The findings of the Turgeman Committee, which examined IDF operational debriefings, are expected to be released next week, providing fertile ground for attacks against the IDF and its senior officers. The prime minister and his government are eager to leverage the army’s own investigations to discredit it, while avoiding any serious internal reckoning.

The Israeli Left loves to long for the prime minister who brought the Oslo Accords, but Yitzhak Rabin’s true legacy was opposition to a Palestinian state, and a commitment to Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley – goals around which Israelis can still unite.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement that it assisted in the transfer of the remains of three bodies to Israeli authorities.