Israel has raised its level of preparedness for the possibility of resuming fighting with Iran, amid aerial movements that included the presence of refueling aircraft in the air and the arrival of American fighter jets, according to Channel 12. Al-Arabiya quoted an American source involved in the negotiations as saying that the chances of reaching an agreement between Washington and Tehran are very slim. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli army spokesman announced that the 55th Combat Brigade, led by the 91st Division, destroyed more than 600 military infrastructure sites and eight tunnels in cooperation with Yahalom forces, and found dozens of launch platforms, and also concluded an operation in the Mansouri village area during which it found a tunnel inside a house and destroyed it. Separately, an Israeli website said the army struck Hezbollah targets in the Mansouri area of southern Lebanon. In Gaza, the army raised its alert level after intelligence information about a possible Hamas kidnapping attack against its forces, in an attempt to repeat the Gilad Shalit scenario before the elections in Israel and the United States.
On the internal front, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a sharp attack on former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, holding him responsible for failing to warn of the October 7 attack and asserting that he knew of a real danger on the night of the attack. Netanyahu denied meeting former Egyptian General Intelligence chief Abbas Kamel or receiving any Egyptian warning, and announced his intention to file a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal after previously pledging to sue The New York Times. In turn, Bar denied in prior testimony to the Supreme Court having prior knowledge of the attack. In a related development, Channel 12 revealed that Kamel secretly visited Israel on September 26, 2023, 11 days before the October 7 attack, and conveyed a warning to Israeli officials, according to a new investigation published by The Atlantic. The Shin Bet also filed a complaint with the head of the military censorship authority, demanding that Channel 12 be held accountable for a serious censorship violation, saying that publishing the details of the visit at that stage posed a danger to the security of the prime minister, the operation and the forces on the ground, and exposed the agency's methods of operation and increases the risks of future operations, while Mossad considered the leak a serious security threat.
In a diplomatic file, a report revealed a quick secret visit by Netanyahu to Abu Dhabi to meet UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, without an official statement. The backgrounds of the visit included the controversy over an alleged Emirati warning call before the October 7, 2023 attack and Netanyahu's request that bin Zayed deny that account, along with the approaching Israeli elections, the Iran file, and efforts to repair relations between the two men. Economically, trade between Egypt and Israel rose in June, with Egyptian exports increasing 148% to $38.9 million, and imports from Israel jumping 127% to $266.4 million, but most of it is Israeli gas; 2025 data show that $2.28 billion out of $2.34 billion of Egypt's imports from Israel were fuel and mineral products. Clalit and Check Point also announced a partnership to integrate artificial intelligence into medical workflow and secure health care data for about 5 million Israelis. Regionally, Israeli military intelligence is intensifying its monitoring of growing Turkish influence in Libya (the 'Libya corridor') amid concerns over freedom of navigation and energy projects, especially in light of the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement.