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A July 2 2026 survey shows Arab parties on track for 11 seats. Likud stays the largest party while Blue and White, the Reservists party and Balad fall below the threshold.
abcnews.go.comA Channel 13 News poll published on July 2 2026 projected that opposition parties would win 69 of the Knesset's 120 seats. Arab parties were forecast to take 11 seats in the same survey. Likud remained the largest single party despite a decline in support, Haaretz reported.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Together party recorded gains in the poll. Blue and White, the Reservists party and Balad each fell short of the electoral threshold. Jewish opposition parties would still require Arab party backing to reach a majority, according to the results.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads Likud.
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Russia launched ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at Ukraine's capital overnight into Thursday. The strikes killed 11 people and injured 54, including two children, while damaging residential buildings in multiple districts.
abcnews.go.comRussian forces launched a major attack on Kyiv overnight on 1-2 July 2026, killing 13 people and injuring around 90. The strikes hit residential buildings and other sites across a wide area of the city.
dailywire.comAn 11-year-old boy drove a pickup truck into a line of 35 monks walking along a road in Mukdahan province on Thursday, killing eight and sending 14 to hospitals. Four of the injured monks remain in critical condition.