**Election set for October 27 as Katz draws US rebuke**
A new TV poll shows Netanyahu's bloc narrowly ahead of the opposition but still short of the 61 seats needed, ahead of the October 27 election. Separately, the White House tacitly criticized Defense Minister Katz for again speaking favorably of "encouraging the migration" of Palestinians out of Gaza.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-17-2026/
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**IDF finds cached Hezbollah rockets in buffer zone**
Days after Katz's pullout-rejection stance, the IDF said its 810th and 55th brigades found ready-to-use rocket launchers with 32 rockets and a tunnel shaft in the southern Lebanon security zone, near Mount Dov, left over from before the ceasefire. Israel dismantled the launchers and hideout.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/322480-israeli-army-says-found-ready-to-use-rockets-in-lebanon-security-zone
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