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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 22, 2021

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Border Police officer Barel Shmueli who was critically wounded in a shooting on the Gaza border, on August 21, 2021. He died of his injuries on August 30. (Border Police)

Police say officer was a sniper in an elite undercover unit

Soldier critically hurt in Gaza border shooting identified as Barel Shmueli, 21

Border Police officer in intensive care in serious condition after surgery, hospital says; he was shot in head during riots on Gaza border

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 8, 2021. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)

After soldier shot on Gaza border, PM vows to ‘settle the score’ with attackers

A site in central Gaza is struck by Israeli aircraft, on August 21, 2021. (Video screenshot)

IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza in response to shooting of soldier at border

By Emanuel Fabian, Aaron Boxerman and Judah Ari Gross

Nurse Maysoon Makladeh of Petah Tikva's Beilinson Medical Center (Screencapture/Channel 12)

'I lose 2 patients a shift... Suddenly their lungs collapse'

‘I was wrong’: Anguished nurses tell of unvaccinated patients’ deathbed regrets

‘Their eyes bulge out of their sockets as they try to get more oxygen’: In TV interviews, nurses at Beilinson hospital despair that people still refusing COVID-19 vaccine

Vials of a potential coronavirus vaccine are seen on an assembly line, in a photograph released by the Israel Institute for Biological Research, on October 25, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

TV: High dose of Israeli-made vaccine appears to give long-lasting protection

Israeli children undergo COVID-19 antibody testing in the coastal city of Netanya on August 22, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Tech issues cause chaos at serological, rapid COVID testing facilities

Long lines and delays mar first day of national serological testing program for children ages 3-12 to prepare for the upcoming school year

People walk along Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, on August 18, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Health chief says Israel may limit family gatherings on Rosh Hashanah

Local girls look at UN workers unloading ballot kits from a U.N. helicopter in Ghumaipayan Mahnow village, some 410 kilometers (256 miles) northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. By air is the only way to deliver the electoral material in the inaccessible areas of the Badakhshan province. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Photo essay

20 years in Afghanistan, through conflict and chaos, horrors and fragile hope

By AP

An extraordinary collection of photographs track two decades — from when US forces entered the country until the now-imminent completion of their withdrawal

823 Afghan refugees crammed into US plane — 183 more than previously thought

By AFP and AP

Afghans stand in line to be evacuated onto an Italian Airforce C130J plane from Kabul airport, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (Italian Defense Ministry via AP)

Death toll of those attempting to flee Taliban via Kabul airport rises to 20

By ahmad seir, TAMEEM AKHGAR and Jon Gambrell

Fighters opposing the Taliban recapture several rural districts north of Kabul, as the White House asks commercial airlines to help transport refugees

US soldiers stand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the country after the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

US taking fresh precautions at Kabul airport evacuation amid IS threat

By ahmad seir, Rahim Faiez, KATHY GANNON and Lolita C. Baldor

In this image provided by the US Marines, evacuee children wait for the next flight after being manifested at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. (1st Lt. Mark Andries/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

In Kabul, a fearful wait for US to deliver on evacuation vow

By ahmad seir, Rahim Faiez, KATHY GANNON and Cara Anna

A health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at a Maccabi Health Services clinic in Jerusalem, on August 20, 2021, soon after Israel approved booster shots for people over 40 - a decision that was later expanded to. the entire population. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Just 0.2% of Israelis who got booster shot then caught COVID — report

By Michael Bachner

In further indication of effectiveness of third vaccine dose, Health Ministry said to report just 88 serious cases among 1.1 million recipients of booster

6:37 pm

Hezbollah chief says Iranian fuel coming to Lebanon in defiance of US sanctions
6:27 pm

11 coalition MKs vow to oppose budget-linked bill unless agriculture reform nixed
5:57 pm

Biden nominates Rahm Emanuel to be ambassador to Japan

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Aug 22 – Israel races to beat COVID comeback before Rosh Hashanah

Health and science correspondent Nathan Jeffay makes sense of current coronavirus stats; Paralympics reporter Amy Spiro guides us on which Israeli athletes to watch in Tokyo Games

When will Israel reopen for incoming tourism?

If Greece and Italy can figure out how to let tourists visit safely, why can’t the startup nation? Israel’s tour guides are suffering

Jailed 5 years without a fair trial: My questions for Mohammed Halabi’s prosecutor

The former World Vision director in Gaza has maintained he’s innocent of funneling millions to Hamas. Where is Israel’s evidence against him?

Merav Michaeli and her partner Lior Schleien are seen with their newborn, Uri. (Facebook photo)

After criticism of US trip, minister reveals she went to meet her surrogate baby

Merav Michaeli faced backlash over her travel against government recommendations, but censure stops as she shares news of her new child, Uri

MK Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset, on June 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir hospitalized for COVID complications

Israel Police Northern District Chief Shimon Lavi arrives to testify before the Meron disaster commission of inquiry on August 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As Meron probe opens hearings, top police officer laments years of ‘neglect’

By ToI Staff and AP

Dani Dayan. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Vowing to reject Holocaust ‘distortion,’ Dani Dayan appointed head of Yad Vashem

Former Israeli consul-general to New York says he’s taking on role with ‘awe and reverence’; appointment comes at key time for Holocaust remembrance amid spat with Poland

A Jewish man and child were punched in the face by a man in separate attacks in London, on August 18, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Jewish man hit, knocked unconscious in apparent antisemitic attack in London

Hashmat Ghani is reportedly seen pledging allegiance to the Taliban, on August 21, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Clip shows brother of fleeing Afghan president pledge allegiance to Taliban

Hashmat Ghani reportedly announces his support for insurgent group in presence of one of America’s most wanted terrorists, Khalil Haqqani

A Taliban member poses atop a US US-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan, August 2021. (Uncredited)

As Taliban parades captured weapons, US still trying to gauge scope of damage

By ToI Staff and AFP

In this Tuesday, May 28, 2019 file photo, Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, left, speaks to Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, third left, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban's chief negotiator, third right, and other members of the Taliban delegation prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Who’s who among Afghanistan’s secretive new Taliban rulers

By AFP

(L) An apparent image of Taliban fighters raising a flag in a mockery of iconic WWII photo (R) In this Feb 23, 1945 file photo, US Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)

Taliban image said to mock iconic photo of US flag-raising on Iwo Jima

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Elite commando unit, seemingly sporting advanced military gear, raises white flag of the militant group

Former British prime minister Tony Blair attends the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in London, November 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

‘Imbecilic’: Ex-UK PM Blair slams West’s ‘dangerous abandonment’ of Afghanistan

In this image provided by the US Marine Corps, Marines assist with security at an evacuation control checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/US Marine Corps via AP)

US advises citizens to avoid Kabul airport amid ‘potential security threats’

By AP and ToI Staff

Iran says it is expanding defense beyond borders, will continue missile program

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Statement seen as message of deterrence to West, as Europe warns of nuclear deal violations and the likelihood of renewed accord fades

Missiles are fired in an Iranian military exercise by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, on July 28, 2020. (Sepahnews via AP)

A cemetery worker prepares new graves at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery on the outskirts of the Iranian capital, Tehran, Iran, November 1, 2020. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Iran daily COVID deaths hit new record high after restrictions lifted

By AFP

Healing Ink, a project of Artists 4 Israel, provides free tattoos to those injured in terrorist and antisemitic attacks. (Dillon Meyer)

'We're not out there with guns, but we're saving people'

Healing Ink offers free tattoos to those affected by Tree of Life shooting

The initiative brings local artists and ‘heavy hitters’ from around the tattoo world together on October 3-4 to help victims of the 2018 synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh

More Headlines

Duke University Professor Dan Ariely headed the Dishonesty Project, which scientifically proved that yes, we all lie. (Courtesy)

Claims swirl around academic Ariely after honesty study found to be dishonest

Israel's Yonathan Kapitolnik after his victory at the World Athletics competition in Nairobi, Kenya, August 21, 2021. (Israel Athletics Association)

Israeli high jumper wins gold at under-20 world championships

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy during a plenary session in Jerusalem, July 26, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset speaker: ‘The budget will pass — we have 61 votes, maybe 62’

Ra'am chief Mansour Abbas at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 12 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Mansour Abbas: ‘Cheap political shot’ to call Ra’am threat to national security

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