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What Matters Most On Monday, October 16, 2023

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Oct. 16: Hamas says holding 200 hostages; foreigners will go free when conditions allow

By Michael Bachner, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Terror group says other Gaza factions have 50 more captives, IDF ground op ‘doesn’t scare us’ * Hamas releases 1st clip of a hostage * Several rocket barrages target Tel Aviv area

3:01 am

IDF chief to troops: 'We will win because our war is just'
2:27 am

100 trucks of humanitarian aid said waiting at Egypt border to be allowed into Gaza
2:15 am

Israel has asked the US for $10 billion in emergency military aid -- report

Supporters and family members of Israeli hostages look at images of the hostages plastered on a wall during a rally outside of the Kirya military base in central Tel Aviv on October 14, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

IDF notifies relatives of 199 people that their loved ones are Gaza hostages

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

Spokesman says military has information on the whereabouts of some of those who were kidnapped during murderous assault by Hamas terrorists

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with family members of those believed to be held captive in Gaza by Hamas, at an IDF base in Ramle, October 15, 2023. (Courtesy)

PM meets with families of Israelis kidnapped to Gaza, vows to prioritize their return

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, right, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, attend a meeting, in Doha, Qatar, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Inside storyQatar pressing Hamas to release women, children and elderly hostages — official

Screen capture from video of US President Joe Biden during an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes," October 15, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Biden says Hamas must be eliminated, but urges Israel not to reoccupy Gaza

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

US president tells CBS News it would be a ‘big mistake’ to retake Palestinian enclave, but removing extremists is ‘necessary,’ urges keeping two-state solution alive

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks to troops in southern Israel on October 15, 2023. (IDF)

Air Force flies ground forces commanders over Gaza Strip ahead of expected offensive

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 20, 2023. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Netanyahu invites Biden for solidarity visit to Israel

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

IAF F-16s taxi to conduct strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on October 15, 2023 (IDF)

From The Hartman Institute

Israel at War: Moral Red Lines

Yossi Klein Halevi and Donniel Hartman discuss if there are moral red lines when responding to absolute evil

IDF to evacuate civilians from 28 communities along Lebanese border amid attacks

By Emanuel Fabian

Many residents have already left towns adjacent to the northern frontier; Defense Ministry says residents to be taken to state-funded guesthouses

A fire burns on the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon following explosions, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani (R) meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Doha on October 14, 2023. (Qatar News Agency / AFP)

Iran threatens: ‘No one can guarantee’ control of situation if Israel enters Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

Explainer

As Israel prepares massive ground campaign, the end game remains opaque

After October 7 horror, Netanyahu’s cabinet is determined to bring Hamas down, but confounding questions will have to be answered

Israeli tanks head toward the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A convoy of trucks carrying aid supplies for Gaza from Egypt waits on the main Ismailia desert road, about 300 kilometers east of the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip, on the way to the Rafah crossing on October 16, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Israel denies okaying ceasefire so Egypt crossing can open for aid, foreigners’ exit

By ToI Staff and Agencies

IDF says Hamas still preventing Palestinian civilians from evacuating to southern part of Gaza Strip ahead of ground operation

Egypt said to brace for possibility of refugee influx from Gaza

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Egypt’s Sissi says Israel’s Gaza campaign has gone ‘beyond right to self-defense’

By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Israel says it is restarting water supply to southern Gaza Strip

By Amy Spiro, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Reporter's Notebook

At Haifa port, evacuating Israeli-Americans feel torn between family and country

Personal circumstances, safety concerns and family obligations are among a mix of factors pushing dual citizens to board a ship to Cyprus

Barbara Zwillick waits to board an evacuation vessel arranged by the US Embassy from Haifa, Israel, on October 16, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

Israeli soldiers walk around the destruction caused during the October 7, 2023, murderous rampage by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, October 15, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct 16: Day 10 of Israel at war – evacuations in north, south and Gaza

European Council President Charles Michel (left), European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (2nd left) European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen (2nd right) and Head of the Mission of Israel to the EU and NATO Haim Regev (right) participate in a tribute to the victims of the Hamas-organized massacre in Israel, at the European Parliament in Brussels, on October 11, 2023. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD/AFP)

EU affirms Israel’s right to self-defense, within international law

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Brothers and sisters in the Diaspora: You are a vital part of our strength

In this ’Never Again’ moment, we are defending the right of the Jewish people to defend themselves wherever they may be

Shayna Goldberg

Holding it all together

We sigh in relief at the quiet, and feel guilty recalling the suffering of others. We’re engulfed by waves of fear, yet somehow find strength in it

Cutting through the noise: Act 2 of the war

5 recommendations, if a ground offensive goes as expected, including: Don’t waste time on haters and focus on what truly matters (hostages!)

How to build resilience during this war

Yes, even at this devastating time, we can take steps to help us withstand the pain and emerge stronger and more united

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the group's murderous infiltration of Israel on October 7, 2023, protest outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. October 14, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Those We Are Missing

The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

'As Jews we know that never again means right now'

US senators twice forced to shelter as Hamas rockets target Tel Aviv

By Lazar Berman

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says experience shows ‘what Israelis have to go through’ as bipartisan delegation promises to push legislation in Congress for more support

Senator Chuck Schumer, right, and Senator Mitt Romney, in back, shelter with aides in Tel Aviv during a rocket attack on October 15, 2023. (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Graves prepared at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, October 8, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90

Israel at war

As Israel buries its dead, volunteers honor them by digging their graves

By Shira Silkoff

At the largest cemeteries, funerals have been held day and night, requiring teams of volunteers to prepare fresh graves

In war, Israel protest movement morphs high-tech expertise into relief effort

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

Op-ed

Haviv Rettig Gur

Hamas does not yet understand the depth of Israeli resolve

Israelis have been hounded by terror whether pursuing peace or rejecting it. After October 7, there is no tolerating a group whose sole strategy is brutality and mass murder

An Israeli soldier gestures from the turret of a Merkava battle tank, as it deploys along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on October 13, 2023 (Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

Reporter's notebook

Carrie Keller-Lynn

As exodus turns Sderot into a ghost town, some stay as a reminder of what’s at stake

Almost all of Sderot’s 30,000 residents have cleared out to state-funded hotel rooms elsewhere in Israel, but some 10% are standing their ground, urging the IDF to finish off Hamas

Ayelet Shmuel, near a home hit last week by a Hamas rocket, in Sderot on October 15, 2023 (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

The bodies of Israelis killed in a Hamas-led slaughter are gathered for identification at a military base in Ramle, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zweigenberg)

Rabbis work 24/7 — even on Shabbat — to identify and tally those killed by Hamas

By AP and ToI Staff

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on October 15, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Smotrich to oversee war economic council; says ‘we failed’ to protect south

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Sharon Wrobel

Abbas says Hamas actions ‘don’t represent Palestinians,’ then seems to backtrack

Palestinian Authority president’s comment on terror group’s actions is removed from official news agency report

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looking on as he receives Palestinian athletes in Ramallah in the West Bank on August 4, 2023. (Wissam Khalifa/PPO/AFP)

Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, embraces Odey Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, at a news conference at the Muslim Community Center on Chicago's Northwest Side, October 15, 2023. (Jim Vondruska/ Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

US-Palestinian boy, 6, killed, mom injured near Chicago, allegedly over Gaza war

By SOPHIA TAREEN

Demonstrators march to express support for Palestinians amid the 2023 Israel-Gaza war, in Rabat, Morocco, on October 15, 2023. (FADEL SENNA/AFP)

Tens of thousands rally in support of Palestinians in Morocco as Israel-Hamas war rages

By Agencies 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)

Hundreds of Germans form ‘human shield’ to protect Berlin synagogue

By JTA and ToI Staff

350 gather at Fraenkelufer Synagogue, where security gates are adorned with images of dozens of those kidnapped by Hamas and held in Gaza Strip

The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto, Portugal, vandalized with graffiti tied to the Israel-Hamas war, October 11, 2023. (CIP via JTA)

Porto synagogue vandalized with pro-Palestinian slogans

By JTA and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of Palestinian author Adania Shibli, 2021. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Frankfurt Book Fair hit by furor after postponing prize for Palestinian author

By AFP and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Ashkelon Mayor Tomer Glam (right) speaks during a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 16, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Ashkelon mayor blasts Smotrich for leaving residents with ‘only prayer for protection’

Poland's main opposition leader, former premier and head of the centrist Civic Coalition bloc Donald Tusk addresses supporters at the party's headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, after the presentation of the first exit poll results of the country's parliamentary elections, on October 15, 2023,. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)

Polish liberal opposition declares ‘victory for democracy’ after election exit poll

By Dario Thuburn

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut at a hearing on petitions demanding the annulment of the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a government minister due to his recent conviction on tax offenses, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Supreme Court president Hayut retires, hoping for ‘better days’

By Jeremy Sharon

File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes the hand of then-newly appointed minister Benny Gantz at a special session presenting the new emergency government at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, October 12, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Wartime Knesset’s first bill will be to push back municipal elections until January

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Sara Netanyahu (front) arrives for a hearing with her husband (unseen) at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on January 23, 2023. (Abir Sultan/ Pool/ AFP/ File)

Civil service urges suspension of aide to PM’s wife for tirades against ‘traitors’

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby chokes up while discussing the scenes coming out of Israel after Hamas's surprise attack during a CNN interview on October 9, 2023. (Screen capture/X)

White House rocked by Hamas attack on Israel: ‘This is personal’

A volunteer blows balloons for children from Kibbutz Nir Am, near Gaza, who have fled fighting in the south to the Herods Hotel in Tel Aviv, October 9, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Israeli tech entrepreneurs launch bid to raise $100m for kids orphaned by Hamas war

By Sharon Wrobel

A shopping cart at the Rami Levy supermarket in Modiin on July 21, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel inflation rate unexpectedly falls in September, raising odds for rate cut

By Sharon Wrobel

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro waves at his supporters at Bolivar square after a march to support his proposed reforms, in Bogota, Colombia, September 27, 2023. (Fernando Vergara/AP)

Israel halts security exports to Colombia over president’s support of Hamas

By AFP and ToI Staff

Pete Davidson speaks about the Israel-Hamas war during an episode of 'Saturday Night Live,' October 14, 2023. (NBCUniversal via JTA)

Coping through comedy‘Saturday Night Live’ reflects on Israel-Hamas war

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

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