On the two-year anniversary of the war, the Ministry of Defense announced that 1,152 Israeli soldiers have fallen since October 7, 2023. More than 6,500 family members have been added to the bereaved family, including approximately 1,973 bereaved parents, 351 widows, 885 orphans, and 3,481 bereaved brothers and sisters.

Egyptian officials tell Lebanese Al-Akhbar: The hostages are not expected to be released within 72 hours. The living hostages will be returned "as quickly as possible," depending on their location, while the handover of the dead hostages may take time due to the difficulty in locating them due to the destruction in Gaza. The parties are expected to discuss bringing heavy equipment into the Strip to clear rubble where they may be.

President Trump: "I have been told that the first phase of the deal is supposed to be completed this week, and I urge everyone to move quickly!" The US president added in a post on his Truth account that "speed is essential, otherwise there will be great bloodshed - something no one wants to see."

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns, less than a month after taking office.

A 53-year-old Haifa resident, who sprayed more than 30 swastikas on various buildings throughout the city for months, was located and arrested by the police.

German Chancellor Mertz: If Israel is expelled from Eurovision, Germany should also withdraw. In an interview with the flagship program of a German public channel, the German Chancellor spoke out on the issue of Israel's participation in the contest and added: "It's a scandal that this is even an issue. Israel belongs in Eurovision."

Russian authorities: We have arrested 3 suspects who planned to carry out attacks on "Jewish cultural sites" in the Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol regions.

Air Force fighter jets, under the direction of the Southern Command and the Shin Bet, attacked and eliminated a terrorist cell armed with explosives and mortars in the Gaza City area yesterday. The cell that was eliminated was planning to carry out terrorist attacks against IDF forces operating in the city. Terrorist cells that launched a mortar bomb and an anti-tank missile at IDF forces were also eliminated.

Captivity survivor Eli Sharabi to AP on starvation in captivity: Every time you wait more than 20 hours for your next meal, and you don't know if it will come the day after. You beg for more food. When I was kidnapped on October 7, I weighed more than 70 kilograms, and when I was released, I weighed 44 kilograms. I think that's less than my daughter weighs.

"A tsunami of Jew-hatred": The Jewish community in Manchester united to commemorate the victims of the Yom Kippur attack, and held a large rally in support of Israel and the fight against anti-Semitism.

Prison Service: An activist in the "Somod" flotilla, a Spanish citizen, bit a female medical staff member at Keziot prison after she returned her from a routine medical examination.

President Trump in his speech at the US Naval Base in Virginia, "Iran can restart the nuclear project. But we will deal with that too, and this time we will not wait so long."

Negotiations for the deal will open today in Cairo, but sources familiar with the details are cooling the enthusiasm: "There are gaps that have not yet been discovered."

Prime Minister's Office: Netanyahu held a discussion to prepare the team of prisoners and missing persons for their departure for the delegation in Egypt.

Chief of Staff Zamir to fighters in the Netzarim Corridor: "There is no ceasefire, but there is a change in the operational situation. The political echelon is taking the tools and achievements you have brought in military action and translating them into a political achievement"

Netanyahu in first working meeting with incoming Shin Bet chief David Zini: "There is a lot of work, your success - the security of the state"