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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 28, 2026

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Screenshots of social media videos showing the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon, May 28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF strikes Beirut for first time in 3 weeks, as offensive in Lebanon intensifies

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Target said to be head of an Iranian militia’s missile force; unclear if he was killed; other strikes hit over 135 targets; Lebanese authorities say 14 killed, including children

An undated photo of Sgt. Rotem Yanai, who was killed in a Hezbollah drone attack near the Lebanon border on May 27, 2026. (Courtesy)

Soldier killed in Hezbollah drone attack as Israel widens strikes on terror group

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

Civil defense members remove a body from the rubble of a residential building hit the previous day by an Israeli strike near the southern town of Burj al-Shamali, on the outskirts of Tyre, on May 27, 2026. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)

Hezbollah claims clashes with Israeli troops north of Litani; IDF dismisses reports

By Stav Levaton, Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, shakes hands with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq during their meeting in Muscat, Oman, April 26, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Live updates (closed)

May 28: US Treasury threatens to sanction Oman if it imposes tolls on vessels in Hormuz

Lebanon says woman, two children killed in Israeli strike on Beirut * Israel’s UN envoy says body gave ‘no real basis’ for blacklisting over sexual violence

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Lebanon says woman, two children killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
7:56 pm

Man who planned to attack Taylor Swift concert in Vienna sentenced to 15 years in prison
7:26 pm

US treasury chief says Washington to halt Iran airlines' access to landing spots until deal signed

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pulls away from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in the US Central Command area of responsibility May 21, 2026. (US Air Force/ Adriana Jordan-Alcaniz)

Most serious clashes since start of ceasefire last month

Ceasefire rattled as Iran targets 4 ships at Hormuz, US fires on Iran, which then targets US base

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Official says US forces took action against drones after Iran fired on 4 ships trying to traverse Strait of Hormuz, triggering tit-for-tat volley apparently in Kuwait, which deployed air defenses against ‘hostile’ threats

US President Donald Trump, next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says US ‘not satisfied’ in talks with Iran, days after claiming deal imminent

By Jacob Magid and AFP

US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing. (ToI / Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 28 – US and Iran exchange fire as IDF ramps up on Lebanon front

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid

Promoted ContentIsrael Bonds

Israel Bonds unveils new stamp marking 75 years of investment in Israel

Just days before its 75th anniversary, Israel Bonds marked a rare and symbolic milestone in Tel Aviv with the unveiling of a commemorative stamp issued by the Israel Postal Service.

Bodies wrapped in Hamas flags, with assault rifles on top

Hamas confirms death of military chief Mohammed Odeh; defiant funeral held in Gaza City

By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff

Terror group says Odeh killed alongside wife, children, in Israeli strike the day before; at burial, terror leader’s relative vows ‘struggle of Palestinian people will continue’

Mourners carry the body of Hamas terror group leader Mohammed Odeh, during his funeral in Gaza City on May 27, 2026. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

US President Donald Trump stands with other world leaders before a Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, February 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Iran war may be dampening international enthusiasm for peacekeeping force in Gaza

By David Rising

Mourners gather prior to the burial of Hamas leader Mohammed Odeh and his family members, during their funeral in Gaza City on May 27, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

AnalysisTargeted killings haven’t improved Israel’s strategic regional position — experts

By SAM METZ and FATMA KHALED

Author Dara Horn joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on this week's What Matters Now podcast. (courtesy/AP)

ToI podcast

Dara Horn: The answer to the Jewish question

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In Jerusalem for a writers’ festival, the author of wildly popular novels and the best-selling ‘People Love Dead Jews’ is back to answer how the lie of antisemitism is spreading

Campaigners for and against a BDS referendum at the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, New York City, May 26, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

'It is a great disappointment. There are no other words'

Opponents of boycott at NYC Park Slope co-op reckon with community’s vote against Israel

Cornerstone market in progessive Brooklyn neighborhood approves BDS campaign against Israeli products, forcing Jews and allies to decide whether they will remain members

Israel Day on 5th in New York City, May 18, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Tens of thousands expected at NYC’s annual Israel parade; Mamdani to boycott it

Organizer says City Hall has cooperated with permits for Sunday’s event and police are on top of security, though mayor refuses to participate for first time in decades

UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese in Cape Town, South Africa, October 28, 2025. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)

US reimposes sanctions on anti-Israel UN rapporteur, one week after dropping them

By Agencies and ToI Staff

New York needs a Jewish parade, not an Israel parade

The city’s annual Israel Day march has become a political litmus test. Instead, we should hold a celebration that unites Jews of all backgrounds and identities

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

What the Vatican should have learned from the Golem of Prague

The pope’s new encyclical on AI misses an essential Jewish lesson: You cannot teach morality to a machine – or to the corporation that creates it

The 5 Israelis ahead of you in line

Everyone bonds over the inconvenience of not being next. Until it’s finally your turn. Then you discover the truth: The people you just bonded with now hate you

Alexandria Fanjoy Silver

A quiet decency was supposed to set us Canadians apart. So how can this beloved country expect its Jews to accept fear as the price of living here?

Jonatan Urich arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Senior Netanyahu aide Urich to be charged with security offenses over Bild leak

By Jeremy Sharon

Adviser set to be indicted over allegations he leaked sensitive information to German newspaper in order to sway Israeli public opinion against a hostage deal with Hamas

Bill would restore daycare subsidies for kids of draft dodgers

Lawmakers to vote Monday on first reading of Knesset dissolution bill

Timeline for passage of legislation unclear; no date set for general elections, but they must be held by October 27

A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset on May 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Left: Likud MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); right: Former Likud MK Gilad Erdan takes part in a ceremony for a bulletproof ambulance donated by the Harvest Christian Fellowship to Magen David Adom, at the Tower of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Veteran Likud members Erdan, Edelstein said to make progress toward forming new party

By Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol

MK Moshe Gafni attends a finance committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Following draft evader arrests, Gafni calls on Haredim to halt cooperation with police

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony at Nevatim Airbase, inaugurating the first of six KC-46 aircraft purchased by the Defense Ministry from the United States, May 27, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel gets 1st of new KC-46 refueling planes, greatly boosting long-range capabilities

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

IDF says new arrival ‘significantly strengthens the air force’s superiority’; plane is 1st of 6 ordered from Boeing, will allow for deeper IAF strikes on Iran without relying on US

A woman checks her smartphone while sitting on a bench along a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranians back online after months-long shutdown, but still face heavy restrictions

By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY

General view of the Israel Police Lahav 433 major crimes unit headquarters in the city of Lod on April 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Major crimes detective questioned on suspicion of contact with Iranian agent

By Charlie Summers

Inside story

Amid economic crisis in the West Bank, Eid al-Adha is more observed than celebrated

Israel’s withholding of PA tax revenues for the past year left public sector employees without salaries ahead of the holiday; merchants say markets are largely empty

Palestinians shop for sheep and goats ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha at a livestock market in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

An Israeli settler filmed striking a dog with a stick in the Palestinian village of Khirbet a-Rakiz in the south Hebron Hills of the West Bank on May 26, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

For 2nd time in days, settler filmed striking dog during raid on Palestinian village

By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan

Investors, governments eye Israeli AI startup sifting oceans of raw video for intel

By Sharon Wrobel

Utilized in wake of Oct. 7 attack, Airis Labs says its platform can scan scads of visual data from smartphones, drones, CCTV, social media and more to find useful info faster than humans

Screenshot of Hamas body cam footage as terrorists fire on an Israeli vehicle during the terror organization's October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, released by the IDF and GPO. (Screenshot)

People stand in a moment of silence beside photos of victims of terror attacks and fallen Israeli soldiers at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv at the start of Israel’s Memorial Day, April 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Knesset panel restores word ‘massacre’ to Oct. 7 memorial day bill after backlash

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

‘No one wants to whitewash or change the narrative,’ says committee chair; bereaved families accused government or ‘erasing’ history after it changed ‘massacre’ to ‘events’ in title

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Screen captures from video of the alleged suspect in a stabbing attack running down the street in Winterthur, Switzerland, May 28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Three wounded by Swiss train station stabber allegedly yelling ‘Allahu akbar’

A man sleeps in the doorway of his house as stray dogs sprawl in the shade on the street on a hot afternoon in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Uncool: Sweltering globe will smash heat records over next 5 years, UN forecasts

By Seth Borenstein

Attendees at the Sommelier Eshkol Hazahav wine award ceremony in Tel Aviv's Heichal Hatarbut on May 26, 2026 (David Silverman)

Award-winersIn Tel Aviv, vintners, growers and enthusiasts celebrate year’s best wines

By Jessica Steinberg

Yesh Atid MK Boaz Toporovsky attends a Law and Constitution Committee meeting in the Knesset, on June 26, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)

Yesh Atid co-founder and MK Boaz Toporovsky steps away from Knesset

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

A caretaker attends to an albino buffalo nicknamed, 'Donald Trump,' that was for sale, on May 17, 2026, ahead of Eid al-Adha, at a livestock farm in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. (Salahuddin AHMED / AFP)

Buffalo DonBangladesh spares albino ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo from Eid sacrifice

View of the Knesset and the surrounding areas in Jerusalem as seen from a helicopter, on October 12, 2025 (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Real Estate IsraelHousing snapshot May 2026: Despite Iran war, home prices rise 0.3% in February-March

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