While Trump hesitates, Israel hopes for a resumption of the war with Iran ■ Hezbollah has identified an IDF vulnerability – and questions are also arising in the units themselves about operations in Lebanon ■ IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has moved to instill discipline but has kept silent about transgressions in the West Bank

The opposition is preparing for what it sees as the very real possibility that Netanyahu will refuse to recognize the election results if he loses ■ Likud officials close to the prime minister realize he'll need to bring in some reinforcements to win ■ President Herzog will have to be highly creative to free Netanyahu the defendant from his trial – and to free Israelis from him