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This photo provided by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, search and rescue personnel search for survivors through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Florida, section of Miami, June 25, 2021. (Miami-Dade Fire Rescue via AP)

Hopes fade in search at Florida condo collapse, with 159 still unaccounted for

By TERRY SPENCER

‘Just praying for a miracle’: Relatives of the missing anxiously wait for word on their loved ones as rescuers continue to scour through the rubble; death toll at 4

Rescue personnel work at the remains of the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Florida, on June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Engineer warned in 2018 of ‘major structural damage’ to Florida building — NYT

By ToI Staff and AP

Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 25, 2021 in Surfside, Florida (JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

ExplainerHow is technology aiding Miami rescuers’ search?

By MAE ANDERSON, Matt O'Brien and Frank Bajak

This aerial image shows search and rescue workers working the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed, in Surfside, Florida, Friday, June 25, 2021 (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Florida yet to answer Israeli offer to send rescue team to collapsed building

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

‘We still have hope,’ Miami-Dade mayor says as desperate search for survivors continues; governor demands ‘timely’ explanation for disaster; 4 confirmed dead, 159 unaccounted for

(L-R) Israeli Consul General in Miami Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, Tallahassee Chabad Rabbi Schneur Oirechman and Florida Senator Rick Scott at the scene of a condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida on June 25, 2021. (Consulate of Israel in Miami)

Israel providing aid at scene of Florida building collapse, offers rescue team

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

This aerial view, shows search and rescue personnel working on site after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

At Miami tragedy, focus turns to Israeli prof’s finding that complex was sinking

By AFP

Jewish faithful pray at the Shul of Bal Harbour after members of the community were reported missing in the partial collapse of a 12-story beachfront condo, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Florida Jewish community prays for miracles after condo collapse

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY

Local rabbi says ‘circumstances are very, very grim,’ adds that as bodies start being identified community can expect a very difficult week ahead

A view of Surfside, Florida (video screenshot)

Deadly building collapse in Florida struck a growing, diverse Jewish community

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel spray water on a fire in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building as search and rescue operations continue on June 25, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to 4; 159 still missing

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In this photo released by the official website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei receives a shot of the Coviran Barekat COVID-19 vaccine in Tehran, Iran, June 25, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s Khamenei gets 1st dose of home-made COVID vaccine

Supreme leader touts the ‘great, prestigious capability’ of the Coviran Barekat shot; Tehran hasn’t published data on its efficacy

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi, from Argentina, addresses the media during a news conference regarding the agency's monitoring of Iran's nuclear energy program at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

UN atomic agency: ‘No reply’ from Iran on expired nuclear inspections deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

View of the blossoming almond trees in the Golan Heights on February 11, 2019. Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)

Amid uproar, US denies change in policy recognizing Golan Heights as Israeli

After false story picked up by some Hebrew media, Lapid says people spreading rumors are deliberately trying to undermine new Israeli government and ties to US

In this March 26, 2021 file photo, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club, in Urbandale, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Pompeo says Bennett has Israel’s best interests at heart

Former US vice president Mike Pence speaks at the annual Hillsborough County NH GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner, June 3, 2021, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Pence defends certifying US election results in strongest yet rebuttal of Trump

By Michael R. Blood and Jill Colvin

The fabulous four female IAF pilots

The Israeli Air Force requires grit, determination, commitment, and sometimes a court case that prescribes gender equality

Keys without locks

Jews have been kicked out of Arab areas, and Arabs out of Jewish ones. What if everyone who wants to go home did so, and learned to live with the new neighbors?

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Left to right: Benzion Netanyahu, sons Benjamin and Jonathan, and his wife, Tzila. (Government of Israel/ via JTA)

Interview'An overlooked father has a son who must return and destroy'

‘The Netanyahus’ analyzes the famous family through the story of one night

By Emily Burack

Author Joshua Cohen hopes readers find the humor in his latest novel – a fictionalized account involving Benzion Netanyahu inspired by true events

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 20, 2021. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

New coronavirus cabinet to convene Sunday, review options as infections rise

Ministers reportedly lean toward no new restrictions so long as serious cases remain low; health officials believe vaccine provides strong protection against severe illness

A tram commutes on a street in Sydney on June 26, 2021, after authorities locked down several central areas of Australia's largest city to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. (SAEED KHAN / AFP)

Delta variant threatens a new pandemic challenge

By Amélie BAUBEAU

A photo of a Sederot toddler tied up and immobile at a daycare center, shared by his grandmother, July 24, 2021 (via Twitter)

3 daycare teachers arrested for suspected abuse after toddler tied up

Arrests come after boy’s grandma shared photo of him unable to move; parents of other kids defend suspects, say it’s a common Russian practice

A man stands with his chest bared during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Palestinian security forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on June 26, 2021, following a demonstration against the death of human rights activist Nizar Banat while in the custody of Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces earlier in the week. (Abbas Momani / AFP)

Palestinians clash with PA officers in 3rd day of rallies over activist’s death

By Aaron Boxerman

Palestinian Authority forces fire tear gas in Ramallah; demonstrations also held in Hebron, after activist Nizar Banat died following his arrest by Palestinian security services

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Join ToI Community for an evening of learning and levity with Benji Lovitt

In a ToI Community exclusive live comedy event on Tuesday, June 29, Lovitt will show us pivotal moments in Israeli history – and the humor that accompanied them

'When you lose a parent, your house breaks'

Jerusalem art collective’s 1st post-COVID solo show opens to a new world order

HaMiffal bounces back and inaugurates its new second-floor gallery with ‘Moving,’ an exhibit from local artist Kobi Vogman dealing with his father’s death, running through July 29

In this March 7, 2019, photo, Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank and a Holocaust survivor, attends a news conference in Newport Beach, California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister, reclaims Austrian citizenship at 92

By JTA and ToI Staff

Schloss fled country as a child to escape the Nazis, later arriving in the Netherlands and meeting Anne; she survived Auschwitz, and after the war Anne’s father married her mother

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a plenary session at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany eases citizenship rules for Nazi victims’ descendants

By AFP

German police officers guard the crime scene in central Wuerzburg, Germany, June 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German investigators look for motive in deadly knife attack

By AP

100,000 at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, Israel’s largest event since start of COVID

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Police arrest dozens of suspected agitators, one of them with taser, nunchucks and other weapons; several government ministers among revelers

András Heisler is the president of Mazsihisz, an umbrella group of Hungarian Jewish communities. (Courtesy of Mazsihisz via JTA)

Hungarian Jews protest law against sharing content on homosexuality with minors

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) speaks with MK Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamist Ra'am party, in the Knesset plenum on June 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

TV: Compromise emerging to extend Palestinian family reunification law

Report says coalition’s Islamist Ra’am party will abstain rather than vote against extending law, with some Palestinian spouses of Israelis getting residency instead of citizenship

The knife allegedly carried by a suspect who tried to infiltrate the Yitzhar settlement on June 25, 2021 (Yitzhar spokesperson)

IDF: Attempted stabbing foiled at West Bank settlement, attacker shot

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In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin's sentencing on June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin gets 22.5 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder

By Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski

French trader Arnaud Mimran arrives at the Paris courthouse on July 7, 2016 for deliberations in his trial over an alleged carbon tax scam.(AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY)

French court hands Arnaud Mimran more prison time for 2015 kidnapping

By AFP and ToI Staff

A visitor looks at the underground area inside the Colosseum in Rome on June 25, 2021 (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Grisly hypogeumColosseum’s underground labyrinth opened to public for first time

By Alexandria SAGE

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks as the Senate reconvenes after protesters stormed into the US Capitol, January 6, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

US Senate leader urges UK not to take 2-year-old Jewish girl off life support

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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