US confirms keeping bombs from IDF * Biden: I’ve not forgotten Oct. 7 * Families urge US to push Israel to hostage deal * Op-ed: Hamas duplicity * Dodging danger up north

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Presented by [All About Change]( [US confirms holding up sale of heavy bombs it feared Israel would use in Rafah]( By Jacob Magid Feeling its concerns over looming major offensive weren’t getting through to Israel, Washington took unprecedented step to ensure its heavy explosives weren’t used in south Gaza city [US signals backing for ‘limited op’ after IDF takes over Gazan side of Rafah crossing]( By Jacob Magid [IDF spokesman plays down US arms shipment holdup, says disagreements resolved privately]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [IDF says Kerem Shalom Crossing reopened to Gaza aid, days after attack forced closure]( By Emanuel Fabian Netanyahu had assured Biden the crossing would be reopened; Rafah Crossing with Egypt remains closed amid IDF operation there [US completes construction of Gaza aid pier, but weather preventing installation]( By AFP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 8, Day 215 – What is Israelis’ top priority: War or hostages?]( By ToI Staff [Biden in Yom Hashoah speech: ‘People already forgetting’ October 7, ‘I have not’]( By Jacob Magid US president gives most forceful condemnation of anti-Israel campus protests yet, slamming ‘ferocious scourge’ of antisemitism and denial of Hamas atrocities motivating activists [US rapper Macklemore releases anthem for anti-Israel occupation at Columbia]( By Ben Sales [Meta reviewing whether ‘From the river to the sea’ is acceptable speech]( By PHILISSA CRAMER from our sponsor [Brett Gelman – Hollywood Speaking Out Against Antisemitism]( ‘Stranger Things’ actor Brett Gelman has always fought against antisemitism. After the October 7 attacks, Brett stepped up his activism. Find out how. [Protesters briefly block Tel Aviv highway to demand deal freeing hostages in Gaza]( By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff Unfurling banner calling on Israel to save who it still can, Women’s March protest group says Israeli delegation cannot return from Cairo negotiations without an agreement [Hostage families urge US, other countries to press Israel to reach deal with Hamas]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Histadrut head urges early elections, hints at potential future general strike]( By ToI Staff Op-ed: Day 215 of the war David Horovitz [Sinister Hamas deal would let it keep most hostages, win the war, inflame the West Bank]( It took the US more than a day to internalize that Hamas had not in fact accepted a hostages-for-truce proposal. But the text of its ‘agreement’ is far more duplicitous than that [Netanyahu says Hamas offer aimed to ‘sabotage’ Rafah op as Israeli delegation in Cairo]( By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid [Poll: Majority of Israelis support prioritizing hostage deal over Rafah operation]( By Sam Sokol [Commando dies after being injured during West Bank operation]( By Emanuel Fabian Chief Inspector Yitav Lev Halevi, a commander in elite Yamam unit, was critically hurt in battle with gunmen near Tulkarem [Box of memories / Website aims to tell stories of fallen soldiers to their young kids]( By Gavriel Fiske Live updates [LIVE: Hezbollah says it launched two anti-tank missiles at IDF post in northern Israel]( By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner Tel Aviv to replace next month’s Pride Parade with rally for hostages * CIA chief meets Netanyahu, others * Border Police officer injured in West Bank raid succumbs to his wounds Top Ops Janice Weizman [Lies that tell a truth – and why they’re so important]( Fiction gives its readers a window into the contradictions of human nature that always trouble people, no less during these difficult times Lindsey Bodner [What are our (presumably) college-bound Jewish kids going to do?]( If you think a university campus is no longer a good place for a nice Jewish young adult, here are some options to think about [Presumed hostage Lior Rudaeff confirmed killed on October 7; body was taken to Gaza]( By ToI Staff Announcement that Nir Yitzhak resident was murdered while defending kibbutz from terrorists comes hours after his wife vowed family ‘will continue to fight until you come home’ [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Reporter's notebook [‘They did it all so easily’: Ex-hostages recount chilling details of Oct. 7, captivity]( By Jessica Steinberg Chen Goldstein-Almog tells of her daughter’s murder after terrorists found her IDF uniform at their Kfar Aza home; freed hostages speak of continuous fear of sexual assault in Gaza Reporter's notebook [100-year-old who shaped Israeli photojournalism takes stage to share Holocaust survival]( By Maya Zanger-Nadis Cultural icon Dan Hadani survived the Lodz Ghetto and multiple Nazi camps. A lifelong chronicler, he continues to tell his story at the National Library of Israel [CRM]( [Suspect said held in slaying of Israeli businessman in Egypt as terror motive denied]( By ToI Staff and Reuters Widow of victim identified as produce exporter Ziv Kipper says she understands he was targeted over his Israeli and Jewish identity, but security source says killing was a robbery [Jewish businessman shot dead in Egypt in suspected terror attack]( By ToI Staff [Israeli woman falls to her death in Brazil, reportedly trying to escape from muggers]( By ToI Staff [In Bnei Brak, Haredim host EU diplomats at an unusual Holocaust memorial]( By Sam Sokol At the ultra-Orthodox Ganzach archive, ultra-Orthodox Jews learn about the Holocaust from a Haredi perspective, both historical and theological Reporter's notebook [Covering Israel’s war-torn north is an exercise in dodging danger]( By Uriel Heilman With the constant threat of missile fire from Hezbollah terrorists, life takes on a surreal quality as soldiers, checkpoints, warning sirens and evacuees become the new normal [Conservative US federal judges announce boycott of Columbia Law School graduates]( By Karen Sloan and Nate Raymond University announces backing for its alums in face of hiring freeze over pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests; insists they are ‘consistently sought out’ [Anti-Israel encampment cleared at University of Chicago, but protests continue]( By AP and ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Eurovision organizers rebuke performer who wore keffiyeh during first semifinal show]( By Amy Spiro EBU expresses ‘regret’ that Swedish-Palestinian singer Eric Saade violated ‘non-political nature’ of contest; Israeli-born singer for Luxembourg qualifies for grand final [Israel startup gets EU backing to help bring lab-grown meat cuts to table]( By Sharon Wrobel Profuse says the €2.4m grant will be used to get regulatory approval for its small molecule-based cocktail that catalyzes muscle tissue growth for cultivated meat production [Day 215 – What is Israelis’ top priority: War or hostages?]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [French PM attacks the left for giving Israel ‘moral lessons’ during Gaza war]( By ToI Staff [Police disband anti-Israel protesters at Berlin, Amsterdam and Zurich universities]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [IAEA head decries ‘completely unsatisfactory’ cooperation after visit to Iran]( By AFP [Firebrand Likud MK assails IDF brass, citing false report a commander was fired]( By ToI Staff [Republicans allege US envoy sent classified information to his personal email, phone]( By Patricia Zengerle and Arshad Mohammed [Kraft’s foundation to air ad at NBA playoffs slamming antisemitism at campus protests]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Israel-founded cyber unicorn Wiz raises $1 billion, soaring to $12 billion valuation]( By Sharon Wrobel [At NY hush money trial, Stormy Daniels shares salacious details about Trump encounter]( By Michael R. 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