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What Matters Most On Monday, October 9, 2023

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Lightning strikes as smoke billows following Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on October 9, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 9: Israel hits Gaza amid Hamas threat to kill hostages; US to Hezbollah: Stay out

Biden says 11 Americans killed, others held by Hamas; some 1,500 terrorist bodies said inside Israel; tensions spike on Lebanon border; potential progress on unity government

12:26 am

UAE said to warn Assad against joining Hamas conflict against Israel
12:10 am

WATCH: White House spokesperson breaks down while speaking about scenes coming out of Israel
12:04 am

Israeli security forces said to kill terrorist in gunfire exchange near Gaza-area community

An Ashkelon resident and his son make their way to safety after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian terrorists hit a building in the southern city, October 9, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel at warHamas claims 4 hostages killed in IDF strikes on Gaza

Heavy rocket fire on central, southern Israel; 300,000 reservists mobilized in 48 hours

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

5 injured by barrages in Ashkelon, Ashdod; IDF sees fastest call-up of reservists in its history; IDF claims control of all border towns, but says terrorists may remain

Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on October 8, 2023 (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Israel at warAir Force pounds Gaza overnight in bid to ‘devastate’ Hamas; rocket fire continues

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Israeli forces cross a main road in an armored personnel carrier (APC) as additional IDF troops are deployed near the southern city of Sderot following an assault by Hamas terrorists, October 8, 2023. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Israel at warDeath toll from Hamas onslaught passes 800, over 100 kidnapped, as Israel strikes Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Day three of Israel’s war against Hamas: No room for any more complacency

It is unforgiveable that Israel failed to heed the signs of what Hamas was planning. But our people are unified amid the disaster, and our leaders must clearheadedly ensure victory

Israeli soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Col. Roi Levy during his funeral at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. . (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian terrorists hits a building in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on October 9, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct 9: Day 3 of Operation Swords of Iron – ongoing Hamas infiltration

IDF soldiers at a staging area near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 9, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Moscow sees ‘high risk’ of 3rd party opening front against Israel amid war on Hamas

By AFP and ToI Staff

Egypt intelligence official says Israel ignored repeated warnings of ‘something big’

Cairo official says Israel focused on West Bank instead of Gaza; Egypt’s spy chief said to warn PM of ‘terrible operation,’ Netanyahu denies it

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C) and military chiefs at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv for a security assessment on October 8, 2023. (GPO)

Palestinian terrorists take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib / AFP)

Hamas carried out years-long campaign to fool Israel before attack, source says

Israeli soldiers take position in the southern city of Sderot, following a Hamas terrorist assault, October 8, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/ Flash90)

Israel evacuates civilians from Gaza-area towns as forces scour for remaining gunmen

By Michael Bachner and Emanuel Fabian

Shye Weinstein (left) and a presumed security guard at the Kibbutz Re'im Nature Party before the gunfire began, October 7, 2023. (courtesy Shye Weinstein)

Interview'Every time a car passed I was sure it was Hamas'

Camera in hand, partygoer captures escape from rave where Hamas killed 260 Israelis

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Canadian-Israeli Shye Weinstein documents how he and his friends fled from deadly party, made nail-biting flight to Tel Aviv: ‘We only slowed down for checkpoints and bodies’

A relative of an Israeli missing since a surprise attack by Hamas is overcome by emotion during a press conference in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

Emergency group says 260 were slain by terrorists at rave, as families seek answers

Cars and partygoers fleeing the site of the Kibbutz Re'im Nature Party on October 7, 2023. (courtesy Shye Weinstein)

Israeli survivor recounts music festival terror amid Hamas terrorist slaughter

By AP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of Rachel Edery describing how she surreptitiously indicated to police how many terrorists were holding her captive in her home in Ofakim, October 8, 2023. (Channel 13. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Coffee and cookies: How a hostage kept her terrorist captors distracted till rescue

Rachel and David were held captive in their Ofakim home by 5 gunmen from Gaza Strip for 15 hours, as their son waited outside, until security forces burst in to save them

Medical responders carry a body bag in Sderot, Israel, Oct. 8, 2023. (Saeed Qaq/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images / via JTA)

Was Hamas’s attack on Saturday the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust?

By JTA

Along with comparisons to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, the claim that it was ‘the darkest day in Jewish history since the end of the Holocaust’ appears to be accurate

Israeli soldiers deploy between the houses in the northern Israeli town of Metula, as seen from the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, October 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Reserve soldiers complain that equipment is lacking or substandard

By Sue Surkes and Jessica Steinberg

Israeli forces outside the entrance to the southern Israeli town of Sderot, October 8, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Behind the headlines

Israel at war: Join ToI TODAY for live webinar on Operation Swords of Iron

On Oct. 9, ToI Community members’ questions will be answered by military reporter Emanuel Fabian, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani

Now, in the awful quiet of this moment

Just before the retaliation and recriminations, it’s worth noting three things we’ve discovered in this tragedy

Peta Jones Pellach

Who’s counting?

1 cousin killed in battle; 3 acquaintances taken captive; 36, the number of hours before the attack that I prayed with Muslims

‘Militants’? ‘Fighters’!? No, these butchers killed hundreds in cold blood

International media whitewashes Hamas’ monstrous disregard for human life that my son discovered in Operation Cast Lead

Jonathan Goldstein

Loud, proud, and uncompromising, I stand with Israel

Whatever Israel determines to be the right response to this atrocity deserves unstinting and total support

Palestinian terrorists kidnap an Israeli civilian, center, later identified as 85-year-old Yaffa Adar, into the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 (AP/ Hatem Ali)

'It's a nightmare. It's bits and pieces and rumors'

Waiting for official help, relatives scan graphic videos from Gaza to find missing

By Canaan Lidor

Videos published by Hamas as propaganda devastate some Israelis awaiting news from loved ones, but inspire others to stay strong

Pro-Palestinian activists during a protest in New York City, October 8, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Chanting ‘700,’ pro-Palestinian activists in New York fete Hamas attack

Israel supporters rally to mourn hundreds of dead and express solidarity and outrage, as opponents mock them and applaud ‘resistance’ at dueling protests

Graphic content: Israeli soldiers walk near the bodies of Israeli civilians killed by terrorists from Gaza in the southern city of Sderot on October 7, 2023. (Oren ZIV / AFP)

Footage of Hamas assault on civilians shows likely war crimes, experts say

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: A meeting of the United Nations Security Council on New York City on September 21, 2023. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP)

UN Security Council members condemn Hamas for Israel attack, but not unanimously

By AFP

Illustrative: A clothing and equipment drive on King David Blvd in Tel Aviv for residents in the south and soldiers, on October 8, 2023. (Lizzy Shaanan/Courtesy)

Israel at war

After shock Gaza attack, Israelis step up to provide aid. Here’s how you can, too

By Gavriel Fiske

Protest organizers, private citizens and many others seek to lend a hand to southern residents affected by the conflict. Here are links to grassroots efforts

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to a pickup truck from Gaza mounted with a machine gun in the southern city of Sderot on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel (Oren ZIV / AFP)

A peace activist, a soldier, a son: Americans missing, wounded, dead in Hamas attack

Activist Vivian Silver abducted to Gaza; Hersh Goldberg-Polin hasn’t been since since rave attacked by terrorists; US-born soldier shot in the face

Foreign nationals among murdered, abducted and missing in brutal Hamas assault

By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman, Gavriel Fiske and Agencies

4 Argentine Israelis dead, others missing from kibbutzim after Hamas attack

By Juan Melamed

Blinken: US working to verify reports of Americans killed, abducted in Hamas attack

By Lazar Berman, AFP and ToI Staff

Then-defense minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a consultation during Hamas rocket fire at Israel and IDF counterstrikes, May 11, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO / File)

Gantz, Liberman open to emergency unity government, but demand say in waging war

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

National Unity head says he’ll back premier if given influence over security matters; Yisrael Beytenu demands commitment to toppling Hamas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 8, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)

AnalysisBy abducting over 100 people into Gaza, Hamas has put Netanyahu in a political bind

By Agencies and ToI Staff

File: The USS Gerald R. Ford, one of the world's largest aircraft carriers, arrives in Halifax on October 28, 2022. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)

US speeds aircraft carrier, fighter jets to region in show of support for Israel

By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Munitions and other aid also promised as IDF retaliates for brutal Hamas assault; four Americans thought killed and seven missing, official says

Visiting US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat New York speaks during a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing, October 9, 2023. (Andy Wong/AP)

US Senate Majority Leader Schumer pans China for not backing Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

Fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, October 8, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/ Flash90)

IDF: Israeli Navy commandos take senior Hamas member captive

By Emanuel Fabian

Deputy head of southern division of Hamas naval force captured by elite Shayetet 13 unit; IDF launches massive strikes on ‘nests of terror’ Shuja’iyya, Beit Hanoun

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani talks to journalists during a press conference in Rome on July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Qatar said trying to negotiate female prisoner swap; UAE, Egypt meet on crisis

By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies

Palestinians ride on an Israeli military vehicle taken from an army base overrun by Hamas terrorists near the Gaza Strip fence, in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. (Abed Abu Reash/AP)

Iran denies it had role in Hamas attack on Israel, claims accusation is ‘political’

By AFP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Tehran says it does not intervene in decision-making of other countries ‘including Palestine’; senior Hamas official say ‘It was a surprise to everyone, including Iran’

People cross a road in front of an anti-Israel billboard with the checkered keffiyeh covering the Star of David, entitled, 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,' in solidarity with the Hamas operation against Israel, in Tehran's central Vali-Asr Square on October 8, 2023. (AFP)

Iranian president backs assault on Israel, holds talks with Gaza terror leaders

By AFP and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Israeli shekels, Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/ Flash90)

Bank of Israel to sell $30 billion to stop shekel collapse during Gaza war

By Sharon Wrobel

Students at Tel Aviv University on the first day of the academic year, October 10, 2021. (Flash90, via JTA)

Schools to stay closed, universities delay semester start by week

By Gavriel Fiske

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, listens as US President Joe Biden addresses the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

AnalysisDeadly Hamas attack may slam door on cautious thaw in US-Iran relations

By AFP and ToI Staff

Claudia Goldin speaks to a reporter on the phone in her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after learning that she received the Nobel Prize in Economics, Oct. 9, 2023 (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics for work on women in the labor market

By Johannes LEDEL

Passengers look at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, as flights are canceled and delayed because of a massive surprise attack by Hamas, on October 7, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Airlines cancel Tel Aviv flights as Israelis abroad scramble for way home

By AFP, Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff

Arab Israeli travel blogger Nas Daily (Screengrab: Youtube)

'I only have one home'Fuming at Hamas, influential Palestinian blogger says he is Israeli first

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