Hostage talks to resume after Hamas accepts a ceasefire Israel says it didn’t offer * IDF takes over Gaza side of Rafah border *At Auschwitz March, an anti-Israel protest

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Presented by [All About Change]( Live updates [LIVE: Israeli team arrives in Cairo for more hostage deal talks, despite far-right objection]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff Delegations from Qatar, US, Hamas also said in Egypt * IDF takes over Gazan side of Rafah Crossing, key road * Official says op ‘limited’ * Hezbollah stages several drone attacks [IDF tanks take control of Gazan side of Rafah Crossing to Egypt, key road captured]( By Emanuel Fabian Official says army launched ‘limited operation’ aimed at pressuring Hamas to accept a deal; army says 20 gunmen killed, 3 tunnels found, explosive-laden car hit as it drove at tank [Israeli tanks said to roll into Rafah after war cabinet okays offensive]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 7: Day 214 – Has the IDF crossed the Rubicon into Rafah?]( By ToI Staff [Hamas claims to accept ceasefire, hostage deal; Israel: This isn’t what we agreed to]( By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and Agencies Gazans celebrate in streets; families of hostages plead for deal; US studying response; war cabinet says negotiators will meet mediators, but orders IDF to push ahead with Rafah op [US knew of mediators’ altered proposal to Hamas, did not inform Israel — report]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Hamas warns Rafah operation ‘won’t be a picnic,’ says Gaza truce talks in jeopardy]( By Agencies and ToI Staff from our sponsor [Brett Gelman – Hollywood Speaking Out Against Antisemitism]( ‘Stranger Things’ actor Brett Gelman has always fought against antisemitism. 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[Hamas says 33 hostages to be freed in 1st phase of a deal may not all be alive]( By ToI Staff Terror group said to tell mediators it doesn’t have 33 living people who meet ‘humanitarian’ criteria of initial phase — after Israel agreed to lower previous demand of 40 people [Explainer / Specifics of a deal Hamas says it accepts, and that Israel says does not meet its terms]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [At Auschwitz march, participants rally around concern over hostages and antisemitism]( By Canaan Lidor On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the March of the Living sees unprecedented political action with calls for the release of those held in Gaza, as well as some anti-Israel provocation [Poll: Over half of Israeli Jews see comparison between Holocaust and October 7]( By Sam Sokol [Yad Vashem displays scrapbooks by women hiding Jewish babies]( By Jessica Steinberg [Army announces two reserves troops killed in Hezbollah drone attack Monday]( By Emanuel Fabian Air defenses fail to shoot down explosive-laden aircraft launched from Lebanon; another soldier lightly hurt [Northern Israel targeted with multiple rockets, drones from Lebanon; none hurt]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [Two injured in drone attack near Metula; Hezbollah claims to target military position]( By Emanuel Fabian [Daughter of elderly hostage says captives have become pawns during ongoing war]( By Jessica Steinberg Sharone Lifschitz, whose father, Oded, 83, has been held hostage since October 7, believes he would be home if government had ‘played its hand differently’ [Hostage, 84, released from Hamas captivity in November to finally leave hospital]( By ToI Staff From the blogs A Medical Student [I would never let these doctors treat my relatives]( My fellow students deny Jewish and Israeli pain and this has implications for Jewish patients. Here’s what you can do about it [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Students in Tel Aviv and New York feel heat as Columbia protests target TAU program]( By Gavriel Fiske Ivy League school and Israeli administrator say dual-degree partnership won’t be shut, but some participants are shaken, fearing going to class with ‘people calling for my death’ [Columbia cancels main commencement amid ongoing anti-Israel protests]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [120 arrested as police break up pro-Palestinian encampment at Amsterdam University]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Top Ops Shuly Babitz [What I heard on that campus shocked me]( The uninformed kids protesting Israel didn’t surprise me. But the science professor who minimized the Holocaust definitely did Cheryl Levi [What the Kapo Trials tell us about moral gray zones]( It was true during WWII and it’s true today: While justice seeks black and white, most of life functions in gray zones [CRM]( Analysis Jeremy Sharon [‘Plausibility’ in the South African genocide case against Israel is not what it seemed]( The ICJ’s ruling found that the Palestinians had a ‘plausible right’ to be protected from genocide under the Genocide Convention, not that genocide was plausibly taking place [Republican senators warn ICC prosecutor: Target Israel, and we will target you]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff [Belgian PM says he is rallying EU countries to impose trade sanctions on Israel]( By Lazar Berman Alexander De Croo, who faces an election next month, supports measures against settlement products, but they are unlikely to gain necessary support in 27-member bloc [Belgian, Dutch university students join pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests]( By Reuters [Turkey’s trade ban: Importers seek indirect routes to bring goods to Israel]( By Sharon Wrobel [Shin Bet report that led to closure of Al Jazeera is ‘classified,’ won’t be released]( By Jeremy Sharon Government shut Qatari outlet’s offices, blocked its broadcasts, after agency found it ‘does actual harm to state security’; official: ‘It incites Palestinians to attack Israelis’ [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [With ammo shipment said put on hold, US to report if IDF using weapons legally in Gaza]( By Jacob Magid State Department says it’s on track to notify Congress by Wednesday deadline, as widening group of Democrats push for Israel to be found noncompliant with international law [Biden calls PM to reiterate opposition to Rafah op after IDF orders partial evacuation]( By Jacob Magid [Thousands of Palestinians begin evacuating Rafah as army warns of incursion]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Shin Bet head visits Malmo to coordinate security for Israel’s Eurovision entry]( By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro Bar reportedly visited Swedish city last week with delegation from security service’s VIP protection division to coordinate arrangements for Eden Golan’s participation in contest [Facing protests, Israel’s Eurovision contestant Eden Golan aims to ‘unite by music’]( By Reuters [Protesters block roads to demand Israel accept ceasefire-hostage deal, halt Rafah push]( By Jessica Steinberg and Charlie Summers After Israel rejects Hamas terms, families of captives and other demonstrators gather in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere, accuse Netanyahu of ‘abandoning the hostages’ [Six Israelis arrested for attacking, damaging aid convoy heading to Gaza]( By ToI Staff [Day 214 – Has the IDF crossed the Rubicon into Rafah?]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [New York Times, Reuters, author Thrall win Pulitzers for controversial Israel reporting]( By JTA, Agencies and ToI Staff [UN set to vote on symbolic measure backing Palestine recognition]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [B’nai B’rith ceremony honors 13 who rescued other Jews from Nazi atrocities]( By Charlie Summers [Biden to condemn antisemitism, praise free speech at Holocaust remembrance event]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Woman found dead in her home in village of Abu Snan, husband arrested]( By ToI Staff [UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to take ‘concrete’ steps for cooperation]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Poland ends probe into bones found at former Hitler HQ due to lack of evidence]( By Vanessa Gera [Border Police officer gets 12 years for killing comrade while playing with gun]( By ToI Staff [82-year-old Sen. 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