Outcry as Gaza hospital chief, a suspected Hamas-enabler, freed * Defeated Macron’s shock pact with far left * Red palms only at Erasmus U * Forced home on Lebanon border

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, July 1, 2024 [Ministers trade blame with Shin Bet after Shifa Hospital director is released to Gaza]( By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff Abu Salamiya, said to have let Hamas abuse Gaza City hospital, freed due to lack of prison space; father of hostage slain there laments further ‘abandonment’; PM blames High Court [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing July 1: Day 269 – Hamas recruits new gunmen in Gaza as IDF op continues]( By ToI Staff [Ministers aim to curb administrative detention of Israelis, despite Shin Bet warning]( By Sam Sokol Analysis Canaan Lidor [Macron’s implicit endorsement of ‘antisemitic,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ far left shocks French Jews]( Defeats for French president’s party in the first round of the parliamentary elections prompt a controversial alliance against the far right – and, potentially, Jewish emigration [French far right projected to win first round in elections with 34.5% of votes]( By Agencies National Rally longtime leader Le Pen urges voters to hand party victory in second round of voting for National Assembly next week; President Macron calls for opposing alliance [Explainer / French far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections: Here’s what comes next]( By Sylvie Corbet [CRM]( Reporter's notebook [Only those with palms painted pro-Palestinian red can enter parts of Erasmus University]( By Canaan Lidor In cosmopolitan Rotterdam, Jews say they feel unsafe on campus, where they endure explicit calls for their people’s ethnic cleansing alongside intimidation and antisemitic violence [20 rockets fired from Gaza in largest barrage in months; soldier killed in Rafah]( By Emanuel Fabian No injuries or damage caused in attack claimed by Islamic Jihad on border communities; infantryman slain in Rafah named as Sgt. Ori Itzchak Hadad, 21 [Gallant: IDF’s Rafah campaign choking Hamas by blocking crossing, destroying tunnels]( By Emanuel Fabian [IDF says at least 40 Hamas operatives killed as it advances in Gaza’s Shejaiya]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies Top Ops Dov Maimon [Who will protect France’s Jews?]( After the first round of the latest elections, the country may be heading toward an ungovernable future Cheryl Levi [What Rashida Tlaib knows, or how to win when you’re losing]( The US rep didn’t bother trying to convince Congress that Hamas casualty stats are accurate. She gets the power of drama [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Haredi minister’s car attacked as violence erupts at anti-draft protest in Jerusalem]( By ToI Staff 5 arrested during clashes with police, officer hospitalized; stones hurled at vehicles carrying United Torah Judaism party head Yitzhak Goldknopf and his predecessor Yaakov Litzman [Explainer / The army must soon begin enlisting ultra-Orthodox men. How will that work?]( By Jeremy Sharon [President urges Israelis to tamp down rhetoric, warns against political violence]( By ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: Army says dozens of terror operatives slain in Gaza’s Shejaiya]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff Outrage as Gaza’s Shifa Hospital director freed; ministers, security bodies blame each other * In largest Gaza barrage in months, 20 rockets launched at border communities [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Reporter's notebook [Israelis from town 2 miles from Lebanon forced to return home after running out of funds]( By Canaan Lidor After a hotel stay subsidized by a tapped-out Christian organization, Avdon’s 600 residents are refused state housing provided to others within the same distance from border [18 troops hurt, one seriously, in Hezbollah drone strike in north]( By Emanuel Fabian [Turkish airport workers refuse to refuel El Al plane after emergency landing]( By ToI Staff Flight makes emergency landing in Antalya to get passenger medical attention, is forced to fly to Rhodes to refuel before heading to Tel Aviv [Top Democrats rule out replacing Biden despite calls for him to quit 2024 race]( By David Morgan and Jarrett Renshaw Dismissing president’s faltering performance in debate with challenger Trump as just a ‘setback,’ party lawmakers focus on highlighting Republican rival’s faults [Day 269 – Hamas recruits new gunmen in Gaza as IDF op continues]( [listen to the podcast]( [Ostracized post-Oct. 7, US doctor forms new association for Jewish health professionals]( By Cathryn J. Prince Jewish medical professionals say that since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, they face a hostile atmosphere. The AJMA seeks to provide them resources and support [‘Queer as in free Palestine’: Anti-Israel activists block New York City Pride March]( By ToI Staff and AP 10 protesters arrested after breaking through barricades along the parade route, holding banners and splashing red paint on the street [Labor and Meretz merge into united ‘liberal-democratic Zionist party’: The Democrats]( By Sam Sokol Union ‘a necessary condition for a change of government,’ says Labor chief; Meretz secretary general promises party will be ‘bigger and more influential than the Kahanists’ More Headlines [Ministers pile on deputy AG over demand for panel to tap civil service chief]( By Michael Horovitz [US Defense Dept. lab finds pattern of brain damage in Navy SEALs who died by suicide]( By ToI Staff [High Court bans settlement council from seizing stray Palestinian livestock]( By Jeremy Sharon [Netanyahu’s wife, children to receive additional year of Shin Bet protection]( By ToI Staff [Smotrich says Ben Gvir and police ‘have completely failed’ to curb crime among Arabs]( By Sam Sokol [Amid war toll, Israeli startups nabbed $2.9b from investors, the most in two years]( By Sharon Wrobel [Cabinet okays advancement of new plans to build combined office/residence for PM]( By ToI Staff [Man found shot dead in Pardes Hanna in suspected gang killing]( By ToI Staff [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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