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What Matters Most On Monday, May 17, 2021

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An Ashdod home hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on May 17, 2021 (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

After 6-hour lull, Hamas targets southern Israel with rocket fire

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

IDF carries out waves of attacks on Gaza * Diplomat: ceasefire ‘close,’ max 2 days away * IDF chief: fighting to last at least two more days

3:11 am

Rocket sirens sound in Sha'ar Hanegev region
3:02 am

Hamas claims responsibility for rocket fire on Netivot
2:42 am

Rocket sirens sound in communities near Gaza

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends a Cabinet meeting with President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House, on April 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Exclusive

For 3rd time, US blocking joint Security Council statement urging ceasefire

Member states have until noon on Monday to negotiate; diplomats tell ToI that Washington is pushing back on statement which laments loss of life, but doesn’t mention Hamas rockets

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (R) meets with United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland on April 26, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

US says violence must end immediately; UN envoy said stepping up ceasefire push

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

The UN Security Council holds an emergency session on the violence in Israel and Gaza on May 16, 2021. (Screen capture/UN)

At UN Security Council, US says working ‘tirelessly’ to end Gaza fighting

Smoke billows from the the area around the port of Gaza City following an Israeli bombardment from the Mediterranean Sea on May 17, 2021, amid fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Senior Islamic Jihad commander killed in Israeli airstrike

By Aaron Boxerman

Hussam Abu Harbeed, who led the Gaza terror group’s northern division, led attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians for 15 years; Islamic Jihad deems him ‘blessed martyr’

Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes carry out strikes, early on May 17, 2021. (Photo by Anas BABA / AFP)

IDF hits Hamas tunnels in massive strikes on Gaza as ceasefire pressure mounts

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Fire service officials outside an Ashkelon synagogue hit by a rocket, May 16, 2021 (National Fire and Rescue Authority)

Southern communities pounded by Gaza rockets; PM: Fighting will take more time

People clean up inside a damaged synagogue in Ashkelon, following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Avi Roccah/Flash90)

'Our enemies are wasting their time'

Holy cleanup: Ashkelon synagogue ready for Shavuot 2 hours after hit by rocket

The hole smashed in the wall by a rocket from Gaza is still there but the rest of the damage has been fixed, and Yad Michael Synagogue is ready for festival prayers

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets above the coastal city of Tel Aviv on May 15, 2021, following their launching from the Gaza Strip (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

IDF believes it significantly hurt Hamas, and that’s the best it can do for now

Gaza’s terror rulers misjudged Israel’s readiness to respond to its rockets, and the IDF implemented a long-prepared response. But Israel is not about to end Hamas’s rule

Islamist Hamas terror group leader Yihya Sinwar shouts slogans and flashes the victory gesture as he takes part in a protest near the border with Israel east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 30, 2018. (AFP/ Mohammed ABED)

Top IDF general says Hamas chiefs Deif and Sinwar ‘remain in Israel’s sights’

An aerial view of the Tamar gas-processing rig off the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, June 23, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Hamas attempting to hit Tamar offshore gas rig with rockets

By Judah Ari Gross

The site where a bleacher crowded with worshipers collapsed in a synagogue in Givat Zeev, near Jerusalem, at the start of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

2 killed, over 160 hurt as synagogue bleacher collapses near Jerusalem

Deadly incident in Givat Ze’ev occurs at celebrations just before start of Shavuot holiday; police say the unfinished building wasn’t approved for use

From the blogs

Shavuot beneath the shooting stars

Two years since we last celebrated this beloved holiday together, my family gathered in Ramat Gan, like old times – except for an important difference

A convoy of cars filmed on London's Finchley Road, with passengers yelling antisemitic obscenities, on May 16, 2021. (Screenshot)

London to up police presence in Jewish areas after antisemitic convoy

By AFP and ToI Staff

Mayor touts move as one of several steps ‘to reassure Londoners, particularly those from Jewish communities’ amid anti-Israel protests over Gaza fighting

A convoy of cars filmed on London's Finchley Road, with passengers yelling antisemitic obscenities, on May 16, 2021. (Screenshot)

From our partnerConvoy in London Jewish area yells: ‘F*** their mothers, rape their daughters’

Ra'am party chief Mansour Abbas meets with Lod Mayor Yair Revivo on Sunday, May 17, 2021 (screenshot: Kan)

Ra’am leader Abbas faces backlash in his party for meeting right-wing Lod mayor

By Aaron Boxerman

Islamic Movement secretary condemns ‘inappropriate, mistaken’ visit with Yair Revivo, a former Likud campaign chief who is disliked by many of Lod’s Arab residents

A synagogue in the central Israeli city of Lod torched during a night of heavy rioting in the city, on May 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid blames PM, Ben Gvir for violence; Ra’am chair condemns synagogue arsons

Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a virtual bilateral meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)

Blinken says yet to see evidence on strike on Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

US secretary of state: Washington awaiting info on demolished tower Israel says contained Hamas intel, weapons development assets; AP urges independent probe

The building housing the offices of The Associated Press and other media in Gaza City collapses after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, May 15, 2021. (Hatem Moussa/ AP)

Associated Press demands probe of Israel’s leveling of Gaza media tower

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People attending an Israel solidarity rally in Montreal run as pro-Palestinian activists throw rocks at them on May 16, 2021 (Screen capture/Twitter)

Canadian police use tear gas as Israel rally attacked by pro-Palestinians

By AFP

Clashes break out after Palestinian activists arrive at Israel solidarity event; police declare both rallies ‘illegal’

Rabbi Rafi Goodwin (Courtesy)

Rabbi hospitalized after being assaulted near London

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Israeli security forces inspect on May 16, 2021 the scene of a car-ramming attack which wounded several police officers, in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

7 cops hurt in car-ramming in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah; attacker shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian

East Jerusalem man accelerates vehicle into temporary police roadblock in flashpoint neighborhood; footage of attack caught live on TV

The scene of a car-ramming at Hawara in the West Bank, May 17, 2021 (Screen grab/Kan)

Assailant tries to ram troops in West Bank, hits jeep and is arrested — army

Illustrative: IDF soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Probe opened after IDF troops shoot at Israeli family’s car that swerved at them

Illustrative image: An ambulance arrives at the emergency room of Shaare Zedek Medical Center. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As ER arrivals fall, MDs say it shows rocket-battered Israelis neglecting health

By Nathan Jeffay

Tel Aviv hospital reports 25% drop in emergency cases, amid national concerns that people are putting off urgent care, potentially putting their lives in danger

Illustrative: An undated display of cheesecakes at a bakery in Netanya. (Chen Leopold/Flash 90)

Times of Israel Podcast

Daily Briefing: Shavuot edition – Drip irrigation for rice & (non)dairy delights

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

Hashomer Hachadash farm volunteers pick a field of wheat, as part of the SunDo app that matches farmers with volunteers (Courtesy Hashomer Hachadash)

SunDo 'is like the Airbnb of the agricultural industry'

Farmers and volunteers find each other with agricultural app SunDo

By Jessica Steinberg

With the harvest festival of Shavuot approaching, non-profit Hashomer Hachadash is helping to build a stronger connection between Israelis and the land through farming

Sometimes all you can do is stand up for love

I can’t afford the luxury of despair, and so I hold onto the memory of those girls in a West Bank village singing a song of hope

Our synagogue does not want your old books

We have plenty, and that is the case for just about all synagogues. But this Shavuot, I do have a suggestion for who should receive your books

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