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What Matters Most On Monday, June 3, 2024

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June 3: Hamas to send team to Cairo to discuss latest hostages-for-ceasefire proposal

Army announces deaths of four Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity * Arab FMs back latest Gaza ceasefire-hostage release efforts as Biden presses Qatar to secure Hamas agreement

8:35 pm

Fires rage in northern Israel after rocket attacks; key roads closed off
8:25 pm

Report says Netanyahu to address joint session of Congress on June 13; Israeli official denies it
8:22 pm

Protesters in Tel Aviv demand hostage deal after 4 more captives declared dead

Participants march during the annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 2, 2024, in New York. (Jordana Horn)

Reporter's notebook

Determination and grit at a somber NYC Israel Day parade, led by families of hostages

By Jordana Horn

45,000-strong show of Jewish unity down Fifth Ave., normally a jubilant affair, reflects eight months of war, 120 hostages still held by Hamas, and skyrocketing global antisemitism

Chanting ‘bring them home,’ New York marchers rally for Israel under heavy security

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Presumed hostage Dolev Yehud declared dead as remains identified in Israel

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Following new tests, military confirms 35-year-old father of four and volunteer medic was killed while aiding others in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7

Dolev Yehoud (Courtesy)

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in a photo released for publication on June 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 3: Day 241 – How many of Hamas’s 4 Rafah battalions still stand?

Passersby observe the photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip that are plastered to the walls of a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 17, 2024 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty).

Egypt says Hamas views hostage-truce proposal ‘positively,’ awaits Israeli response

By Lazar Berman

Foreign Minister Shoukry repeats Cairo’s rejection of Israeli control of Rafah border crossing; Israeli official tells NBC that Biden’s description of proposal is ‘not accurate’

People march on Fifth Avenue to demand the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza as they participate in the annual Israel Day Parade on June 2, 2024 in New York City. (John Lamparski / AFP)

Blinken presses Gallant, Gantz on hostage deal proposal, says onus on Hamas

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Religious Zionism party leader Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting in northern Israel, May 19, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Smotrich said to consult rabbis on leaving coalition over proposed hostage-ceasefire deal

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) meets with IDF Southern Command chief, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman (center), at the unit's HQ in Beersheba, June 2, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant vows war won’t end until Hamas is destroyed; IDF advances further in Rafah

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Defense minister says Israel ‘advancing an alternative’ to terror group’s rule; troops find rocket launchers, arms near Egypt border; fighter jets hit over 30 targets across Gaza

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US expects Israel to commit to its hostage deal proposal if Hamas agrees

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel. October 25, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Hero dog who saved her family from terrorists on October 7 dies

Can Haredi students keep avoiding army service? We’ll know soon

A deep dive into the Supreme Court hearing on when recruitment must start and whether yeshivas can still get public funding

The West must lead now to curb a nuclear-poised Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency can take a crucial step, but the world’s safety depends on a forceful US and European strategy

A nine-justice panel hears petitions demanding the immediate conscription of ultra-Orthodox young men to the Israel Defense Forces at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024. (Amit Shabi/pool)

‘A crying need for more soldiers’: Justices lose patience with Haredi draft evasion

By Jeremy Sharon

High Court judges deride arguments by government and yeshivas that IDF cannot be instructed to conscript ultra-Orthodox men, insist military urgently needs manpower due to war

Analysis

Biden’s ‘Israeli’ proposal for a hostage deal leaves key questions unanswered

The timing and content of the US president’s address were curious, as was Netanyahu’s reaction; that may have been by design

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Middle East, from the State Dining Room of the White House, May 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Protesters holding placards and waving Israeli flags take part in a march in central London, on June 2, 2024, to bring attention to the plight of the hostages still held in Gaza. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Tens of thousands march in London to call for release of hostages

Supporters rally under banner ‘United we bring them home,’ for largest pro-Israel gathering in UK since October 7; speakers include relatives of Hamas captives

Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu speaks at a rally to celebrate the victory in the parliamentary elections, in Male on April 22, 2024. (Mohamed Afrah/ AFP)

Maldives set to bar Israelis from visiting; Foreign Ministry issues travel warning

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

Israeli passport holders in Indian Ocean archipelago advised to consider leaving, as nation’s president also declares ‘Maldivians in Solidarity with Palestine’ fundraising campaign

Members of a special unit of the Romanian gendarmerie stand outside the apartment block in which the Israeli embassy is located in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, June 3, 2024, after a suspect threw a Molotov cocktail at the embassy. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Firebomb thrown at Israeli embassy in Romania, no injuries or damage

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

American actor Michael Douglas is hosted by President Isaac Herzog at the President residence in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Visiting Israel, Michael Douglas suggests anti-Israel campus protesters ‘brainwashed’

By Amy Spiro and Agencies

On solidarity trip, Oscar-winning actor-producer tours Oct. 7 massacre sites; hosted by Herzog, describes shock of anti-Israel campus activism: ‘There’s no education, no knowledge’

Illustrative: View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Sirens or school bells: Evacuated northern students don’t know where they’ll be next fall

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Authorities prepare new facilities for kids forced to leave homes due to Hezbollah fire; education officials also brace for possibility of war with Lebanon-based terror group

A fire following an alleged Israeli airstrike near Aleppo Syria on June 3, 2024. (Screen capture: X)

Syria says several killed in alleged Israeli airstrike on Aleppo area

By ToI Staff and Agencies

View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, near the northern town of Katzrin, June 2, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90

Hezbollah rockets spark fires burning 10,000 dunams of open areas in north

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Nature and Parks Authority official says it will take years for local flora to repair itself after Sunday blaze destroyed parts of Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve

Iranian interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, left, shakes hands with Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, after their news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, June 3, 2024. Kani arrived in Lebanon Monday, his first official diplomatic visit since his predecessor died in a helicopter crash last month. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iran’s acting FM visits Lebanon for talks on ‘resistance front’ against Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli firefighters put out flames in a field after rockets launched from Lebanon struck the outskirts of Katzrin in the Golan Heights on June 2, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

2 hurt as Hezbollah shells north, launches explosive drones after wave of IDF strikes

By Emanuel Fabian

An Israeli Navy ship is seen off the coast of the southernmost city of Eilat, on April 17, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Apparent Houthi ballistic missile fired at Eilat downed by Arrow system — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Surface-to-surface projectile from ‘direction of Red Sea’ downed by long-range interceptor; no injuries

Screen capture from undated video of Houthi forces purportedly training to attack the Israeli city of Dimona, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Yemen’s Houthis training to invade Israel, but need a way to get there – report

Obituary

Charlie Summers

David Levy, who mainstreamed Mizrahi involvement in politics, dies at 86

Likud politician was for decades Israel’s leading Mizrahi political figure, rising to deputy PM and three-time foreign minister, but faded after primary loss to Netanyahu in 1993

Former Israeli Politician David Levy at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Trailblazer’ David Levy remembered for forging space for Mizrahi voices in politics

Mexico's presidential candidate for Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates following the results of the general election in Mexico City, on June 3, 2024. (Gerardo Luna / AFP)

Claudia Sheinbaum wins election to become Mexico’s 1st woman, 1st Jewish president

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former Mexico City mayor wins 58% of the vote, National Electoral Institute announces, confirming earlier exit polls showing she beat key rival Xochitl Galvez

Then-presidential hopeful Javier Milei holds an Israeli flag during his campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, October 16, 2023. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

AnalysisArgentinian president’s surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative photo of a Talmud page. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

'Aramaic is a complex collection of various dialects'

Rashi was right: Machine learning confirms unique status of some Talmudic tracts

By Gavriel Fiske

New study shows that the ‘special tractates’ of the Babylonian Talmud have distinct linguistic features, as commented on by medieval sages

More Headlines

The compound of Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus, April 10, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israeli army rescues pilgrims who snuck into Nablus to visit Joseph’s Tomb

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out near the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem fire that damaged Israel Museum building being investigated as arson

A branch of Pret A Manger in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Due to war, UK’s Pret A Manger sandwich and coffee chain scraps planned Israel entry

By Sharon Wrobel

German police officers take off their caps in Mannheim Germany, after learning that a police officer, who was stabbed two days ago there, died on June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/ Michael Probst)

German policeman dies after being wounded in stabbing attack at anti-Islam rally

Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza (C) joins anti-Israel protesters preparing to march through central London, on May 18, 2024. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)

French Jews decry Normandy region plan to honor pro-Hamas journalist

By Canaan Lidor

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)

At UN nuclear meeting, European powers seek to censure Iran for lack of cooperation

By AFP and ToI Staff

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