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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 30, 2026

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This handout photograph taken and released by the Damietta Port Authority on July 30, 2026, shows the control tower of the Mediterranean sea port of Damietta. (Damietta Port Authority/AFP)

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July 30: Egypt warns of ‘escalation’ after drone strike on port, Houthis deny responsibility

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Far-right rapper suspended from leading Tel Aviv volunteer cop squad over alleged misconduct * Fears that US aircraft at Ben Gurion will cause delays during peak vacation season

8:25 pm

Iranian hackers suspected in cyberattack on Minnesota water systems
8:18 pm

Iran's foreign minister says Egypt's security is of utmost importance after drone attack
8:16 pm

Iraq says it neither approved nor had prior knowledge of US-Saudi strikes

Footage released July 30, 2026, by US Central Command shows American aircraft launched against Iranian military targets. (Screenshot/CENTCOM via X)

US strikes Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in ‘powerful response’ to attacks on its forces

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Command centers and other sites hit across Iran, says CENTCOM; Trump said ‘exasperated’ by war’s lack of progress

Firefighters work to put out a blaze on a gas tanker in Egypt's Damietta port after it was reportedly hit by an Iranian drone strike, July 29, 2026. (Screenshots/ X used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Drone strikes US-owned gas tanker in Egyptian port, in possible expansion of Mideast war

By Agencies and Lazar Berman

US President Donald Trump speaks at the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, at the Washington National Cathedral, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP/ Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump says US will ‘beat the f*cking sh*t’ out of Iran after attack on bases in Jordan

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Inside story

‘An exchange of ideas,’ not an effort at persuasion: Inside Netanyahu’s Oval Office meeting with Trump

Israeli official says PM refrained from advocating for striking Iran, which he did in previous meeting, but won’t wait for a green light if Iran attacks Israel; also insists premier and US president are like a ‘married couple’ who ‘finish each other’s sentences’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026. (GPO)

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House about Dulles International Airport modernization, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

2/3 of US adults say Iran war hasn’t been worthwhile; 28% back Trump’s handling of it

By Linley Sanders and MIKE CATALINI

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/CENTCOM)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 30 – Iran’s first strike on Egypt tests CENTCOM’s defense umbrella

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'An affront to Jewish ethics; a threat to Israel's statehood'

Stalwart Israel defender Bret Stephens calls out ‘Jewish terrorists’ in West Bank

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Pulitzer-winning New York Times columnist takes aim at country’s handling of settler violence, says it harms security and legitimacy of Jewish state

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens speaks at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, February 1, 2026. (Peter Jamus/Michael Priest Photography via JTA)

A protester stands in rain near the White House on July 28, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/AFP)

Nearly half of Americans would have the US put Netanyahu in handcuffs, poll says

AnalysisMamdani’s Netanyahu video fuels debate over the meaning of antisemitism

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Analysis

Giving Ukraine the cold shoulder in DC, Netanyahu freezes out ally against Iran

Ukraine and Israel are both fighting the Iran-Russia axis; there are many areas of potential cooperation, including drone defense, but Israel won’t move much closer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) attend the funeral service for US Sen. Lindsey Graham at the Washington National Cathedral on July 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

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Natalie Sopinsky

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This handout photograph taken and released by the Damietta Port Authority on July 30, 2026, shows the control tower of the Mediterranean sea port of Damietta. (Damietta Port Authority/AFP)

Mediating Pakistan insists US-Iran talks ‘ongoing,’ despite heavy strikes

Egypt confirms it was hit by a drone but doesn’t assign blame, as Iranian sources imply Tehran was behind the strike; 1 dead in Iranian attack on Chinese-owned building in Kuwait

CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper speaks to members of the media during a press briefing with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, at the Pentagon, in Washington, April 16, 2026. (Kevin Wolf/AP)

Loose clips sink ships? US warns Mideast troops against filming bases, said to weigh seizing phones

By Phil Stewart

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (2nd from left) poses with Democratic Party Senators (from left) Richard Blumenthal, Jacky Rosen, Maggie Hassan, and Tim Kaine, during a meeting in Washington, in a photo released July 28, 2026. (Office of Yair Lapid)

In DC, Lapid tells Democrats who voted to block arms sales not to ‘give up’ on Israel

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Meeting several Democratic senators ahead of the Israeli election, opposition leader says boycotts are ‘not the way’

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)

Student union at Columbia University drops Israel divestment demand

Police arrest an ambulance driver in northern Israel on suspicion of espionage for Iran in June 2026. (Israel Police)

Ambulance driver charged with Iran espionage, allegedly spied on Herzog and Smotrich

By Charlie Summers

Prosecutors say Amir Hisham Mohammad Titi, 34, sent his Iranian handler photos of top officials on hospital visit, also documented former defense minister Gallant’s neighborhood

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot, at a campaign conference of at the Darom HaSharon Regional Council building in central Israel, July 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Eisenkot’s team said to warn Shin Bet that he is under threat, has no armed security

By Charlie Summers

IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

IDF reportedly seizes land in PA-run area of West Bank to link 2 planned settlements

By ToI Staff, Charlie Summers and Reuters

Illustrative: Israeli security forces patrol the Shuafat checkpoint in East Jerusalem, October 9, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Internal police probe looking into checkpoint killing of Jerusalem city worker

By Charlie Summers

2 children reported killed in Gaza strikes; IDF said to target terror operatives

By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, Reuters and ToI Staff

Strike on tent encampment in Khan Younis kills 20-year-old man and 8-year-old girl; strike on home in Bureij refugee camp kills 18-month-old and wounding at least 8

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building and tents destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians run for cover as smoke and fire rise during an Israeli strike on the the Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Gaza City on July 28, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA/ AFP)

IDF strikes Gaza City mosque, claims it was used for weapons storage

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

Bilal Abu Khalaf stands in front of his store in Muristan Square in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 2026. (Sarah Tuttle-Singer)

Peoples of Israel'Fabric is like the sea... it connects people'

Bilal Abu Khalaf, the fabric merchant of Jerusalem

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

In this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a man whose warmth helps 3 religious groups find their common thread

Illustrative: A Haredi school in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit, August 27, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Opposition blocks transfer of NIS 392 million in coalition funds for Haredi schools, settlements

By Ariela Karmel

Funding now highly unlikely to be approved before the Oct. 27 election, as the opposition must consent to any further consideration of the matter while parliament in recess

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks to Haredi officers in the Hasmonean Brigade, on the Lebanon border, July 29, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief tells Haredi commanders army must grow, as data shows uptick in enlistment

By Emanuel Fabian

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends the Religious Zionism party primary ahead of the upcoming election, in Jerusalem, July 26, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smotrich says he weighed quitting after Oct. 7, but ‘couldn’t find anything’ he did wrong

Far-right finance minister recounts opposing Israeli territorial withdrawals decades ago, appearing to repeat previous claims that they contributed to Hamas-led massacre in 2023

MK Simcha Rothman attends plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers currently held by the attorney general between two separate officeholders, at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rothman loses defamation suit against reporter on controversial Oct. 7 comment

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

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Judge says Dan Sohail, who told investigators he was seeking to connect with his ‘Jewish heritage,’ needs mental health treatment and doesn’t exhibit any hatred toward Jews

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US jury convicts Islamic extremist on terror charges for gravely wounding Salman Rushdie

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

UK court convicts Norwegian over role in murder-for-hire ordered by Iran-linked gang

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By PHILISSA CRAMER

Backlash against Jewish authors post-Oct. 7 inspires new initiatives, as many in the industry believe the situation is so dire that Jews need their own distribution pathways

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Representatives from the World Zionist Organization, the Foreign Ministry, and ZAKA help exhume the bodies of Theodor Herzl's grandparents, Shimon and Rivka Herzl, in Belgrade, Serbia, July 29, 2026. (World Zionist Organization/ ZAKA)

Herzl’s grandparents’ remains exhumed, to be reinterred in Jerusalem next week

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (right) celebrates with the Greens' Zoe Garbett after she was declared the winner in the 2026 London Borough of Hackney mayoral election at Hackney Service Centre, east London, May 8, 2026. (Reuters via PA)

London’s Hackney council gives initial nod to end 58-year twin city deal with Haifa

By Kelly Hartog

Left to right: An aerial view of Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv University); Haifa's Technion campus. (Technion Spokesperson's Office)

Two Israeli universities rank among top 30 global producers of AI talent, startups

By Sharon Wrobel

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG said to order police probe of conflicting claims in state comptroller vote scandal

A mock 'wanted' poster of Lebanese bank owner Antoun Sehnaoui, left, plastered by protesters outside the Lebanese Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, January 19, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese lawyers file complaint against banker who met Netanyahu in Washington

By AP

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Amy Winehouse’s father ordered to pay $1.26 million to her friends over failed suit

By AFP

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Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding Ukraine’s ‘terrorism’

US President Donald Trump talks with France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit, June 15, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/ Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US mulls blocking France’s DC ambassador pick over social media spat – sources

By Gabriel Stargardter, Humeyra Pamuk, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal

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