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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 26, 2024

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An Israeli man inspects the damage in a house hit during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in the city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

In 2nd attack, rocket lands near school in Gaza-border kibbutz

Rafah rocket volley targets Tel Aviv area, in first such attack in 4 months

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

One person lightly hurt when shrapnel hits a house in Herzliya; Hamas takes responsibility for attack, which IDF predicted would be likely as troops push into southern Gaza city

Footage from a fire that broke out in a camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza's Rafah, following an Israeli strike on what the IDF said was a compound used by Hamas in the area, May 26, 2024. (Social media/X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Live updates (closed)

May 26: IDF says it struck Hamas compound in Rafah; Palestinians report 35 dead

Army says strike killed 2 Hamas commanders, is consistent with international law; Gazans say displaced civilians hurt * Hezbollah says 6 members killed in Israeli strikes in past day

8:59 pm

IDF confirms airstrike on Rafah, says it targeted Hamas compound used by senior officials
8:17 pm

Children orphaned on Oct 7 stranded at airport; were traveling to retreat after Hamas fired at Tel Aviv
8:08 pm

Palestinians report dozens killed, wounded in strike on displaced persons' tents near Rafah

Illustrative: Troops of the Nahal Brigade operate in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout image published May 22, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF presses ahead with Rafah offensive after World Court’s ambiguous halt order

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Reuters

Officials say ruling allows Israel to continue operations in Gaza’s southernmost city; soldier seriously hurt in northern Strip as IDF battles Hamas across the enclave

Journalists at the International Court of Justice photograph the Israeli legal team before Judges enter, in The Hague, Netherlands, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Israeli officials: ICJ ruling gives leeway to continue Rafah offensive

By Reuters, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 25, 2024. (Eyad Baba / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 26: Day 233 – After ICJ ruling, Rafah op continues unabated

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Einav Zangauker holds a sign identifying her son Matan (24), one of the hostages taken captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during the October 7 massacre, as she stands on the roof of a car during a demonstration by hostages' relatives and supporters in Tel Aviv on May 6, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)

Some demonstrators arrested at main rally in Tel Aviv

At weekly rally, hostage’s mom warns Israel will be forced to halt war even without deal

Protesters and activists for Gaza hostages convene around country, call for Netanyahu’s removal; Einav Zangauker: ‘Matan, when you return I’ll tell you the government betrayed you’

Mourners attend the funeral of Michel Nisenbaum, who was killed during Hamas's October 7 attack and whose body was taken into Gaza, in Ashkelon, Israel, on May 26, 2024. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)

Daughter praises ‘heroic’ hostage Michel Nisenbaum as he is buried in Ashkelon

Analysis

Confused by the ICJ’s decision on Gaza? Blame the judges’ deliberate ambiguity

The key sentence in the court’s ruling is a non-definitive three-clause construct. And the judges themselves don’t agree on what it is they are requiring Israel to do

Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on South Africa's request on a Rafah and wider Gaza war ceasefire, in The Hague, on May 24, 2024. (Nick Gammon / AFP)

Troops of the Givati Brigade operate in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout image published May 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 25: Day 232 – ICJ order to ‘halt’ IDF depends on how it’s parsed

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (left) leads a meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on May 22, 2024. (Screen capture)

‘Trying to cause anarchy’: Lapid accuses PM of ties to IDF reservist’s call for mutiny

Yesh Atid MKs call for criminal investigation into Netanyahu’s son Yair after he shares video calling for soldiers to take orders only from the prime minister

A screenshot of a video purporting to show an IDF reservist in Gaza threatening mutiny, published on May 24, 2024. (Screencapture/X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Politicians slam pro-Netanyahu reservist’s ‘dangerous’ call for mutiny; suspect held

Mossad chief David Barnea at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

After Mossad chief’s trip, Israeli official says hostage talks to resume next week

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

David Barnea, CIA director and Qatari PM agreed during Paris meeting to hold negotiations on ‘new proposals’ for truce deal between Israel and Hamas

IDF troops operate in northern Gaza's Jabaliya, in an image cleared for publication on May 25, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF denies Hamas claim to have captured soldiers in new Gaza incident

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks as ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate the holiday of Lag B'Omer in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on May 25, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Small event held at locked-down Meron amid Hezbollah threat

Barred from Meron, Jewish worshipers mark Lag B’Omer at flashpoint East Jerusalem site

By Charlie Summers

Thousands crowd into venue outside Shimon HaTzadik tomb as police lock down tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood; Sephardi chief rabbi lights fire, speaks before enthused audience

Mustapha Ezzarghani

How Arab intellectuals are failing their publics

Neglecting the conflict’s complexity and the suffering experienced on both sides is a form of laziness – even cowardice

Occupying Gaza is Israel’s best path forward

To end the thread of large-scale terror attacks, Israel must weaken Palestinian insurgency. Settlement is a key to that end

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan at the Cour d'Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on February 7, 2024. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)

Top ICC prosecutor says claim he is equating Israel to Hamas is ‘nonsense’

Karim Khan tells The Sunday Times that Israel has the right to protect itself and its citizens, but not to ‘commit war crimes or crimes against humanity’

Aid starts flowing into Gaza from Egypt via Israel’s Kerem Shalom Crossing

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Egyptian Red Crescent says 200 aid trucks, including four fuel tankers, to enter coastal enclave over course of day; IDF says aid deliveries to Gaza nearly doubled last week

Screen capture from video of Egyptian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, May 26, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

American soldiers and Israelis stand near a US vessel that washed up on the beach in Ashdod, May 25, 2024. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

US naval vessels disconnect from Gaza aid pier, wash up on Israeli beaches

By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters

Judge Irving Kaufman (Kaufman Family Photo Collection)

Author interview'There is uncertainty about Ethel. There's no hard evidence'

Biography tries to move judge out from under shadow of controversial Rosenberg spy case

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Irving R. Kaufman, remembered primarily for sending couple to electric chair, shifted over time from being almost unquestioningly pro-government to an upholder of individuals’ rights

This picture taken from northern Israel shows smoke billowing during Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on May 25, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Hezbollah shells northern communities after deadly IDF drone strike in south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

15 rockets launched at Western Galilee after Israeli airstrike kills terror operative in Naqoura; separate barrage on Kiryat Shmona lightly injures man

Gantz submits proposal for state investigation into October 7 invasion and Gaza war

By Jeremy Sharon

Head of the National Unity party urges commission of inquiry after delivering ultimatum saying he’ll quit government unless Netanyahu lays out postwar plans

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz at a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Maryland State Del. Joe Vogel, a Jewish gay Latino Democrat, campaigns with State Sen. Cheryl Kagan in Gaithersburg, Maryland, April 14, 2024. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images/JTA)

'We as Jews have an obligation to stand up for ourselves'

This Jewish Gen-Zer wants to be the next progressive pro-Israel US congressman

Joe Vogel, who identifies as Jewish, LGBTQ and Latino, is notable on the national scene, even aside from his young age, while his coreligionists laud his courageous stance on Israel

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US set to lift ban on offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia – report

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activists take part in a protest to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba in the Queens borough of New York on May 15, 2024. (Leonardo Munoz / Leonardo Munoz / AFP)

Anti-Israel protests more prevalent at elite US universities, study finds

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's car after an accident in Ramle, April 26, 2024. The minister was lightly injured. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Ben Gvir’s bodyguards say his drivers are still breaking traffic laws – report

Novelist John Irving was scheduled to appear at the upcoming Jerusalem Writers Festival opening May 27, 2024, but had to cancel his in-person appearance due to a bout of COVID-19. (Courtesy: Derek O'Donnell)

Novelist John Irving cancels long-awaited Israel visit due to COVID-19

By Jessica Steinberg

Screen capture from video of gunmen firing shots a the Bais Chaya Mushka Jewish girls school in Toronto, Canada, May 25, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Volley of shots fired at Jewish girls’ school in Toronto; no injuries

By AFP and ToI Staff

Police and rescue forces at the scene where 11-year-old Lee-Yam Nahum was killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in Ashdod, May 25, 2024. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

11-year-old boy dies in Ashdod fire likely started by charging battery

A supporter of the Iranian regime kicking a woman filming a scene at an event marking the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in London, May 24, 2024. (X screengrab)

4 hurt, 1 arrested after Iranian regime supporters clash with opponents in London

By AP and ToI Staff

Richard Sherman speaks at the ceremony honoring the Sherman Brothers with the rename of Disney Studios Soundstage A at the World Premiere of Disney's "Christopher Robin" at the Walt Disney Studios, July 30, 2018, in Burbank, California. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

ObituaryRichard Sherman, composer of Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘It’s a Small World,’ dies at 95

By Mark Kennedy

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