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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 54

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What Matters Most On Friday, April 7, 2023

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Soldiers at the scene of a deadly terrorist shooting attack in the West Bank, near the settlement of Hamra, April 7, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

IDF calls up reservists as coalition MKs urge harsh response

Two Israeli sisters killed, mother critically hurt in West Bank shooting attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Terrorists open fire at car, causing crash, then fire 22 bullets at it again in northern Jordan Valley; IDF launches manhunt; victims were also British citizens

Medics at the scene of a suspected shooting attack at the Geva Binyamin junction in the West Bank, near Jerusalem, April 6, 2023. (Rescuers Without Borders)

IDF: Soldier hurt in shooting attack near Jerusalem; gunmen flee

By Emanuel Fabian

Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launches air strikes on the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave on late April 6, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Local mayors in south slam Israel's response as insufficient

Israel hits Hamas targets in Lebanon, Gaza in response to rocket attacks

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF strikes ‘terror infrastructure’ in southern Lebanon, tunnels, weapons sites in Palestinian enclave; 44 projectiles fired from Strip overnight, hitting a home in Sderot

Police at the scene of a car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv, April 7, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

US condemns deadly Tel Aviv attack; Netanyahu calls up all Border Police reserves

Italian tourist Alessandro Parini, 35, killed in attack; wounded victims also visitors to Israel; attacker, 45-year-old Arab Israeli from Kafr Qassem, neutralized by gunfire

12:30 am

US 'strongly condemns' terror attack in Tel Aviv, stands with Israel
10:42 pm

Italian PM expresses solidarity with Israel after Tel Aviv car-ramming attack
10:21 pm

Local leadership group in Kafr Qassem condemns Tel Aviv attack

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IDF orders Air Force call-up; Israelis with permits told to carry their guns

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

With the IDF tackling escalating multifront violence and terrorism, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi on Friday ordered a call-up of an unspecified number of reservist soldiers. In a statement following a security assessment, Halevi said the call-up was focused on air defense units and the "air attack... Continue Reading

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (left) at an assessment with senior commanders amid a multifront escalation, April 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Locals check a small bridge that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Maaliya village, south Lebanon, April 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanon says it will complain to Security Council over Israeli retaliatory strikes

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Op-ed

Our enemies smell weakness

Less than two weeks ago, on Saturday night, March 25, Yoav Gallant, Israel's minister of defense, addressed the nation and issued an alert: "By virtue of my duties as the Minister of Defense of the State of Israel, I stand before you and emphasize: We face great threats – both near and far. Iran is closer than ever to gaining... Continue Reading

Israel's security cabinet meets after rocket barrages from Lebanon, April 6, 2023. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is seated opposite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

Israel's security cabinet meets after rocket barrages from Lebanon, April 6, 2023. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is seated opposite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

As security cabinet meets on Lebanon barrage, PM says Israel united, ‘enemy will pay’

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Government members call for severe military reaction to attack the army has blamed on Hamas; opposition offers full backing to retaliation while needling coalition for policies

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Israel, split and united

Hamas and Hezbollah get it completely wrong when they take disunion for ’the beginning of the end of the Zionist entity’

File: US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel in a briefing, 2023. (Video screenshot)

US says Israel has ‘right to defend itself’ after Lebanon rockets; UN urges restraint

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Washington blocks UN Security Council statement on latest violence, Israeli official says; Foreign Ministry tells embassies around world to seek condemnation of Lebanese assault

The Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the UN relief agency headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, September 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

UN Palestinian refugee chief warns lack of donors leading to operating difficulties

By AP and ToI Staff

Arrests in Nazareth, Sakhnin, Baqa al-Gharbiya, Umm al-Fahm

Over 20 arrested overnight in Arab towns amid unrest tied to Temple Mount clashes

Police arrested over 20 people, including some minors, in Arab-majority towns in northern Israel and East Jerusalem early Friday morning, amid simmering unrest in Arab communities against a background of violence in the capital and rocket barrages from Lebanon blamed on Gaza-based Palestinian terror group Hamas. Arrests over... Continue Reading

Israeli forces make an arrest as they operate in East Jerusalem in the early morning of April 7, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire caused after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit near the Israeli town of Shlomi, April 6, 2023. (Fadi Amun/Flash90)

In north, 50,000 residents without rocket shelters brace for escalation with Lebanon

By Canaan Lidor

Only a fraction of the $1.38 billion pledged in 2018 has been transferred to municipalities exposed to recent cross-border fire

File: People walk on the tarmac as they disembark from a Airbus A400M military transport aircraft at the French military air base near Abu Dhabi, on August 23, 2021, after being evacuated from Kabul. (Bertrand Guay/AFP)

US admits massive intelligence failure in disastrous Afghan exit

By Sebastian Smith

Washington defends pullout but acknowledges officials didn’t grasp extent of Taliban’s strength, corruption of Afghan forces; adds Trump’s deal with Taliban left them few options

Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at right, shakes hands with Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, as Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat, looks on, at center, for a photo during a closed meeting held in Beijing, March 11, 2023. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via AP)

Analysis

Payam DOOST MOHAMADI

Iran-Saudi deal boosts Tehran’s hopes of halting Israel-led regional front – analysts

Islamic Republic wants relations reset to improve security, economic and trade cooperation with its neighbors and within the Gulf

This file photo taken on October 3, 1980 on rue Copernic in Paris shows firemen standing by the wreckage of a car and motocycle after a bombing attack of the rue Copernic synagogue, resulting in the death of four people. (AFP/STF)

1980 Paris synagogue bombing trial offers some closure, even without the defendant

By Alice D'Oleon

Jewish community awaits justice after 43 years despite absence of Hassan Diab, alleged orchestrator of blast that killed four people, who refused to travel from Canada to attend

An undated image of the George Washington University campus in Washington, DC. (Screen capture: YouTube)

GWU faces US federal probe after clearing professor accused of antisemitism

By Andrew Lapin

Pro-Israel group says investigation will examine complaints university disregarded student reports that educator made anti-Jewish remarks in class, hosted anti-Zionist speaker

The HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project’s multilingual Omer counter highlights Jewish linguistic diversity by presenting each of the 49 days in a different language or dialect. (HUC-JIR via JTA)

Too many to count

New project translates ritual Omer counting to 49 Jewish languages

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

On each of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, researchers will post recitation in different language, including Ladino, Yiddish and more obscure tongues like Judeo-Georgian

Teitelbaum performs on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,' April 5, 2023. (Todd Owyoung/NBC/via JTA)

Music's constant undertone is one of personal trauma

Indie group Blondshell’s secret sauce is 1990s women rockers and ‘Jewish’ dark humor

By Gabe Friedman

While Larry David and Sarah Silverman were constantly on repeat in her NY home, Sabrina Teitelbaum’s sound draws from Courtney Love and PJ Harvey for album dropping April 7

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