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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 22, 2023

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Sgt. Tamir Barak, a soldier in the IDF's Combat Engineering Corps, who was killed on the Israel-Gaza border on October 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Gallant: War will take months, will end with 'no Hamas'

Soldier killed, 3 hurt in Hamas attack on troops just across the Gaza border fence

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Tamir Barak killed in op searching for bodies of missing; IDF kills senior Hamas members, intensifies Gaza strikes; Netivot man hurt by rocket; Israel sorry for hit on Egyptian post

Merkava tanks roll into position outside Kibbutz Be'eri, near the border with the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

IDF stepping up strikes to create ‘best conditions’ for ‘next phase of war’ on Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

This aerial view shows humanitarian aid trucks arriving at a storage facility in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 21, 2023, after having crossed through the Rafah border from Egypt. (Belal Al Sabbagh/AFP)

Israel denies humanitarian aid wasn’t checked for weapons before entering Gaza

Cell planned attack inspired by Hamas October 7 massacres

IDF carries out airstrike on terror cell at Jenin mosque planning ‘murderous attack’

By Emanuel Fabian

2 said killed in what may be the 1st fighter jet attack in West Bank in 20 years; military, Shin Bet say Hamas, Islamic Jihad gunmen used al-Ansari mosque as base of operations

An entrance to an underground storage site for alleged weapons and explosives in a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, July 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon, in Washington, October 19, 2023. (Cliff Owen/AP)

As tensions rise, Pentagon boosts Mideast air defense in response to Iran ‘escalations’

By AFP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Israeli soldiers stand near a Merkava tank as they man a position at an undisclosed location on the border with Lebanon on October 21, 2023 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 22: Israel confirms 2nd aid convoy in Gaza, shows rocket launchers near schools

Herzog reveals Hamas terrorists carried chemical weapons instructions * 1 soldier killed, 3 wounded near Gaza * Netivot man seriously hurt by rocket * IDF continues to strike Lebanon

11:02 pm

Detroit police say so far no evidence of antisemitism in murder of synagogue president
10:24 pm

Iranian FM speaks with heads of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad
9:01 pm

Ben Gvir slams Israel agreeing to 'continuous aid to Gaza' without freeing of hostages

President of Detroit synagogue stabbed to death

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Local police stress motive not yet known in murder of Samantha Woll, request FBI help with investigation; Jewish federation says ‘no known threats at this time’

Samantha Woll, president of the board at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, in Detroit, was found dead outside her near-downtown home on October 21. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the inauguration of the newly built synagogue in Dessau, Germany, October 22, 2023. (Hendrik Schmidt/Pool Photo via AP)

Outraged at antisemitic agitation in Germany, Chancellor Scholz vows ‘never again’

By AP and ToI Staff

A picture taken during a media tour organized by the Israeli military shows the border fence separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on October 21, 2023. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP)

Netanyahu: Hezbollah would be making 'mistake of its life'

IDF hits 4 more Hezbollah squads as 14 more communities evacuated on Lebanon border

By Emanuel Fabian

Strikes mark 9th targeting of terror cells carrying out new missile attacks on Sunday; military spokesman says Iran-backed terror group risks ‘dragging Lebanon into a war’

Palestinian members of Islamic Jihad stand in line holding Palestinian flags during a rally at the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Syria's capital Damascus on October 21, 2023. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Israeli strikes said to knock Damascus, Aleppo airports out of commission

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

A shell from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP/Hussein Malla)

IDF drones hit Hezbollah terror squads amid uptick in attacks; soldier seriously hurt

By Emanuel Fabian

Volunteers help to sort and pack donated items at the Civilian Operations Hub, Expo Tel Aviv, October 19, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Inside story

In stunning response, 15,000 volunteers fill leadership vacuum to help victims of Hamas

Movements set up to oppose government’s judicial overhaul bid metamorphose overnight to coordinate unprecedented civilian rescue and relief effort

A picture taken from Sderot on October 21, 2023, shows smoke rising over buildings in the Gaza Strip following an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Aris Messinis/AFP)

Israel said to form unit tasked with killing Hamas commandos behind Oct. 7 assault

By ToI Staff and AFP

Report says Mossad and Shin Bet have set up an operations center to track down members of the Gaza-ruling terror group’s Nukbha forces

Posters calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, October 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct 22: Day 16 of war – what first, toppling Hamas or finding hostages?

This handout picture courtesy of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, taken on October 20, 2023, shows Natalie Raanan (L) and her mother Judith Raanan speaking on the phone with US President Joe Biden, after they were held hostage and later released by the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group. (US Embassy in Jerusalem/AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct 21: Day 15 of war – Two freed hostages offer glimmer of good news

How and why the Left must end the Gaza war

We progressives will keep the moral high ground if we call for the immediate unconditional surrender of Hamas

My imagination was surely running away with me… but were the Arabs I passed in the street secretly casing my Jerusalem neighborhood?

Demonstrators hold up flags and placards during a pro-Palestinian rally, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in London, October 21, 2023. (AP Photo/David Cliff)

Some 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters in London demand end to Israeli strikes

By Agencies and ToI Staff

British authorities probe video appearing to show train driver leading ‘free Palestine’ chant; demonstrations also take place in Ireland, France, Italy, Australia, US

A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images, via JTA)

Yeshiva U students launch ‘Day of Loving-Kindness’ to counter Hamas days of ‘rage’

Inside story

Not just prayers: War sparks unprecedented mobilization by ultra-Orthodox Israelis

Some 2,000 volunteer IDF soldiers are at the forefront of an effort that some hope will change the minority’s relationship with the rest of society long-term

Pini Einhorn hugs a child at a shiva in Israel in October 2023. (Courtesy: Pini Einhorn)

Rhoda Smolow, president of Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, visits Michael Elon, who was injured by a Hamas terrorist at the Zikim IDF base on October 7, 2023. Hadassah Medical Center, October 19, 2023. (Ariel Jerozolimski)

'It's like walking in the footsteps of Henrietta Szold'

Hadassah Organization heads double down on support for their hospitals during war

By Renee Ghert-Zand

At Hadassah Ein Kerem on her 2nd trip to Israel since Oct. 7, president Rhoda Smolow joins CEO Naomi Adler to comfort the victims of Hamas’s brutality while raising emergency funds

Inside story

Andrew Silow-Carroll

As Israel fights back after Hamas massacre, US colleges, firms take flak over responses

Review of 600 responses by businesses, universities, politicians shows initial wide, if not universal, denunciation of Hamas’s terror onslaught, sympathy for Israel. That’s changing

Indiana University issued a second statement on the Oct. 7 attacks after its first statement did not mention Hamas or its Jewish victims. (JTA illustration by Mollie Suss)

Cate Blanchett at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Celebrities pen letter to Biden demanding ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

By AFP and ToI Staff

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)

Family of elderly Israeli held by Hamas fears for hostages without dual nationality

By Michael Horovitz

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

At the newly formed Safe Side, Oz Zechovoy's volunteer sewing workshop in Jaffa that designs and makes combat gear pieces for soldiers in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War (Courtesy Rom Barnea)

'Everyone switched from chiffon... to belts, canvas, twill'

Designers sew for combat soldiers, pivoting from fashion to function

By Jessica Steinberg

Design schools Bezalel and Shenkar ramp up volunteer teams to customize gear for troops and reservists

An overview of the al-Ahli Hospital (center) in Gaza City after a deadly explosion on October 17, which according to AP video analysis and other investigations was likely caused by a failed rocket launch from within the enclave. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Analysis

AP and ToI Staff

AP analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused hospital explosion

Study of of videos, satellite imagery, photos and expert opinion finds ‘most likely scenario’: ‘A rocket launched from Gaza that failed mid-flight’ caused deadly blast in parking lot

Journalists watch a large screen showing United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attending the International Peace Summit hosted by the Egyptian president in Cairo on October 21, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

UN chief, Arab leaders call for end to Israel-Hamas war, urge peaceful solution

By Agencies and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Illustrative: Foreign workers work at an onion farm on August 12, 2016. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Ministry wants 8,000 West Bank Palestinians to replace foreign farmhands who fled war

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

People walk by a closed Fox clothing store in Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv, July 24, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Fox fashion retailer to furlough up to 50% of staff amid ongoing war with Hamas

By Sharon Wrobel

Screen capture from video showing a group of Jewish men assaulting an Arab worker for the Jerusalem Municipality at Mahane Yehuda Market, October 20, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

2 Jewish men arrested for assaulting Arab municipal worker in Jerusalem

Public Diplomacy Minister Galit Distel Atbaryan is seen at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, June 4, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Cabinet votes to shutter denuded Public Diplomacy Ministry, send budget to south

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Amy Spiro

Irish entrepreneur and founder of Web Summit, Paddy Cosgrave, speaks during the first day of the Web Summit Rio 2023 at the RioCentro Expo Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 1, 2023. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP)

Tech summit organizer quits following backlash for accusing Israel of war crimes

By AFP and ToI Staff

President Isaac Herzog at a memorial service marking 27 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Annual memorial for assassinated PM Rabin canceled due to war with Hamas

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