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What Matters Most On Friday, April 5, 2024

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People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in an Israeli air strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Second and third vehicles were attacked 'for no real reason'

‘Serious failure’: IDF fires 2 top officers over deadly drone strike on Gaza aid convoy

By Emanuel Fabian

Attack on World Central Kitchen cars was carried out in grave violation of orders, probe finds; commanders believed Hamas gunman was in one car; WCK insists on independent probe

A Palestinian man ferries water at a makeshift camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 4, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

UN rights council calls for arms embargo on Israel, citing ‘risk of genocide’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

File - CIA chief William Burns, Egyptian intel chief Abbas Kamel, Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. (Collage/AP/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

April 5: Biden urges Egypt, Qatar leaders to press Hamas to agree to hostage deal — official

By Jacob Magid, Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff

Hamas said to reject latest Israeli proposal as Mossad chief, mediators ready for Cairo summit * US president says Israel doing what he asked on Gaza aid

8:36 pm

Columbia suspends students for ‘Resistance 101’ event where speakers praised Hamas
8:33 pm

Biden penned letters to Egypt and Qatar, urging them to press Hamas in hostage talks - official
8:02 pm

'Is that a serious question?': Biden hits back at reporter who asked if he's abandoning Israel

Illustrative: Trucks lined up at the entrance to Ashdod Port during a protest against humanitarian aid deliveries entering the Gaza Strip, February 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

After PM’s call with Biden, ministers okay steps to swiftly ramp up aid flow to Gaza

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Israel to let humanitarian deliveries through Ashdod Port, reopen Erez Crossing for first time since it was attacked on Oct. 7; US calls for ‘full and rapid’ implementation of moves

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US-EU Trade and Technology Council in Leuven on April 5, 2024. (Johanna Geron/POOL/AFP)

‘Proof is in the results’: US cautiously welcomes Israeli moves on Gaza aid

By Reuters and Lazar Berman

Illustrative: Activists block the entrance to Ashdod port during a protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, February 1, 2024 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing April 5: Day 182 – Israel to open port, border crossing to get aid to Gaza

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This combination photo shows US President Joe Biden, left, on March 8, 2024, in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (AP Photo)

Biden warns Netanyahu US policy on Gaza war will shift unless major changes made

President tells PM he wants concrete steps announced and implemented to address humanitarian crisis, protect aid workers, says immediate ceasefire is essential to those ends

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2, 2024. (AP/Mike Roemer)

Trump says he’s not ‘loving the way’ Israel is fighting in Gaza: It’s ‘losing PR war’

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Efrat Katz, 68, was killed as Hamas terrorists kidnapped her from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7. (Facebook)

Efrat Katz likely killed by IAF helicopter fire during Oct. 7 abduction attempt — probe

By Emanuel Fabian

Air Force investigation finds gunship fired at vehicle carrying both terrorists and hostages — with surveillance systems unable to distinguish between them — killing Katz, 68

Shayna Goldberg

When we Israelis have ‘crazy thoughts’

They make you barricade your sliding doors. And turn driving through a tunnel into fear for the hostages. And dare you to make summer plans

Israel cannot afford a systems failure

Not following instructions can mean blackouts, meltdowns, and destruction, like Aaron’s sons’ strange fire – or Israel’s current state of affairs (Shemini)

Sidra Kranz Moshinsky

My mother might be the youngest Holocaust survivor

My grandmother used Catholic papers to give birth in 1944 Poland, and gave up the baby while she was in hiding. Today, that baby is 80

Eric R. Terzuolo

When everything is an ‘outrage’ is anything truly outrageous?

Why did Pres. Biden use language usually reserved for adversaries in reaction to Israel’s mistaken killing of food aid workers?

A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on April 4, 2024, shows the supreme leader praying over the coffins of seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike at Iran's embassy compound in Damascus, which Tehran blamed on Israel, ahead of their funeral procession. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

Teheran says pro-Palestinian rallies held at 2,000 locations

Vowing revenge, Iran pays homage to IRGC generals killed in strike blamed on Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

‘Martyrs on the road to Jerusalem’: As Israelis brace for possible retaliation, thousands gather for Quds Day commemorations in Tehran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a security cabinet meeting, April 4, 2024. (Channel 12 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu warns ‘we’ll harm those who harm us’ as Israel braces for Iranian response

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari delivers a press briefing following a deadly strike on World Central Kitchen volunteers in the Gaza Strip overnight, April 2, 2024. (Screenshot)

Amid fears of Iranian attack, IDF says no need to ‘buy generators, stock food, get cash’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Palestinians inspect the damage to residential buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Inside story

Qatar not inclined to assist in post-war Gaza reconstruction due to Israeli treatment

Some in Jerusalem look to distance Doha, but the warning from its PM could signal another country unwilling to help rehabilitate Strip, leaving Israel alone to do the job

Palestinian children said suffering from malnutrition receive treatment at a healthcare center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 5, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

High Court gives government six days to submit answers on Gaza humanitarian crisis

By Jeremy Sharon

Shaken by daily mass protests on Gaza, Jordan accuses ‘infiltrators’ of stoking unrest

By Gianluca Pacchiani

The Hashemite kingdom has been one of Israel’s most vocal critics, but the Jordanian public is dissatisfied with the government’s rhetoric and many demand an end to the peace treaty

Illustrative: Jordanians chant slogans during a demonstration near the Embassy of Israel in Amman on March 28, 2024, in support of Palestinians amid the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Intensifying attacks, Gazan terrorists fire numerous rockets at southern Israel

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

No injuries reported; rocket lightly damages road in Sderot; two projectiles intercepted over Netivot in first such incident since mid-January

The impact site of a rocket fired from Gaza in the southern city of Sderot, April 4, 2024. (Sderot Municipality)

Israeli army vehicles move in an area along the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on April 4, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Hamas official seems to reject latest hostage deal offer, demands full Israeli pullout

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Palestinians wait to cross into Jerusalem from the West Bank on their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount for the last Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Qalandia checkpoint, April 5, 2024. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian killed in West Bank as police gird for final Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook

Maya Zanger-Nadis

As they mark six months of war, Kfar Aza residents tentatively plan their return home

At a press event this week, displaced Gaza border residents say they are still processing the trauma of Oct. 7 and fear for their five living hostages still held by Hamas

Members of Kibbutz Kfar Aza speak to reporters in their temporary home of Kibbutz Shefaim on April 3, 2024. (Maya Zanger-Nadis/Times of Israel)

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: This is a war of independence for Israelis and Gazans

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

After six months, the Jewish state is faced with only bad choices, but leaving Hamas in power in the Gaza Strip would be suicidal for both Israelis and Gazans, says the author

Philosopher and public intellectual Dr. Micah Goodman. (Yonit Schiller)

Inside story

How Howard Kohr made AIPAC a pro-Israel powerhouse while keeping a low profile

Under Kohr, who is retiring as CEO by year’s end, fundraising ballooned; though his organization faced accusations of leaning right, he refused to rescind backing for two states

File: Howard Kohr, the CEO of AIPAC, opens the group's policy conference in Washington, DC, March 4, 2018. (Courtesy of AIPAC via JTA)

Children of fallen IDF soldiers celebrate their bar mitzvah at the Western Wall in a collective celebration on April 4, 2024. (Kobi Koenkas/IDF Widows & Orphans Organization).

Reporter's notebook

Through pain of loss, IDF orphans celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs at Western Wall

By Maya Zanger-Nadis

President Isaac Herzog meets with children of fallen IDF soldiers and security forces at Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance, where he commends their heroism

Yarden Garzon of the Indiana Hoosiers playing against the Lipscomb Bisons at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, November 19, 2023. (Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics)

'It's a small help, but I do everything to raise awareness'

Full court press: Rising NCAA basketball star Yarden Garzon proudly reps Israel

The 20-year-old Indiana Hoosiers guard from Ra’anana uses platform to dispel ‘fake news’ about her home country as anti-Zionist rhetoric soars amid ongoing war in Gaza

File: Indian workers aspiring to be hired for jobs in Israel line up during a recruitment drive in Lucknow, India, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Dozens of Indian construction workers fly to Israel to replace Palestinian laborers

By ASHOK SHARMA

New Delhi says it has urged Israeli authorities to ensure safety of new workers amid ongoing war; thousands have flocked to apply for jobs since Palestinians barred after October 7

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Simrand Thind holds a Leave it Blank flyer outside of Masjid Al-Abidin on March 29, 2024 in the Queens Borough of New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images via AFP)

Pro-Palestinian protest vote campaign in New York claims victory against Biden

Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman speaks during a debate in the Knesset, August 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset passes 1st reading of climate bill without any clear budgeting

An New York Police Department (NYPD) car is seen in New York, on January 12, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

New York police report 43 antisemitic incidents in March, reversing downward trend

SIBF managing partner Or Ben Shoshan. (Courtesy)

New social impact fund to invest in war-affected young Israeli startups

By Sharon Wrobel

File: A woman standing under a McDonald's sign, in central Jerusalem, February 2, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

McDonald’s to acquire franchised restaurants in Israel amid boycott calls

By AFP

In this March 16, 2024, image courtesy of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, surgeons perform the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human. (Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital/AFP)

First person to undergo successful pig kidney transplant discharged from hospital

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