Israel

Efforts to find a last-ditch compromise are still underway, with President Isaac Herzog shuttling between the sides.

The prime minister underwent a procedure for the implantation of a cardiac pacemaker.

Hanoch Shlomo made aliyah to Israel mere weeks after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, having converted five years prior. He could never have imagined that a year and a half later, he would still not have received his Israeli citizenship, leaving him without the ability to make a living and receive national health insurance.

With the country ensnared in its worst domestic crisis in decades, President Isaac Herzog meets Netanyahu in the hospital treating him in hope of closing a deal with less than 24 hours to go before final passage of kay part of the judicial overhaul.

Thousands demonstrate in capital after marching for days on main highway from Tel Aviv, many more protest across the country. Some 10,000 reservists from a variety of units announce they would no longer volunteer for reserve duty if asked, adding to the 1,000 or so reserve troops from the Israeli Air Force who sent a similar letter on Friday. 

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responded to Friday's letter in a tweet, saying that "refusing service was dangerous for the country".

Lt. Lidar Peretz, 21, was crushed to death by a falling container. Military launches investigation into the circumstances of her death.

Instead of focusing on operations and training, senior military officials have almost exclusively been preoccupied with the impact of the controversial legislation and the ensuing protests on the IDF.

"I truly hope these efforts will succeed but even if they don't, the Coalition's door to the Opposition will remain open always," Netanyahu says in live address. Following speech, throngs of protesters descend on Ayalon Highway and clash with police for hours.

The video, which was shared by some government officials, depicts a fictional war in which Israeli pilots refuse to provide air support to ground forces because the troops support judicial reform.