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What Matters Most On Saturday, May 24, 2025

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Displaced Palestinians reach out for bread being distributed through a bakery window in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, May 22, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

IDF kills 6 gunmen guarding trucks, says they were looters; Gazans converge on bakery

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Humanitarian aid trickles into Gaza; UN chief says Palestinians entering ‘cruelest phase of war’; Israel says Hamas claims to be ‘guarding’ aid but is stealing it

People check a bus inside a crater in the aftermath of an Israeli strike outside the European Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2025 (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Israel targeted Muhammad Sinwar in rare moment when he had no hostages around him — report

US official denies Arabic reports of breakthrough in talks

Reports claim deal in works to free Israeli-Russian held hostage by Iraqi militia

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Arab media outlets report that negotiations are in advanced stages between US and Iraq for release of Elizabeth Tsurkov in exchange for IRGC officer, others involved in anti-US terror

Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Demonstrators protest against the Israeli government and for the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv, May 24, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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May 24: Anti-government protesters rage at PM; silent vigil for Gaza’s slain children grows

Protesters demand hostage deal, elections at weekly rallies * IDF probing Gaza strike said to kill 9 children * Israeli envoy to US accuses PM’s political rivals of ‘blood libel’

12:44 am

Syria reboots interior ministry as Damascus seeks to reassure West
10:23 pm

Russia says anti-air units intercept 95 Ukrainian drones, 6 of them headed for Moscow
10:20 pm

Death toll in US strikes on al-Qaeda members in Yemen rises to 9

Hamas hostages Yosef-Haim Ohana and Elkana Bohbot appear in a Hamas propaganda video published by the terror group on May 10, 2025. (Screenshot)

‘An attempt to sow panic’: Israelis receive recorded calls of hostages pleading for help

Apparent spam calls use voice of Yosef-Haim Ohana from Hamas video released earlier this month; Hostages Forum say its members also received calls, stresses it is not behind them

Protesters at Habima Square in Tel Aviv lighting their flashlights as they send a prayer for the safety of hostages in Gaza, May 17, 2025 (Adar Eyal)

Israelis rallying around country for hostage deal as Doha negotiations hit impasse

A British Airways flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

British Airways extends flight suspension until July 31, as Aegean returns

Hozrim Betvuna founder Naor Narkis, right, speaks with a passerby in the largely ultra-Orthodox central Israeli city of Bnei Brak, May 2025. (Alexandra Vardi)

Inside Story'I want to encourage people to make their own choices'

Venturing into Haredi enclaves, an Israeli atheist tries a new form of Jewish outreach

By Alexandra Vardi

Naor Narkis has launched a movement to help members of the insular ultra-Orthodox community explore other options – an initiative, he says, that aims to thwart a demographic crisis

A video by Guy Christensen, an American anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers. (Screenshot via JTA)

Popular US pro-Palestinian TikTok influencer endorses murder of Israeli embassy staffers

After initially condemning killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, Guy Christensen tells his over 3 million followers that shooter ‘isn’t a terrorist. He’s a resistance fighter’

Michail Chkhikvishvili (US Department of Justice)

US extradites neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader from Moldova over plot targeting NYC Jews

By Jake Offenhartz

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian who leads the Maniac Murder Cult, faces charges for allegedly ordering poisoned candy be handed out to Jewish kids and racial minorities

Freed hostages Doron Katz-Asher, left, sits near the grave of her mother Efrat Katz, alongside Efrat's partner, former hostage Gadi Mozes, in Kibbutz Revadim, during an interview broadcast by Channel 12 on May 23, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

Former hostage appeals for help, says stipend 'not enough'

Ex-captive Doron Katz-Asher recalls watching her mother die in her arms on Oct. 7

36-year-old says she has gotten over guilt of missing her mother’s funeral while in captivity: ‘I was there with her in her final moments, and I really did say goodbye’

Former hostage Omer Shem Tov, center, celebrates as he is received at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, May 15, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Three months after release, Omer Shem Tov deals with guilt of enjoying everyday life

By AP and ToI Staff

Maj. Gen. David Zini visits families of fallen Israeli soldiers during Memorial Day at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025 (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

PM’s pick for Shin Bet chief said to have told colleagues he’s against hostage deals

Hostage families forum say if reported remarks by Zini confirmed, ‘these are horrifying and contemptible words coming from someone who is set to determine the fate of the hostages’

To my daughter after the DC shooting: Despite the fear, step into your Jewishness with pride, strength, hope, passion, peoplehood

Thanks to Trump, Israel played chicken with Hamas. Hamas won.

In a contest over who could be crueler, why would anyone expect Hamas to suddenly develop a conscience?

Golan's popularity steady after remark on baby killing 'hobby'

Poll: Most Israelis think PM cares more about holding power than winning war, freeing hostages

Half of respondents to Channel 12 survey say possible that gov’t could seek to cancel elections by citing national emergency, which Netanyahu denies: ‘This won’t happen. We’re democrats’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Katz bans former deputy IDF chief Yair Golan from reserves for ‘blood libel’

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

After defense minister bars him from bases or from wearing uniform, Golan notes he last donned it on Oct.7 when rushing to save people from ‘government’s horrific security failure’

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, meets with his Omani counterpart Badr al-Busaidi at the Omani Embassy in Rome during the fifth round of Iran-US negotiations, Friday, May 23, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

After 5th round of nuclear talks, Iran says discussions with US ‘complicated’

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Oman’s FM says ‘some but not conclusive progress’ made in negotiations; Dermer and Mossad chief Barnea meet with Witkoff

Illustrative: A Hezbollah flag is waved during an Al-Quds rally in London (Steve Winston/via Jewish News)

UK police charged Jewish man with racial harassment for holding anti-Hezbollah sign

Law enforcement dropped charges, but only after after 8-month ordeal; interrogator asked suspect if he thought placard would offend pro-Hezbollah protesters

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun casts his vote at a polling station in his hometown of Aishiyah in southern Lebanon during the municipal elections on May 24, 2025. (Lebanese Presidency / AFP)

Hezbollah’s post-war popularity is tested as southern Lebanon holds local elections

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People drive on a street past portraits of slain Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and buildings damaged in Israeli strikes in the recent war, amid the first round of municipal elections, in the Ghobeiry neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburb on May 4, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Hezbollah seeks boost in Lebanon vote as disarmament calls grow

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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A group of pro-Palestinian protesters march away from Columbia University on May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Trump administration accuses Columbia of violating Jewish students’ civil rights

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US government says the university has been ‘acting with deliberate indifference’ to antisemitism on campus since Oct. 7, ‘continually failed to protect Jewish students’

Judge temporarily halts Trump block on foreign students at Harvard after it sues

By Gregory WALTON

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP)

After Trump announcement, Treasury Department says US formally lifting Syria sanctions

By ABBY SEWELL and Ellen Knickmeyer

Sweeping economic relief doesn’t include removal of Sharaa’s HTS from terror blacklist; some US officials pushed for phased approach that would include normalizing ties with Israel

Palestinian members of Islamic Jihad stand in line holding Palestinian flags during a rally at the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Syria's capital Damascus on October 21, 2023. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Iran-backed Palestinian terror groups said to leave Syria under pressure from Sharaa

By AFP and ToI Staff

Film offers elegant, intimate look at architect who designed Israel’s Supreme Court

By Jessica Steinberg

Filmmaker Yael Melamede examines the work and life of her mother, Ada Karmi-Melamede, in ‘Ada: My Mother the Architect’; decries ‘loud, silent boycott of Israeli films right now’

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Forensic police officers investigate on the railway platform at the main train station in Hamburg, Germany, where at least 12 people have been injured in a knife attack, May 23, 2025. (Jonas Walzberg / AFP)

17 injured, 4 seriously, in stabbing at Hamburg train station; woman detained

By AFP

Israeli director Nadav Lapid poses during a photocall for the film 'Ha'Berech' (Ahed's Knee) at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 8, 2021. (Valery HACHE / AFP)

Israeli director Nadav Lapid says new film is response to country’s ‘blindness’ on Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

French actress Catherine Deneuve looks on during the 50th edition of the Cesar Film Awards ceremony at the Olympia venue in Paris, France, February 28, 2025. (Bertrand Guay / AFP)

More actors, filmmakers join petition accusing Israel of ‘genocide’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Yossi Marshek and Agam Rudberg recording an episode of Kan audio drama 'October Sixth' which won a bronze at the New York Festival Radio Awards on May 22, 2025 (Courtesy)

Radio talesKan audio drama wins bronze at NY Festival Radio Awards

By Jessica Steinberg

'Save the Date,' a Keshet International romcom series that is premiering May 25, 2025 on Netflix Israel (Courtesy)

Love and romanceKeshet romcom about wedding planner comes to Netflix Israel

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