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What Matters Most On Thursday, April 9, 2026

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US President Donald Trump pretends to aim a sniper gun while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump threatens to renew war if Iran doesn’t comply with ‘real agreement’

By Jacob Magid and Reuters

US president vows forces will remain in the region in leadup to peace talks in Pakistan, as uncertainty about Lebanon and Strait of Hormuz threatens fragile ceasefire

US Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington DC, after the White House announced he would be leading the US delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran, at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2026. (JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)

Vance to lead US negotiators at first round of Islamabad talks with Iran on Saturday

By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

US President Donald Trump speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Trump claims Iran won’t enrich uranium, will give up uranium, while US lifts sanctions

By Jacob Magid, AFP and ToI Staff

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with troops on the outskirts of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, April 9, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

April 9: IDF chief says Iran ‘much weaker,’ Israel prepared to return to combat ‘at any moment’

Netanyahu orders direct talks with Lebanon, says goal is a ‘historic peace agreement’ * Trump confirms he asked Israel for more ‘low-key’ bombing of Hezbollah

9:23 pm

'Better stop now!': Trump warns Iran against taxing tankers to transit Strait of Hormuz
9:06 pm

Sirens sound in Lebanon border towns amid apparent Hezbollah rocket and drone attack
8:51 pm

US summons Iraqi ambassador over drone strike on diplomatic facility in Baghdad

PM vows to keep up attacks as needed, despite Iran truce

IDF says it killed Hezbollah chief’s secretary as some 70 rockets fired from Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

No injuries or damage reported in repeated attacks on Israeli border towns; IDF: 3,000 projectiles fired from south Lebanon since March 2, proving Beirut ‘lied’ about disarming group

Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026, amid Israeli attacks on military infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror group. (AP/Hussein Malla)

First responders and residents gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Tallet al-Khayyat neighborhood, on April 8, 2026. (Fadel ITANI / AFP) /

Lebanese PM declares day of mourning after ‘unprecedented’ wave of IDF strikes

First responders and volunteers search through the rubble beside burning cars at the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck an apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

IDF launches largest airstrikes yet on Hezbollah; Trump: Iran truce doesn’t cover Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Analysis

Netanyahu left with vague promises after another war ends without a decisive win

Trump moves toward talks with Tehran that could send billions to regime and fuel its rearmament, as the PM appears unable to land a knockout blow against Israel’s foes in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference in Jerusalem on January 27, 2026. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

IMAGE: Government supporters gather to mark the 40th day since the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing April 9 – All sides claim war victory. They can’t all be right

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

Lebanese civil defense workers search for casualties in the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in central Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

‘Unacceptable’: European countries slam IDF strikes on Hezbollah amid US-Iran truce

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) delivers a statement, April 8, 2026. (GPO screenshot); Opposition leader Yair Lapid gives a televised address, April 8, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Lapid: PM used Israelis as cannon fodder, lied to the US

Netanyahu says ‘finger on trigger’ to resume war any time; opposition accuses him of strategic debacle

By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

PM insists Israel wasn’t caught off-guard by truce, says Iran’s enriched uranium will be removed ‘by agreement or through resumed fighting’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement, April 8, 2026. (GPO screenshot)

TranscriptNetanyahu: Iran’s enriched uranium will be removed, by agreement or in resumed fighting

Opposition leader Yair Lapid gives a televised address, April 8, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)

TranscriptYair Lapid: ‘Netanyahu led us into a strategic debacle,’ sold lies to the Americans

Holy sites reopen in Jerusalem’s Old City after over a month of closure

By Charlie Summers

Muslim worshipers throng Al-Aqsa gates for dawn prayers; extended ‘Ramadan hours’ remain in place for Jewish visitors to Temple Mount; police gear up for Holy Fire ceremony; Western Wall reopens

Muslim worshipers gather on the Temple Mount for the dawn prayer in Jerusalem on April 9, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

An Air Haifa airplane lands at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, March 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)

Ben Gurion Airport fully reopening as Israel lifts flight restrictions after ceasefire

By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff

Israeli children, parents and staff clean at "Gan Nitzan" in Givatayim, as schools and kindergartens are due to re-open after being closed for more than a month due to the war with Iran, April 08, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Schools reopen across most of Israel as wartime restrictions ease

By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers

Closures remain in place in northern Israel due to threat of Hezbollah rockets, and IDF warns rocket fire could still target center of country or even further south

Education Minister Yoav Kisch visits a school in Rishon Lezion as children return to classes following a ceasefire with Iran, April 9, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Summer school programs to be extended after weeks of wartime closures

By Ariela Karmel

The emperor’s old-new clothes

Not for the first time, Israelis are supposed to be resilient patriots and trust our leaders’ claims about reality after six weeks of war

The Hormuz pawnshop: Why the ‘budget nuke’ is failing

By weaponizing the narrow waterway, the IRGC provoked the world to figure out work-arounds that will soon eliminate demand for this route

Miriam Eve Mora

The manosphere’s antisemitism problem is nothing new

From ancient claims that Jewish men menstruated to modern conspiracy theories, attacks on Jewish masculinity offer an all-purpose answer to male grievances

The Hebrew they never taught me in Jewish day school

I used to learn Israel’s language slowly, as I needed the words; over the past 3 years, the terms I didn’t know were the sounds of the country trying to stay alive

Analysis

As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but resilient, with leverage over Hormuz

Islamic Republic retains missile capabilities and uranium stockpiles, after worried Gulf states press for maritime freedom

Iranians hold flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran beneath a large billboard reading 'The Strait of Hormuz remains closed,' as people gather in Tehran's Revolution Square after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, April 8, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

US Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, shake hands during a Day of Friendship event in Budapest, Hungary on April 7, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump’s Iran war widens rift with European nationalists once viewed as MAGA allies

By Nicholas Riccardi and Justin Spike

Pro-government demonstrators holding Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

‘Everything will be worse’: Ceasefire leaves some Iranians fearful of greater crackdown

By AFP

Inside story

Nurit Yohanan and Charlie Summers

Evictions in East Jerusalem surge as Palestinians lose court fight against far-right group

Dozens of families in Silwan already removed from their homes, and several more expected to follow, as Ateret Cohanim takes over houses by claiming trusteeship over land of pre-state Jewish owners

Zuhair Rajabi on the balcony of his home in Silwan, March 31, 2026. (Nurit Yohanan/Times of Israel)

Hasan Piker, left, and Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan, center right, take a selfie with young fans following a campaign event, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Reporter's notebook

Slamming Israel at Michigan rallies, Hasan Piker boosts Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed

By Andrew Lapin

The far-left streamer accused of antisemitism doubled down on anti-Israel rhetoric to cheering crowds on Tuesday, as Democrats seem likelier than ever to agree with him

Michigan Democrats, Jewish leaders uneasy over Senate candidate’s alliance with Hasan Piker

By Andrew Lapin

Police arrest a Haifa resident for allegedly working for an Iranian agent, in an image published on April 9, 2026. (Israel Police)

Haifa man suspected of making explosives to ‘harm’ ex-PM Bennett on Iranian orders

By Charlie Summers

22-year-old allegedly created and tested explosives, and recruited three others, in exchange for money

Former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi is seen in undated photos published by the Handala hacking group on April 9, 2026. (Courtesy)

Iran-linked hackers leak photos of ex-IDF chief Halevi’s work and family life

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian killed by Israeli fire amid series of reported West Bank settler attacks

By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

IDF says ‘soldier on vacation shot a terrorist after he threw rocks at Israeli citizens’ near Tayasir, where Palestinians were said to clash with settlers over new wildcat outpost

Settlers and soldiers seen entering the Palestinian village of Kharaba on April 9, 2026. (Screen capture/X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

What Matters Now podcast

Shahar Cohen: ‘My life’ comic laughs about ‘managing the war’ with Nescafe in hand

By Jessica Steinberg

Comedian and content creator of unforgettable Israeli and American cast of characters discusses life in wartime

Comic Shahar Cohen from 'That Girl in the Alert Room,' March 2026 (Courtesy)

More Headlines

Rabbi Daniel Kaiman (Courtesy via JTA)

Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Kanye West performs at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Indio, California. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Netherlands not planning to bar Kanye West over antisemitic outbursts

By AFP

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