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What Matters Most On Monday, April 20, 2026

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An IDF soldier smashes a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, in an image uploaded to social media on April 19, 2026. (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Suspect located; Netanyahu condemns act, says he's 'stunned'

IDF confirms photo of soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon is genuine, vows action

By Emanuel Fabian and Stav Levaton

Military says it views incident with ‘great severity,’ vows it will be handled ‘through the chain of command’ and that IDF will help restore statue; image has circulated widely online

Op-ed

Destruction of Jesus statue should serve as moral wake-up call for IDF, Israel

Israel boasts about being safe for Christians and other minorities, yet is unwilling to crack down on soldiers and civilians whose actions are taking a hammer to ties with Christians

An IDF soldier appears to destroy a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon (seen in an undated photo on the left side prior to the incident), in an image uploaded to social media on April 19, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

A man passes next to an Iranian flag placed in front of a destroyed building, following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Live updates (closed)

April 20: US reportedly plans to ask Lebanon to repeal law forbidding contact with Israeli citizens

Trump appears to add day to Iran deadline, as nonstop phone interviews muddle US messaging * Board of Peace envoy says Gaza plan needs quick progress, Hamas talks ‘not easy’

7:48 pm

US low-cost airlines seek temporary tax relief to address soaring fuel costs
7:29 pm

US reportedly plans to ask Lebanon to repeal law forbidding contact with Israeli citizens
6:57 pm

US 'continued violations of ceasefire' an obstacle to continuation of diplomatic process, Iran tells Pakistan

Ela Haimi, right, and her eldest son at the October 22, 2025, funeral of her husband, Tal Haimi, whose body was returned from Gaza days earlier, in Kinnutz Nir Yitzhak. (Dana Reany/Hostages Forum)

Promoted Content / IDFWO

Yom HaZikaron: Stand with the Widows and Orphans of the Fallen

Each Yom HaZikaron, we remember the fallen. Their widows and orphans carry that loss every day. It is our responsibility to ensure they are never left to face it alone.

IDF probes soldier over inciting patches on uniform, amid growing backlash

By Stav Levaton

Photo from West Bank shows soldier sporting badges with slogans calling for violence; army reiterates ban on non-military symbols after rise in troops wearing religious and political tags

A soldier photographed wearing velcro patches saying "Stop the hatred, it is time for violence," and "Hamas hunters," unknown date. (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Host Yinon Magal on Channel 14's 'The Patriots' show on August 30, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Police scrap plan for officers to join audience of contentious right-wing talk show

By Charlie Summers

Thousands of runners take part in the annual Jerusalem Marathon near the Old City walls in Jerusalem, April 17, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Female IDF soldiers required to wear long pants at Jerusalem Marathon during heat wave

US President Donald Trump seen following an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!’ Trump threatens, as Tehran defiant

Trump says talks to take place Tuesday, as Iran says it has ‘no plans’ to attend

By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff

US president says he’s optimistic on prospects for deal, threatens to blow up bridges and power plants if Tehran doesn’t agree to demands; Netanyahu says war is ‘not over yet’

US President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 18, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/ AP)

US says it seized Iranian ship that tried to break blockade; Tehran vows to retaliate

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Iranians shop at a street market in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2026. (AFP)

Weary Iranians expect no postwar respite under entrenched regime

By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL

Israeli troops are seen riding in Humvees in the southern Lebanon village of Ayta ash-Shab, April 19, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

ToI in southern LebanonTruce took effect 'exactly' as troops reached deployment line

26 years later, IDF restores its south Lebanon security zone — with key changes

By Emanuel Fabian

While the military avoids calling it a ‘security zone,’ the boundaries are nearly the same; commanders say this time troops won’t face same threats

Daily Briefing Apr. 20 – ToI reports from new Lebanon ‘forward defense area’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

As IDF maintains hold on south Lebanon, residents of over 50 villages told to stay away

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Zionism is love: The costs of this land

Every Israeli knows the language of loss and return, for we pay in blood for our beloved country, with its roots in laughter and food, safety and connection

Kenneth Brander

This Yom HaZikaron, silence will speak

Those we honor have redefined what it means to love Israel: The magnitude of their selflessness, courage, dedication, and sacrifice cannot be captured by speech

UK Conservative Party MP Greg Smith at the Churchill War Rooms, in London, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Interview'Our allies are rightly let down that we didn't help them'

Iran ‘is our war,’ says UK lawmaker Greg Smith — contrary to PM Starmer’s claims

By Robert Philpot

The new head of the Conservative Friends of Israel lambasts the Labour party’s handling of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, as antisemitism in Britain reaches ‘appalling’ levels

British PM to face angry MPs calling for his resignation amid Mandelson-Epstein scandal

By Jill Lawless

Samaria Regional Council Chairman Yossi Dagan (center), Defense Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (second on Dagan's right) and numerous other cabinet ministers, MKs and other dignitaries cut a ribbon to celebrate the reestablishment of the Sa-Nur settlement, April 19, 2026. (Roi Hadi)

Defense Minister Katz, MKs among hundreds celebrating

‘Killing the idea of a Palestinian state’: West Bank settlement of Sa-Nur reestablished

By Jeremy Sharon

21 years later, Smotrich calls step ‘historic correction to sinful expulsion from northern Samaria’ under Disengagement plan; Peace Now: ‘Stupid, wicked’ move will add to IDF’s burden

Settlers enter Gaza on December 18, 2025. (Nachala)

Radical settler group to stage march by Gaza border to ‘renew Jewish hold on Gaza Strip’

By Jeremy Sharon

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at an event in Sa-Nur in the West Bank on April 19, 2026. (Courtesy Bezalel Smotrich)

Smotrich urges PM to order the IDF to ‘prepare for the full occupation’ of Gaza

Analysis

Eran Hildesheim

The 3.00 squeeze: Why the surging shekel is a threat to Israel’s economy

As the local currency leads a global strengthening trend against the dollar, exporters struggle to survive rising costs, with Israel’s competitiveness at immediate risk if government doesn’t act

Illustrative photo of a shekel and a US hundred dollar bill, April 13, 2026. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Illustrative: A woman member of the Basij paramilitary, affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, holds her gun and an Iranian flag during a state-organized rally in support of the supreme leader marking National Girl's Day in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel announces exposure of Iranian terror network targeting Israelis abroad

By Lazar Berman

Arrests by Azerbaijan over planned synagogue and embassy attacks exposed drone plots and intelligence gathering operations; ringleaders killed during Iran war

A woman waves Iran's national flag in front of a giant billboard reading 'The Strait of Hormuz remains closed' at the Revolution Square in Tehran on April 12, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Two young men charged with spying for Iran

By Charlie Summers

An Iranian woman walks past a poster featuring a portrait of Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, in the capital Tehran on April 13, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran executes two men accused of planning attacks with Israel’s Mossad

View of the Israel-Syria border area, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Syria says it foiled Hezbollah-linked cross-border attack planned from area near Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Interior ministry says cell arranged to fire missiles across the border from Quneitra province, which borders Israel, without specifying which country was the intended target

Residents of Kiryat Shmona protest against the ceasefire with Hezbollah outside the United States embassy in Jerusalem, April 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Kiryat Shmona residents protest Lebanon ceasefire outside US embassy in Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) greets Argentinian President Javier Milei in Jerusalem, April 19, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Milei, Netanyahu announce Tel Aviv-Buenos Aires flights, ink strategic Isaac Accords

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and AFP

Netanyahu says South American political shifts mark return to ‘alliance of freedom’; Argentinian president says he’ll Jerusalem embassy move reportedly halted due to Falklands dispute

Hostage advocates at a bench dedication ceremony, in New York City, April 19, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

‘You are my family’: Ending a chapter, Central Park bench dedicated to Gaza hostages

Ya'akobi wheat, named for Yakov Inon, an agronomist murdered by Hamas terrorists at Moshav Netiv Ha'asara on October 7, 2023. The drought-resistant wheat was developed at the Agriculture Ministry's R&D arm, the Volcani Institute. (Roi Ben David)

Southern resilience

New drought-resistant wheat variety named after October 7 victim

Hamas terrorists murdered agronomist Yakov Inon and his wife Bilha at Moshav Netiv Ha’asara. He was a consultant to the Volcani Instiute, which developed the variety

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former aide Yisrael Einhorn. (KAN screenshot).

Charges against PM’s top aides could be dropped as prosecution fails to extradite Einhorn

By Jeremy Sharon

Prosecutors tell court that Einhorn’s refusal to return to Israel from Serbia could jeopardize witness intimidation trial against Jonatan Urich and Ofer Golan

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Culture Minister Miki Zohar questioned for 11 hours in Histadrut corruption probe

By Charlie Summers

More Headlines

London's Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Matt Jukes (C), deputy assistant commissioner Vicki Evans (L), make a statement to the media, near the Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north-west London, on April 19, 2026. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

UK arrests 2 teens as ‘thugs for hire’ after latest arson attack on London synagogue

By AFP and ToI Staff

Pedestrians and vehicles cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s entrepreneurs vexed as internet blackout chokes ability to earn and run firms

By AFP

Shamim Mafi, 44, is arrested in Los Angeles on a charge of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, April 18, 2026. (First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli/X)

LA woman arrested on charge of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan

By AP

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during the opening ceremony of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, southern Turkey, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)

Turkey’s FM accuses Israel of using security ‘as an excuse to occupy more land’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Gold medalist Israel's Raz Hershko celebrating on the podium for the women's over 78 kg category event at the Judo European Senior Championships 2026 in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 19, 2026. (Giorgi Arjevanidze/ AFP)

Israel wins 3 medals in European Judo Championships, including gold for Raz Hershko

File: People barbecue during Passover in Herzliya, April 13, 2025 (Tal Gal/Flash90)

Despite cost of living hikes, Israelis are eating more beef, veal

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, sitting, with his daughter, observes what it says a test launch of an upgraded surface-to-surface ballistic missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea, April 19, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea again tests cluster munitions in launch observed by Kim and his daughter

By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG

Council woman Tabatha Taylor (right) hugs an unknown person outside the scene of a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, April 19, 2026. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana father kills 7 of his children and another child in shooting at house — police

By Sophie Bates, LEKAN OYEKANMI, Gerald Herbert and John Seewer

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