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What Matters Most On Monday, February 24, 2020

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Smoke trails are left in the sky after Palestinian terrorists fire a rocket at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on February 24, 2020. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Rocket strikes empty playground in Sderot; no injuries

Over a dozen Gaza rockets fired at south as violence erupts after morning lull

By Judah Ari Gross

Iron Dome shoots down at least 12 of 14 projectiles; attack follows threats from both Palestinian and Israeli officials of renewed fighting

Netanyahu threatens Gaza operation, ‘surprises’ if rocket fire doesn’t stop

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Islamic Jihad pummels south with rockets after Gaza border clashes; no injuries

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel media reviewLet’s do launch: 7 things to know for February 24

By Joshua Davidovich

A ball of fire and smoke rises above buildings during Israeli airstrikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 23, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

IDF strikes Islamic Jihad in Syria, Gaza in response to rocket fire

By Judah Ari Gross

Military says it bombed Iran-backed terror group’s facilities near Damascus, as well as in the Strip, after some 30 rockets fired at southern Israel

Six said killed in Israeli strikes on Islamic Jihad sites in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF pounds Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza after rockets fired at south

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF closes roads, train line near Gaza amid fears of fresh fighting

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Rabbi David Rosen, second from left, meeting with Saudi King Salman at the royal palace in Riyadh, February 2020 (courtesy KAICIID)

In first, Saudi king hosts Israeli rabbi at royal palace

By Raphael Ahren

Jerusalem-based David Rosen, invited to Riyadh as part of interfaith meeting, hails ‘revolutionary moment’; says Palestinian issue still ‘glass ceiling’ for Israel-Saudi relations

Psalm 1 from the Zechariah Ben 'Anan Codex, rediscovered in 2017 by Israeli scholar Prof. Yoram Meital in a Cairo synagogue. (Yoram Meital)

Jewish history

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Lost 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible found on dusty Cairo synagogue shelf

While attempting to document Egyptian synagogues, an Israeli historian stumbles upon a massive, well-preserved 616-page codex that was written in 1028

An explosion is seen following an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City in response to the firing of rockets by Palestinian terrorists in the coastal enclave toward Israel, February 24, 2020. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

IDF chief cautions Gaza violence may not be over

Aviv Kohavi says unclear if current round of fighting in Strip is coming to an end or will escalate further; Islamic Jihad: Ceasefire depends on Israel ‘halting its aggression’

7:27 pm

Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border kibbutz
7:25 pm

Islamic Jihad sources say reports of 10 p.m. ceasefire 'not correct'
7:09 pm

IDF chief cautions Gaza fighting may not be over

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a Likud party event in Lod, on February 11, 2020. (Flash90)

Week to election, Likud pulls ahead of Blue and White for first time in polls

Netanyahu’s party now looks the largest, but is no closer to a rightist-Haredi majority than before, two television surveys find

AnalysisInvestigation of Gantz’s former company further muddies election’s swampy waters

By Raoul Wootliff

Netanyahu dodges question on law that could stop his prosecution

By Raoul Wootliff

Mandelblit: Decision to probe Gantz’s former firm not driven by politics

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders gets ready to speak at a campaign event at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Sanders says AIPAC gives platform to ‘express bigotry,’ won’t go to conference

By Eric Cortellessa

Vermont senator says pro-Israel confab allows ‘leaders’ to speak who ‘oppose basic Palestinian rights’; AIPAC blasts statement, says he is ‘insulting his very own colleagues’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, center, and then-tourism minister Yariv Levin during a meeting to discuss mapping extension of Israeli sovereignty to areas of the West Bank, held in the Ariel settlement, February 24, 2020. (David Azagury/ US Embassy Jerusalem/ File)

Netanyahu, Israeli officials meet with US mapping team for West Bank annexation

US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders Independent-Vermont, is lit by spotlights as he speaks at a campaign event in Tacoma, Washington, February 17, 2020. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

Sanders becomes No. 1 target for moderates after Nevada win

By Alexandra Jaffe and MEG KINNARD

Susannah Schild

5 steps to a life-changing hiking experience

The tempo of life changes when you’re on a 3-day hike: you don’t menu-plan, fight traffic, or watch Netflix; you lace up your dirty hiking boots and head for the trail

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The love story of Tsiryl and Chaim

They lived in Chicago, and raised their family, ran their business, planted a vegetable garden, and never went to sleep angry. Does it sound idyllic? It was

'We don't understand Israel's treatment; we are not lepers'

South Koreans being shipped out of Israel on special flights amid virus fears

Many have already left Jewish state following new measures, and hundreds of remaining visitors will leave Monday after many were forced to spend the night at the airport

Tourists from Korea wearing protective masks walking with their belongings while waiting for a flight back to South Korea at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, February 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Residents burn tires over talk of quarantining South Koreans in their settlement

Israel issues travel warnings for South Korea, Japan over virus outbreak

By ToI Staff and AP

Iran announces 50 dead in Qom coronavirus outbreak

By AP

Israelis who were aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined off Japan are seen on a plane bringing them to Israel, February 20, 2020. (Israeli Embassy in Japan)

Israel confirms second coronavirus case among former cruise passengers

Patient isolated at Sheba Medical Center; ministry says he contracted virus while abroad

President Reuven Rivlin visits the wildlife hospital at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, February 23, 2020 (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Israel may quarantine travelers from Italy, Australia over coronavirus

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Foreigners barred from Tel Aviv marathon amid coronavirus fears

An anti-Semitic caricature in Aalst, Belgium, February 23, 2020. (Nicolas MAETERLINCK/BELGA/AFP)

Belgian PM says Jewish caricatures at anti-Semitic parade ‘damage’ the country

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Sophie Wilmes, who is Jewish, calls Aalst Carnival an affront to nation’s ‘values and reputation’; city’s mayor says event is ‘a display of unity’

Anti-Semitic Belgium parade features costumes of Jews with insect bodies

By Cnaan Liphshiz

German carnival floats take aim at racism in wake of deadly attack

By AP

Upstate New York Jewish community center evacuated amid rash of bomb threats

By AP

From left to right: Technion researchers Professor David Broday, Professor Eran Friedler, Ilan Katz and Liron Houber. (Courtesy/Technion)

Technion team develops novel water-from-air system using desiccants

Standalone platform is energy-efficient, works even in off-grid, desert areas, effectively filters out pollutants and kills bacteria, researchers say

Illustrator Tzila Binder's 'Cheerful Eyes' illustration, used in an exhibit of the same name in Tel Aviv, February 2020 (Courtesy Moran Shoub)

A peek at an illustrator’s life through flyleafs and double-page spreads

By Jessica Steinberg

Screen capture from video of the dedication of Iwo Jima marines 5th Division cemetery, March 1945. (YouTube)

Historic Iwo Jima footage shows individual Marines amid the larger battle

By Greg Wilsbacher

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Workers wearing protective gears help clean each other's suits after disinfecting against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Jordan official says medical staff examining all who enter kingdom

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting at the Health Ministry in Tel Aviv on February 23, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu vows to erase criminal records of marijuana offenders

By Alexander Fulbright

Likud party supporters at an election campaign tour in Jerusalem, September 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud campaign exposes Israeli voters’ identities, again

A voter shows his identification and inked finger while voting for the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Conservatives claim victory in Iran elections after record low turnout

By Abhik Kumar Chanda

Quentin Tarantino and his wife Daniella Pick attend the 'Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood' UK premiere in London, July 30, 2019. (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images/via JTA)

A star is bornQuentin Tarantino and Israeli wife welcome baby boy in Tel Aviv

A still from 'Hunters,' a new series by Amazon. (Courtesy Amazon Studios)

Amazon show’s fictional Nazi atrocities could fuel Holocaust denial, critics say

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In a Ben-Gurion University study, a Telsa perceives a projected image as a real person, left, and Mobileye's 630 PRO autonomous vehicle system considers an image projected on a tree as a real road sign, right.

Fake images can fool autonomous cars, posing risks, Israeli researchers warn

MK Pnina Tamano-Shata, pictured on February 4, 2020, in Hadera. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Seeking Likud ouster and racial equality, MK highlights Ethiopian-Israeli shift

By Maude Petel-Legare

Pope Francis delivers a speech inside the St. Nicholas Basilica on the occasion of the 'Mediterranean sea a border of peace' conference in Bari, Italy, February 23, 2020. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Pope cautions against ‘unfair’ Israeli-Palestinian peace offers

By Frances D'Emilio

In this February 22, 2020, file photo, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

In shakeup, virulently anti-Semitic Malaysian PM submits resignation

By AFP and ToI Staff

A settler's house in the outpost of Esh Kodesh in the West Bank, on July 20, 2015.(Photo by Garrett Mills/Flash 90)

PM orders 12 illegal outposts be hooked up to power grid, 8 days before election

Steven Spielberg and daughter Mikaela George Spielberg arrive at the 81st Academy Awards, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, February 22, 2009. (Chris Carlson/AP)

Steven Spielberg’s daughter is working as a porn star

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