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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 5, 2026

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L-R: An image posted to social media on April 5, 2026, purportedly shows an airbase in Iran used by US forces to successfully rescue a downed US F-15 WSO. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law); a handout photo provided by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official website Sepah News on April 5, 2026, purportedly shows smoke billowing from the site of targeted and crashed US aircraft in central Iran. (Sepah)

Trump: Colonel badly wounded, was rescued as Iran closed in

‘WE GOT HIM’: US commandos rescue downed F-15 airman in daring raid deep inside Iran

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Aviator reportedly scaled 7,000 feet to evade capture, commandos spirited him away on planes sent to replace designated aircraft that got stuck and had to be blown up; Israel contributed intel

The reactor building of Iran's nuclear power plant and electricity poles are seen, at Bushehr, Iran, 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2005. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Russia said coordinating with IDF on evacuation of workers from Iran nuclear plant

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Locals queue to receive food aid as severe drought continues, in Nalemkais Village, Turkana County, Kenya, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP/Patrick Ngugi)

Aid groups warn Iran war hindering global food and medicine supply, suffering set to deepen

By AP

Israeli security personnel secure an area around a rocket partly buried in a field in the Golan Heights bordering Lebanon, on March 19, 2026. (Odd Andersen / AFP)

IDF admits Israel overestimated damage to Hezbollah, believes Iran can keep firing missiles as long as war continues

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo acknowledges ‘gap’ between post-2024 expectations and Hezbollah’s current capabilities; top intel officer assesses Iran still has over 1,000 ballistic missiles

Cars drive under a billboard depicting the late Iranian supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei handing an Iranian flag to his son Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates (closed)

April 5: After Trump’s Hormuz threat, IRGC says it’s planning ‘new Persian Gulf order’

Palestinian media reports three dead in Israeli strike on Gaza City * Police clash with some 100 ultra-Orthodox rioters trying to break into Jerusalem’s Tomb of the Kings

10:13 pm

Police clash with some 100 ultra-Orthodox rioters trying to break into Jerusalem's Tomb of the Kings
9:49 pm

IRGC says it's preparing for 'new Persian Gulf order,' Hormuz will 'never return to its former state'
9:29 pm

Home Front Command says IDF determined to find four people trapped under rubble in Haifa

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Analysis

As Iran war enters 6th week, escalation looks the most likely scenario

Trump’s talks don’t seem to be going anywhere, leaving the US and Israel readying to hammer Iran’s energy sites, and take fateful decisions on Hormuz and the buried uranium stockpile

US President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner, at Union Station in Washington, March 25, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

US President Donald Trump gestures after speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump: Iran faces ‘all hell’ if it doesn’t make a deal or open Hormuz in 48 hours

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Monitor says Iran internet blackout now longest on record

Iran hits Israeli industrial zone for third time, strikes critical energy infrastructure across Gulf

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

IDF investigating failure to intercept projectile that struck Neot Hovav, home to a toxic waste dump, causing damage but no injuries; regime targets civilian facilities in UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait

Smoke is seen over the Neot Hovav Industrial zone in southern Israel after an Iranian missile attack on April 5, 2026. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Rendering of Planet Labs' Tanager. (Planet Labs PBC © 2022, all rights reserved)

Satellite firm says it’s indefinitely withholding Iran war images at US request

By Ismail Shakil

Reporter's notebook

Of missiles and miracles: Residents of bombed cities count their blessings after weekend salvos

By Stav Levaton

With over a dozen impact sites across major central cities, many residents describe shock and an eroding sense of safety, while others see moments of fortune amid destruction

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where an Iranian cluster missile caused damage to a residential building in Ramat Gan, April 4, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

IDF says soldier killed, another seriously hurt by ‘friendly-fire’ in southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar, 21, fatally shot during overnight raid; Israeli Air Force hits IRGC and Palestinian Islamic Jihad command centers in Beirut, renews strikes on Tyre

Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar. (Israel Defense Forces)

IMAGE: IDF reservists of the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 5, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing April 5 – IDF soldiers absorb Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon push

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Police clash with Israelis during a protest against the current Israeli government and the ongoing war with Iran, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 4, 2026. (Flash90)

Cops violently disperse protesters at Tel Aviv anti-war rally, after court raised attendance cap

By Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol

Detained activists say police stopped them from reaching shelter amid missile attack; chief rabbi declares court ‘enemy of Judaism’ after permissive ruling is issued on Shabbat

Jewish worshippers take part in the traditional Priestly Blessing during the Passover holiday in an indoor section along the Western Wall in Jerusalem, after prayers were limited to 50 participants due to the ongoing war, April 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Groups appeal to High Court to ease restrictions

Limited Passover and Easter ceremonies held at Jerusalem holy sites amid war restrictions

By Rossella Tercatin, ToI Staff and Agencies

Old City largely desolate as just a handful of clergy allowed to perform Passover priestly blessing at the Western Wall and Easter Sunday services at Church of Holy Sepulchre

Pope Leo XIV sprinkles holy water with a bunch of hyssop sprigs as he presides over Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope urges peace in his first Easter mass: ‘Let those who have weapons lay them down’

By Colleen Barry and Paolo Santalucia

From the blogs

Jeremy Issacharoff

Netanyahu’s wars and squandered diplomatic gains

Expanding military campaigns and talk of ‘historic victory’ mask missed regional opportunities and an ongoing evasion of responsibility

When the lion roars, the poor go unheard

The nation rallies for Israelis stranded abroad but pays scant attention to those struggling to put food on the table in wartime

Reserve duty. Again

My son and his friends are being called up to ’miluim’ for the nth time and have asked why they should go. I explain why it’s a no-brainer

Illustrative: A member of Iran's security forces stands atop an armored vehicle in downtown Tehran on March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

'The Islamic Republic took my mom away to make me be quiet'

Exiled dissidents say Iran is seizing their family members, friends and property

By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY

Some say US-Israel bombing campaign led Tehran to worsen conditions for political prisoners and crack down even harder on opposition: ‘They’ve been taken hostage from both sides’

Senior Revolutionary Guard commander General Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not seen) and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

US arrests relatives of slain IRGC general Soleimani for supporting Iran’s regime

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Portraits are exhibited behind a noose as a placard reads, 'Executions pro day,' in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Berlin, Germany on February 10, 2024. (STEFANIE LOOS / AFP)

Iran executes two men for breaking into a military base during January’s protests

A man identified in Arabic media as a Syrian security officer, right, hoists a Palestinian flag he removed from the United Arab Emirates embassy building in Damascus, Syria, April 3, 2026, amid a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protest. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

UAE condemns ‘acts of vandalism’ after anti-Israel riot at its embassy in Damascus

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Guard kisses and hoists Palestinian flag while detaining man who flew it on building, as protesters against Israel’s new death penalty law try to storm the UAE’s ‘Zionist embassy’

The wreckage of burnt ambulances is seen in a car park at Golders Green in London, March 23, 2026, after an arson attack targeting the vehicles, which were run by a Jewish charity. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Fourth suspect arrested, in London court, over arson attack on Jewish ambulances

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Three others charged with arson, ‘being reckless as to whether life would be endangered,’ as counterterror police continue to probe the attack as a potential antisemitic hate crime

Amedeo Modigliani's 'Seated Man with a Cane,' 1918

Court orders Nazi-looted Modigliani painting be returned to Jewish art dealer’s estate

After 11-year case, NY judge rules $25 million painting kept in storage in Switzerland is same one Germans seized from Oscar Stettiner’s Paris shop in WWII

More Headlines

Hazmat officials examining a suspicious object at Ben-Gurion International Airport on April 5, 2026. (Fire and Rescue Service)

Package emitting smoke triggers hazardous materials operation at Ben Gurion Airport

By Charlie Summers

Firefighters and investigators check the scene of the burnt factory owned by Czech arms maker LPP Holding, March 20, 2026, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. (Michal Cizek / AFP)

Two more detained over attack on Czech drone maker accused of making arms for Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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