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What Matters Most On Sunday, January 4, 2026

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This screengrab taken from the X account of Rapid Response 47, an official White House account, shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (center) escorted by DEA agents inside the headquarters of the US Drug Enforcement Administration in Manhattan, New York City, January 3, 2026. (X account of Rapid Response 47 / AFP)

Maduro in NY jail after capture; Venezuela’s VP Rodriguez claims op had ‘Zionist tint’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Venezuela’s Supreme Court rules Rodriguez, whom Trump has indicated he could work with, to become interim leader; UN Security Council to meet Monday over US operation

US President Donald Trump (right) speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. (Jim Watson/AFP); an image posted on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account shows what he says is Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the US military captured him on January 3, 2026. (Handout/US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account/AFP)

After Maduro’s capture, Trump says US going to ‘run’ Venezuela until orderly transition

By Reuters and AFP

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves to supporters during a march to commemorate the 'Day of Indigenous Resistance' in the capital Caracas on October 12, 2025. (Federico PARRA / AFP)

ExplainerWho is Nicolas Maduro? Bus driver turned president led Venezuela with a heavy hand

Palestinians walk along a street market where fruits and vegetables are displayed for sale in Gaza City on December 19, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 4: Trump: Report claims Israel provided drones to support Gaza City militia that clashed with Hamas

Israel-Syria talks to restart tomorrow in Paris * Body of Israeli girl who died in Swiss resort fire IDed * West Bank incident that injured Jewish teen wasn’t terror, IDF believes

10:01 pm

All 40 victims of Swiss ski resort fire identified, half under age 18
9:55 pm

Report claims Israel provided drones and explosives to support Gaza City militia that clashed with Hamas
9:45 pm

Elliot Abrams: US 'cannot run Venezuela,' and does not own its oil

Analysis

With Venezuela raid, Trump fires a message to Iran and Hamas. Will they listen?

The bold operation in Venezuela shows the Mideast that the US president is willing to back up his threats, but will likely also convince Khamenei that the US wants regime change, hardening Tehran

People celebrate the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after US military actions in Venezuela, in Doral, Florida, near Miami, on January 3, 2026. (GIORGIO VIERA / AFP)

People watch smoke rising from a dock after a series of US strikes at La Guaira port, Venezuela, January 3, 2026. (AP/Matias Delacroix)

Russia, Iran slam Venezuela strikes as EU and UK urge respect for international law

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, December 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel expresses hope for resumption of Venezuela ties after Maduro’s deposal

Foreign minister welcomes ‘removal of the dictator’; Netanyahu congratulates Trump for ‘bold and historic leadership,’ without directly mentioning the operation

Soldiers guard the area around the Miraflores presidential palace after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026. (AP/Cristian Hernandez)

Foreign Ministry advises Israelis to avoid travel to Venezuela after US strikes

By ToI Staff and AFP

Venezuelans living in Chile celebrate in Santiago on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. (Javier TORRES / AFP)

‘My joy is too big’: Venezuelan emigrés celebrate Maduro ouster, wonder what’s next

A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him addressing a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, on November 3, 2025. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

Khamenei: Iranian protesters’ demands fair, but rioters ‘must be put in their place’

By AFP

Iranian supreme leader also says ‘will not yield to the enemy,’ a day after Trump said US would intervene if demonstrators are harmed

Protesters gather with placards outside the gates of Downing Street to attend a London rally in solidarity with Iranian protesters, organized by the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK, in central London on January 3, 2026, to protest against the Iranian regime's crackdown on protests. (Brook Mitchell/AFP)

‘A turning point’: Iranian diaspora in UK rallies to support protesters in Iran

By AFP

Former hostage Romi Gonen speaks to Channel 12 in the second episode of a two-part interview, broadcast on January 1, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

Romi Gonen: Hamas chief offered me early release in exchange for silence on sexual assault

Itamar Alus, a police officer who fought terrorists in Ofakim on October 7, 2023, speaking to tourists. (YouTube screenshot used in accordance with Article 27a of the Copyright Law)

Police officer who saved civilians in southern Israel on Oct. 7 dies after illness

Was it morally right to capture Maduro?

It seemed clear that he should be brought to justice for the collapse of Venezuela – but then the US started talking about oil

David Nekrutman

Global hate isn’t packing Jewish suitcases

For many potential immigrants, the choice isn’t between ’Israel or the Diaspora’ — it’s between ’Zionism or my mother’

Sagit Sade Attia

New York’s new politics of erasure

It’s not a fresh start, but institutionalized amnesia, in which minority groups lose their protections and violence waits in the wings

Micha Odenheimer

The world’s breathtaking hypocrisy on Somaliland

The country suffered a 30-year boycott for the sin of separating itself from a state defined by genocidal violence and starvation – Israel righted a historic wrong

Former High Court president Aharon Barak speaks in a pre-recorded video aired at a rally on January 3, 2026. (X Screenshot)

Ex-High Court president at anti-government rally: Israel no longer a liberal democracy

By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers

Father of slain captive Itay Chen accuses PM of failure to probe Oct. 7: ‘What is Bibi afraid of?’; police detain 6 right-wing counterprotesters after brawl, alongside 5 protesters

Former hostage Eli Sharabi pictured in Herzliya, on October 20, 2025. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Eli Sharabi: Lawmakers’ ‘terrible’ comments on legal gatekeepers could lead to violence

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a banner reading: 'Boycott Israeli apartheid' during a protest in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Jan. 4: Day 821 – Will Spain’s Israel boycott set precedent for other countries?

By Jessica Steinberg, Zev Stub and Diana Bletter

Diaspora affairs reporter Zev Stub discusses Spanish embargo and Israeli immigration stats; reporter Diana Bletter reviews life in Kiryat Shmona and scientific research highlights

From left: Jonatan Urich, Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Composite: Flash90)

Police say they’re done with Qatargate probe, hand it over to state prosecutor

Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich, who is suspected along with 2 Prime Minister’s Office employees of doing PR for Qatari government during war, may be banned from PMO for 2 more months

An illustrative image representing social media interactions. (Torsten Asmus; iStock by Getty Images)

Netanyahu, allies using armies of bots to influence social media discourse – report

Muhammad Hussein Tarabin, 36, who was killed by police during a raid on the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana overnight on January 4, 2026. (Courtesy/Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages of the Negev)

Man shot dead by police during raid in Bedouin town; officer under house arrest

By Charlie Summers

Family says man was killed on doorstep during overnight operation by masked officers in army garb, denies police claim that he posed a threat; Ben Gvir praises forces responsible

Ibrahim Shalhoub (center), who carried out a deadly terror stabbing in Herzliya, arrives to hear his sentence at the Tel Aviv District Court, January 4, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Palestinian jailed for life for stabbing Holocaust survivor to death in terror attack

Ibrahim Shalhoub from West Bank, an ex-Shin Bet informant, also ordered to pay damages for murdering 83-year-old Holocaust survivor Ludmila Lipovsky in Herzliya in December 2024

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. (Jim Watson/AFP)

Analysis

Displaying trademark chutzpah, Trump commits himself to another foreign policy project

By ousting Maduro and vowing to ‘run’ Venezuela, US turns page on pledge to minimize foreign entanglements; what’s next for Venezuela, and for American rivals Russia and China?

A man walks past a graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on December 3, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP)

ExplainerWhat’s known so far about the US strikes on Venezuela

By AFP

A person flies a national flag in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. (Federico PARRA / AFP)

ExplainerWas it legal? Questions abound as US captures Maduro, says it will ‘run’ Venezuela

By LISA MASCARO, Joshua Goodman and Ben Finley

Mourners attend a memorial march in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 4, 2026, after a devastating fire in Le Constellation bar left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Hundreds march in Crans-Montana in memory of 40 victims

Swiss authorities identify 16 more victims of New Year’s bar fire, the youngest aged 14

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Reports name Charlotte Niddam, 15, as missing Israeli national; growing anger that ski resort bar may have narrowed exit staircase, turned blind eye to underage drinking

More Headlines

This grab taken on January 3, 2026, from UGC footage released by Jose Abreu on his X account @Jabreu89, shows smoke billowing over Caracas, Venezuela, after a series of explosions during a US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Madruo. (Jose ABREU / @Jabreu89 / X / AFP)

‘He got bum-rushed’: Trump team describe capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro

By MEG KINNARD and Michelle L. Price

General view of the Israel Police Lahav 433 major crimes unit headquarters in the city of Lod on April 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Breakthrough reported in 30-year-old murder case; court issues sweeping gag order

Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 23, 2025. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Delays expected at Ben Gurion Airport after Greece shuts its airports over radio issue

By Reuters and ToI Staff

UK Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s take part in a joint strike operation with France on an underground facility in Syria that had likely been used by the Islamic State group to store weapons on January 3, 2026. (UK Defense Ministry via AFP)

British, French warplanes strike suspected ISIS weapons stockpile in Syria

By AFP

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