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What Matters Most On Friday, June 5, 2026

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Illustrative: An Iranian watchtower overlooks a section of the Aras river on the border with Azerbaijan, in Jolfa, northern Iran, on September 18, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Israel reportedly deployed elite forces in Azerbaijan, operated Somaliland base, during Iran war

Operations by dozens of commandos and Mossad agents along Iran’s northern border included killing of IRGC special operations chief, CNN says; Baku rejects ‘entirely baseless’ report

US President Donald Trump listens at an event about coal, on June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

'I didn’t feel like being like Jimmy Carter'

‘It’s entombed’: Trump says US can retrieve Iran’s uranium without a deal, but has ‘no reason to’

President reveals he mulled sending troops to seize near-weapons-grade stockpile at war’s start, but declined to do so given the risks: ‘I don’t want to do it if we’re in conflict’

A woman holds up an Iranian flag in front of a banner showing a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a street festival celebrating the Muslim Shiite holiday of Eid al-Ghadir in Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

‘Khamenei’ says US, Israel hit by ‘decisive blow’ amid mixed signals on talks, US security alert

By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Spanish UN peacekeepers clear a road after clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops in Dibbine village, southeast Lebanon, June 5, 2026, a day after Israeli forces withdrew. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Live updates (closed)

LIVE -- Lebanese president: Iran using Lebanon as ‘bargaining chip’ in negotiations with US

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men riot in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh * Poll: 58% of Israelis don’t believe Netanyahu should be PM after the election

8:55 pm

Eurovision viewing figures dropped this year amid boycott of competition, but digital engagement rose
8:52 pm

IDF 'expresses deep sorrow' after troops fired at vehicle in Hebron, killing Palestinian baby and wounding his parents
8:29 pm

IDF troops fired at vehicle in Hebron, killing 7-month-old baby and wounding his parents, PA says

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Left to right: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Opposition Leader Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on May 25, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Leader of the Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on May 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Poll shows anti-Netanyahu bloc winning majority; Eisenkot seen as best fit to be PM in separate survey

Zman Yisrael has Zionist opposition parties winning 62 seats, enough to form a government, though they would come short of a majority if all Arab factions run on joint slate

Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

AnalysisTrump’s ‘crazy’ rebuke spotlights rift with Netanyahu, when PM can least afford it

By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Ayyub and Steve Holland

Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) and his military secretary, Brig. Gen. Guy Markizeno get off an Israeli Air Force helicopter in the Mount Hermon area in southern Syria, March 11, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu poaches top Katz aide Markizeno as his new military secretary

By Emanuel Fabian

PM reportedly balks at expanded ground op

Soldier killed in anti-tank missile attack as Hezbollah rejects Lebanon ceasefire proposal

By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

North targeted with rockets and drones; IDF strikes reported in Lebanon, at least 5 said killed; terror group chief calls on Beirut to halt ‘farce’ of talks, as Aoun touts ‘last chance’ for comprehensive truce

Eitan Shmuel Lemberg (IDF)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the state comptroller election at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF kills Hezbollah chief engineer; 3 troops hurt in Lebanon clashes

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Lt. Col. (res) Sarit Zehavi joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/ AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 5 – Why only Lebanon can drive Hezbollah out. But it won’t

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Sarit Zehavi

Reporter's notebook

‘Part of a larger struggle’: As elections loom, thousands march to Knesset for Jerusalem Pride

By Charlie Summers

Marchers chant ‘democracy’ while holding ballot boxes, in procession guarded by some 2,000 police officers; partner of soldier killed fighting on Oct. 7 says Israel facing ‘fateful’ vote

Former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak attends a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ex-chief justice Barak: Slippery slope of violence could end in murder of judge, civil war

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Fearing they could be targeted next, dozens of judges reportedly warn that Haredi extremist riot outside deputy chief justice’s home could have a chilling effect on judicial system

Knesset legal adviser upholds comptroller vote, says opposition hadn’t opposed ballot-filming

By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel

Petition has urged High Court to strike down election of PM’s lawyer Rabello to independent watchdog post, because Likud MKs were reportedly told to document themselves voting for him; Sagit Afik is unconvinced

Left: Michael Rabello attends a hearing on a petition demanding the formation of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 23, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik at a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on, December 1, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ella Ben Emanuel

We are all sick to death of war

I just want them to come home. All of them. From Gaza and Lebanon. From naval ships and underground bases. I’m proud of our army, but we are so, so tired

Talyah Ginsberg

Hineni: The opposite of distraction

Try drinking a cup of coffee and nothing else. No checking messages. No reviewing your to-do list. No rehashing events. Just the coffee. It’s hard! And worth it

A damaged apartment in a residential building is seen after an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

Senior Hamas officials killed in Gaza strikes, IDF says; 9 Palestinians reported dead

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Military targets commanders in Hamas’s general security mechanism; Gaza medics report five members of same family killed

Knife seized from alleged assailant after apparent stabbing attempt outside Western Galilee police station, June 5, 2026. (Israel Police)

Stabbing attack thwarted in north, hours after IDF kills Palestinian firebomber

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Nova survivor Rita Yedid, thanking soldiers for their service after October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)

Interview'The movie is about surviving and how to keep on living'

‘We were so broken’: Nova survivor Rita Yedid brings story of resilience to the screen

By Jessica Steinberg

In documentary ‘Rita,’ which premiered May 27, the mother of two recounts hiding in the rave’s ticket booth as her husband shielded her from Hamas gunfire, and the painful aftermath

Instagram pushes mainstream wellness users toward antisemitic content, watchdog says

Accounts seeking normative content on fitness and health are quickly shown conspiracy theories and explicit hate speech, says Combat Antisemitism Movement

A woman screaming 'Jews are eating kids!' on the New York City Subway, May 31, 2026. (Screenshot/Combat Antisemitism Movement on X)

‘Jews are eating kids!’: NYC subway rider said to assault 23-year-old Jewish woman

Four minors charged over killing of 19-year-old Destao Tzakul in Beersheba in April

Suspects aged 15 to 17 allegedly hit victim with an iron rod until he fell, stabbed him while he was down, then tried to remove the evidence

Destao Tzakul, a 19-year-old from Beersheba, who was killed in a stabbing outside his home on April 24, 2026. (Facebook)

Olga (left) and Ruslan (right) Prihodko, who were found shot dead in their car in Mishmar Ayalon, in the Judean foothills, on May 22, 2026. (Facebook)

Police backtrack, no longer suspect terror motive in double homicide last month

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Strong shekel squeezes value of export sales, as industry warns of damage to economy

By Sharon Wrobel

In the first few months of 2026, local export revenue shrank by more than NIS 6.5 billion due to the sharp rise in the shekel’s value against the dollar

Illustrative: View of the Pazkar Factory near Afula, October 14, 2024 (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

A photo of the Western Wall from the 1920s (AO Freedman)

Stone setting

Tower of David Museum wants your old Western Wall photos

By Jessica Steinberg

Request for people to search for images comes as Jerusalem institution prepares 2027 exhibit for 60th anniversary of city’s reunification following 1967 Six Day War

Janez Jansa addressing the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (Igor Kupljenik/AP)

After pro-Israel PM forms government in Slovenia, Israel to open first embassy there

By Nava Freiberg

FM Sa’ar hails Janez Jansa as ‘a clear and steadfast friend of Israel,’ following years of strained ties between Jerusalem and Ljubljana under previous pro-Palestinian premier

A woman carries a baby near a residential house damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 2, 2026. (AP/Evgeniy Maloletka)

AnalysisAmid deadly Russian strikes, Kyiv finds itself ‘in the queue’ as US busy with Iran

By Maria Danilova

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)

ADL: Grocery's Israel boycott 'does nothing to advance peace '

Bamba blankets NYC after Park Slope co-op Israel boycott vote. What’s next?

By Jackie Hajdenberg

UJA-Federation floats Israeli food fairs, sends thousands of bags of peanut snack to pantries in response to prominent shop’s divisive decision last week to ban Israeli products

Oxford Union to host banned US commentators via livestream after UK denies them entry

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