Coalition humiliated in lost vote on Palestinian families law * Spare vaccines head to Seoul * Iran blames Israel for centrifuge hit * Nano-patch smells skin to detect TB

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, July 6, 2021 [In blow to coalition, Knesset knocks down extension of family unification law]( By [Michael Bachner, Tal Schneider and Aaron Boxerman]( [Rebel Yamina MK joins opposition to tie vote 59-59, thwarting compromise deal that would have extended law by 6 months in exchange for residency to 1,600 Palestinian families]( [Bennett: Netanyahu-led opposition harmed Israel’s security out of ‘spite’]( By [Michael Bachner and Tal Schneider]( [Coalition casts Netanyahu bloc as Joint List’s ‘useful idiot’ after Knesset loss]( By [Michael Bachner and Aaron Boxerman]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing July 6 – The coalition loses first battle as opposition wages war]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Yisrael Beytenu MK won’t back ‘corrupt’ bill fostering Likud defections]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Israel’s Pfizer vaccines on their way to Seoul in swap deal]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Deal brokered with South Korea will see Israel receive 700,000 vaccines at a future date in exchange for the doses set to expire this month]( [Iran accuses Israel of June attack on alleged centrifuge plant]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [In reversal, Iranian government acknowledges damage to Karaj facility, says strike was meant to thwart Vienna talks on reviving nuclear deal]( [Blast and large blaze reported at state-owned warehouse near Tehran]( By [TOI staff]( [Iraqi militia chief boasts: Election of Raisi will boost Iran’s regional proxies]( By [Agencies]( Don't miss a thing [Get The Times of Israel on your Google News]( [Catch everything that really matters on Israel and the Jewish world. 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