100,000 told to leave Rafah; Hamas rockets from there kill 4 soldiers in Israel * CIA head bids to save hostage deal * Holocaust Day, March of Living held in Oct 7 shadow

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, May 6, 2024 Presented by [Mir Yam Institute]( [IDF tells 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate eastern Rafah ahead of planned offensive]( By Emanuel Fabian Military uses flyers, texts, phone calls to call on Gazans to leave specific areas; Gallant to US: Israel has ‘no choice’ but to launch operation in Strip’s southernmost city [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 6: Day 213 – War at a crossroads as IDF orders partial Rafah evacuation]( By ToI Staff [Netanyahu calls suggestion he torpedoed Cairo hostage-truce talks ‘a complete lie’]( By Lazar Berman PM to meet with CIA chief William Burns in Jerusalem as US attempts to revive negotiations; Israeli official insists Jerusalem believed on Saturday that a deal was possible [Hamas departs Cairo as latest hostage, truce talks said to be nearing ‘collapse’]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Netanyahu: Ending war as part of hostage deal would keep Hamas as threat to Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [4 soldiers killed, 10 hurt inside Israel by Hamas rocket attack from Rafah]( By Emanuel Fabian Troops stationed on border near Kerem Shalom hit by barrage fired from terror group’s last major stronghold; in response, Israel seals the crossing, where aid trucks pass through from our sponsor [LIVE IN NYC: IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi (2019-2023)]( Meet IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi as he speaks about October 7th & Israel’s war against Hamas. Audience Q&A will follow the briefing! Live updates [LIVE: EU top diplomat pans Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ Rafah op plans; Netanyahu, Biden to speak]( By ToI Staff Hamas warns offensive disregards fate of hostages * Growing international opposition to offensive on south Gaza city * Israel honors 6 million Holocaust victims Top Ops Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler [Digital antisemitism: The largest propaganda machine since the Holocaust]( Social media is spreading unprecedented Jew-hatred, and that’s before AI starts using algorithms to discriminate against Jews Tova Dorfman [The day ‘Never Again’ became an empty slogan]( How can we feel safe when protesters on college campuses called for the complete eradication of the Jewish State? Sarah Ansbacher [Secrets of an old warehouse in Bratislava]( A bullet factory in Slovakia once housed Jews in appalling conditions. And then it was used for an even more nefarious purpose Hayim Leiter [Cry me a river]( As I rocked the baby in my arms, he cried off and on. I tried every trick I knew but he wasn’t ready to sleep. And then the siren sounded. [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [At Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors scarred by October 7 march in a show of resilience]( By Canaan Lidor Despite the existential fears triggered by the onslaught, Israel remains a safe haven, the survivors and their relatives say during March of the Living [Son of Holocaust educator held hostage in Gaza joins March of the Living in Poland]( By Agencies Holocaust Remembrance Day [Hostage’s niece tells their family’s Holocaust and Oct. 7 stories]( By Jessica Steinberg Jerusalemites gather for a different kind of Zikaron Basalon, as Tamar Pearlman hopes family’s story of survival will help Alex Dancyg withstand Hamas captivity [Hostage families, freed captives to share stories with journalists for Yom Hashoah]( By ToI Staff [Hostage families and Holocaust survivors vow ‘Never again’ while marking Yom Hashoah]( By Charlie Summers Holocaust Remembrance Day [/ Lapid: You don’t fight hate with hate. We will not be like them]( [PM at Yad Vashem: Oct. 7 was not a Holocaust, but only because Israel can defend itself]( By Sam Sokol Marking Yom Hashoah, President Isaac Herzog also says the Hamas massacre of October 7 ‘echoed the horrors’ of the Holocaust, but does not compare to WWII atrocities [Netanyahu heckled at Yad Vashem wreath-laying ceremony]( By Sam Sokol [‘Sweet, smiling, smart’: Elyakim Libman, Oct. 7 victim found last week, laid to rest]( By Michael Horovitz Security guard at Supernova festival stayed behind to save others, was believed to be kidnapped to Gaza until he was found mistakenly buried with another body [CRM]( Holocaust Remembrance Day [Last Terezin survivors memorialized by US photographer in decade-long project]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Dennis Darling’s recently published large-format book includes black-and-white portraits and moving testimonies of Jews who were children and teens in Nazi ghetto near Prague [Study: Grief Israelis feel on Holocaust Remembrance Day can help ease political rifts]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Hebrew University social psychologists find that periodic national days of mourning and commemoration can serve the important purpose of reducing ideological antagonism [German students research fates of their school’s Jews to bring Nazi-era horrors home]( By Matt Lebovic Against backdrop of October 7 massacres and surge in global antisemitism, US consultant Terry Mandel visits Germany to expand award-winning Holocaust memory project based in Cologne [Eurovision set to kick off in Sweden under shadow of anti-Israel protests, threats]( By Amy Spiro Eden Golan to perform ‘Hurricane’ in competition’s second semifinal on Thursday, as Malmo police bring in submachine-armed reinforcements from Denmark, Norway due to high alert [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Trump accuses Biden of ‘running a Gestapo administration’ to win elections]( By Doina Chiacu In audio recording from private address to donors heard by US media outlets, Republican presidential candidate also attacks prosecutors involved in his criminal indictments [Thought to be destroyed by Nazis, books of the Lublin Yeshiva Library are turning up]( By Shira Li Bartov Though story has it that the texts were burned in 1939, this is uncorroborated. Local Piotr Nazaruk has located and digitized 850 of them – the tip of the iceberg, he says [Pro-Palestinian protesters bring Gaza war to US college graduations]( By JTA and ToI Staff From Michigan to Boston, students have found ways to give voice to their anti-war, anti-Israel campaigns during commencement ceremonies, with such displays expected to continue [Protesters pack up anti-Israel encampment at USC after police threaten arrests]( By AP and ToI Staff [Day 213 – War at a crossroads as IDF orders partial Rafah evacuation]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Court nixes murder case against former minister’s son due to statute of limitations]( By ToI Staff [3 Arab Israelis shot dead in separate incidents on Sunday, as crime wave persists]( By ToI Staff [Man slightly hurt, damage caused in barrage of over 60 Hezbollah rockets at north]( By Emanuel Fabian [Independence Day preparations disrupted by clash between minister, Knesset speaker]( By Sam Sokol [Jordanian queen says she tries to put herself in shoes of hostages’ mothers]( By ToI Staff [Russia to hold nuclear weapon drills after ‘provocative statements’ about Ukraine]( By AP [Prominent British-Palestinian surgeon denied entry to France for Senate meet on Gaza]( By AP, AFP and ToI Staff [US synagogues and other places of worship get $400 million boost for security]( By AP [Report: Shin Bet forgoes arresting terror suspects due to prison overcrowding]( By ToI Staff [Police investigate series of at least 4 bomb threats at New York City synagogues]( By Lisa Keys [Amid war, Deloitte kicks off 7th cohort for Israel startup accelerator program]( By Sharon Wrobel [Netherlands holds muted World War II memorial amid tight security due to Gaza war]( By Reuters [The daily edition]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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