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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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A fire breaks out at an apartment following an explosion in Gaza City on May 9, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Gallant warns southern communities of prolonged conflict

Three top Islamic Jihad terrorists killed as IDF bombs Gaza; south girds for rockets

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

13 reported killed as 3 strikes in 20 seconds target top leaders of Iran-backed group; other terror sites bombed; residents near Gaza told to stay near shelters, schools closed

Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid (left) and National Unity head MK Benny Gantz in the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gaza op gets broad political support as some trade barbs over Ben Gvir

A Palestinian man inspects the heavily damaged house of Islamic Jihad leader Jihad Ghannam, killed in a predawn Israeli airstrike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 9, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Jordan, Egypt pan Israeli strikes in Gaza; UN envoy: Civilian deaths ‘unacceptable’

Palestinians chase Israeli military vehicles leaving Nablus, May 9, 2023. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Live updates

Two Palestinians killed during IDF raid on West Bank town near Jenin

Intense gunbattles heard in Qabatiyeh overnight amid campaign against Islamic Jihad; Netanyahu: IDF prepared for multi-front conflict

2:29 am

Two Palestinians killed as IDF raids West Bank town
12:30 am

Tunisian citizen, French national killed in Djerba synagogue attack -- ministry
11:56 pm

UAE condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza

Otzma Yehudit says it’s ending boycott of government after launch of Gaza operation

The far-right Otzma Yehudit party, a member of the ruling coalition, said it was ending its boycott of government activity following the launch of the IDF's Operation Shield and Arrow in Gaza. Otzma Yehudit, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, boycotted a cabinet meeting on Sunday and was threatening to boycott... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of Otzma Yehudit in the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A Palestinian man inspects damage to his building following Israeli airstrikes on an apartment of an Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza City, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 9: What we know about IDF’s surprise Operation Shield and Arrow

Coalition whip and Likud MK Ofir Katz, right, speaks to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a discussion and a vote in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on March 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition officials turn up heat on Ben Gvir, say he is to blame if government falls

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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MK Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) faction of the Religious Zionist party, raises an Israeli flag in Safra Square in Jerusalem on April 20, 2022, at the start of a planned nationalist march. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

Israel said warning Hamas not to attack ahead of Flag March through Muslim Quarter

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Jerusalem sends message through Egypt following threats from terror group; police deny request from nationalist activists for May 18 rally to go through Temple Mount

An explosive device is set off near an IDF convoy leaving the West Bank city of Nablus, May 9, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Soldier lightly hurt during Nablus raid by Palestinian-set bomb

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF chief Herzi Halevi (right) speaks at an award ceremony at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, May 8, 2023. Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter (left) attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, on October 22, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces; Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Halevi slams right-wing efforts to pressure IDF over promotion of top generals

By Emanuel Fabian

People look on at a makeshift memorial by the mall where several people were killed in Saturday's mass shooting, Monday, May 8, 2023, in Allen, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas mall shooter had swastika, SS tattoos, online posts show

By Jake Bleiberg, Gene Johnson and Lolita C. Baldor

Mauricio Garcia’s activity on Russian social media site reveals fascination with white supremacy and massacres; gunman researched Dallas-area outlet mall before killing 8 there

Devon Arthurs in a photo provided on May 20, 2017. (Tampa Police Department via AP, File)

US ex-neo-Nazi convicted in Florida killing of roommates who mocked Islam conversion

By Curt Anderson

Israel's Noa Kirel rehearses her Eurovision song 'Unicorn' on stage at Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, UK, May 3, 2023. (Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU)

Eurovision 2023Non-participating countries can cast votes for 1st time

Israel hoping Noa Kirel’s star power can fuel a come-from-behind Eurovision win

Experienced pop singer seeks to ride ‘Unicorn’ to the top of the song contest in Liverpool, but faces tough competition from Sweden, Finland and France

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir gives a press statement during a meeting of his Otzma Yehudit party in the southern city of Sderot, May 3, 2023. (Flash90)

Israel officially mum after European Union cancels event to avoid Ben Gvir speech

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Diplomatic officials said angry that cabinet secretary assigned firebrand lawmaker to sensitive Europe Day reception; EU diplomats say Hungary, Poland blocked harsher response

Meir Ben Shabbat

Israel can nullify the threat of Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Israel must act to continue the success of Operation Shield and Arrow, including deterring Hamas from joining PIJ’s attacks

Tzipora Lifchitz

Mic drop at the ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ premier

I worried that Netflix would get Orthodox Jewish dating wrong – until I realized that they aren’t the ones in the wrong

Haredi Jews celebrate Lag B'Omer at Mount Meron on May 8, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)

'To shepherd us you have to know us, and the police don't'

At Meron pilgrimage, joy and grief mix as Haredi traditions and secular Israel clash

By Canaan Lidor

At renewed annual Lag B’Omer event, worshipers mourn the 45 attendees killed in deadly 2021 crush, while chafing at regulations meant to head off another disaster

At Mount Meron holy site, man allegedly bites brother of victim of deadly 2021 crush

By Canaan Lidor

Visitors to Jewish shrine filmed brutally beating Druze guard heard speaking Arabic

Illustrative: Golani Brigade soldiers during training in northern Israel, April 17, 2014. (Israel Defense Forces/File)

Soldier charged for allegedly beating and abandoning Palestinian man in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Indictment against Golani serviceman says he and fellow troops took victim to secluded area, assaulted and threatened him, before leaving and trying to hide incident from superiors

Oriane Ben Kalifa, a former Border Police officer accused of assaulting a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem's Old City, seen as she arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, May 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Border Police reinstates cop convicted of assaulting Palestinian woman at checkpoint

French retail chain Carrefour opens 50 stores across Israel, vowing to disrupt prices

By Sharon Wrobel

French supermarket chain Carrefour on Tuesday opened its first 50 branches across Israel at an investment of NIS 250 million ($70 million), with observers hoping the move will spur much desired competition in Israel’s overly concentrated food retail market to help bring down the cost of living. By... Continue Reading

The opening of the Ra'anana branch of French supermarket chain Carrefour, attended by Carrefour Israel CEO Uri Kilstein and Patrick Lasfargues, president of Carrefour's international division, May 9, 2023. (Courtesy)

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents economic and budget plans for 2023-2024, February 28, 2023. (Courtesy)

Israel’s fiscal deficit widens to 0.3% of GDP in April; tax income continues to drop

By Sharon Wrobel

How Israel came to the UAE’s aid after the 2022 Houthi missile strikes

An updated version of a book on the Abraham Accords being released on Thursday reveals the multifaceted assistance Israel provided to the United Arab Emirates when the Gulf nation faced a series of missile strikes from Houthi rebels in Yemen last year. According to a new chapter of "Trump's Peace" by Israeli journalist... Continue Reading

President Isaac Herzog (left) meets with UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi on December 5, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

A bulldozer carries sand from the sea during construction of a hotel on the beachfront in Bat Yam on the central coast, March 14, 2011. (Nicky Kelvin/Flash 90)

Health expert: Government move to sidestep clean air law is a ‘license to kill’

Head of public health association warns that Finance Ministry bid to weaken oversight to speed up building of big infrastructure projects would cause ‘irreversible harm’

Colmobil engineer Nimrod Ofir stands by one of three trucks that will be filled at Israel's first hydrogen refilling station at Yagur near Haifa, in northern Israel, May 8, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Israel’s first hydrogen refilling station for vehicles opens in north

A Tel Aviv's municipality worker cleans the beach from plastic waste, in Tel Aviv, January 9, 2023. (Oded Balilty/AP)

Amid climate bill gridlock, 1st cabinet meetings held on dangers of rising sea levels

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan in Israel for the 11th Jerusalem Writers Festival May 8-11, 2023 (Courtesy Chen Wagshall)

Interview

Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan avoids tech, but imagines it for her characters

By Jessica Steinberg

In Israel for 11th Jerusalem Writers Festival, writer says of her latest book, ‘The Candy House,’ that she lets her sense of curiosity guide her

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides speaks at an event in Jerusalem on February 19, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides set to depart his post this summer

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Envoy said to be looking to spend more time with his family, after two years in the job under three Israeli prime ministers

The selectees on Hadassah's list of 18 American Zionist Women You Should Know. (Photos courtesy)

Hadassah marks Israel’s 75th with list of ’18 American Zionist Women You Should Know’

Coming from a diverse range of identities and professional fields, selectees are united in ‘shaping the future of Zionism,’ the organization says as it releases the inaugural list

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the Victory Day military parade marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II in Red square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Marking WWII victory over Nazis, Putin says West has ‘unleashed war’ on Russia

By AP

In a sign of Ukraine invasion’s toll on armed forces, Red Square parade smallest in years with no military flyover; 24 Russian cities cancel May 9 events altogether

More Headlines

European Union delegation member and member of European parliament Sophie in 't Veld attends a press conference on the investigation to the alleged misuse of the Pegasus spyware in Hungary, in Budapest on February 21, 2023. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

EU lawmakers urge bloc-wide curbs on use of Israeli Pegasus spyware

Women walk along a street in Tehran on April 19, 2023, days after authorities shut more than 150 businesses for not respecting the obligation for women to wear headscarves. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Blasphemy executions denounced by rights groups as ‘shocking new low’ for Iran

By Stuart Williams

Members of far-right group "Comite du 9 Mai" gather during a rally in Paris on May 6, 2023. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Paris police in hot seat after neo-Nazi rally okayed but pension protests banned

By AFP

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

AnalysisWhat drove Syria’s return to the Arab League, and what impact will it have?

By Kareem Chehayeb and ABBY SEWELL

Illustrative: Police perform a raid on suspected members of the Reichsbürger far-right group in Saaldorf, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Bodo Schackow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German neo-Nazi jailed for plotting Atomwaffen-inspired racist terror attacks

By AFP

Syria's empty seat is pictured during an emergency meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

US criticizes Arab League move to restore Syria ties, says it won’t follow suit

By AFP

Labor leader Merav Michaeli, center, with Labor party MKs Gilad Kariv, second from right, and Naama Lazimi, left, after the results of the Labor party primaries were announced, in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Challenging party boss, Labor MK to push for merger with Meretz to shore up left

Britain's King Charles III (left) meets Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis during a reception with faith leaders at Buckingham Palace in London on September 16, 2022. (Aaron Chown / AFP)

From our partnerUK chief rabbi says palace officials helped him keep Shabbat during coronation

By Jenni Frazer

Progressive activist Amy Spitalnick tapped to head Jewish Council for Public Affairs

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

7-year-old in critical condition after fall from 4th-floor balcony in Ashdod

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