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What Matters Most On Monday, April 13, 2026

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The front page of a newspaper on sale at a Tehran newsstand features a cartoon of US President Donald Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz with the headline 'Marine Bluff' on April 13, 2026 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

April 13: IDF eases wartime limits in parts of north but tightens rules elsewhere amid fragile Iran truce

PM says Israel, US defending world against Iran * Hezbollah chief demands Lebanon cancel Tuesday’s talks with Israel in Washington * Dozens detained at New York rally against military aid for Israel

8:09 pm

Some 50 people detained at New York rally against military aid for Israel
7:43 pm

Spanish PM's wife charged with corruption after criminal probe
6:34 pm

Home Front Command again adjusts wartime restrictions during Iran ceasefire

Vessels and a boat at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman, April 12, 2026. (Reuters)

With US military set to blockade Iranian ports, Tehran says move ‘amounts to piracy’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

CENTCOM says it will begin blocking all ships entering and exiting Iran’s ports, will not block Hormuz for ships using non-Iranian ports, in step down from Trump’s earlier threat

An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sails in the Arabian Sea during Operation Epic Fury, March 18, 2026. (US Navy photo)

Trump declares US Navy to begin blockading Strait of Hormuz ‘effective immediately’

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

IAF F-16i fighter jets fly to Iran to carry out strikes, in a handout photo published on March 4, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

After talks fail, IDF planning for return to war, Trump mulls strikes on Iran — reports

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

A menorah is pictured after the seventh candle is lit for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah as mourners stand next to floral tributes laid out in memory of the victims of a shooting attack at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, December 20, 2025. (David Gray / AFP)

2025 toll of Diaspora Jews killed in antisemitic attacks was highest in three decades

TAU study finds shift in types of anti-Jewish events, with violence becoming the norm; Australia, Canada see highest yearly numbers of antisemitic incidents ever

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Analysis

US-Iran talks on long-term deal doomed as long as both sides insist they won the war

Iran thinks it can wring massive concessions on the nuclear and Hormuz issues, while Trump won’t cave to a country he bombed for weeks, leaving them in a stalemate and possibly bound for escalation

Two police officers walk in front of an anti-US billboard depicting American aircraft being caught by Iranian armed forces in a fishing net beneath the words in Farsi, "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground," in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

An anti-US billboard depicting American aircraft caught in a fishing net with signs that read in Farsi: 'The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,' at the Eqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution square in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Apr. 13 – Trump plays chicken with Iran over Strait of Hormuz

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Netanyahu: Iran ceasefire could end at any moment, we back Trump’s blockade

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

PM says US walked away from talks over red lines on Hormuz, enriched uranium; ahead of US operation in strait, IDF says it remains on ‘heightened alert’ for any development

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting, April 13, 2026 (Screenshot/GPO)

Left: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, April 8, 2026; Right: French President Emmanuel Macron, April 8, 2026. (Pool via AP/Composite)

Starmer, Macron say UK and France to discuss ‘multinational mission’ to safeguard Hormuz

By Nava Freiberg and Agencies

Soldiers of the 98th Division operate in the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 13, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says close to capturing Hezbollah’s historic Bint Jbeil stronghold

By Emanuel Fabian

Over 100 terror operatives killed during battles in south Lebanon town, military claims; woman injured by rocket impact in Nahariya as IDF intercepts at least 10 drone attacks

Soldiers of the Givati Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 12, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says it raided hospital used by Hezbollah in terror group’s Bint Jbeil stronghold

By Emanuel Fabian

Hezbollah supporters, some waving the Lebanese flag, demonstrate near the Governmental Palace to protest the Lebanese authorities' decision to engage in direct negotiations with Israel to end the ongoing war, in downtown Beirut, April 11, 2026. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)

Arab pressure reins in Hezbollah protests ahead of Israel-Lebanon talks

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (left) addresses supporters after receiving the preliminary results of a parliamentary election in Budapest, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek); Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party, addresses supporters after claiming victory in the parliamentary election in Budapest, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

After 16 years in power, Hungary’s Orban concedes defeat to center-right opposition

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Peter Magyar’s pro-EU Tisza party heads for sweeping win that could reshape European dynamics and weaken ties with Putin, Trump and Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump, left, greets Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House, Nov. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

AnalysisOrban’s defeat in Hungary has ripple effect for Trump, US conservatives

By Nicholas Riccardi and Matt Brown

Supporters of Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party celebrate after a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

European leaders fete Hungarian opposition’s victory over Orban as win for democracy

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

The coming Holocaust AI reboot

When memory can be perfected, edited, or entirely invented, the truth becomes just one possibility among many

Steven C. Wernick

The yellow candle and the price of fear

When a symbol reclaimed from persecution became, to frightened Jewish eyes, a sign that persecution had returned

Deborah Gastfreund Schuss

Yom HaShoah calls upon us all to fight the ‘Jew-as-Nazi’ lie

A troubling misappropriation of the Holocaust has been weaponized against true evidence-based genocide education. Worse, such distortions are already in US classrooms

Driving in Israel after a ceasefire

Normal has returned. Specifically, doing 110 kph on Highway 6 while composing a work email

Top row, L to R: Sara Elimelech, Ronit Elimelech, Bruria Yosef, Gavriel Ravach, Oren Katz, Yosef Cohen; Middle row, L to R: Sara Biton, Yaakov Biton, Avigayil Biton, Mary Ann De Vera, Amid Mortozov, Rustam Gulomov; Bottom row, L to R: Chaiwat Waewnil, Vyacheslav Vidmant, Vladimir Gershovich, Lena Ostrovsky Gershovich, Dima Gershovich and Lucille Jean Gershovich. Not pictured: Ilana and Yaron Moshe. (Courtesy/Composite: Times of Israel)

These are the 20 people killed in Israel by Iranian ballistic missile attacks

An entire family wiped out in Haifa, three teenage siblings killed in Beit Shemesh, several immigrants and two foreign workers among those slain during 40 days of fighting

Iran war cost about NIS 35 billion in budgetary expenses, Finance Ministry says

By Sharon Wrobel

Shin Bet chief said to tell court PM can’t testify at trial because Iran might try to kill him

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Zini reportedly writes that Iranian agents may take advantage of Netanyahu’s testimony to target him; watchdog notes previous Shin Bet head refused PM’s request to submit such a warning

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds his first meeting with new Shin Bet chief David Zini on October 5, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

People celebrate Israel's 77th Independence Day in central Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Several cities nix Independence Day parties due to shaky Iran truce, Hezbollah war

A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" next to the portraits of alleged victims of crackdowns, during a silent march denouncing the deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026. (Sébastien DUPUY / AFP)

Iran executed over 1,600 people in 2025, most since 1989, rights groups say

By AFP

Tehran put 4 to 5 people to death daily throughout last year, data shows; if regime survives war, IHR says ‘serious risk that executions will be used even more extensively’

Commuters wait on the platform for their metro train to arrive in Tehran, Iran on April 13, 2026 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran says train service resumed on routes damaged by strikes during war

By AFP and ToI Staff

A woman carries an Iranian flag in a mourning ceremony marking the 40th day since the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the US and Israel strikes, in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Judge lifts gag order on names of brothers charged last month in Iran spy case

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

(Left to right): Pope Leo XIV leads a vigil for peace inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 11, 2026 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia); President Donald Trump posts an AI post depicting himself as Jesus, April 12, 2026 (Truth Social); Trump waves to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival at the White House, April 12, 2026, in Washington (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana).

Trump slams ‘weak’ pope who ‘thinks it’s OK’ for Iran to get nukes; posts own Jesus-style AI image

By Will Weissert and Josh Boak

In rare direct attack by US president on head of the Catholic Church, Trump says he’s ‘not a fan of Pope Leo,’ and urges pontiff to ‘stop catering to the Radical Left’

Holocaust survivor Tommy Shaham gives testimony during a Zikaron BaSalon living room commemoration in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Zikaron BaSalon)

'We can't recover until we've told our full story'

From generation to generation: Holocaust and Oct. 7 meet in intimate salon memorials

By Bernard Dichek

As the Zikaron BaSalon program grows to over 2 million participants worldwide, former hostages and their families learn from survivors how telling their stories can aid in rehabilitation

Hezbollah rocket hits remains of 1,500-year-old Byzantine church in northern Israel

By Rossella Tercatin

Israel Antiquities Authority says modern-day structure preserving the mosaic in Nahariya was damaged but the ancient floor is intact

The remains of a Byzantine church dating back some 1,500 years in the northern city of Nahariya were hit by a Hezbollah rocket on April 10, 2026. (Emil Aladjem/ Israel Antiquities Authority)

Christian worshipers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark Orthodox Easter and to attend the first public Sunday services by other Christian denominations after the war on April 12, 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'A few years ago, you would have seen a sea of people here'

‘Feels like a blessing’: On Orthodox Easter, Christians flock back to the Holy Sepulchre

By Rossella Tercatin

During the ceasefire with Iran, the iconic church that enshrines what many consider Jesus’s tomb opens to the public and Christians from across denominations return with cautious joy

Demolishing the Gat family home in Kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel, April 12, 2026. (Courtesy, Kibbutz Be'eri)

'The memories remain in my soul'

Be’eri begins demolishing homes destroyed on October 7, choosing life over ruins

Gaza-border kibbutz, which lost more than 100 residents, tears down two shattered neighborhoods, starting with house belonging to Gat family, to move on from trauma

Hamas terrorist Muhammad Fuad Gasser Sayid is seen with hostage Avinatan Or in captivity in the Gaza Strip during the war, in an image released by the IDF on April 12, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says Hamas terrorists who abducted, held hostages were killed in Gaza strike

By Emanuel Fabian

A flotilla sets off, carrying activists and humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip, from Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026. (AP/Joan Mateu Parra)

New Gaza aid flotilla sets sail from Spain, trying again to break Israeli blockade

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, seen in a helicopter on June 30, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Netanyahu’s military secretary Roman Gofman approved to serve as next Mossad chief

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

Considered close to the PM, Gofman was controversially involved in use of a minor for an online influence campaign while a commander in IDF; 5-year term to start in June

More Headlines

Yair Lapid talking on Zoom with members of his Yesh Atid party on April 12, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Lapid lashes out at opposition rivals for ‘fleeing’ Knesset, fight against Netanyahu

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against the draft, in Jerusalem, April 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘There is no rule of law’: High Court justices rail at failure to enlist Haredim

By Jeremy Sharon

Otzman Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel leads a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, March 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right MK apologizes, deletes post criticizing Trump over Iran war

Indie singer Noga Erez performs at Coachella music festival on April 11, 2026 (Screenshot)

Musical journeyNoga Erez tells Coachella she’s ‘heartbroken’ about situation at home

By Jessica Steinberg

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