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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 15, 2023

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Oct. 15: Shocking helmet cam footage, kidnapping guide emerges

Herzog displays terrorists’ kidnapping guide * Netanyahu invites Biden * Senators visiting to show support, promise aid, have to sprint for bomb shelters

11:38 pm

Number of Americans killed since Hamas onslaught up to 30, another 13 missing
11:18 pm

NYC Club advertises 'Intifada Fundraver' with video of Hamas assault
10:11 pm

IDF carries out fresh strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon

A photo released by the IDF which it says shows Hamas roadblocks preventing Gazans from leaving the northern Strip, as the military has instructed them to do ahead of an expected ground offensive, October 7, 2023 (IDF)

Israel at warNYT: Tens of thousands set to take part in ground operation

IDF says it’s completing preparations to strike Gaza ‘from air, sea and land’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Army releases photos of Hamas blocking residents from evacuating north Gaza after Israeli warning; PM visits devastated southern communities; Blinken urges protection of civilians

Firefighters at the site of a direct hit by a rocket from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on October 15, 2023 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

IDF kills Hamas commander involved in deadly attacks as rocket fire on south resumes

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli military strike on the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on Octobers 15, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Gaza hospitals warn of dwindling supplies as Israel urges Palestinians to evacuate

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A Red Cross vehicle in Gaza (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

Red Cross demands Hamas grant immediate access to hostages held in Gaza

By Lazar Berman

Organization says it has been in touch with Israeli officials since the day of the attack, is ready to facilitate release of the kidnapped, estimated at over 150

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

Hamas actions are war crimes, could constitute genocide – international law experts

By Stuart Winer

A scene from the 1300 Candle Vigil in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on October 12, 2023. (Eli Katzoff)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 15: Day 9 of Israel at war — pulse-racing story of bravery

An Israeli Merkava tank drives into position in the north of Israel near the border with Lebanon on October 15, 2023. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Two killed in renewed Hezbollah missile attacks; IDF restricts Lebanon border area

By Emanuel Fabian

Terror group fires at town and army posts, leading to exchanges of fire; military says it struck terror sites after 6 anti-tank guided missiles, 9 rockets fired at north

Issam Abdallah, a videographer for the Reuters news agency, poses for a selfie while working in Maras, Turkey, on February 11, 2023. (Issam Abdallah/ Reuters via AP)

Reuters videographer allegedly killed by Israeli shelling in Lebanon laid to rest

By AP and ToI Staff

A picture taken from Lebanese town of Marjayoun shows smoke billowing in the contested border area of Mount Dov on October 14, 2023. (Joseph EID / AFP)

Hezbollah fires 30 mortars, IDF hits anti-tank team in latest Lebanon border clashes

By Emanuel Fabian

US President Joe Biden speaks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, October 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden says Hamas using innocent Gazans as human shields; phones Netanyahu, PA’s Abbas

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

In talks with Israeli, Palestinian leaders, US president notes need to protect civilians, allow humanitarian aid; Blinken meets host of Arab officials in push to avert escalation

The USS Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia, December 10, 2015 in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

US sends second aircraft carrier to east Mediterranean to deter Iran, Hezbollah

By AFP and ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center right, returns to his hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, October 15, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Meeting Saudi crown prince, Blinken calls for pressure on Hamas to release hostages

By AFP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

National Security Adviser Hanegbi has ruled out talks for now

Families of Gaza hostages beg for medical attention, say government forsaking them

By Jessica Steinberg

Relatives detail urgent medical needs of missing kids, sick and elderly; head of Families Forum says he met Red Cross officials who said they’ve ‘never seen anything like this’

Adva Gutman Tirosh and Lee Dan, whose family members were taken captive in Gaza a week earlier hug following a press conference in Tel Aviv demanding medical attention for their loved ones, October 14, 2023. (Courtesy Nadav Cohen Yonatan)

File: National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi speaks to reporters at the Israel Defense Forces' Tel Aviv headquarters, October 14, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash 90)

Hanegbi: Israel won’t negotiate with Hamas on hostages now, will remove it from power

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Iran's UN mission threatens 'far-reaching consequences'

Iran’s FM warns Israel to stop Gaza attacks or risk ‘huge earthquake’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Hossein Amirabdollahian meets Hamas leader Haniyeh in Qatar; report claims Tehran has conveyed to Israel it will intervene if strikes on Hamas continue

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 13, 2023. (Hussein Malla/AP)

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the APEC Leader's Informal Dialogue with Guests during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Saudis said to put Israel normalization talks ‘on ice’ amid Gaza war

Illustrative: Footage purported to show a strike on the Aleppo airport in Syria, October 14, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Syria accuses Israel of bombing Aleppo airport for second time in 3 days

By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Hundreds of people gather in front of the synagogue at the Fraenkelufer as they attend a vigil in Berlin, Germany, October 13, 2023. (Markus Schreiber/AP)

Fear in Berlin as Star of David scrawled at entrances of buildings where Jews reside

By Stuart Winer

Israelis living in German city fearful of rising animosity, amid shows of pro-Palestinian support in wake of Hamas mass terror attack

Jews hug after a communal prayer to honor and offer support for the victims in Israel at B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York. (Andres Kudacki/AP)

In Shabbat services worldwide, Jews grieve and pray for peace as Israel battles Hamas

By AP

Supporters of Israel attend a solidarity event in Glencoe, Illinois, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US cities boost security as fears spread over Israel-Gaza war

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A screen capture from a report aired by the Kan public broadcaster on October 14, 2023, about a Hamas document that instructed members of the Gaza-ruling terror group to kill civilians and take captives in its massive surprise attack on Israel. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In coded doc, Hamas instructed terrorists to kill civilians, take captives – report

Document found in vehicle used by Gaza-ruling terror group in devastating attack said to include code words for massacring people or using those taken captive as human shields

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland briefs, over video conference, the Security Council on the 'Situation in the Middle East,' including the Palestinian question, on January 26, 2021. (Daniela Penkova/UNSCO/File)

Israeli envoy slams UN official: ‘Don’t forget to wash babies’ blood off your hands’

People walk down Regent Street as they take part in a 'March For Palestine' in London on October 14, 2023. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

Thousands rally in UK cities demanding ‘Freedom for Palestine,’ denouncing Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Masses in London demand end to ‘appalling atrocities’ in the Gaza Strip as Israel battles Hamas after terror group massacred 1,000 Israeli civilians

File: Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a rally in London on February 11, 2023 (Susannah Ireland / AFP)

From our partnerAt London rally for Gaza, Corbyn accuses Israel of ‘war crimes’

Illustrative: A classroom at an elementary school in Tel Aviv is empty after Israel closed schools ahead of a nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus, September 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

'We don't expect students to advance in their studies'

As Israel-Hamas war intensifies, schools move to remote learning on Sunday

By Gavriel Fiske

Educators hope experience during COVID will make this round easier, as system grapples with traumatized students and staff called up for reserve duty

Planeloads of combat gear arriving, will get to soldiers soon – IDF, Defense Ministry

En route are over 50,000 ceramic vests, more than 20,000 helmets, tens of thousands of items such as protective glasses and knee protectors

Soldiers wave as they hold an Israeli flag on top of a tank near the border with Lebanon, October 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Wounded Israelis arrive at the Soroka Medical center in Beersheba, southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

‘We’re in this together.’ To Hamas, all citizens are targets, say Arab Israelis

By Gianluca Pacchiani

As the country grapples with the escalating aftermath of Hamas’s onslaught, Arab citizens share their shock, pain, loss – and some concern for a repeat of the 2021 riots

For a nation in trauma, it’s fight or flight

We’re torn between wanting to know every detail and wanting to unplug and hold our loved ones tight, but the best we can do is counter evil with good

Menachem Bombach

It’s time for Haredim to join the IDF

In a game-changing development, at least 1,000 yeshiva students have responded to calls from ultra-Orthodox rabbis to enlist

Interview

Carrie Keller-Lynn

‘Where is the military?’: Civilian air medics jumped into action amid fighting, no GPS

A medivac pilot recounts harrowing details of flying military-grade air ambulance missions after Hamas massacred Israelis on Saturday; casualties outstripped IDF resources

Magen David Adom air ambulances evacuate injured from Hamas's October 7, 2023 terror attack, killing over 1,200 Israelis and injuring over 3,000. (Courtesy)

Inside story

Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught

Evacuating a moshav member shot while fighting involved a terrifying car race with dozens of Hamas gunmen shooting at the speeding vehicle, hitting the wounded man

In this undated photo, Yftach Gepner (right) takes a selfie with his brother Eldad. (Courtesy, Yftach Gepner)

The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip is seen on October 12, 2023. At least 260 festival-goers were killed during the assault on October 7. (Erik Marmor/AP)

‘I knew it’s either I hit him or I die’: Re’im rave survivor recounts daring decision

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sailors of the Snapir unit kill Hamas terrorists attempting to infiltrate into Israel from the Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

New footage shows harbor security unit foiling Hamas naval infiltration on October 7

By Emanuel Fabian

Israelis mourn next to the graves of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai, during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon, October 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Those We Have Lost

Portraits of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas’s onslaught on southern Israel

Making food for soldiers, southern evacuees and anyone who needs it at Ofaimme in Jerusalem, October 10, 2023 (Courtesy Offaime)

In order to cook for tens of thousands, Tel Aviv restaurants kasher their kitchens

By Jessica Steinberg

At least 100 restaurants in Tel Aviv combine forces to cook nourishing food for soldiers, hospitalized patients and evacuees from south, along with similar effort elsewhere

Candlelight Vigil for Israel at East Northport Jewish Center on Long Island, New York, October 12, 2023 (Wayne Rivera/Church Unleashed)

'We will sing words of peace & hope, even if they seem empty'

On Long Island, Jews put communal squabbles aside to ‘light up this darkness together’

By Matt Lebovic

The suburban region’s Jewish denominations, often at odds with each other, unite to mourn the over 1,300 Israelis murdered in last weekend’s Hamas massacres

More Headlines

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces following a demonstration in support of the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 13, 2023, amid fighting between Hamas and Israel after the Gaza-ruling terror group launched a devastating attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Deadly violence surges in West Bank as war rages in Gaza region

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman holds a faction meeting at the Knesset, October 9, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Likud announces Liberman joining government; he says he isn’t, for now

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90/File)

Tel Aviv shares slide as Israel-Hamas war enters 2nd week and fighting intensifies

By Sharon Wrobel

Staff leave the Louvre Museum as people are evacuated after it received a written threat, in Paris, Saturday Oct. 14, 2023. (Thomas Padilla/AP)

Louvre and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats, with France on alert

By AP

A member of Israeli rescue services searches the remains of an Israeli CH-53 Yasur helicopter on October 15, 2023, which was reportedly hit by Hamas during their attack a week earlier, on the Israeli side of the northern Gaza border. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Helicopter carrying Israeli troops to south after Hamas assault was hit by explosive

IDF Artillery Corps seen at a staging area near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, October 15, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

War between Israel and Hamas is testing Republican Party’s isolationist shift

Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife Vahideh Mohammadifar attend a film directors' meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 7, 2015. (Abdolvahed Mirzazadeh, ISNA via AP)

Prominent Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui, wife stabbed to death near Tehran

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball during the men's singles semifinal tennis match against Russia's Roman Safiullin at the Tel Aviv Watergen Open 2022 in Israel on October 1, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Tel Aviv Open tennis tournament canceled due to Israel-Hamas war

By AP

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