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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 26, 2026

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Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during Israeli military action, April 26, 2026 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

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April 26: Home Front Command limits gatherings in several areas of north amid Hezbollah attacks

PM nixes mass Lag B’Omer festivities on Mount Meron * Haredi leaders censure High Court for ordering financial sanctions on draft evaders * IDF says it hit Hezbollah in south Lebanon

8:28 pm

Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south today killed 14
7:54 pm

Footage shows moment Hezbollah drone explodes near Israeli forces in Lebanon
7:53 pm

Home Front Command limits gatherings in several areas of north amid Hezbollah attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Isaac Herzog at a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Herzog said to pursue legal 'creativity and innovation'

Rebuffing Netanyahu’s pardon request, at least for now, Herzog calls for new plea deal talks

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

President’s office confirms New York Times report that he wants to mediate arbitration in prime minister’s corruption trial, pitting attorney general against Netanyahu’s lawyer

Members of the public opposing a state commission of inquiry into October 7 protest outside a hearing at the High Court in Jerusalem, April 23, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police said planning to probe attempt to storm High Court’s Oct. 7 inquiry hearing

Israel's ambassador to Britain, Tzipi Hotovely, speaks onstage during the commemoration of the first anniversary of October 7, in Hyde Park in London, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Cabinet approves ex-UK envoy Hotovely to lead National Public Diplomacy Directorate

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Secret Service agents respond during a shooting that disrupted the White House Correspondents Dinner, in Washington, April 25, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Agent shot wearing bulletproof vest, said recovering

Shots fired as gunman charges at White House correspondents’ dinner; Trump unharmed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

President, Vance, rushed from stage as armed suspect runs past Secret Service guarding Washington event; suspect detained; Trump doubts attempt linked to Iran war, won’t change his position

US President Donald Trump arrives at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Netanyahu, Herzog among world leaders ‘shocked’ by shooting at gala attended by Trump

By ToI Staff and Agencies

This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a person he claims to be the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on the ground after being apprehended on April 25, 2026 (@REALDONALDTRUMP / TRUTH SOCIAL)

Accused White House correspondents’ dinner shooter is California tutor, computer programmer

By Michael Biesecker and Michael Kunzelman

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach Fla., Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner’s trip to Islamabad for ‘time-wasting’ Iran talks

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

US president claims Iran submitted a better but not good enough proposal minutes after he canceled his negotiators’ trip; Iran’s FM departs Pakistan after meeting local leaders

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

Iran executes man over membership in jihadist group, armed rebellion

By AFP

Smoke billows from explosions in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on April 25, 2026 (AFP)

PM instructs IDF to strike Hezbollah targets ‘with force’ after repeated truce violations

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

None hurt as terror group targets Israeli communities; military says it killed several gunmen who posed a threat to troops in southern Lebanon

Israeli military excavators damage solar panels in the southern Lebanon Christian village of Debel, in footage aired by Lebanese media on April 25, 2026. (Screenshot X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF probes soldiers seen damaging solar panels in south Lebanon Christian village

By Emanuel Fabian

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing April 26 – As both sides keep striking, is there still a Lebanon ceasefire?

By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian

Hundreds protest police inaction after pizzeria murder: ‘This is a wake-up call’

By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff

Teen suspected of murdering Pizza Hut worker in Petah Tikva caught on camera holding a knife covered in blood shortly after the Independence Day stabbing

People gather outside a Pizza Hut branch in Petah Tikva, lighting candles and placing flowers in memory of employee Yemanu Binyamin Zelka, who was stabbed to death there, April 25, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets in his office with Education Minister Yoav Kisch (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on April 26, 2026, to discuss the phenomenon of teen murders. (GPO)

Netanyahu vows police, education action following ‘heinous’ Petah Tikva killing

By Stav Levaton and Charlie Summers

David E. Bernstein

US politics – not Netanyahu – broke bipartisan support for Israel

Tribal identity now dictates voters’ views on most issues, including Israel, but mainstream Democrats can still be reached

So many people in Israel are bereft, missing parts of themselves. I know. Even 25 years after my son’s murder, I am in pain – and I need you to witness my story

This image issued by the Defense Ministry on February 11, 2026, shows the David's Sling air defense system during a recent test. (Defense Ministry)

10 Iranian missles made for each new Israeli interceptor

Report: Government refused to boost funding for interceptor missiles, even after 2024 Iranian attacks

By Stav Levaton and Emanuel Fabian

Netanyahu’s coalition said to have failed to act on repeated recommendations to increase interceptor production, with some members pushing to invest in only offensive measures

File: The Iron Dome missile defense system stationed close to the southern city of Sderot on October 12, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Israel sent Iron Dome and troops to help defend UAE during Iran war – report

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

Move is first time the missile defense system has been deployed outside Israel and the US, according to Axios, which says UAE-Israel ties closer than ever

Palestinians mourn over people killed in an Israeli strike during their funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Alzanoun)

IDF says Gaza strike killed Oct. 7 attacker; local officials report 13 dead in attacks

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AP

Military says series of strikes targeted imminent threats to troops; Palestinian officials say woman, pregnant with twins, and two children killed in strikes on homes near hospital

Palestinian Christians cast their votes in local elections at a polling station in Bethlehem, West Bank, April 25, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

Turnout low as Palestinians in West Bank and part of Gaza vote in local elections

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli security forces guard as Jews tour in the West Bank city of Hebron, on April 25, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Woman and child injured in fresh spate of settler attacks on Palestinian villages

Cathryn J. Prince, author of 'For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman.' (Courtesy)

Interview'So much of what she fought for is still relevant now'

From child laborer to union leader: Too-relevant story of 20th-century immigrant Pauline Newman

By Rich Tenorio

In ‘For the Love of Labor,’ ToI contributor Cathryn J. Prince follows the Lithuanian-born labor activist who blazed trails fighting sexism and classism in her new homeland, America

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather near an area where people were being taken into custody near Columbia University campus in New York, April 30, 2024. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

US reportedly denying green cards over anti-Israel social media posts

Immigration agents told to look out for support for ‘antisemitic terrorism, ideologies or groups,’ or participation in anti-Israel campus protests, New York Times reports

A. Grebelsky & Son Jerusalem limestone factory at the Har Tuv industrial zone near Beit Shemesh. (Courtesy)

'Every dollar that we make, we get less'

Brawny shekel threatens to knock out exporters, tech firms dependent on almighty dollar

By Sharon Wrobel

As exchange rate dives below NIS 3 to the greenback, companies paid in US currency say without government help they will have to cut costs, fire workers and could move elsewhere

Reut Cohen (Courtesy)

Pregnant woman collapses and dies, doctors unable to save her or her twins

Reut Cohen, in 30th week, rushed to hospital, undergoes emergency C-section but mother and unborn girls die; family questions whether doctors previously missed serious condition

40 years after Chernobyl

Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation over Chernobyl nuclear disaster

East German secret police knew of 1986 disaster’s devastation, tried to send potentially contaminated produce to West Germany, documents show, as Gorbachev recommended misleading public

An aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, showing damage from an explosion and fire in reactor four on April 26, 1986, that sent large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere. (AP/Volodymyr Repik, File)

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Then-Israeli ambassador to Kenya Michael Lotem, right, marks Israel's annual Independence Day, May 2023. (Israel Foreign Ministry)

Israel appoints first ambassador to Somaliland after recognition of breakaway region

By AFP and ToI Staff

The scene of a suspected murder-suicide in Aviel, a small moshav in central Israel, after a father and his son were found dead there on April 26, 2026. (Screenshot/Ynet)

Father, six-year-old son found dead in suspected murder-suicide

By Charlie Summers

A handout picture released by the Syrian Interior Ministry's Telegram page on June 21, 2025, of Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, after the country's official news agency SANA said he was detained. (Syrian Interior Ministry Telegram Page / AFP)

Syria to begin trying Assad-era figures Sunday, justice ministry official says

By AFP

Abraham Bonowitz, executive director of Death Penalty Action, and other death penalty opponents hold a demonstration outside the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, September 25, 2024, asking the state to call off the scheduled execution of Alan Miller in what would be the nation's second execution using nitrogen gas. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

US to add firing squad, electrocutions, gas asphyxiation to federal execution methods

By Jonathan Allen

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