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What Matters Most On Friday, July 18, 2025

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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III in Gaza City's Holy Family Church, July 18, 2025, a day after the church was damaged by a shell fired from a nearby Israeli tank. (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

3 killed, church damaged, by what IDF said was errant shell

Jerusalem’s highest-ranking Christian officials enter Gaza to visit church hit by IDF

By Reuters and Lazar Berman

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa brings aid to Strip with Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem; Netanyahu holds lengthy phone call with Pope Leo XIV

Christian Palestinian mourners attend the funeral ceremony of Saad Salameh and Foumia Ayyad, killed earlier in an Israeli strike that hit the Holy Family church in Gaza City, as Archbishop Alexios of the Saint Porphyrius Church leads the mass on July 17, 2025. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)

After angry call from Trump, PM says Israel deeply regrets mistaken shelling of Gaza church

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian

A fighter from Bedouin tribe walks past a burnt vehicle in al-Mazraa village in Syria's southern Sweida governorate, July 18, 2025. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

July 18: Doctor says Sweida hospital morgue full; UN: Almost 80,000 displaced by violence

By Jacob Magid, Shira Silkoff and Michael Horovitz

Hamas military spokesperson declares that if current talks fail, terror group won’t offer another partial hostage deal * IDF says it shot down Houthi missile that triggered sirens

7:35 pm

IDF says it intercepted Houthi missile; no reports of impacts or injuries
7:25 pm

Houthi missile triggers sirens in central Israel and Jerusalem area — IDF
7:25 pm

IDF says rocket launched from Yemen, sirens expected to sound in central Israel, Jerusalem area

Inside story

Mediators bullish on chances for Gaza deal next week after main obstacles overcome

Israel agrees to largely limit IDF presence to 1km-wide perimeter zone; Hamas still reviewing maps but has lifted veto on discussing hostage swap terms; US warns Hamas not to delay

A display created on a Tel Aviv beach calls for the release of all remaining Gaza hostages amid negotiations for a 60-day ceasefire, on July 11, 2025. (Avishai Reisner/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Friends and family attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Sgt. Shlomo Yakir Shrem, who was killed during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, at the military cemetery in Kfar Etzion, July 15, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

ToI poll: Gaza war most pressing issue for Israeli public ahead of next election

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

L to R: Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir are seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, ahead of a failed vote on MK Ayman Odeh's proposed expulsion from the body. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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Political Instability amid Hostage Talks

With mounting public pressure, fissures inside the war cabinet, and growing tensions between the military and political leadership, we unpack what’s happening behind the scenes.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee delivers remarks as US President Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)

Huckabee threatens to declare Israel does not welcome Christians, as visa row blows open

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

US envoy pens scathing letter to interior minister, accusing Israel of blocking Christian groups from entering Israel and warning of reciprocal steps against Israeli visa seekers

Fighters from Bedouin tribes gather near a burning building in al-Mazraa village, in Syria's southern Sweida governorate, as clashes with Druze gunmen continue on July 18, 2025 (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Israel says it’s allowing Syrian forces to enter Sweida for 48 hours amid renewed clashes

By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff

Violence between Druze and Bedouin has renewed in the southern Syrian province despite Thursday’s announced ceasefire; Israel sending humanitarian aid over the border

Bedouin residents leave in trucks loaded with their belongings, in the vicinity of the Druze al-Mazraa village in Syria's southern Sweida governorate on July 17, 2025, seeking safer areas amid ongoing clashes. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Netanyahu vows no Syrian forces south of Damascus, as Bedouins, Druze fight despite truce

By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers and Agencies

Brother Athanase, a Catholic monk of a monastery in Latrun, looks out on the damage caused by wildfires to the monastery's vineyards and olive groves, on July 16, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'It's not something you do every day, planting a new vine'

After Catholic monks’ vineyard was burned in wildfires, Israelis dig in to help replant

By Charlie Summers

The Latrun Monastery’s agricultural lands took a hard hit in this spring’s blazes, prompting a grassroots interfaith effort to help restore their sole source of livelihood

Can we moderates win in a partisan age?

I find role models in Tzlofechad’s daughters, who were zealous enough to get the law changed and restrained enough to work within the system (Pinchas)

‘I’m sleeping in my clothes tonight’

Childhood in Israel today: My brave, pragmatic 10-year-old heard about Israel bombing Syria and immediately began preparing for a return strike

Obituary

Laura Ben-David, beloved photographer, writer and Israel advocate, dies at 56

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

A passionate storyteller with an eye for beauty, the American native moved to Israel in 2002 and quickly became a prominent voice within the Anglo community

Laura Ben-David (Courtesy)

BlogPHOTO ESSAY: Chasing rainbows

By Laura Ben-David

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Who are the Druze and why is Israel protecting them?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into the secretive religion and why, in championing the underdog minority, Israel may be playing the long game in the region

A Druze Syrian man, wounded in the latest rounds of fighting, is surrounded by friends and family members following the withdrawal of government forces from Syria's southern Sweida city on July 17, 2025. (Shadi AL-DUBAISI / AFP)

Dead relatives and looted homes: Syria’s Druze reel as dust settles from bloodshed

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A still of an animation from 'Theodor Herzl - The Man Behind Israel.' (Courtesy)

'It's incredible how little people know about him'

What would Herzl say about Israel today? A new documentary takes an educated guess

By Lianne Kolirin

‘Theodor Herzl – The Man Behind Israel’ sees comic David Baddiel on the road, tracing the father of Zionism’s life. With voice acting by Stephan Fry, it premiered this month in the UK

Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara attends a hearing of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Expedited ministerial vote paves way for cabinet to fire attorney general on Sunday

By Jeremy Sharon

Controversial committee recommends Baharav-Miara dismissal, in vote moved up so that resigning Shas minister can participate; AG again declines to attend ‘sham, illegal’ hearing

After quitting government, Haredim launch scathing attacks on PM, national religious MKs

‘The ones who are leading the war against Torah students are the religious Zionists,’ says UTJ’s Gafni, arguing it was a mistake to prioritize judicial overhaul over conscription bill

Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with UTJ MK Moshe Gafni in the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

MK Avi Maoz, left, and Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu after signing a coalition deal on November 27, 2022. (Courtesy, Likud)

Far-right MK Avi Maoz quits coalition, leaving Netanyahu without Knesset majority

An Israeli family watches the TV from their protected room in central Israel as the country is attacked by ballistic missiles from Iran, June 13, 2025. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Knesset passes bill allowing Israelis to expand reinforced rooms, add bathrooms

In wake of Oct 7 and multifront war, the Home Front Command will be introducing doors that can be locked to home shelters, as well as stronger windows

Israeli air defense systems fire to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, June 18, 2025. (AP/Leo Correa)

Israel adds billions to defense spending amid ongoing wars, growing challenges

In EU first, Slovenia to ban Ben Gvir and Smotrich over ‘genocidal statements’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The Slovenian government has called Gaza war ‘genocide’ and says far-right Israeli ministers incite ‘extreme violence and serious violations of the human rights of Palestinians’

Left: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, January 16, 2025; Right: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, January 13, 2025. (Both photos by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), visits North Kivu's town of Buhumba, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP/Moses Sawasawa)

UN says Israel has refused to renew visas for heads of at least 3 agencies in Gaza

By AP and ToI Staff

University of Michigan students walk on the UM campus next to signage displaying the university's 'core values,' on April 3, 2025, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (BILL PUGLIANO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

US campuses see record levels of antisemitism, but drop in violent attacks

By Zev Stub and JTA

Hillel International leaders cite newfound ‘penalty for antisemitism on many universities’ as driving online what would previously have been in-person incidents

Police separate pro- and anti-Israel protesters in New York City, June 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC mayor’s antisemitism task force holds its first meeting

Dianne Abbott, at the time shadow Home Secretary for Britain's main opposition Labour Party, addresses a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, January 11, 2020. (Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

UK Labour again suspends lawmaker for defending remark on racism and Jews

A billboard bearing a painting of a missile falling on Israel with a Farsi slogan reading 'The missile has fallen amidst the demons,' July 16, 2025. (Atta Kenare / AFP)

Europe warns Iran of sanctions unless ‘verifiable and lasting’ nuclear deal reached

By Reuters and ToI Staff

UK, France and Germany tell Tehran deadline for ‘concrete progress’ on new agreement is end of summer, otherwise it will face major ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions

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