begin{itemize}
    item FIRST ITEM \
        RANDOM TEXT

    begin{minipage}{linewidth}
        centering
        includegraphics[width=1.0textwidth]{IMAGE.png}
        caption{CAPTION}
        label{fig:IMAGE}
    end{minipage}

end{itemize

begin{itemize}
    item FIRST ITEM \
        RANDOM TEXT

    begin{figure}
        centering
        begin{minipage}{0.5linewidth}
            centering
            includegraphics[width=1linewidth]{IMAGE.jpg}
            caption{CAPTION}
            label{fig:IMAGE}
        end{minipage}
        begin{minipage}{0.5linewidth}
            centering
            includegraphics[width=1linewidth]{IMAGE.jpg}
            caption{CAPTION2}
            label{fig:IMAGE2}
        end{minipage}
end{figure}

end{itemize