Police arrested a 20-year-old who sprayed graffiti reading "There is a Holocaust in Gaza" on the Western Wall - in the area designated for prayer without gender separation. The young man admitted during questioning that he committed the acts attributed to him, apologized and was released under restrictive conditions. Political figures condemned the incident, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich writing on his X account that "they forgot what it means to be Jewish." Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz wrote that it is "a crime against the entire people of Israel."