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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 28, 2026

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Police and rescue forces at the scene where a car exploded in a suspected gangland killing, in Jaffa, June 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Five slain within hours in shootings, car-bombings amid spiraling Arab community violence

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Father killed, 6-year-old son injured as vehicle explodes in Jaffa; man killed in Jaffa car bomb; 2 gunned down in Qalansawe, another in Taibe; toll in Arab community this year reaches at least 141

Illustrative: A sign reading Department of Justice is displayed at the FBI field office, in Portland, Oregon. January 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Israeli-American businessman extradited to US on felony fraud charges

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at areas the IDF will withdraw from as part of a US-mediated agreement with Lebanon, during a press conference on June 27, 2026. (YouTube Screenshot)

PM: Rubio backs IDF keeping buffer; Lebanon said to object

PM: Iran, Hezbollah to have ‘no role in Lebanon’ under deal, Israel can maintain security zone

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

At press conference, Netanyahu claims framework accord with Lebanon opens door to peace but lets IDF address threats, also says Israel sending delegation to DC to discuss Iran deal

Cpt. David Hazutt, killed in Lebanon on June 28, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF officer killed in clash with Hezbollah gunman in south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters

Military correspondent Emanual Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing (AP/ Mohammed Zaatari)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 28 – The first test of the Lebanon deal: IDF pulls back slightly

By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian

Damage from an Iranian attack on a residential building in Manama, Bahrain, June 28, 2026. (Bahrain Police Media)

Attacked Gulf states slam Iranian 'aggression'

Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes, threatens to end negotiations

By Agencies and ToI Staff

FM Araghchi cites Hormuz ‘arrangements’ as reason for tension; Bahrain says residential building in capital damaged, nobody killed; Qatar says one of its citizens killed in separate strike; Trump: Iran violated truce with ship attack

A still image taken from drone footage published by US Central Command shows a strike on Iranian military targets on June 28, 2026. (X, CENTCOM)

Trump threatens to ‘complete the job’ in Iran as US military launches fresh strikes

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Screengrabs of social media videos showing Iraqi security forces raiding the Green Zone diplomatic compound in Baghdad, June 28, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iraqi forces raid Baghdad Green Zone, arrest officials linked to corruption, Iran-backed groups

By AFP

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Netanyahu’s vow to build ‘broad national government’ marks familiar attempt at pre-election rebrand

Analyst says PM is courting center-right voters to offset Eisenkot’s rising popularity, but will keep current partners if reelected; critics say his appeal for unity is disingenuous, clashes with coalition’s current legislative agenda

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an IDF officers’ graduation course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026. (Flash90)

Voter casts their ballot at a polling station in Bnei Brak on November 1, 2022 (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Want to predict how an Israeli will vote? Look at their religiosity, survey says

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Dedy Simhi speaks at a conference at Reichman University, Herzliya, January 22, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

Dedy Simhi says his emerging alliance with Gantz would sit with anyone but Arab parties

Eisenkot: Netanyahu unworthy of nation; unfit to preach unity

Netanyahu slams key election rival Eisenkot as too cautious, claims to seek ‘broad national government’

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

PM says ex-IDF chief, former war cabinet member had opposed ops in Gaza, Lebanon, would have left ‘all of Hamas’ intact; Eisenkot: Netanyahu ‘blindly’ led us to ‘historic low,’ lies, evades responsibility

L: Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot, on November 1, 2025. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

View of the southern city of Eilat, September 9, 2025. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)

Cabinet okays 5-year NIS 360 million plan for Eilat’s economy, infrastructure

By Michael Horovitz and Diana Bletter

Democrats chief Yair Golan speaks during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 6, 2026. (Courtesy of The Democrats)

Golan’s Democrats party unveils 51 primary candidates, touts 85,000 members

By Ariela Karmel

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, third left, reviews an honour guard as he is welcomed by Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, during his official welcoming ceremony at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, February 19, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

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June 28: After Iran drone attack, Qatar says citizen killed from shrapnel due to ‘military operations’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

IDF blows up major Hezbollah tunnel, after US pressure previously prevented demolition * Israel-Lebanon security annex preserves full IDF freedom of action in security zone — source

8:55 pm

IDF airs footage of demolition of major Hezbollah tunnel
8:53 pm

US, Iran agree to halt Hormuz attacks, hold talks about strait in Qatar on Tuesday -- report
8:18 pm

IDF has blown up major Hezbollah tunnel, Netanyahu and Katz announce

NY’s Hakeem Jeffries welcomes anti-Israel primary winners who declined to endorse him

House minority leader, who is generally supportive of Israel, congratulates far-left election victors as tensions boil between party’s moderates and insurgent anti-Zionist flank

US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

California State Sen. Scott Wiener, right, prepares to announce his proposed measure to provide legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families during a news conference in Sacramento, California, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Progressive Jewish US lawmaker chased from transgender event, accused of ‘genocide’

Analysis

Politically opposed extremist networks seek US government overthrow. Both are anti-Israel

Far-right and anti-Zionist groups are accused of trying to stoke ‘revolution’ at home. While their methods differ, they place Israel and Jews at the center of their ideologies

Anti-Israel graffiti at the outside of the Goodman Acker law offices, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Southfield, Michigan, part of an alleged campaign targeting businesses connected to the University of Michigan. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

Armenians take part in the annual torch march on the eve of the Genocide Remembrance Day in Yerevan, on April 23, 2025. (KAREN MINASYAN / AFP)

Israel recognizes Armenian genocide, amid frosty ties with Turkey

By Nava Freiberg

FM says unanimous government move is ‘moral imperative’ for Jewish state: ‘It’s never too late to do the right thing’; Ankara, which accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, rejects label for WWI atrocities

Eliyahu Berkovits

When black hats meet blue uniforms

As the draft crisis shifts from the Knesset to the streets, many Haredim see police officers as persecutors, not protectors

Ye (Kanye West) in Tampa: A Jewish response

Would you have gone to the concert? Would you have booked him to begin with, before any real public reckoning about his record of antisemitism?

High Court assails process by which MKs elected state comptroller, signaling it will likely intervene

By Jeremy Sharon

‘Should we erase the word “secret” from state comptroller law?’ court deputy president asks, as government argues that MKs who recorded their votes were legally allowed to do so

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit presides over a hearing in the High Court of Justice for petitions asking that the election of attorney Michael Rabello as state comptroller be annulled, June 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

From L to R: Iman Khair and Hala Azzam, 13, in an undated photo published after they drowned in the Jordan River in northern Israel on June 28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Two 13-year-old girls found dead after being swept away by Jordan River

Hala Azzam and Iman Khair reportedly entered water in Galilee recreation area without adults present; intensive hours-long search included helicopter, elite rescue unit

Hezbollah supporters block the old airport road in the southern suburbs of Beirut, with burning tires to protest against the trilateral agreement that was signed between the US, Israel and Lebanon on June 27, 2026. (Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

Hezbollah says Israel-Lebanon agreement ‘null and void’; Israel said bracing for attack

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Naim Qassem calls deal a ‘humiliation’ as allies threaten civil war; terror group’s MP slams Beirut’s ‘submission’; Israeli defense official vows ‘severe’ response to any attack

IDF troops operate in southern Syria, in a photo cleared for publication on August 29, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF troops kill 2 gunmen in south Syria buffer zone, military says

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli military APCs parked in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, June 27, 2026 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

IDF says it struck terror operatives in south Lebanon, after framework deal announced

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Hamas terrorist Abd al-Rahman Maher Abd al-Karim Ziyada is seen by an IDF tank on October 7, 2023, in a photo published by the military on June 28, 2026, stating that he was eliminated. (Israel Defense Forces)

Top commander in Hamas naval police, Oct. 7 terrorist killed in recent strikes – IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Military targeted naval officer Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout and Abd al-Rahman Maher Abd al-Karim Ziyada, who was pictured next to IDF tank from which crew were abducted in 2023 onslaught

Head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh (left) and Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar (right) at a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the terror group, in Gaza City, December 14, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

IDF says strike killed Oct. 7 terrorist commander, nephew of ex-Hamas chief Haniyeh

By Emanuel Fabian and AP

The city of Lyon, central France, is seen during a heat wave, June 27, 2026. (Laurent Cipriani/AP)

France records around 1,000 additional deaths amid extreme European heat wave

By Kirsten Grieshaber and John Leicester

Record-smashing temperatures spark fires in east German forests contaminated with WWII ammunition; Berlin cops cool down locals with water cannon; Greece on high alert for fires

This aerial picture shows buildings destroyed during twin earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026. (Miguel Medina/Pool Photo via AP)

Frustration mounts in Venezuela as earthquake death toll reaches 1,430

By regina garcia cano, ANDRY RINCÓN and MEGAN JANETSKY

Tension running high as Venezuelans accuse government of an inadequate response to the back-to-back quakes that have devastated the South American nation

Iran's team stands for their national anthem during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle, June 26, 2026. (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Iran narrowly knocked out of World Cup after tumultuous contest on and off field

Last minute 3-3 draw between Austria and Algeria causes elimination of Iranian soccer squad; team had complained of travel restrictions, visa denials and quick exits from US after matches

Egypt's Yasser Ibrahim (2) stops a shot from Iran's Ramin Rezaeian (23) during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle, Washington, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Iranian coach says US is giving his World Cup team ‘really terrible’ treatment

By Derek Harper

Egyptian football fans react as they watch their national team's 2026 World Cup Group G football match against Iran, at an outdoor cafe in the Sharabiya district of Cairo on June 27, 2026. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP)

‘It was a dream’: Egypt revels in historic World Cup moment after 1-1 draw against Iran

By AFP

Robin Bigga-Piskernig, second from right, is interning as part of an Austrian program that sends youth abroad to learn and teach about the Holocaust. From left, art teacher Janet Lust Ganes, foundation president Olivia Mattis, two students from Lawrence High School and foundation administrator Matthew Spirn take part in an art exhibit dedicated to Sousa Mendes, a Holocaust rescuer. (Courtesy Sousa Mendes Foundation via JTA)

Austria once denied its Nazi past. Now it sends young people abroad to confront it

Instead of military service, Austrian volunteers can work in nonprofits around the world, helping preserve the memory of the Holocaust and its victims

Mel Brooks arrives at the premiere of "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!" in Los Angeles on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Born to make people laugh

Comedy legend and Jewish icon Mel Brooks turns 100

By AP and ToI Staff

Groundbreaking writer and director behind ‘Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ has joked his gravestone should read: ‘I was Mel Brooks, one of the funniest little Jews to walk the Earth’

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