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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 18, 2025

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May 18: Official says resumed Gaza aid under old mechanism ‘temporary’ until new centers go up

Under US pressure, Netanyahu OKs immediate renewal of basic aid, claims this will prevent ‘hunger crisis’ from harming IDF op * Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer

8:17 pm

Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer, office says
8:11 pm

Israeli official says aid deliveries under old mechanism will be 'temporary,' until new distribution centers up and running
7:59 pm

Netanyahu approves immediate resumption of humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza

Palestinians move with their belongings as they flee the northern cities of Jabalia and Beit Lahia Gaza Strip towards Gaza City amid continuous Israeli strikes in the Palestinian territory on May 17, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Netanyahu tells Israeli negotiators to stay in Qatar

Israel, Hamas say hostage-ceasefire talks renewed after IDF initiates major new offensive

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Terror group says negotiations in Qatar held ‘without preconditions’; Israel’s Katz argues Gaza op brought Hamas to table; teams said discussing 2-month truce with US involvement

Yuval Raphael from Israel performs the song 'New Day Will Rise' during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025. (AP/Martin Meissner)

Eurovision 2025

Israel’s Yuval Raphael tops Eurovision public vote, finishes in 2nd place as Austria wins

Security blocks protesters who attempt to rush stage during Israel’s performance; ‘Thank you Europe, Am Yisrael Chai,’ says singer after powerful rendition of ‘New Day Will Rise’

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael parades during the flag ceremony at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on May 17, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Israel’s Yuval Raphael feels she’s ‘won at life’ after coming second at Eurovision

Anti-Israel demonstrators stage a protest outside the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest's grand final in Basel on May 17, 2025. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP)

Anti-Israel protesters clash with Basel police during Eurovision Song Contest

By AFP

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A screenshot of an undated video released by the Israel Defense Forces on December 17, 2023, shows Hamas commander Muhammad Sinwar, right, riding in a car traveling through a tunnel under the Gaza Strip. (Screenshot: Israel Defense Forces)

Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar’s body said found in Gaza tunnel hit by IDF last week

By Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Defense minister says ‘there’s no official confirmation, but according to all the indications’ he died; report says third Sinwar brother Zakaria killed Saturday

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 16, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Head of controversial Israel-backed Gaza aid group says ‘plan isn’t perfect, but feeds people’

A Palestinian boy looks at a house destroyed in Israeli strikes in al-Saftawi area west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 18, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 18: Day 590 – New day rises? IDF launches massive Gaza op

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Protesters at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv call for the release of hostages, May 17, 2025 (Paulina Patimer)

Protesters across Israel demand hostage deal as IDF launches new offensive

Captive’s mother threatens ‘all-out war’ on government if deal blocked; relatives appeal to Trump to force a truce; Netanyahu supporters attack protesters at Rehovot rally

National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Eisenkot says establishment of Palestinian state ‘irrelevant’ in post-Oct. 7 reality

Analysis

Eager for political wins, Trump was never going to wait around for Israel

The US president is plowing ahead while Jerusalem finds itself surprised again and again; but Israel can still advance its core interests if it makes the necessary adjustments

US President Donald Trump (left) shakes hands with Yousif Al Obaidli, director of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, during a tour of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US President Donald Trump speaks to Fox News, May 17, 2025 (Screenshot)

Trump says he’s not frustrated with Netanyahu: ‘He’s an angry man, and he should be’

As reports claim there’s a rift between them, US president says Israeli PM has ‘been hurt badly’ by Hamas-led October 7 attack, adds ‘he’s got a tough situation’ on his hands

Vice President JD Vance, right, and his wife Usha attend Pope Leo XIV's formal inauguration of his pontificate in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 18, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

US VP Vance said to eye visit to Israel; White House denies he’ll come this week

By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg

Explainer

Voters turned out in droves for Israel at Eurovision, but the juries… not so much

A major win in 2nd place: Yuval Raphael won the popular vote in 12 countries, finishing higher than Eden Golan last year; gap between juries, public is not uncommon at song contest

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael performs 'New Day Will Rise' during the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland, on May 17, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Freed US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander speaks by phone to US President Donald Trump from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on May 13, 2025, the day after Alexander's release from Hamas captivity in Gaza. In the screenshot (left), Alexander thanks Trump for securing his release; (right) Trump tells Alexander of fears for his life. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who oversaw the effort to secure his release and who set up the call with Trump, is seated alongside Alexander, whose parents are also close by. (Channel 12 screenshot)

‘You’re an American, we love you, your parents are incredible’: Video shows Trump’s call with Edan Alexander

US president tells US-Israeli citizen released from Hamas captivity that his mother had been ‘pushing him around’ to secure son’s freedom

Yael and Adi Alexander, the parents of freed hostage soldier Edan Alexander, during an interview on Channel 12 news, May 17, 2025. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Edan Alexander gave ‘a sense of calm’ to fellow hostages on Oct. 7, parents say

Waiting for the Chariot: Life on the edge of war

Life, loss, and resilience on the border with the Gaza Strip – a personal journey home, and what may come next

Eurovision’s foreign policy lessons for Israel

If we don’t start engaging constructively with President Trump and leaders around the world, we will indeed ’cry alone’

A crowd greets Islamic Jihad and Hamas terror operatives as they arrive for the handover of hostages to the Red Cross in the south Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Bild said to have distorted leaked Hamas document to serve ‘Netanyahu’s goals’

German news program shows what it says is full document leaked to Bild last year by PM’s aides, says tabloid excluded parts showing Hamas wanted 84-day ceasefire-hostage deal

Head of Hamas in Gaza Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Hamas document shows Oct. 7 attack aimed at derailing Saudi normalization – report

Palestinians move with their belongings as they flee the northern cities of Jabalia and Beit Lahia Gaza Strip towards Gaza City amid continuous Israeli strikes in the besieged Palestinian enclave on May 17, 2025. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

US embassy in Libya denies report of plans to relocate Gazans to country

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Mission rejects NBC report US is in ‘serious’ talks to move up to 1 million Palestinians to war-torn North African country

Arab leaders pose for a group photo ahead of the opening session of the 34th Arab League summit in Baghdad on May 17, 2025. (Hadi Mizban / POOL / AFP)

Leaders at Arab League summit push for Gaza ceasefire, pledge reconstruction money

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video purporting to show the interception of a Houthi missile fired at Israel, May 18, 2025. (X used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF downs missile from Yemen; Houthis claim to target Ben Gurion Airport

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

No injuries or damage in attack that set off sirens across central region overnight; Iran-backed rebels say they fired two rockets, of which one apparently fell short

Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian village next to the West Bank settlement of Bruchin, the morning after a Palestinian gunman killed Tzeela Gez, who was on her way to the hospital to give birth, May 15, 2025. (AP /Maya Alleruzzo)

IDF kills Palestinian who charged at troops, may be linked to murder of pregnant woman

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Army also arrests others in West Bank’s Bruqin suspected of involvement in Wednesday’s terror shooting that killed Tzeela Gez, who had been heading to hospital to give birth

A dancer performs on stage at the World of Dance Festival and Israeli Breakdance Championships in Jerusalem, May 13, 2025 (World of Dance)

Reporter's notebook

As Israeli breakdancing finds its flow, locals throw down for chance at world stage

The urban dance style is gaining momentum here — mostly among B-boys — as local crews develop their style and look to represent Israel at the upcoming world final in Los Angeles

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Kanye West attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/ Getty Images via AFP)

Kanye West’s pro-Hitler song racks up millions of views on X

By AFP

Syria's Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra (L) and Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais (2nd-L) looking on as Minister of Higher Education Marwan al-Halabi (C) speaks during the first meeting of the new cabinet ministers in Damascus on April 7, 2025. Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the formation of a new government on March 29. (SANA/Handout/AFP)

Syria gives holdout armed groups deadline to join state forces

By AFP

President Donald Trump, surrounded by religious leaders, signs an executive order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission, during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 1, 2025. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump names 4 Orthodox rabbis among advisers to new Religious Liberty Commission

By JTA

Emergency personnel transport the injured following a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz, on August 13, 2023. (MOHAMMADREZA DEHDARI / ISNA / AFP)

Iran sentences three to death over deadly attacks on Shiite shrine

By AFP

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