Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv area * IDF keeps up Rafah op after ICJ ruling * Analysis: ICJ’s deliberate ambiguity * Lapid says PM tied to IDF reservist’s mutiny call

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, May 26, 2024 Presented by [Sheba Global]( [Rocket volley fired from Rafah targets Tel Aviv area, in first such attack in 4 months]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff One person lightly hurt when shrapnel hits a house in Herzliya; Hamas takes responsibility for attack, which IDF predicted would be likely as troops push into Rafah Live updates [LIVE: Hamas denies receiving new hostage deal proposal ahead of renewed talks this week]( By ToI Staff Terror group says it won’t give up demand for permanent ceasefire * Rockets fired at central Israel after 4 months * IDF confirms drone strike against Hezbollah operative in Lebanon [IDF presses ahead with Rafah offensive after World Court’s ambiguous halt order]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Reuters Officials say ruling allows Israel to continue operations in Gaza’s southernmost city; soldier seriously hurt in northern Strip as IDF battles Hamas across the enclave [Israeli officials: ICJ ruling gives leeway to continue Rafah offensive]( By Reuters, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 26: Day 233 – After ICJ ruling, Rafah op continues unabated]( By ToI Staff from our sponsor [What if your brain had a fingerprint? with Dr. Abigail Livny Ezer]( Through innovative neuroimaging techniques, Dr. Livny-Ezer and her team unveil a comprehensive map detailing the intricate network of neuronal connections inside the brain. [At weekly rally, hostage’s mom warns Israel will be forced to halt war even without deal]( By ToI Staff Protesters and activists for Gaza hostages convene around country, call for Netanyahu’s removal; Einav Zangauker: ‘Matan, when you return I’ll tell you the government betrayed you’ [Daughter praises ‘heroic’ hostage Michel Nisenbaum as he is buried in Ashkelon]( By ToI Staff Analysis Yuval Yoaz [Confused by the ICJ’s decision on Gaza? Blame the judges’ deliberate ambiguity]( The key sentence in the court’s ruling is a non-definitive three-clause construct. And the judges themselves don’t agree on what it is they are requiring Israel to do [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 25: Day 232 – ICJ order to ‘halt’ IDF depends on how it’s parsed]( By ToI Staff [‘Trying to cause anarchy’: Lapid accuses PM of ties to IDF reservist’s call for mutiny]( By Sam Sokol Yesh Atid MKs call for criminal investigation into Netanyahu’s son Yair after he shares video calling for soldiers to take orders only from the prime minister [Politicians slam pro-Netanyahu reservist’s ‘dangerous’ call for mutiny; suspect held]( By Sam Sokol [CRM]( [After Mossad chief’s trip, Israeli official says hostage talks to resume next week]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid David Barnea, CIA director and Qatari PM agreed during Paris meeting to hold negotiations on ‘new proposals’ for truce deal between Israel and Hamas [IDF denies Hamas claim to have captured soldiers in new Gaza incident]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies [Barred from Meron, Jewish worshipers mark Lag B’Omer at flashpoint East Jerusalem site]( By Charlie Summers Thousands crowd into venue outside Shimon HaTzadik tomb as police lock down tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood; Sephardi chief rabbi lights fire, speaks before enthused audience Top Ops Mustapha Ezzarghani [How Arab intellectuals are failing their publics]( Neglecting the conflict’s complexity and the suffering experienced on both sides is a form of laziness – even cowardice Andrew Jose [Occupying Gaza is Israel’s best path forward]( To end the thread of large-scale terror attacks, Israel must weaken Palestinian insurgency. Settlement is a key to that end [Top ICC prosecutor says claim he is equating Israel to Hamas is ‘nonsense’]( By ToI Staff Karim Khan tells The Sunday Times that Israel has the right to protect itself and its citizens, but not to ‘commit war crimes or crimes against humanity’ [Aid starts flowing into Gaza from Egypt via Israel’s Kerem Shalom Crossing]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Egyptian Red Crescent says 200 aid trucks, including four fuel tankers, to enter coastal enclave over course of day; IDF says aid deliveries to Gaza nearly doubled last week [US naval vessels disconnect from Gaza aid pier, wash up on Israeli beaches]( By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Author interview [Biography tries to move judge out from under shadow of controversial Rosenberg spy case]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Irving R. Kaufman, remembered primarily for sending couple to electric chair, shifted over time from being almost unquestioningly pro-government to an upholder of individuals’ rights [Hezbollah shells Western Galilee after deadly IDF drone strike in south Lebanon]( By Emanuel Fabian 15 rockets launched at northern Israel border communities after Israeli airstrike kills terror operative in Naqoura [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Gantz submits proposal for state investigation into October 7 invasion and Gaza war]( By Jeremy Sharon Head of the National Unity party urges commission of inquiry after delivering ultimatum saying he’ll quit government unless Netanyahu lays out postwar plans [This Jewish Gen-Zer wants to be the next progressive pro-Israel US congressman]( By Ron Kampeas Joe Vogel, who identifies as Jewish, LGBTQ and Latino, is notable on the national scene, even aside from his young age, while his coreligionists laud his courageous stance on Israel [Day 233 – After ICJ ruling, Rafah op continues unabated]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [US set to lift ban on offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia – report]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Anti-Israel protests more prevalent at elite US universities, study finds]( By ToI Staff [Ben Gvir’s bodyguards say his drivers are still breaking traffic laws – report]( By ToI Staff [Novelist John Irving cancels long-awaited Israel visit due to COVID-19]( By Jessica Steinberg [Volley of shots fired at Jewish girls’ school in Toronto; no injuries]( By AFP and ToI Staff [11-year-old boy dies in Ashdod fire likely started by charging battery]( By ToI Staff [4 hurt, 1 arrested after Iranian regime supporters clash with opponents in London]( By AP and ToI Staff [Obituary / Richard Sherman, composer of Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘It’s a Small World,’ dies at 95]( By Mark Kennedy [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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