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What Matters Most On Monday, October 23, 2023

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Screenshot of Hamas bodycam footage as terrorists approach an Israeli vehicle during the terror organization's October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, released by the IDF and Government Press Office. (Screenshot)

IDF shows foreign press Hamas bodycam videos, photos of murder, torture, decapitation

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Government says it’s revealing horrific footage collected from various sources to the media in order to fight ‘Holocaust-like denials’ of Hamas’s massacres in southern Israel

President Isaac Herzog shows materials recovered from the body of a Hamas terrorist during an interview with Sky News, October 22, 2023. (Screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Herzog: Hamas brought instructions on making chemical weapons to Oct. 7 onslaught

Reporter's notebookTwo weeks after Hamas massacre, volunteers still searching ashes of ravaged Be’eri

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

A person who appears to be Yocheved Lifshitz seen exiting a military helicopter on the roof of Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv on October 24, 2023. (screen capture)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 23: Elderly hostages brought by helicopter to Tel Aviv hospital

Ichilov nurse says Nurit Cooper, Yocheved Lifshitz appear in good health * IDF strikes rocket squads in southern Lebanon for 4th time in day * US sends military advisers to Israel

2:15 am

Blinken meets with Jewish, Arab community leaders as Gaza war slated to intensify
12:10 am

In latest call, Gallant briefs Austin on IDF preparations ahead of expected Gaza ground incursion
11:26 pm

London train driver suspended for leading 'Free Palestine' chant on intercom

A children's swing hangs at a house attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, seen in Kibbutz Be'eri, October 14, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

21 kids from 13 families without parents after Hamas attack; one is 4-year-old hostage

Welfare Ministry figure includes 16 cases in which both parents were murdered by terrorists; remaining kids had one parent killed while other was kidnapped or is missing

Residents of the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona leave amid orders to evacuate, due to threats on Israel's northern border from Lebanon, October 22, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)

About 200,000 Israelis internally displaced amid ongoing Gaza war, tensions in north

Donation Request

Israelis are making huge sacrifices. Please make a small one.

Colel Chabad is feeding, clothing, and providing other vital services for families of the fallen, evacuees, thousands furloughed, and all Israelis in need.

NY Times admits its coverage of Gaza hospital blast relied too heavily on Hamas claims

Editorial note says staff left readers with ‘incorrect impression,’ should have been more careful in initial presentation of information and in explaining what could be verified

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks in Jerusalem on October 22, 2023, with the family of Yosef Guedalia, who fell fighting Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

Archbishop of Canterbury: Accusing Israel of hospital blast is ‘blood libel’

By Lazar Berman

Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, October 23, 2023. (Ariel Schalit/AP)

IDF thwarts drone attacks from both Gaza, Lebanon

Israel steps up strikes on Hamas targets as 222 confirmed being held hostage in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives in Israel on solidarity visit; Dutch and French leaders expected later in day; US said calling for delay in ground offensive

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, October 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US officials said advising Israel to delay Gaza ground op to allow hostage talks

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Adam S. Ferziger

A generational moment for young American Jews

If you’re abroad, take an active part in supporting Israel. If you can come to Israel, then come. If you’re here, stay

This just war, and why minimizing civilian casualties isn’t the absolute priority

The evil depravity of this war matters, for it shows how the enemy wants our utter destruction, and why we must prevent it from rising again

Mourning with our Bedouin blood brothers

At the first consolation tent, a line of barefoot men, eyes red from crying, stand outside in the sun, waiting for us

Just as Begin resigned, so should Netanyahu. But he won’t

Even now, with 1,400 dead and 200 abducted, Bibi and the opportunists in his government are making political calculations

Op-ed

Day 17 of war: Preparing the military action to ensure ‘there will be no more Hamas’

Israel dare not allow emboldened enemies on its borders, cannot leave Hamas still standing and capable, must show that it has restored our ability to live safely in our land

Israeli soldiers on October 17 amid the destruction of a home at Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, where Hamas terrorists killed over 100 residents on October 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

From left, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and US President Joe Biden listen during a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Cabinet Room of the White House, October 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Blinken: Israel needs to think about who will rule Gaza if Hamas is toppled

Members of the IDF tactical unit of the Yamas patrol in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, October 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct 23: Day 17 of war – Ground op’s delay could increase its success

Austin: 'We won't hesitate to take the appropriate action'

US warns Iran against escalation, boosts military readiness, pulls some Iraq staff

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Pentagon bolsters regional air defenses as tensions boil over Israel-Hamas war, following attacks on US troops in Iraq, Syria by pro-Tehran militias

A US THAAD interceptor defense system during a test launch. (YouTube screen grab. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Seen on a large screen, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is greeted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (right) prior to the start of the International 'Summit for Peace,' in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), east of Cairo, on October 21, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI/ AFP)

‘Dialogue of the deaf’: Failed Cairo summit exposes deep rift between Arabs and West

By AFP and ToI Staff

A Merkava tank drives past a fence near Kibbutz Be'eri, close to Israel's border with Gaza, on October 20, 2023, in the aftermath of an attack by Palestinian terrorists on October 7. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

Army tank accidentally fires on Egyptian post near Gaza, causing minor injuries

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a televised address to the nation on October 13, 2023. (Screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Op-ed

After blowing up ties with the media, Netanyahu now fears taking questions in wartime

The prime minister won’t interact with his nation’s media, and by extension with the Israeli people, even at this dark hour

Outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announces he won't run in the next elections, at a press conference in the Knesset, June 29, 2022. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Bennett says he too bears responsibility for failure that led to Hamas assault

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, in the Knesset, Jerusalem on September 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ben Gvir demands Netanyahu add another minister to war cabinet to broaden opinions

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Behind the headlines

Israel at war: Join the ToI Community for a special live update TODAY

Editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on an Oct. 25 webinar to drill down on what is happening in Israel – politically, diplomatically and militarily

Large crowds in London, Berlin, demand release of hostages, denounce Hamas evil

By Agencies and ToI Staff

British Chief Rabbi Mirvis says that out of the 2 sides to the war, ‘one is good, and the other is evil’; pro-Palestinian rallies held in Paris, Brussels and other locations

Demonstrators shout slogans during a pro-Palestinian rally at the Puerta del Sol square in downtown Madrid, Spain, October 21, 2023. (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Synagogues in Spain hit with anti-Israel graffiti as relations strained by Gaza war

By JTA and ToI Staff

Large crowds of pro-Israel demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square, London, October 22, 2023, demanding the release of all hostages abducted from Israel to Gaza by Hamas terrorists. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

From our partnerAt rally in London’s Trafalgar Square, 10,000 demand hostages be freed

Defense source: Uncoordinated deliveries 'will be thwarted'

Biden speaks with Netanyahu, says Israel to allow ‘continued flow’ of aid into Gaza

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US president also holds call about Israel-Hamas war with Western leaders, who reiterate Jewish state’s right to self-defense while saying it must protect civilian lives

US President Joe Biden (L) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

US President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, October 19, 2023, in Washington, about the wars in Israel and Ukraine. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Over half of House Democrats endorse Biden’s backing for Israel in war against Hamas

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at a press conference alongside nine other US senators at a hotel in Tel Aviv on October 22, 2023. (Screenshot)

Visiting US senators: Hamas must be destroyed, war was opened to prevent Saudi peace

By Lazar Berman

Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon (left) and his father, retired IDF general Noam Tibon. (screenshot/ Flash90)

How Haaretz’s Amir Tibon and family were rescued by his dad, retired general Noam Tibon

When Hamas terrorists invaded Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Tibon locked himself and his young family in a safe room in his house. ‘I prepared to die,’ he said later. But salvation was coming

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

Illustrative: A class at the Lippman School, a Jewish day school in Akron, Ohio, in August 2014. (Uriel Heilman)

Government initiative helps Jewish day schools worldwide cope with war challenges

By Gavriel Fiske

Diaspora Affairs Ministry’s UnitEd aims to supply Jewish educators abroad with tools to help students and staff educate and process the current crisis

With tzitzit in high demand for IDF soldiers, volunteers take on the challenge

By Shira Silkoff

Jerusalem community prepares 60,000 pairs of the four-cornered, fringed ritual garments requested by religious and secular soldiers alike

IDF reserve soldiers on base, on October 19, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)

First personLike many civilians, entertainers volunteer their talent

At an IDF base in the Golan, off-duty reserve soldiers cut loose with BBQ and music

By Gavriel Fiske

A Times of Israel journalist joins other musicians to bring a relaxed evening of song to reservists, in the surreal reality of post-October 7

More Headlines

A man covers himself in an Israeli flag as he attends a rally in solidarity with Israel in Berlin, Germany on October 22, 2023. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

‘Never again is now’: German companies condemn Hamas terror, stand with Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai speaks to a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee on October 22, 2023. (Dani Shem Tov/Knesset)

Police chief hails ‘exemplary behavior’ of Arab Israelis amid war with Hamas

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video-conference with families of the French hostages being held in Gaza following the Hamas onslaught in southern Israel on October 7th., at the Elysee Palace in Paris, October 20, 2023. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Macron to visit Israel on Tuesday, will hold talks with Netanyahu

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on October 18, 2023. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Biden walks tightrope with pro-Israel stance, as calls grow in US to rein in Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A suspect is seen stealing a trailer from the scene of the Re'im music festival massacre in security footage released by police on October 22, 2023 (Screen capture/Israel Police)

Man arrested for stealing trailer from scene of Re’im rave massacre

President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet speaks to Israelis at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on October 22, 2023 (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

French assembly speaker: Hard-left leader ‘put target on my back’ for Israel visit

Screen capture from video at the site of a suspected murder-suicide in Haifa, October 23, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man suspected of killing his father, then jumping to his death in Haifa

Israeli soldiers pray with a rabbi during a break in the southern Israeli city of Beit Kama, October 16, 2023. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime

By Jackie Hajdenberg

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