Oil climbed nearly 3 percent as President Donald Trump called Iran's response to a U.S. peace proposal 'totally unacceptable,' stalling talks aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran insists its offer is 'generous and responsible' and demands an end to the U.S. blockade and sanctions

A Channel 12 poll found that 58 percent of 2022 Likud voters said they would definitely vote for the party again, while 21 percent said they would back parties that could seek to form a government without Netanyahu as prime minister

In a classified Knesset briefing, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned the army could 'collapse' without Haredi enlistment, as Netanyahu moves to stall a draft-exemption bill amid internal Likud dissent and pressure from ultra-Orthodox factions