazim School be sent to facilities farther away from the refinery complex for 24 hours until the situation is reassessed.

In addition, the Health Ministry and Environmental Protection Ministry advise the public, especially children and pregnant women, to limit their time outdoors within a radius of one kilometer (0.6 of a mile) from the oil refineries, located in the Haifa Bay. Workers in Haifa’s industrial zone are advised to keep windows closed and to operate air conditioners.

According to a joint statement by the ministries, the high emissions stem from maintenance work and repairs to damage caused during two bouts of war with Iran in 2025 and 2026. Three workers were killed in June 2025 after an Iranian ballistic missile hit the complex.

After decades of public pressure to remove Bazan from Haifa, the facility is scheduled to relocate to the Negev in southern Israel at the end of this decade.

Police reopen probe into assault on Arabic-speaking woman on bus after family submits new footage

Police have reopened an investigation into an assault on a young Druze woman whose family says she was attacked on a bus in central Israel in August for speaking Arabic, a spokesperson says.

In response to a query from The Times of Israel, a police spokesperson confirms that police had closed the investigation that followed an initial complaint from the family. The investigation was closed because police were unable to identify the suspects, but was reopened after the complainants submitted new footage to police today, the spokesperson says.

The comments come after Hebrew media over the weekend published security camera footage from the bus, timestamped to August 6, that shows Jewish youths throwing items at the woman, who gets up and moves to the front of the bus.

The assault happened on the Dan bus company’s line 66, which runs between Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva, and the victim’s brother obtained the footage weeks later, according to independent journalist Daniel Amram, who first reported the incident.

Amram quotes the brother as saying, “Nobody even intervened because they were afraid to deal with the youths.”

Amram says the youths called the victim a “filthy Arab” and told her she has “no place in this country” and to get off the bus.

The victim told Channel 13, “I cried and felt transparent — nobody should have to go through something like this.”

Both Amram and Channel 13 identified the victim’s brother as a fighter pilot in the IDF’s reserves and her father as a brigadier general in a classified unit.

תיעוד הנערות והנערים מזעזעים שקיללו וזרקו גרביים וחפצים על צעירה דרוזית רק כי דיברה בערבית! אין לתאר את הרוע . אחות של טייס חיל האוויר. צעקו לעברה : ״ערבייה מסריחה
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IDF says troops killed suspect who crossed Gaza ceasefire line

The IDF says troops killed a Palestinian suspect who crossed the Yellow Line in southern Gaza earlier today, posing an “immediate threat.”

The military says the suspect was killed shortly after troops identified him.