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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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IDF troops operate in the central Gaza corridor, in a handout image published May 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

May 7: IDF strikes Rafah rocket launcher used in attack on Israeli border towns

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Suspected drone downed over Eilat * Eurovision organizers slam singer who wore Palestinian keffiyeh * Israeli said murdered in Egypt * US: Israel set to open Kerem Shalom Crossing

8:57 pm

Biden administration to miss deadline for report on Israeli weapons use, sources say
8:45 pm

IDF says suspected drone heading to Eilat from the east was intercepted
8:30 pm

Rocket alarms sound in Kiryat Shmona, other northern towns, in false alarm

IDF troops and tanks on the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on May 7, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)

Crossing is on Philadelphi Corridor, between Egypt and Gaza

IDF tanks take control of Gazan side of Rafah Crossing to Egypt, key road captured

By Emanuel Fabian

Official says army launched ‘limited operation’ aimed at pressuring Hamas to accept a deal; army says 20 gunmen killed, 3 tunnels found, explosive-laden car hit as it drove at tank

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024. (AP/Ramez Habboub)

Israeli tanks said to roll into Rafah after war cabinet okays offensive

By ToI Staff and Agencies

This image grab taken from footage released by the Israeli army on May 7, 2024, shows the 401st Brigade's combat team tanks entering the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/Israeli Army/AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 7: Day 214 – Has the IDF crossed the Rubicon into Rafah?

Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024. (AFP)

PM's office: Hamas offer far from our essential requirements

Hamas claims to accept ceasefire, hostage deal; Israel: This isn’t what we agreed to

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Gazans celebrate in streets; families of hostages plead for deal; US studying response; war cabinet says negotiators will meet mediators, but orders IDF to push ahead with Rafah op

CIA director William Burns speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill on March 8, 2023. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP)

US knew of mediators’ altered proposal to Hamas, did not inform Israel — report

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

A picture taken on May 6, 2024, shows smoke billowing following bombardment east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP)

Hamas warns Rafah operation ‘won’t be a picnic,’ says Gaza truce talks in jeopardy

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Stranger Things actor, Brett Gelman, on All About Change

Promoted podcast

Brett Gelman – Hollywood Speaking Out Against Antisemitism

‘Stranger Things’ actor Brett Gelman has always fought against antisemitism. After the October 7 attacks, Brett stepped up his activism. Find out how.

Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold banners and flags during a protest calling for their return, outside a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and families of hostages in Tel Aviv, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Hamas says 33 hostages to be freed in 1st phase of a deal may not all be alive

Terror group said to tell mediators it doesn’t have 33 living people who meet ‘humanitarian’ criteria of initial phase — after Israel agreed to lower previous demand of 40 people

Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the Israeli government outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 4, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

ExplainerSpecifics of a deal Hamas says it accepts, and that Israel says does not meet its terms

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Participants display placards reading "Bring him Home" and showing pictures of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza at the annual March of The Living to honor the victims of the Holocaust at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on May 6, 2024 (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)

7th torch added to ceremony to honor victims of October 7

At Auschwitz march, participants rally around concern over hostages and antisemitism

By Canaan Lidor

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the March of the Living sees unprecedented political action with calls for the release of those held in Gaza, as well as some anti-Israel provocation

Poll: Over half of Israeli Jews see comparison between Holocaust and October 7

Yad Vashem displays scrapbooks by women hiding Jewish babies

By Jessica Steinberg

Master Sgt. (res.) Nahman Natan Hertz (left) and Master Sgt. (res.) Dan Kamhaji, killed in a Hezbollah drone attack near Metula, May 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Army announces two reserves troops killed in Hezbollah drone attack Monday

By Emanuel Fabian

Air defenses fail to shoot down explosive-laden aircraft launched from Lebanon; another soldier lightly hurt

File: Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in the area of the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh near the border with Israel on May 5, 2024 (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Northern Israel targeted with multiple rockets, drones from Lebanon; none hurt

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

A picture taken from a position by the northern Israeli border with Lebanon shows smoke billowing during Israeli strikes on May 6, 2024 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Two injured in drone attack near Metula; Hezbollah claims to target military position

By Emanuel Fabian

Sharone Lifschitz and her father, Oded Lifschitz, before he was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, from Kibbutz Nir Oz. (Courtesy)

Daughter of elderly hostage says captives have become pawns during ongoing war

By Jessica Steinberg

Sharone Lifschitz, whose father, Oded, 83, has been held hostage since October 7, believes he would be home if government had ‘played its hand differently’

Hostage, 84, released from Hamas captivity in November to finally leave hospital

From the blogs

A Medical Student

I would never let these doctors treat my relatives

My fellow med students’ denial of Jewish and Israeli pain has implications for Jewish patients. Here’s what you can do about it

Student pro-Palestinian protesters chant near an entrance to Columbia University on April 30, 2024, in New York City (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images via AFP)

'Is it our job to go there and fight or to stay in Tel Aviv?'

Students in Tel Aviv and New York feel heat as Columbia protests target TAU program

By Gavriel Fiske

Ivy League school and Israeli administrator say dual-degree partnership won’t be shut, but some participants are shaken, fearing going to class with ‘people calling for my death’

Columbia cancels main commencement amid ongoing anti-Israel protests

By Agencies and ToI Staff

120 arrested as police break up pro-Palestinian encampment at Amsterdam University

By Agencies and ToI Staff

What I heard on that campus shocked me

The uninformed kids protesting Israel didn’t surprise me. But the science professor who minimized the Holocaust definitely did

What the Kapo Trials tell us about moral gray zones

It was true during WWII and it’s true today: While justice seeks black and white, most of life functions in gray zones

Analysis

‘Plausibility’ in the South African genocide case against Israel is not what it seemed

The ICJ’s ruling found that the Palestinians had a ‘plausible right’ to be protected from genocide under the Genocide Convention, not that genocide was plausibly taking place

President of the International Court of Justice Judge Joan E. Donoghue delivers the court's order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (Courtesy International Court of Justice)

US Senator Tom Cotton speaks with reporters at the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill, March 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mariam Zuhaib)

Republican senators warn ICC prosecutor: Target Israel, and we will target you

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks during a press conference at the end of the European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, April 18, 2024. (Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)

Belgian PM says he is rallying EU countries to impose trade sanctions on Israel

By Lazar Berman

Alexander De Croo, who faces an election next month, supports measures against settlement products, but they are unlikely to gain necessary support in 27-member bloc

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel students wave Palestinian flags and placards as they occupy Amsterdam University campus on May 6, 2024. (Nick Gammon / AFP)

Belgian, Dutch university students join pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests

AnalysisTurkey’s trade ban: Importers seek indirect routes to bring goods to Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

Police raid the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Shin Bet report that led to closure of Al Jazeera is ‘classified,’ won’t be released

By Jeremy Sharon

Government shut Qatari outlet’s offices, blocked its broadcasts, after agency found it ‘does actual harm to state security’; official: ‘It incites Palestinians to attack Israelis’

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

With ammo shipment said put on hold, US to report if IDF using weapons legally in Gaza

State Department says it’s on track to notify Congress by Wednesday deadline, as widening group of Democrats push for Israel to be found noncompliant with international law

US President Joe Biden (L) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Biden calls PM to reiterate opposition to Rafah op after IDF orders partial evacuation

Palestinians leave the eastern side of the southern Gaza city of Rafah following IDF orders to evacuate ahead of a military operation, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

Thousands of Palestinians begin evacuating Rafah as army warns of incursion

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Shin Bet head Ronen Bar attends the annual Holocaust Day ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Shin Bet head visits Malmo to coordinate security for Israel’s Eurovision entry

By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro

Bar visited Swedish city last week with delegation from security service’s VIP protection division to coordinate arrangements for Eden Golan’s participation in contest

Israel's Eden Golan -- and her backup dancers -- rehearsing her song 'Hurricane' ahead of the Eurovision in Malmo, Sweden, on April 30, 2024. (Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU)

Facing protests, Israel’s Eurovision contestant Eden Golan aims to ‘unite by music’

Relatives and supporters of hostages taken captive by Hamas on October 7 hold placards and wave flags during a demonstration calling for their release, Tel Aviv, May 6, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Protesters block roads to demand Israel accept ceasefire-hostage deal, halt Rafah push

By Jessica Steinberg and Charlie Summers

After Israel rejects Hamas terms, families of captives and other demonstrators gather in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere, accuse Netanyahu of ‘abandoning the hostages’

Israeli security forces guard aid trucks making their way to the Gaza Strip while people protest them, on Route 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, May 6, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Six Israelis arrested for attacking, damaging aid convoy heading to Gaza

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The remains of a home at Kibbutz Be'eri, destroyed by Hamas attack on October 7, seen on October 20, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)

New York Times, Reuters, author Thrall win Pulitzers for controversial Israel reporting

By JTA, Agencies and ToI Staff

Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a United Nations General Assembly meeting about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on November 28, 2023. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP)

UN set to vote on symbolic measure backing Palestine recognition

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Crowd gathered in Martyrs Forest outside Jerusalem to honor Jewish rescuers during the Holocaust in a Yom Hashoah ceremony on May 6, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

B’nai B’rith ceremony honors 13 who rescued other Jews from Nazi atrocities

By Charlie Summers

US President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Biden to condemn antisemitism, praise free speech at Holocaust remembrance event

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Woman found dead in her home in village of Abu Snan, husband arrested

Director General Rafael Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, left, and head of Iran's atomic energy department Mohammad Eslami shake hands at the conclusion of their joint press conference after their meeting in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to take ‘concrete’ steps for cooperation

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Tourists visit the ruins of Adolf Hitler's headquarters the 'Wolf's Lair' in Gierloz, northeastern Poland, July 17 2004. (AP Photo/ Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland ends probe into bones found at former Hitler HQ due to lack of evidence

By Vanessa Gera

Afik Toibi, a border guard who is suspected of killing his comrade, Sgt. Naim Maadi, is indicted in a Haifa District Court on March 10, 2021. (Screen capture/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Border Police officer gets 12 years for killing comrade while playing with gun

US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber ahead of a vote on a foreign aid package at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2024. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

82-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders running for a 4th term, says US democracy in danger

By AP

Former US president Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings in his trial at Manhattan criminal court, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool)

Judge warns Trump of potential jail time for violating gag order in hush money case

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz

Labor MK Naama Lazimi, former Meretz MK Yair Golan and Labor MK Gilad Kariv, in a video released March 17, 2024.(Screen grab)

Labor party announces final list of candidates ahead of leadership primary

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