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A woman holds up an Iranian flag in front of a banner showing a portrait of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a street festival celebrating the Muslim Shiite holiday of Eid al-Ghadir, in Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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US military hits Iranian radar sites after drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz

Trump estimates Tehran still has 21%-22% of its missiles, says no deal yet because Iranians are 'strong, they’re proud' * IDF says it downed a Hezbollah drone, 2 others fell in south Lebanon area adjacent to where troops are operating

Haredi men protest the arrest of draft dodgers on June 5, 2026. Location of the video is unclear. (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hundreds of Haredi rioters try to break into Jerusalem police station, attack cops in Beit Shemesh

Riots on Shabbat Eve, the day of rest, come days after ultra-Orthodox extremists attacked deputy chief justice's home, held other anti-police protests over arrest of draft-dodgers

The grandmother of 7-month-old Sam Fahd Abou Haikal holds up a phone showing him, after he was killed by Israeli troops who fired on the car in which he and his parents were traveling in the West Bank on June 5, 2026. The IDF expressed 'deep sorrow' over the incident, saying troops in Hebron opened fire when they 'perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them'. It said an initial investigation had shown that 'those injured were uninvolved civilians'. (X screenshot)

IDF troops fire at vehicle in Hebron, killing 7-month-old baby and wounding his parents

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Military 'expresses deep sorrow' over deadly shooting of Sam Fahd Abou Haikal, launches investigation of incident

Illustrative: An Iranian watchtower overlooks a section of the Aras river on the border with Azerbaijan, in Jolfa, northern Iran, on September 18, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Israel reportedly deployed elite forces in Azerbaijan, operated Somaliland base, during Iran war

Operations by dozens of commandos and Mossad agents along Iran's northern border included killing of IRGC special operations chief, CNN says; Baku rejects 'entirely baseless' report

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Ella Ben Emanuel

Ella Ben Emanuel

We are all sick to death of war

I just want them to come home. All of them. From Gaza and Lebanon. From naval ships and underground bases. I’m proud of our army, but we are so, so tired

Talyah Ginsberg

Talyah Ginsberg

Hineni: The opposite of distraction

Try drinking a cup of coffee and nothing else. No checking messages. No reviewing your to-do list. No rehashing events. Just the coffee. It’s hard! And worth it

Netanyahu has turned the state comptroller into a branch of his loyalist court

By manipulating the Knesset vote to get his personal attorney appointed to the job of independent overseer of the government, PM proved he values personal loyalty over basic democratic norms

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Gaza’s women get lost in the argument about them

Girls are being handed to older men and women forced to trade sex for food. But instead of trying to protect them, we debate which side is to blame

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

After the fall, will Iran be free or just different?

The country I loved was the people, the language, the mountains... What will it take to bring it back and not risk suffering under a post-Islamic Republic regime?

Yedidia Stern

Get off the Trumpoline

Israel is the ’bestie’ of the king of the world. For now. But that comes at a price, and the Jewish state must put itself first for the long-term

Benjamin Lau

Easy to enter, hard to leave: Israel’s return to Lebanon

With Israelis divided sharply for decades over an IDF presence in Lebanon, leaders must explain the war’s objectives to win the people’s necessary support

Mooli Lahad

Northern Israelis are paying the price for their resilience

The longer residents showed their ability to cope with life under fire, the more politicians felt free to abandon them

Abe Gurko

When Jewish Heritage Month meets Gay Pride Month

To be honest, the latter is a total drag

Guy Lurie

The AG bill threatens one of Israel’s key democratic safeguards

The law would turn an independent watchdog into a political appointee, eroding one of the few remaining checks on executive power

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Why I marched

The mayor stayed away from the Israel Day Parade. I went because Jewish pride, peoplehood and Israel ties are not up for negotiation

Brian McDonald

That letter on Israel’s alleged nuclear program is a wartime trap

It’s a calculated effort by a radical faction to use the language of ’transparency’ to weaken Israel at a moment of vulnerability

US President Donald Trump listens at an event about coal, on June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

'I didn’t feel like being like Jimmy Carter'

‘It’s entombed’: Trump says US can retrieve Iran’s uranium without a deal, but has ‘no reason to’

President reveals he mulled sending troops to seize near-weapons-grade stockpile at war's start, but declined to do so given the risks: 'I don’t want to do it if we’re in conflict'

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Left: Michael Rabello attends a hearing on a petition demanding the formation of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 23, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik at a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on, December 1, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset legal adviser upholds comptroller vote, says opposition hadn’t opposed ballot-filming

By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel

Petition has urged High Court to strike down election of PM's lawyer Rabello to independent watchdog post, because Likud MKs were reportedly told to document themselves voting for him; Sagit Afik is unconvinced

'Construction in E1 is annexation in its clearest form'

85 House Dems urge Trump to back up anti-annexation rhetoric with action against E1 settlements

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim on August 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In letter to Rubio obtained by ToI, US lawmakers warn 'window for meaningful intervention' against project, which cuts off Palestinian contiguity in the West Bank, is rapidly closing

Top ops

Ella Ben Emanuel

Ella Ben Emanuel

We are all sick to death of war

I just want them to come home. All of them. From Gaza and Lebanon. From naval ships and underground bases. I’m proud of our army, but we are so, so tired

Talyah Ginsberg

Talyah Ginsberg

Hineni: The opposite of distraction

Try drinking a cup of coffee and nothing else. No checking messages. No reviewing your to-do list. No rehashing events. Just the coffee. It’s hard! And worth it

Netanyahu has turned the state comptroller into a branch of his loyalist court

By manipulating the Knesset vote to get his personal attorney appointed to the job of independent overseer of the government, PM proved he values personal loyalty over basic democratic norms

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Gaza’s women get lost in the argument about them

Girls are being handed to older men and women forced to trade sex for food. But instead of trying to protect them, we debate which side is to blame

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

After the fall, will Iran be free or just different?

The country I loved was the people, the language, the mountains... What will it take to bring it back and not risk suffering under a post-Islamic Republic regime?

Yedidia Stern

Get off the Trumpoline

Israel is the ’bestie’ of the king of the world. For now. But that comes at a price, and the Jewish state must put itself first for the long-term

Benjamin Lau

Easy to enter, hard to leave: Israel’s return to Lebanon

With Israelis divided sharply for decades over an IDF presence in Lebanon, leaders must explain the war’s objectives to win the people’s necessary support

Mooli Lahad

Northern Israelis are paying the price for their resilience

The longer residents showed their ability to cope with life under fire, the more politicians felt free to abandon them

Abe Gurko

When Jewish Heritage Month meets Gay Pride Month

To be honest, the latter is a total drag

Guy Lurie

The AG bill threatens one of Israel’s key democratic safeguards

The law would turn an independent watchdog into a political appointee, eroding one of the few remaining checks on executive power

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Why I marched

The mayor stayed away from the Israel Day Parade. I went because Jewish pride, peoplehood and Israel ties are not up for negotiation

Brian McDonald

That letter on Israel’s alleged nuclear program is a wartime trap

It’s a calculated effort by a radical faction to use the language of ’transparency’ to weaken Israel at a moment of vulnerability

Left to right: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Opposition Leader Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on May 25, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Leader of the Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on May 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Poll shows anti-Netanyahu bloc winning majority; Eisenkot seen as best fit to be PM in separate survey

Zman Yisrael has Zionist opposition parties winning 62 seats, enough to form a government, though they would come short of a majority if all Arab factions run on joint slate

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Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla headed for Gaza and arrested and deported by Israel pose outside a terminal following their arrival at Istanbul Airport on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

France opens ‘war crime’ probe over Israel’s treatment of flotilla activists

By AFP

Investigation launched at government's request; two of more than 30 French activists aboard flotilla said to still be hospitalized; Israel denies abuse allegations

Mamdani-backed Congress candidate defends joining Oct. 8 rally celebrating Hamas atrocities

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces his endorsement of Darializa Avila Chevalier, right, during an appearance on MS NOW's "The Briefing with Jen Psaki," May 28, 2026. (Screenshot via JTA)

Darializa Avila Chevalier says participation in event that feted Israeli deaths was part of her longstanding advocacy for the 'human rights of Palestinians'

Marwan Barghouti, center, raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv, Aug. 14, 2002. (AP/Brennan Linsley, File)

Activists try to erect statue of terror convict Marwan Barghouti at UK parliament

Police intercept pro-Palestinian activists, though no arrests reported; in separate incident, London hotel probes 'Free Palestine' messages on TV screens in rooms of two Jewish guests

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Daily Briefing June 5 – Why only Lebanon can drive Hezbollah out. But it won’t

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Sarit Zehavi

From Israel's northern border, Lt. Col. (res) Sarit Zehavi assesses Israel's options -- and warns away from outsourcing the country's security to a weak army

Participants in the annual Pride March walk in a procession to the Knesset in Jerusalem, one holding a sign that reads, "All preferences are good except for the preference for fascism," on June 4, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

‘Part of a larger struggle’: As elections loom, thousands march to Knesset for Jerusalem Pride

By Charlie Summers

Marchers chant 'democracy' while holding ballot boxes, in procession guarded by some 2,000 police officers; partner of soldier killed fighting on Oct. 7 says Israel facing 'fateful' vote

Nova survivor Rita Yedid, thanking soldiers for their service after October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)

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'The movie is about surviving and how to keep on living'

‘We were so broken’: Nova survivor Rita Yedid brings story of resilience to the screen

By Jessica Steinberg

In documentary 'Rita,' which premiered May 27, the mother of two recounts hiding in the rave’s ticket booth as her husband shielded her from Hamas gunfire, and the painful aftermath

Knife seized from alleged assailant after apparent stabbing attempt outside Western Galilee police station, June 5, 2026. (Israel Police)

Stabbing attack thwarted in north, hours after IDF kills Palestinian firebomber

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Soldier overpowers would-be stabber outside Western Galilee police station; troops seek remaining suspects after shooting 18-year-old hurling Molotov cocktails on West Bank highway

A damaged apartment in a residential building is seen after an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

Senior Hamas officials killed in Gaza strikes, IDF says; 9 Palestinians reported dead

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Military targets commanders in Hamas's general security mechanism; Gaza medics report five members of same family killed

Destao Tzakul, a 19-year-old from Beersheba, who was killed in a stabbing outside his home on April 24, 2026. (Facebook)

Four minors charged over killing of 19-year-old Destao Tzakul in Beersheba in April

Suspects aged 15 to 17 allegedly hit victim with an iron rod until he fell, stabbed him while he was down, then tried to remove the evidence

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Ferencvaros' head coach Robbie Keane ahead of the Europa League opening phase soccer match between Nottingham Forest and Ferencvaros in Nottingham, England, January 29, 2026. (AP/Morgan Harlow)

Celtic soccer fans protest tapping of Robbie Keane as coach over stint in Tel Aviv

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iran's national soccer team players stand onstage as they are greeted by a crowd during a pro-government gathering before their departure for training and friendly matches in Turkey ahead of the World Cup at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, May 13, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

US grants Iranian soccer players visas for World Cup, 10 days before first match

Instagram pushes mainstream wellness users toward antisemitic content, watchdog says

Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) and his military secretary, Brig. Gen. Guy Markizeno get off an Israeli Air Force helicopter in the Mount Hermon area in southern Syria, March 11, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu poaches top Katz aide Markizeno as his new military secretary

By Emanuel Fabian

Janez Jansa addressing the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (Igor Kupljenik/AP)

After pro-Israel PM forms government in Slovenia, Israel to open first embassy there

By Nava Freiberg

Troops of the Commando Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on November 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

In first, female IDF combat soldier completes training for elite Sayeret Matkal unit

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative photo of a man holding a Nazi-era German passport that belonged to his grandparent, October 5, 2016. (Frank Augstein/AP)

Number of Nazi victims’ descendants given German citizenship jumped 61% in 2025

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An imitation gun suspected to have been used in drive-by shootings on members of the Jewish community in Toronto, Canada, May 2026. (Toronto Police Service)

4 more charged in drive-by gel blaster gun shootings targeting Toronto Jews

A woman screaming 'Jews are eating kids!' on the New York City Subway, May 31, 2026. (Screenshot/Combat Antisemitism Movement on X)

‘Jews are eating kids!’: NYC subway rider said to assault 23-year-old Jewish woman

A woman carries a baby near a residential house damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 2, 2026. (AP/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Amid deadly Russian strikes, Kyiv finds itself ‘in the queue’ as US busy with Iran

By Maria Danilova

Those we have lost

Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

Nadejda Spravchikov (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Nadejda Spravchikov, 75: Trained chemist devotedly cared for elderly

Murdered alongside her sister by Hamas terrorists in Sderot on October 7

Yuval Halivni who was killed in Sderot on October 9, 2023. (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Cpt. Yuval Halivni, 30: Saved wife’s life 2 months before his death

Beloved husband, father and son 'died as a hero' while battling Hamas terrorists in Sderot on October 9

Mor Gabay (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Mor Gabay, 30: Singer-songwriter whose lyrics have lived on

Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Sderot on October 7

Shaked Habani (Instagram)

Those We Have Lost

Shaked Habani, 21: A ‘magnetic’ personality who lived life joyfully

Murdered at the Supernova music festival on October 7

Eitan Dov Rosenzweig, who was killed in Gaza on November 22, 2023, with his 12th grade final art project. (courtesy)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Eitan Dov Rosenzweig, 21: Intellectual, religious artist

Fighter in the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion was killed on November 22 in Gaza

Stav Geta (Facebook)

Those We Have Lost

Stav Geta, 30: Slain partygoer was single mom to 2 young kids

Murdered trying to flee the Supernova rave on October 7

Nanthawat Pinjai (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Nanthawat Pinjai, 26: Thai dairy farmer was ‘pillar of the family’

Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Alumim on October 7

Sgt. Nathan Lyard who was killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (IDF)

Those We Have Lost

Sgt. Nathan Lyard, 20: French-Israeli returned to battle after injured

French-Israeli soldier with Kfir Brigade's 94th 'Duchifat' Battalion killed in combat on October 7 near Gaza

Shai Regev (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Shai Regev, 25: Gossip reporter who was ‘like a sunflower’

Murdered at the Supernova music festival, October 7

Staff Sgt. Evyatar Ochayon (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Eviatar Ochayon Abukasis, 22: Golani driver and artist

Killed battling the Hamas invasion of the Kissufim IDF outpost on October 7

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

A photo of the Western Wall from the 1920s (AO Freedman)

Stone setting

Tower of David Museum wants your old Western Wall photos

Request for people to search for images comes as Jerusalem institution prepares 2027 exhibit for 60th anniversary of city's reunification following 1967 Six Day War

By Jessica Steinberg

Chef Raz Shabtai celebrating his Michelin star at Mutra in Florida on May 28, 2026. (X/Screenshot/Hen Mazzig)

Star of David

Miami chef earns first Michelin star ever for kosher restaurant

'Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories,' says Raz Shabtai, whose restaurant, Mutra, is also the first anywhere to get a 2026 Michelin star

Attendees at the Sommelier Eshkol Hazahav wine award ceremony in Tel Aviv's Heichal Hatarbut on May 26, 2026 (David Silverman)

Award-winers

In Tel Aviv, vintners, growers and enthusiasts celebrate year’s best wines

24th annual Eshkol Hazahav awards spotlight year's outstanding vintages, alongside words of wisdom from culinary leaders Assaf Granit, Hedai Offaim, David Kichka and others

By Jessica Steinberg

A caretaker attends to an albino buffalo nicknamed, 'Donald Trump,' that was for sale, on May 17, 2026, ahead of Eid al-Adha, at a livestock farm in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. (Salahuddin AHMED / AFP)

Buffalo Don

Bangladesh spares albino ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo from Eid sacrifice

Rare albino buffalo had already been sold as a holiday offering, but authorities stepped into save the animal, citing 'unusual level of public interest' in presidential hair-do

Former hostage Gadi Mozes releases doves into the Kibbutz NIr Oz fields as a sign of peace during the May 22, 2026 Shavuot holiday celebrations. (Courtesy)

Harvest and rebirth

Gaza border kibbutzim mark first Shavuot without hostages

Nir Oz, Nahal Oz and Be'eri share images and moments of celebration from the harvest holiday festivities

By Jessica Steinberg

A kosher cookbook from 1846, titled titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," acquired by the National Library of Israel. (Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel)

Dairy tale

National Library acquires world’s earliest known kosher cookbook

The 1846 volume, believed to have been compiled by Lady Judith Montefiore, includes some of the earliest documented cheesecake recipes in Jewish culinary literature

US President Donald Trump's gift of Trump cologne to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in an image posted May 19, 2026. (Ahmed al-Sharaa/X)

Eau de Trump

Trump gifts Syria’s Sharaa cologne after spraying him in viral Oval Office clip

Syrian leader posts photo of present, harking back to White House meeting where Trump gave him a similar gift before asking him how many wives he had

By AFP

An urban crow collects plastic to build its nest in the city center of Jerusalem. March 6, 2013. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90/ File)

Pecking disorder

Bullying crows attack children, parents at Tel Aviv kindergarten

Birds swooping down and assaulting people, with some drawing blood; municipality cites annual phenomenon of adults protecting chicks as they learn to fly

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks on stage during an America First Workers Special Event on May 18, 2026 in Hebron, Kentucky. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images/AFP)

Imitation game

Hegseth impersonates Trump at rally: ‘Gonna have to be tough as sh*t’

To applause and laughter, the defense secretary recounts the president offering him the job

By ToI Staff and AP

Interior view of the new National Library of Israel, 2023. (Iwan Baan/File)

Story time

Four authors named as finalists for Sami Rohr Prize

Jewish literature awards ceremony, held in association with National Library, to take place in Jerusalem this July

By Jessica Steinberg