🎙️ In the latest of our podcast, Richard Pater speaks with senior contributing editor at The Jerusalem Post Herb Keinon about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to Britain, Hamas and Israel’s regional manoeuvring. 🎧 Listen BICOM's podcast now on your favourite podcast platform.

Yekutiel Yehuda Katz was laid to rest today at the Mount of Olives Cemetery in Jerusalem, 44 years after he was declared missing in action in Lebanon. His remains were recovered and returned to Israel this week in a special mission carried by the IDF. 📸 Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

🗳️ Israel’s governing Likud party held its internal party primary ahead of the general election. Find out below who secured the top positions on the list, and visit our Election Centre for further details, including who lost out.

IDF troops on a special mission in Lebanon found and recovered the remains of First Sgt. Yehuda Katz, the last IDF soldier who has been missing-in-action ever since the 1982 battle of Sultan Yaakoub in the first Lebanon War. The IDF informed Katz’s family this morning.

The results could prove career-ending for several household names, as 114 candidates are competing for a limited number of electable positions. 📸 Liron Moldovan/Flash 90

🗳️ Likud’s primaries are in full swing today. Party members are taking part in the process that will determine the list led by Prime Minister Netanyahu into this October’s Knesset election. 📸 Avshalom Sassoni/Flash 90

Expertise in advanced search technology, medical support and rapid intelligence-led rescue techniques have been tested and refined at home. Israel’s emergency services and Home Front Command have repeatedly rescued civilians from buildings struck by missiles fired from Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.

🇮🇱🇨🇴 Israeli search-and-rescue experts are being deployed to Colombia following the devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake. Israel’s specialist rescue teams are internationally recognised for their expertise in locating and extracting people trapped beneath collapsed buildings.

For the first three decades of Israel’s existence, the state and its institutions were shaped by the Israeli left. In Israel’s first election, in 1949, parties of the left and centre-left collectively secured an overwhelming majority of 69 of the 120 seats in the first Knesset.

🇮🇱 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. A primary election was held for the main left-wing Zionist party. The Democrats, led by Yair Golan and formed by the merger of Labour and Meretz, held an open election where party members could select up to eight candidates on the list. 🧵 1/5

📢 With the formal dissolution of Knesset, 𝗕𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗠 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 – a hub where you can find the latest polling and key information, including an Israeli political compass and profiles of the key figures. 🌐 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞.

🇮🇱🤝🇱🇧 Israel and Lebanon have signed a framework agreement for a cessation of fighting and roadmap to peace. 🧵 Among the 14 points, the agreement calls for: 1/4

In fighting for control of the area, more than 20 Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated, 10 of them from Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force. 7/7

The drones discovered had a wingspan of 2.5 metres, and the IDF assesses that their operational range is between 200 and 500 kilometres, allowing them to threaten not only northern communities but most of Israel’s coastline. 6/n

More than 50 drones and 8 tonnes of weapons, mainly explosives and firearms, were discovered in 12 underground rooms used to house terrorists and store explosive charges, anti-tank missiles and drones. 5/n

Hidden 25 metres underground in the tunnels was a “drone airport” with four launch shafts and a secret assembly workshop, a Hezbollah facility designed to assemble, store and launch drones. 4/n

The IDF, including its Yahalom Special Operations Engineering Unit, entered the village to clear terrorist infrastructure that had been built near civilian buildings, a mosque and a school. 3/n

As in other areas of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah tried to operate under the radar so that it could continue to threaten civilian communities in northern Israel and potentially launch an October 7-style attack. 2/n

🧵 Hezbollah tunnels were exposed in Majdal Zoun, a village in southern Lebanon just 8 kilometres from the border with Israel. 1/n

🇮🇱 Israel reels from Trump’s Iran MOU. Visit our website for further details, reactions and analysis.

🤔 Could the US realistically return to military action if the nuclear talks fail? Tune in to the initial assessment of the US-Iran deal in the latest episode of our podcast, this time with Dr Ilan Berman. BICOM’s podcast is available on your favourite podcast platform.

🤔 What do we know about the US-Iran deal so far? The text of the deal has not yet been made public. However, media reports are in general agreement about several of the key points in the agreement.

A medical breakthrough made in Israel 🇮🇱 Jewish and Arab Israeli doctors, researchers, and biotech experts worked hand in hand to deliver a groundbreaking procedure. 📸 Clalit Health Services/ Schneider Children’s Spokesperson’s Office

❓ Why has Hezbollah's FPV drones become such a serious challenge for the IDF? Tune in to the latest episode BICOM's podcast where we discuss tactical lessons and political consequences of war with Hezbollah with author and commentator Yaakov Katz. Available now on your favourite podcast platform.

🚨🚨 US authorities indict suspect allegedly linked to London attacks US authorities have indicted Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, on terrorism-related charges.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel and Lebanon are progressing their peace talks, while the IDF continues to face Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. 🎙️ In the latest episode of our podcast, Richard Pater speaks with Hagar Chemali about the Israel-Lebanon peace process. Available now on your favourite podcast platform.

🇮🇱 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. A bill to dissolve the Knesset has been introduced, with the backing of all the coalition parties. The current dissolution proposal does not name a date, though two dates have already been bruited in local media.

🧵 A new report by The Civil Commission provides the most detailed account to date of sexual and gender-based violence committed during the 7 October 2023 attacks and in subsequent hostage captivity.

🇮🇱🤝🇦🇪 For the first time in history, Israel’s Iron Dome has been used operationally outside Israel, helping defend the United Arab Emirates from an Iranian missile attack. 1/n

🇮🇱🇬🇧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 President Herzog said he was “horrified by yet another violent attack on Jews in broad daylight on the streets of London.”