Kushner: Trump fumed at Netanyahu’s annexation plans, weighed endorsing Gantz * Lapid drops rare nuke hint * ToI in Kharkiv * Medical residents threaten to quit en masse

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, August 1, 2022 Live updates [LIVE: Kushner: Trump ‘fumed’ at Netanyahu’s annexation plans, weighed endorsing Gantz]( By [TOI staff]( [In new book, ex-president’s senior adviser says Trump was blindsided by Israeli PM’s move, adds US envoy Friedman went rogue, telling Netanyahu Trump would back it]( [At atomic agency ceremony, Lapid says Israel’s ‘other capabilities’ keep it safe]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [PM makes veiled reference to country’s purported nukes, in apparent warning to Tehran; Alternative PM Bennett says ‘enormous resources’ put into preventing nuclear-armed Iran]( [Iran arrests Baha’i community members, alleges they spied for Israel]( By [AP]( [Armed man arrested after trying to gain access to Iranian dissident’s home in NYC]( By [TOI staff]( [After new EU draft of nuclear deal, Iran says it is ‘optimistic’ about talks]( By [AFP]( [In new book, Kushner claims envoy Friedman went rogue to okay West Bank annexation]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Top Trump aide says ‘my knuckles turned white’ as Netanyahu used peace plan rollout to promise sovereignty in settlements and Jordan Valley, did so thanks to Friedman’s assurances]( Reporter's notebook [Pummeled by Russian guns, Kharkiv is dark, quiet, but alive]( By [Lazar Berman]( [The Times of Israel tours the hardest-hit neighborhoods of Ukraine’s second-largest city with Israeli-owned relief agency IdeaSoft HelpKharkiv]( [Zelensky’s wife to Israeli TV: ‘Your resilience serves as an example for us’]( By [TOI staff]( [Ukraine offensive seeks to recapture south, force Russia to divert forces from east]( By [AP]( [Medical residents threaten mass resignations after plan to shorten shifts delayed]( By [TOI staff]( [Postponement sparks fresh protest among trainee doctors; chair of residents organization says government ‘failed both professionally and morally’]( [Lapid urges UN chief to disband ‘tainted’ Gaza probe over remarks deemed antisemitic]( By [TOI staff]( [In a letter, the prime minister denounces ‘Jewish lobby’ comments made by member of the UN Commission of Inquiry now investigating Israel’s May 2021 fight with Hamas]( [Fentanyl devastation; did Trump plan West Bank annexation?]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israeli embryo-selecting system to boost IVF success gets European green light]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Fairtility’s CEO says his AI tool makes the right call 78% of the time regarding which embryos will implant, compared to embryologists who are correct around 60% of the time]( [Hamas claims Israel bombed facility holding captive remains of IDF soldier last year]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Gaza terror group says strike occurred during May 2021 war, killing one of its guards; Israeli official calls it a lie meant to drum up interest]( [IDF raids 39 homes of Palestinians with alleged Hamas ties, arrests 13]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [In first, president appoints female officer as military secretary]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [40-year-old Brig. 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