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What Matters Most On Friday, April 19, 2024

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Illustrative: Iranian soldiers take part in a military parade during a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran on April 17, 2024. (Atta Kenare / AFP)

Military air base at Isfahan said targeted in drone strike

Iranian air base reportedly attacked in ‘limited’ Israeli reprisal strike

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran downplays apparent retaliation and Israel keeps mum in sign both sides are looking to climb back from brink of war following international pressure for restraint

A handout image grab made available by Iranian state TV showing what the TV station said was a live picture of the city of Isfahan early on April 19, 2024, following reports of a drone strike overnight. (Iranian state TV (IRIB) / AFP)

In Friday speech, Raisi makes no mention of latest blasts

Iran says no retaliation planned, as both sides seek distance from Isfahan attack

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ben Gvir tweets alleged reprisal was ‘lame,’ drawing complaints of endangering security by revealing origin of strike, even as Iran indicates it will look the other way

An Iranian military truck carries an underwater military equipment past President Ebrahim Raisi (L) and army officers during a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran on April 17, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Apr. 19: Day 196 – What we know about an alleged Israeli strike in Iran

Illustrative: A road sign shows the way toward the US embassy in Jerusalem on April 19, 2024. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

Australians urged to leave Israel, US embassy curbs movement amid Iran jitters

By AFP and ToI Staff

Doug Seserman during leadership mission - credit Dani Machlis

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Analysis

With mild reported strike, Israel aims to bolster coalition to tackle Iran nuke threat

Attack at Isfahan sends warning to Iran, seeks to avoid escalation, reflects US calls for strategic thinking, keeps intact the alliance that helped defend Israel on Saturday

In this March 30, 2005, file photo, an Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through part of the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to fighter jet pilots at the Tel Nof Airbase, April 18, 2024. (Shachar Yurman/Defense Ministry)

Gallant to pilots who intercepted Iran’s attack: ‘Our work is only going to increase’

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Reuters

The head of Iran's Nuclear Protection and Security Corps Ahmad Haghtalab threatens to revise Iran's nuclear doctrine, and to target Israel's nuclear facilities if it strikes Iranian nuclear sites, during a televised interview, April 18, 2024. (IRIB/AFP)

Iran warns it may revise its ‘nuclear doctrine,’ threatens to hit Israeli nuclear sites

By Agencies and ToI Staff

‘Lame!’: Ben Gvir slammed for hinting Israel behind overnight strike in Iran

By AFP and ToI Staff

‘Childish’ far-right minister appears to criticize strike as weak even as Jerusalem, Tehran mum on Israeli connection; Lapid: ‘Unforgivable’ tweet disgraces country, harms security

File - National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at a voting station in Tel Aviv, during the municipal elections, February 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Illustrative: People stand on the tarmac next to a Flydubai airline after it landed at Kabul International Airport in Kabul on November 15, 2023. (AFP)

Carriers scramble to reroute flights as alleged Israeli strike hits Iran air traffic

The headquarters of US financial company Standard and Poor's (S&P) in lower Manhattan, New York, May 2014. (mixmotive via iStock by Getty Images)

S&P cuts Israel’s long-term credit ratings, citing ‘military escalation risks’

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference on the last day of the G7 foreign ministers meeting on the Italian island of Capri on April 19, 2024. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)

Global community urges Israel, Iran to keep a lid on tensions after reported strike

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Italian leader says US warned ‘at last minute,’ as Washington clarifies it had nothing to do with alleged retaliation; indications tit-for-tat over do little to mute calls for restraint

US House of Representatives speaker, Mike Johnson, meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 16, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US House speaker ‘anxious’ to pass Israel, Ukraine aid as far-right mutiny brews

By Agencies and ToI Staff

File: In this photo released by the Iranian army on Oct. 3, 2023, drones are launched during the air force nationwide drone drill centered in northern Semnan province, Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)

US and Britain announce new sanctions against Iran after attack on Israel

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, parents of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin (Courtesy)

Interview'It's perverse to celebrate freedom when our son is not free'

Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents contemplate Passover with their son in captivity

By Jessica Steinberg

Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin talk about how the Iranian strike offered an opportunity for the Jewish state to realign with allies even as anti-Israel sentiment grows in the US

As Hostages’ Square rally seeks unity, some families look for help from union instead

By Charlie Summers and Jessica Steinberg

Amid reports that Israeli missiles were fired at Iran overnight April 18-19, 2024, Iraqi officials inspect parts of a missile found some 45 miles southwest of Baghdad, on April 19, 2024. The footage shows what appears to be parts of a two-stage standoff air-to-surface missile. (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Live updates (closed)

April 19: US mum on alleged IDF strike inside Iran, in apparent effort to de-escalate tensions

By Jacob Magid and Elana Kirsh

Ben Gvir ally Benzi Gopstein targeted in third round of settler sanctions by US * Paris police nab suspect with explosive vest at Iran consulate * IAEA confirms nuclear sites not hit

8:40 pm

Israeli, US defense chiefs discuss maintaining regional stability in call hours after alleged strike in Iran
8:29 pm

Satellite photo seen by ToI shows damage to radar system near Iran's Isfahan Airport after alleged IDF strike
8:04 pm

Biden aide: We're working to formalize regional cooperation used to thwart Iran strike

US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood votes against a resolution that would have recognized the Palestinians as a full UN member state, during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

US vetoes Security Council resolution recognizing Palestinians as full UN member state

12 nations back statehood bid, including France, Japan, South Korea, which haven’t individually recognized Palestinian state; US official: They voted yes because they knew we’d use veto

Israeli military vehicles drive along a devastated street in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank, during a raid on April 19, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

IDF: 4 soldiers hurt, several Palestinian gunmen killed in West Bank raid

By Emanuel Fabian

Israel supporters cheer during the Euro 2024 qualifying play-off soccer match between Israel and Iceland, at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Palestinians to call for sanctions against Israeli soccer at FIFA congress next month

By AP and ToI Staff

An Israeli army f-15 fighter jet flies over central Israel on April 15, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Israeli warplanes said to take out radar installation in southern Syria

By AFP

Attack involving six fighter jets flying east over Daraa-Suweida area occurred around same time as reported attack on Iran’s Isfahan, monitor says

Lebanese villagers pass by a building which was destroyed by Israeli shelling, in Kfar Kila, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

IDF hits Hezbollah cell and sites as Lebanon border skirmishes persist

By Emanuel Fabian

Pictures released by the Israeli Air Force showing planes returning after intercepting a missile attack from Iran, April 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

ExplainerAs Israel debates response to Iran, what would both countries wield in an air war?

Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, an Arab citizen of Israel who was arrested on suspicion of incitement amid the war in Gaza, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, April 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Court releases Hebrew U. professor held for incitement, calls her arrest unjustified

University slams arrest of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian for month-old comments questioning Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7; judge ‘unconvinced’ she’s dangerous

File - Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, professor of social work and law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, during a presentation. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Hebrew U prof. arrested after doubting Hamas rapes, saying Israelis ‘should be afraid’

Mideast analyst Avi Issacharoff, one of the co-creators of the Israeli TV drama 'Fauda,' (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Mideast analyst Avi Issacharoff: Iran can have nukes in 6 months

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Seasoned journalist and ‘Fauda’ co-creator spells out how nuclear Iran must be treated as Israel’s prime existential threat, even as the Jewish state fights on many fronts

New York Police Department officers in riot gear stand guard as pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators chant slogans outside the Columbia University campus, April 18, 2024, in New York City. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Day after president grilled in Congress about campus climate

Over 100 arrested in Columbia U unrest as NYPD clears ‘Gaza solidarity encampment’

Ivy League school suspends 3 students for their role in anti-Israel activities, including daughter of US Rep. Ilhan Omar, after demonstrators reject university’s call to disperse

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Netanyahu’s office hosts emergency talks on feared ICC warrants for PM, ministers

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Israeli officials confirm meeting held on how to prevent potential arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and IDF officers, a prospect that TV report says Israel is increasingly worried by

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Golani soldiers near the border with Gaza on October 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO)

Likud MK Boaz Bismuth and activists protest against United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) outside their offices in Jerusalem, April 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Panel set to publish report Saturday on accusations of UNRWA employees’ terror ties

By Jeremy Sharon

Photo of the Mavi Marmara docked while returning to Istanbul on December 26, 2010. (AP/Burhan Ozbilici)

Israel braces for ‘Freedom Flotilla’ set to sail from Turkey to Gaza

By ToI Staff and Reuters

A woman cooks outside her makeshift shelter at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 14, 2024 (AFP)

US remains unconvinced by Israel’s plans for Rafah after second meeting

US participants in virtual summit ‘concern[ed] with various courses of action in Rafah,’ Washington says; sides discuss Iran hours before reported Israeli strike

Image of two small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), one on top of the other, captured using cryogenic electron microscopy. The double-layer membrane, a hallmark of sEVs, is clearly visible. (Leor's lab, Neufeld and Tamman Cardiovascular Research Institutes, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University and Lev Leviev Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center, Sheba Medical Center)

Tel Aviv University study finds link between heart attacks and cancer growth

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Researchers shows factor-rich microscopic particles escape from the healing heart and travel through the bloodstream to reach existing tumors

Pomegranates, flowers and yellow ribbons are among the new Passover ritual items some Jewish families are bringing to their seders this year. (Design by Mollie Suss/JTA)

How Jews around the world will bring the Israel-Hamas war to Seder tables this Passover

By jacob gurvis

On the holiday, which begins Monday evening, some are adding new symbols including empty chairs, mirrors and pomegranates, while others are adapting old rituals for the present day

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sits with students from the Simcha School in Kyiv for a model Passover seder, April 18, 2024. (Courtesy FJCU via JTA)

Ukraine’s Zelensky attends mock Passover seder at Kyiv Jewish school

By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ

Founders of Israeli startup Mentee Robotics (from left to right) Prof. Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Prof. Amnon Shashua, and Prof. Lior Wolf with prototype AI humanoid robot. (Courtesy)

Mobileye founder gives sneak peek into human-like AI robot doing household chores

By Sharon Wrobel

Former Israeli Mossad agent and author Mishka Ben-David is pictured at his home in Ramat Raziel on April 15, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Ex-Mossad spy whose novel predicted October 7 fears for Israel’s future

By AFP and ToI Staff

Emergency services at the scene of an apartment fire where a man was killed in Givat Shmuel, April 18, 2024. (Video screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man in his fifties dies in Givat Shmuel apartment fire

Ezra Weinblatt is handcuffed by police officers after an alleged assault on pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, April 16, 2024. (Screen capture: X/CAIR, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Altercation with anti-Israel protesters outside DC Embassy; rabbi’s son arrested

Barbra Streisand accepts the life achievement award during the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Barbra Streisand to release new song in response to rising antisemitism in the world

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