The Shin Bet (General Security Service) is continuing its investigation into funds transferred with the aim of disrupting the elections, which it estimates at millions of shekels, while joint investigative teams continue their work. The Government Legal Adviser, the head of the Central Elections Committee Solberg, and the head of the Shin Bet are expected to meet this week. The Shin Bet chief insists the investigation is a security matter rather than a criminal one, considering it sabotage and foreign interference, and is requesting a deepening of the investigation and authorization to use additional tools.
On the security front, a report in the Jerusalem Post revealed renewed disagreements within the Israeli security establishment between the Mossad and the Israeli army over how to handle Iran, after a period of relative consensus between 2023 and 2025. The dispute centers on pushing Washington and Israel toward a joint military operation against Iran before the Israeli elections, with Mossad director Roman Gofman appearing more supportive of action, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir takes a more cautious position out of concern that an attack during the election period could harm the legitimacy of the operation or be exploited politically by Netanyahu. In this context, Defense Minister Israel Katz stressed that Israel "is not done with Iran," saying the mission is incomplete and that Tehran is trying to renew its nuclear efforts, warning Hezbollah of severe strikes if it joins an Iranian attack. This comes amid a fragile truce, growing US pressure on Iran, and Washington's offer of a $20 million reward for information on its nuclear program, alongside talk of Iranian readiness to discuss its nuclear file through Qatari mediation.
On domestic politics, Yisrael Beiteinu chairman and Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman denied the reports that spoke of mediators acting on his behalf or talks about freezing the mandatory conscription law, describing them as lies and fabrications. He accused journalists of publishing incorrect information, arguing that the campaign is paving the way for a short-lived minority government that includes supporters of Hamas, and then for Netanyahu to secure a four-year term with a coalition of 70 Knesset members. The head of the Hadash-Ta'al (Joint List) bloc said an Eisenkot government would be a minority government. An article in Israel Hayom warned that Israelis should be worried at the start of November, not only because of the possibility of resuming the war with Iran soon, but because the Israeli political system is preoccupied with partisan interests after the elections instead of addressing national challenges, noting that Netanyahu did not mention unity in his speech. An article from the Hebrew Strategic Research site also addressed Lieberman's statements about limiting the prime minister's term to two terms, arguing that this proposal is imported from a presidential system and does not fit Israel's parliamentary system.
On the ground, the city of Lod witnessed clashes during a gathering of dozens of participants, during which police arrested 11 suspects, including minors and a woman, after some attendees disrupted order and failed to comply with police orders, with Lod police and Border Police intervening. Before the clashes erupted, Mordechai David and his associates from the far right said they had come on a tour of Arab neighborhoods.