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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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Members of the Hezbollah terror group salute during the funeral procession of four of their comrades who were killed the day before, when their handheld pagers exploded, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on September 18, 2024. (AP Photo/ Bilal Hussein)

LiveUpdated 23min ago

LIVE: New explosions reported in Lebanon, involving different Hezbollah communications devices

Death toll from Tuesday’s pager attacks reaches 12 * Report: Operation initially planned as surprise opening blow in wider offensive against Hezbollah * 4 troops killed in Gaza, including 1st female soldier

1:12 am

US says Iran tried to influence election by sending material from Trump campaign to Biden's camp
12:19 am

Lebanese health ministry raises death toll in Wednesday's explosions to 20
11:46 pm

Hezbollah announces death of sixth and seventh operatives killed today

People donate blood for those who were injured by their exploded handheld pagers, at a Red Cross center, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 17, 2024, after an attack, blamed on Israel, targeting Hezbollah fighters. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon said to lose eye in attack

‘Use it or lose it’: Israel reportedly set off pagers amid fears plot was exposed

By Reuters, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Mossad reportedly put explosives in thousands of pagers during production before devices reached Lebanon, planning to detonate them in the event of full-scale war

People gather around an ambulance carrying wounded people whose handheld pager exploded, at the emergency entrance of the American University hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, September 17, 2024, after an attack, blamed on Israel, targeting Hezbollah fighters. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

US says it wasn’t involved in or tipped off about Hezbollah pager detonations

Police officers inspect a car inside of which a hand-held pager exploded, Beirut, Lebanon, September 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah pager explosions latest in long history of complex alleged Israeli attacks

By AP and ToI Staff

Ambulances are surrounded by people at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, in Lebanon, on September 17, 2024. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)

PM said to huddle with top defense officials in Tel Aviv

12 killed, almost 3,000 injured as vast wave of pager explosions strikes Hezbollah

By Gianluca Pacchiani, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

Terror group blames Israel, vows revenge; hospitals in Lebanon overwhelmed by wounded, including Iranian envoy, after unprecedented, coordinated attack amid surging war fears

A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location. The pagers were used by Hezbollah and the attack has been blamed on Israel. (Photo by AFP)

Iran’s Guard Corps denies report 19 members killed in Syria by exploding pager attack

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A Lufthansa Airbus A380 lands in Frankfurt, Germany, February 14, 2019. (AP/Michael Probst)

Lufthansa, Air France halt flights to Israel as Hezbollah vows to avenge pager blasts

By AFP and ToI Staff

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Ex-defense minister Ya’alon was target of Hezbollah bomb attack in Tel Aviv last year

By Emanuel Fabian

The intended target of a Hezbollah bombing attack in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park last year was former defense minister and IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon, Israeli authorities confirmed on Wednesday. The blast, at around 6:30 a.m. on September 15, 2023, caused no injuries. Two Arab Israeli suspects were... Continue Reading

Moshe Ya'alon attends a press conference in Tel Aviv, March 7, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

This composite image shows IDF soldiers (from left to right) Staff Sgt. Dotan Shimon, Staff Sgt. Agam Naim, Staff Sgt. Amit Bakri and Cpt. Daniel Mimon Toaff, who were killed fighting in southern Gaza on September 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

4 IDF troops killed, several hurt during fighting in southern Gaza’s Rafah

By Emanuel Fabian

Paramedic is first female soldier to be killed in ground offensive against Hamas; soldiers had entered booby-trapped building

Analysis

While still in Gaza, Israel has no good options in Lebanon. But it may invade anyway

Even before thousands of pagers exploded in the pockets and hands of Hezbollah fighters on Tuesday, a major escalation between Israel and the Iran-backed Shiite army in Lebanon was looking increasingly likely. After US special envoy Amos Hochstein met with Israel's war leadership in Tel Aviv the day before, the security cabinet updated its official... Continue Reading

Troops drill near the northern border with Lebanon, in a handout image cleared for publication by the IDF on February 18, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, center right, holds an assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, center left, and other officials at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2024. (Shachar Yurman/Defense Ministry)

IDF urges vigilance as defense chiefs meet amid Hezbollah retaliation threat

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Op-ed: Day 348 of the war

Will the pager operation deter Hezbollah and Iran, and is Israel prepared for war if not?

The spectacular gambit had apparently been intended to serve as the opening salvo of a major ground offensive. All sides are now weighing their options, including full-scale conflict Continue Reading

Pieces of an exploded pager in a picture circulating on social media, September 17, 2024 (via telegram)

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanaani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)

Iran accuses Israel of ‘mass murder’ over pager attack on ally Hezbollah

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (R) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo on September 18, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)

Blinken meets Egyptian leaders in bid to press hostage-ceasefire deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In wake of Lebanon pager blasts, Sissi says Cairo opposes moves to escalate and expand war; Blinken praises Egypt as partner for peace and security in region

Civilian probe testimony

IDF surveillance troops testify to glitches, neglect, no warfare training before Oct. 7

They had no weapons, no directives in case of base being overrun, says father of Noa Price, killed at Nahal Oz; ex-soldier at base describes broken cameras, malfunctioning balloons Continue Reading

Former IDF surveillance soldier Margaret Weinstein testifying before an independent civilian commission investigating the events leading up to the October 7 Hamas invasion and slaughter in southern Israel, September 17, 2024. (Screenshot)

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attends a prayer for the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, at the Western Wall, March 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu tells hostage relative Nova massacre was not government’s fault

Illustrative: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, August 10, 2022. (AP/Seth Wenig)

Local institutions have moved $40 billion out of Israel since start of war – report

By Sharon Wrobel

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Sept. 18: Day 348 – Bond in Beirut? Secret op detonates Hezbollah pagers

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the storm of rumors about a mission that saw thousands of casualties; how female fighters are serving in the Gaza Strip since war’s start

A man watches a video, published on social media, showing a wounded man on September 17, 2024, after his pager exploded in Lebanon. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Analysts say Mossad likely hid explosives in pagers before they reached Hezbollah

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Attendees at the IDF Widows and Orphans "Stronger than the Wind: Embrace, Strengthen and Support" conference in Kfar Saba on September 17, 2024. (Nir Davidson/IDFWO)

'They want us to lead meaningful lives'

Struggling with a new reality, the war’s 260 new widows find support in a new sisterhood

By Diana Bletter

The IDF Widows and Orphans Organization’s ‘Stronger than the Wind’ event offers ways for widows to heal their hearts and find joy even though they’re ‘devastated’

MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, September 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘They turned the hostages into currency’: Edelstein blasts anti-government protests

At the same time, Likud MK appears to backtrack on support for police arresting women who placed hostage flyers at his synagogue

Channel 13 reporter Raviv Drucker at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

PM seeking investigation of journalist over leaked interrogation in ‘Bibi Files’ film

The most moral attack: Taking out terrorists and almost no one else

After 11 months of Hezbollah’s 8,000+ missiles, Israel (reportedly) figured out how to target the enemy precisely. The UN has nothing to criticize

The British paradox

The UK officially supports Israel’s right to defend itself, but it has also undermined that support by imposing a partial arms embargo

US Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a discussion hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2024. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Harris says she backs Biden’s withholding of 2,000-pound bombs from Israel

VP says she is working with Israeli and Arab leaders on postwar plan for Gaza, stresses hostage-ceasefire deal is in ‘best interests’ of region’

US presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan,
September 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Trump campaign to hold ‘Fighting Anti-Semitism’ event, branding Harris an enabler

Gazans celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the broken Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Yousef Masoud)

Poll finds shrinking support in Gaza for Hamas decision to launch October 7 attack

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Only 39% of respondents in Strip now say assault on southern Israel that sparked war was correct move, though in West Bank 64% still think terror group made the right call

Council on American-Islamic Relations attorney Gadeir Abbas announces a lawsuit against the University of Maryland at a press conference in College Park, Maryland on September 17, 2024. (Charlie Summers/ Times of Israel)

Pro-Palestinian legal groups sue U of Maryland over blanket ban on October 7 events

By Charlie Summers

Tree grown from ancient mystery seed found in cave could be source of biblical balm

Identified as species of Commiphora, part of the frankincense and myrrh family, plant lacks fragrance but medical compound suggests possible link with Bible’s ‘tsori’ Continue Reading

Dr. Sarah Sallon, director of the Louis Borick Natural Medicine Research Center at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem, with 'Sheba' in 2010. (Guy Eisner)

In '10/7,' journalist Lee Yaron profiles victims of the October 7 massacre from a wide range of communities. (Uri Bareket; St. Martin's Press via JTA)

Author interviews survivors 'to keep people alive on paper'

New book about October 7 tells ‘100 human stories’ behind the horror

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Journalist Lee Yaron seeks to combat political exploitation of tragedy; Palestinian accounts ‘not my stories to tell,’ she says, accusing global left of shunning Israeli liberals

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Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, arrives at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 10, 2024, at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

UN debates PA resolution demanding Israel leave ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative image of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) (Phonlamai iStock by Getty Images)

Israel invests NIS 500m in R&D infrastructure to keep pace in global AI race

By Sharon Wrobel

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan, October 17, 2023. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Palestinian Authority president to thank Spain for support in visit to Madrid

By AFP and ToI Staff

Students at the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

University heads float academic assistance plan for students serving in reserves

By Gavriel Fiske

A sign is posted in front of the 23andMe headquarters on February 1, 2024, in Sunnyvale, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

23andMe agrees to $30m settlement over data breach targeting Jewish and Chinese users

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Crew members and media work near the Hollywood Walk of Fame, March 8, 2023, outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

StarstruckPetah Tikva to launch Hollywood-inspired ‘walk of fame’

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