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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 11, 2023

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on as US President Joe Biden speaks about the Palestinian terror group Hamas's onslaught on Israel in the State Dining Room of the White Houses in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2023. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Blinken to visit Thursday to 'show solidarity and support'

Horrified Biden details Hamas’s ‘sheer evil,’ vows to ensure Israel can defend itself

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

‘Babies killed, entire families slain, young people massacred, women raped’: US president says ‘sickening atrocities’ reopened scars left by ‘millennia of antisemitism and genocide’

US President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R), speaks about the Hamas atrocities against Israelis, and pledges unstinting support for Israel, in the State Dining Room of the White Houses in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2023. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Text of president's addressBiden’s speech: Hamas unleashed evil; we’ll ensure Israel has what it needs to respond

InterviewWhite House spokesperson to ToI: We share Israel’s deep fear, anger after Hamas attack

Israeli soldiers remove bodies of Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel at war

Death toll from Hamas onslaught passes 1,200, as IDF steps up attacks on Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IAF launches mass strikes in Gaza, hitting at least 150 targets overnight, reportedly including home of Hamas commander’s father; troops kill 18 infiltrating gunmen in past 24 hours

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets troops on the Gaza border, October 10, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant: Israel moving to full offense, Gaza will never go back to what it once was

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

Rescue personnel remove bodies of dead civilians near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, October 9, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Foreigners from across the globe killed, missing or abducted in Hamas massacre

By AFP and ToI Staff

Patients being moved into Galilee Medical Center’s underground facility on October 11, 2023. (Roni Albert/Galilee Medical Center)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 11: IDF widens strikes on Gaza

By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

US talking to Egypt, Israel about allowing safe passage for civilians out of Strip; US urges citizens to reconsider wartime visits to Israel; ToI reports from massacred Be’eri

2:31 am

Trump appears to knock Israeli intel failure, says 'Bibi let us down' during killing of Quds Force chief
12:46 am

Chancellor urges Germans to 'guarantee safety' of Jewish population
12:39 am

White House: Biden has not seen or independently confirmed Hamas beheaded Israeli children

Families of civilians abducted by the terrorist organization Hamas hold a press conference in Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan, October 8, 2023 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

From The Hartman Institute

Israel at War: How Did This Happen?

Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss their emotional responses to the attack and unpack the complex and distressing events of this war

Troops recount rockets forced them to hide, blinding the IDF

Years of subterfuge, high-tech barrier paralyzed: How Hamas busted Israel’s defenses

By ToI Staff and AFP

IDF was fooled by terror group’s messaging, over-relied on remote-controlled surveillance systems and weapons that were swiftly disabled by drones and snipers, enabling onslaught

The Israel-Gaza border fence after the barrier was bombed and breached by Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Op-ed

Day 5 of the war: Israel internalizes the horrors, and knows its survival is at stake

As Biden’s speech underlined, what began on Saturday was not, in all its ‘unadulterated evil,’ a tactical Hamas attack, but the opening salvo in a strategic effort to destroy the Jewish state

An Israeli army soldier sits in a Merkava battle tank as a column of tanks is amassed in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

President Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, about the war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 11: Day 5 of Israel at war – Biden’s emotional words of support

An armored vehicle of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is stationed near a border point in Lebanon's Khiyam plain, opposite the northern Israeli town of Metula (background) on October 11, 2023. (Joseph EID / AFP)

IDF strikes Hezbollah position in Lebanon after missiles fired at border post

By Emanuel Fabian

Terror group says attack a response to members killed in earlier Israeli strike, amid days of clashes on northern frontier

Smoke rises from Israeli shelling, in the Aita al-Shaab village, south Lebanon, October 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Missiles fired from Lebanon, mortars launched from Syria as northern front heats up

By Emanuel Fabian

A press conference held by relatives of missing US citizens, in Tel Aviv on October 10, 2023. (Eliyahu Friedman/JTA)

Relatives of Americans thought abducted to Gaza urge Biden ‘not to take a backseat’

By Canaan Lidor

At a press conference, families put a human face on loved ones whose last actions as free citizens demonstrated valor and resolve

Don’t give me slogans

After terrorists invaded and went on an hours-long killing spree, I need to know that you generals have a plan, that you can justify the price we’re paying

Where was Israel’s political opposition all this time?

They criticized Netanyahu for not eradicating Hamas, but have presented no credible strategy to restore the Palestinian peace camp

Shira Lankin Sheps

This time, it’s different

Jewish history can feel repetitive: The same devastating story of violence for generations, in a world with no home for the Jews. Israel changed that

It’s so hard to have humanity here. It’s exhausting, and it feels like time after time the world is just asking you to let go

Israeli soldiers remove the body of a compatriot, killed during an attack by the Palestinian terrorists, in Kfar Aza, south of Israel bordering Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Corpses and kids’ bikes, burned homes and death in kibbutz where Hamas butchered 100

By AFP and ToI Staff

Foreign media shown grim aftermath of Palestinian terrorists’ massacre in Kfar Aza community where whole families were slaughtered, victims mutilated

Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF soldier Ori Mordecai Shany at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, October 10, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Across Israel, mourners bury the dead as nation reels from still-climbing toll

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, Netanyahu close in on emergency unity government, 5 days into war

By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner

'They executed dozens of children. They beheaded soldiers'

‘Like Babyn Yar’: Hamas atrocities worst since Holocaust, Netanyahu tells Biden

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

‘They mowed them down, making sure that they killed everybody,’ PM tells US president in phone call. ‘We’ve never seen such savagery in the history of the state’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Joe Biden about Hamas's assault on Israel, October 10, 2023. (Video screenshot/GPO)

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the European Campus of the French governing party Renaissance, in Bordeaux on October 7, 2023. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

EU chief says Hamas attack an ‘act of war’ that reflects ‘an ancient evil’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Some thousand demonstrators on Sunday gathered in Manhattan's Times Square to voice support for the Palestinian people and urge against continued US military aid to Israel (© Bryan R. Smith/ AFP)

Inside story

A tear in the tent: The US Jews who are protesting Israel following Hamas massacres

Galvanized by groups including ‘IfNotNow’ and ‘Jewish Voice for Peace,’ thousands of US Jews have denounced the Jewish state almost immediately after slaughter of 1,200 Israelis

People attend a 'Stand with Israel' vigil and rally in New York City on October 10, 2023. (Ed JONES / AFP)

Thousands hold New York vigil outside UN in support of Israel after Hamas massacre

By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff

Emergency Rally for the People of Israel in Toronto, Canada on October 9, 2023. (Karen Hecker)

15,000 Toronto Jews and allies rally for Israel following devastating Hamas attack

By Renee Ghert-Zand

The El-Al counters at JFK Airport Terminal 4, October 9, 2023. (Julia Gergely/ JTA)

'They told us to get here, and here we are'

At JFK, chartered flights for Israeli soldiers, anxious travelers – and lots of food

By julia GERGELY

After Saturday’s Hamas onslaught, NYC airport sees an influx of Israelis – expats joining army reserve units, tourists seeking a way home, and some just helping coordinate it all

Israelis abroad scramble to return to join reserve IDF units, or just to help

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Donated clothes, toys and other items pile up at the Herod's Hotel in Tel Aviv for evacuees from Kibbutz Nir Am near the Gaza border, October 9, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Where people abroad can donate to Israel’s hospitals, troops, survivors and more

By JTA and ToI Staff

The scenes of horrifying violence and trauma coming from Israel have galvanized Jewish communities and others worldwide to join aid efforts. Here are some of the groups in need

A French riot policeman stands guard outside the Paris Synagogue, two days after security measures were reinforced near Jewish temples and schools, in central Paris, on October 9, 2023. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

Synagogue security in Europe raised as Jews brace for antisemitism after Hamas assault

By Shira Li Bartov, Alice D'Oleon, Orge Castellano and Jacob Judah

Scenes of destruction in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border, October 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

2 people killed in Hamas rocket strike on south, as IDF targets ‘terror nest’ in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Army says it killed Hamas’s minister of economy and another senior official in terror group; 4 terrorists taken out by IDF along Zikim beach; missile barrages from Strip continue

Israeli security seen next to burnt cars at the entrance to the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Be'eri, October 9, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Testimonies from Be’eri massacre expose deep trauma predating Israel’s creation

By Canaan Lidor

A member of the Al-Quds Brigades distributes candies in celebration of the deadly Hamas terror assault on Israel, at Lebanon's Beddawi refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon on October 7, 2023. (Fathi Al-Masri/AFP)

Arab support for Palestinians swelled by euphoria over Hamas blow to Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin and his fiancee Shira pose before Rosh Hashanah 2023 at Kibbutz Hannaton in the Jezreel Valley of Israel. (Courtesy Kaplan-Lipkin via JTA)

'We were scared, and we're thinking of going home'

US rabbinical students, in Israel for the year, weigh whether to stay and how to help

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Most programs were just getting underway when Hamas launched its massive onslaught of terror, forcing many pupils to consider their options amid an uncertain future

How US Jewish day schools are talking about the horrors in Israel with their students

By Andrew Lapin

More Headlines

Illustrative: Uniforms and protective vests being prepared for distribution to reserve soldiers, October 10, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Army launches hotline for reservists seeking equipment, food

The icon for TikTok. (AP Photo/File)

Israeli, US parents urged to delete social apps, fearing kids may see hostage clips

By JTA and ToI Staff

Foreign nationals being held by Hamas gunmen, in an unconfirmed photo distributed on social media. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Germany opens probe into Hamas slaying, abduction of citizens in assault on Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A mother holds a baby, with a bottle of breast milk at foreground. (Pilin_Petunyia/iStock by Getty images)

Health Ministry issues directives for national breast milk bank during war

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A Hercules C-130 airplane of the Argentine Air Force before taking off from El Palomar air base in Buenos Aires province on October 10, 2023, to fly to Israel to make an air bridge between Tel Aviv and Rome to repatriate 715 Argentinian citizens. (ARGENTINA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY / AFP)

Argentina, Canada, other countries plan to airlift citizens out of war-hit Israel

By JTA and ToI Staff

Members of the civilian security team of Kibbutz Malkia in northern Israel close to the Lebanese border are seen during a drill simulating a terrorist infiltration into the kibbutz, July 19, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Ben Gvir says 10,000 assault rifles purchased for civilian security teams

By Jeremy Sharon

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

War with Hamas to cost Israel at least NIS 27 billion, Bank Hapoalim projects

By Sharon Wrobel

Jedidiah Murphy wears a kippah that was a gift from one of his supporters, Rabbi Yehuda Eber, in the death row unit at Polunsky prison in Livingston, Texas, October 26, 2019. (Yehuda Eber via JTA)

Jewish murder convict executed in Texas, in final message says sad at Hamas onslaught

By Jackie Hajdenberg

A composite image of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskly (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, both seen in October 2023. (AFP)

Zelensky accuses Putin of backing Hamas; Russian leader calls for Palestinian state

By AFP and ToI Staff

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a tour of Sderot on October 11, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Ben Gvir widely panned for warning of renewed Jewish-Arab intercommunal riots

By Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner

A Border Police officer about to open the door of a tank and rescue wounded IDF soldiers who had taken shelter inside on October 7, 2023, from a video released by the Israel Police on October 10, 2023. (Israel Police)

Video shows dramatic rescue of wounded soldiers by police during initial fighting

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

File: An El Al airplane on the tarmac at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Knesset preparing to provide a $5b guarantee to keep El Al flying during war

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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