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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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Displaced Palestinians carry victims away from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted police headquarters in Gaza City on August 19, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

Poll shows drop in Palestinian support for Hamas's war conduct

At least 10 said killed in Gaza airstrikes that Israel says targeted Hamas commanders

By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies

IDF: Strikes in Nuseirat and Gaza City were against terror operatives planning attacks on Israeli troops; UN: More than half of all aid workers killed worldwide in 2025 were in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike on a cafe at the Gaza port in Gaza City, August 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

IDF says it hit meeting of elite Hamas commanders near Gaza port; six reported dead

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

People gather around the wreckage of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by a strike in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

IDF to open criminal inquiry into Gaza’s Hind Rajab case, closes probe of World Central Kitchen deaths

By Emanuel Fabian

State Rep. Angie Nixon, speaks loudly on the Florida House floor during a redistricting bill on April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP/Mike Stewart)

Anti-Israel Democrat wins upset in Florida Senate primary, in latest victory for DSA

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Elsewhere in the state, several Jewish, pro-Israel candidates win nominations, including incumbents Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz, and far-right firebrand Randy Fine

Florid Rep. Randy Fine (L), and antisemitic influencer Dan Bilzerian. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via JTA, Randy Shropshire / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Jewish Rep. Randy Fine wins Florida primary against antisemitic influencer Dan Bilzerian

By Sharon Udasin

Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly (L) and GOP candidate Byron Donalds speak at their election night parties on August 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, AP Photo/John Raoux)

Two pro-Israel candidates will vie to succeed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

By Sharon Udasin

Inside story

Yehuda Katz’s return closes painful Sultan Yacoub saga, but Lebanon mire endures

Return of remains of last missing soldier from disastrous 1982 battle closes 44-year chapter, as Israel again confronts risks of a prolonged military presence in its northern neighbor

From left: Zachary Baumel, Yehuda Katz and Zvi Feldman (Courtesy)

IDF Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz. (Israel Defense Forces)

Remains of Yehuda Katz, IDF soldier who went missing in 1982 battle, returned to Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

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Inside story

Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

PM, Kushner clashed over continued Israeli strikes on Oct. 7 terrorists — officials

Officials tell ToI that Trump aide also took issue with Netanyahu’s refusal to let police recruits leave Gaza for training, as Board of Peace needs them for Hamas weapons handovers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (right) meet with top White House adviser Jared Kushner (second from left) and US adviser Aryeh Lightstone (left) in Jerusalem on November 10, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Culture editor Jessica Steinberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (Orit Pnini)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 19 – Former Hamas hostage fulfills a dream at Nir Oz

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jessica Steinberg

Palestinians walk past tents sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza City, August 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hamas says it’s ‘committed’ to 15-point Gaza deal while Board of Peace weighs new plan

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and AFP

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli army strike on a cafe at the Gaza port the previous day, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, August 19, 2026. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

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Aug. 19: Board of Peace mum on IDF’s Gaza strikes, days after Kushner asked PM only to target imminent threats

By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

Palestinians say they’re still trapped in homes, 11 days after settler siege commenced * US to provide $206 million for Gaza peacekeeping force, letters show

8:17 pm

After remains returned to Israel, long-missing soldier from 1982 Lebanon battle to be buried in Jerusalem
7:41 pm

US to provide $206 million for Gaza peacekeeping force, letters show
6:33 pm

UN chief blasts Ben Gvir's 'appalling' call to kill 30-40 Gazans a day

Decommissioned Syrian Air Force planes are seen at the Abu al-Duhur military airport, east of Idlib, following the takeover of the area by Syrian opposition fighters on December 7, 2024. (AP/Omar Albam)

Ankara slams Jerusalem's 'frivolous allegations'

Israel confirms striking Syrian air base, saying Turkey was planning to deploy forces

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Netanyahu’s office asserts Damascus was repeatedly warned ‘such a deployment would pose a threat to Israel’s security’; Trump’s envoy says US working to establish deconfliction mechanism for Israel, Syria and Turkey

A Syrian army checkpoint stands abandoned near the Abu al-Duhur military airport, east of Idlib, after Syrian opposition fighters took control of the area on December 7, 2024. (AP/Omar Albam)

Ankara rejects Israeli ‘allegations’ on airbase, but Syrian officials confirm Turkish visit

By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

International Atomic Energy Agency’s director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi, left, and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani attend a press conference in Damascus, Syria, August 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

IAEA finds ‘tons’ of nuclear material in Syria; Damascus: We’ll keep it for ‘peaceful’ energy use

By AFP and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Hamas must be drained of its money as well as its weapons

Gaza’s terror group is rearming, in part with money from the daily influx of aid * Plus: Netanyahu’s party primary brings an overdue farewell to some members of the Likud demolition crew, but the main wreckers remain

File: Iran's then-supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, greets Khalil al-Hayya, then a member of Hamas leadership council, during their meeting in Tehran, Feb. 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Op-edNetanyahu boasts of Likud renewal, but his new slate is a faded copy of the old

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Analysis

Likud primary results boost Netanyahu’s bid to reshape sinking party, win back voters

With Likud bleeding support, PM is hoping that bringing relative moderates to top of slate, rather than far-rightists preferred by party’s hardcore, can make the difference in October’s general election

Likud members are seen posing in a cutout with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a polling station in Jerusalem during primary elections on August 17, 2026, to determine the party’s Knesset list ahead of the Israeli general elections. The text reads, "I'm with Bibi too!" (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A ballot is cast at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset election, on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)

Election committee approves voting booths in 159 old-age homes after controversy

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Neshama Carlebach

Less alone than I thought

Reckoning with my father’s complex legacy, I’ve discovered how many others are struggling to reconcile love for someone with the harm they caused

Attorney general: Overdue state inquiry into Oct. 7 should now wait for next government

Gali Baharav-Miara reiterates support for top-level commission, proposes waiting despite harmful and ‘highly unusual’ amount of time government has let pass without investigating

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

Ultra-Orthodox men clash with police during a protest against military enlistment, Bnei Brak, August 8, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

AG says government must up enforcement against draft evaders, 83% of whom are Haredim

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Huckabee stands by calling violent settlers ‘terrorists’: They’re ‘pouring gas on a fire’

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

US ambassador to Israel insists Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner didn’t clash at meeting over Gaza proposal, says Israel ‘never backed away’ from Trump’s overall plan for Strip

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Channel 12, August 18, 2026. (Screenshot)

This picture taken from the E1 area northeast of Jerusalem shows vehicles moving along a highway near the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)

Government opens bidding to build 1,200 homes in controversial E1 settlement project

Inside story

Palestinian official worries US ‘replicating’ PM’s strategy of boosting Hamas at PA’s expense

Concern expressed to ToI after Kushner meets with Hamas chief and Netanyahu, while ignoring Ramallah; Trump aide says PA should focus on reforms, which the official accuses Jerusalem of hobbling

US President Donald Trump (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. (Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)

Stephen M. Flatow

In Israel, a missing soldier is everyone’s son

The search for an IDF soldier, Yehuda Katz, missing since the 1982 First Lebanon War, reflects a commitment that is deeply Israeli – and deeply Jewish

Matti Sarfatti Harcavi

Israelis are choking on the government’s failure to act

The danger of illegal trash-burning in Palestinian towns has been known for decades, but the current leaders offer rhetoric and photo ops instead of solutions

Lawrence Rifkin

It’s the elections, stupid

Bibi thumbing his nose at Trump over Gaza? Segalovich seeing an Arab party as his chance to get ahead? It’s politics! Get over it! Vote!

Michael Knighton

Water in the wilderness: A desert preaches

It doesn’t rain in Israel in August. It just doesn’t. So when the heavens bucketed down on the dry and dusty wadis, I found myself looking for meaning

A switch from 'hammer Iran ASAP' to 'strangle them' over time

Trump shifts approach to waiting Iran out as Tehran intensifies threats on Gulf, Europe

By ToI Staff and Agencies

CNN says US freezing talks, Trump thinks Iran will cave due to economic pressure; Tehran warns EU could be hit if war renews, NATO vows response; UAE cuts economic ties with regime

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, August 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A map posted by US President Donald Trump, showing the Strait of Hormuz as a "New US Territory," August 18, 2026. (Via Truth Social)

Trump says ‘no talks’ with Iran, posts map showing Hormuz as ‘new US territory’

By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

US President Donald Trump applauds as he leaves after speaking at the Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US reportedly weighing major troop pullback from Gulf following damage in Iran war

Washington Post says war prompts ‘once-in-a-generation chance’ to review American presence in region, as Pentagon, CENTCOM said to be considering not rebuilding some damaged bases

A vessel is seen off the coast of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on August 3, 2026. (AFP)

UAE says Iran fired two missiles at it, both fell in the sea

Jews targeted in 63% of all religious hate crimes in US last year — FBI data

Antisemitism accounts for 14% of all bias incidents in 2025; anti-Jewish crimes decrease by 21% compared to 2024

Police protect a Jewish center during an anti-Zionist rally, in Brooklyn, New York City, May 12, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

Whistleblower says Trump’s campus antisemitism probes were used as tool, lacked evidence

By Eric Tucker and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

Secret apartments, political posts: Report alleges corruption in KKL-JNF workers’ union

Investigation finds dozens of apartments rented cheaply to workers and associates, and intense pressure on employees to vote Likud

The KKL-JNF building (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israeli soldiers look around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

KKL-JNF to invest NIS 284 million in development of southern Israel

File: Judge Tomoko Akane arrives prior to the announcement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) verdict that sentenced Malian Jihadist police chief Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu, on November 20, 2024 at the court in The Hague, the Netherlands. (Eva Plevier / various sources / AFP)

US sanctions ICC president, senior trial lawyer on team seeking Netanyahu’s arrest

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Rubio slams ‘fatally politicized supranational court,’ which counters that move ‘undermines rule of law’; PM thanks US ‘for making clear corrupt officials who lead ICC will face consequences’

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An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's then-President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city, on November 30, 2024. (Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP)

Syria arrests Assad-era officer who fled prison sentence in Austria

By Feras Dalatey

FIFA President Gianni Infantino shakes hands with Basim Sheikh Suliman (left), vice president of the Israeli Football Association, as Jibril Rajoub (right), president of the Palestine Football Association, leaves the stage at the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada on April 30, 2026. (Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Israel pulls support for embattled FIFA chief after World Cup sell-off plan — report

By ToI Staff and AFP

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