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What Matters Most On Monday, October 30, 2023

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Palestinians leave their homes following Israeli bombardment on Gaza City, October 30, 2023. (Abed Khaled/AP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct 30: US says it doesn’t back ceasefire calls, wants to double Gaza aid

IDF slams ‘cruel propaganda’ in Hamas hostage videos * Pvt. Ori Megidish reunited with family following rescue * Jerusalem targeted by rocket fire after days without sirens

12:24 am

US second gentleman to hold roundtable with Jewish leaders in UK on combating antisemitism
12:07 am

IDF says it shot and killed suspect who infiltrated Israel from Gaza
11:35 pm

US confirms that it pressured Israel to restore Gaza comms and that J'lem complied

Rioters at the airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, October 30, 2023, shout antisemitic slogans as they protest the arrival of an airliner coming from Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP)

Attack widely condemned as an attempted 'pogrom'

Rioters storm airport in Russia’s Dagestan in hunt for Jews aboard flight from Israel

By Canaan Lidor

Mob breaks into terminal and onto tarmac, responding to call to ‘avenge Gaza’; airport eventually cleared, 60 arrested; PM urges Moscow to ‘protect all Israeli citizens, all Jews’

Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov speaks to the media at the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

Israel summons Russian ambassador over Moscow’s hosting of Hamas officials

Palestinian supporters shout slogans as they cross the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, praising Palestinian "resistance" and denouncing Israel, October 28, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

‘Stop the massacre’: Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests draw large crowds wordwide

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this undated photo released by the IDF on October 30, 2023, Israeli forces are seen operating inside the Gaza Strip (IDF Spokesperson)

US said to have pressured Israel to restore communications

IDF says dozens of Gaza gunmen killed overnight; tanks seen on outskirts of Gaza City

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says new forces have entered the Strip; Palestinian witnesses report tanks blocking a key north-south road; rockets hit Netivot homes

A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid enters the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on October 21, 2023. (Eyad Baba/AFP)

UN says 33 aid trucks with water, food, medical supplies entered Gaza Sunday

IDF tanks on the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, October 29, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF destroys Hamas anti-tank positions, kills gunmen in Gaza as rockets pound Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

From Israel Policy Forum

On the Ground, Amid the Pending Ground Invasion

Shanie Reichman hosts Neri Zilber for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the Israel-Hamas war.

Sgt. First Class Yinon Fleischman, 31, a reserves soldier from Jerusalem, who was killed in a tank accident on the northern border on October 29, 2023. (Courtesy)

IDF reserve soldier killed, three injured in tank accident on northern border

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Sgt. First Class Yinon Fleischman from Jerusalem, 31, died when vehicle overturned; cause of incident not immediately released

An Israeli soldier with a prayer shawl seen during a morning prayer near his tank near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 25, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct 30: Day 24 of war – Report from a tank unit in the north

German-Israeli Shani Louk, seen paraded by terrorists in Gaza, confirmed dead

ZAKA rescue service identifies piece of skull in Israel, tells family she cannot be alive without it; parents express some relief that she’s not suffering, but funeral impossible

(L) Ricarda Louk holds up a photo of her daughter Shani, who was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Photo on right is of Shani Louk. (courtesy, screen capture/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with the families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, on October 29, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant tells families ‘all for all’ hostage offer phony, pushes military pressure

By ToI Staff and AFP

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant addresses the Israeli press from Tel Aviv's IDF headquarters, October 26, 2023. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)

Gallant: Second stage of war may last months, ‘pockets of resistance’ will remain

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Police inspect the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Police officer seriously injured in Jerusalem stabbing; assailant shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Medics say cop in serious but stable condition, taken to hospital for further treatment; terrorist identified as 17-year-old East Jerusalem Palestinian

An IDF bulldozer destroys Jenin's arched gate during a raid, October 30, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinian terror leader, 3 gunmen killed as IDF troops raid Jenin camp

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Bearing witness in the valley of the shadow of death

A visit to the October 7 massacre sites reveals the birth of a horrific new discipline: the archaeology of terrorism

Faith restored…in Israelis

From the ruins of our faith in our leaders and in the government, a new faith is springing up with extraordinary force

The Orwellian Jewish problem

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Terrorists are angels. Jews are Nazis. And 1,400 murder victims brought their massacre on themselves

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky

Israel can’t afford to boycott the United Nations

We must preserve our place in the international community, not just despite strong anti-Israel bias, but because of it

Jewish teens from across the US shared their thoughts and views on the Israel-Hamas war, October 2023. (Design by Grace Yagel, JTA)

If you hide your Judaism now, that gives Hamas what they want

Sad, scared, proud, alone: How US Jewish teens are feeling amid Israel-Hamas war

By JTA

From public to private Jewish high schools, American students share their thoughts about the conflict and concerns about the rise of antisemitism in their communities

Palestinians fill water containers in the street in Gaza City, October 12, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Israel reopens second of three water pipelines into Gaza

By Jeremy Sharon

Israeli liaison says the territory is receiving 28.5 million liters of potable water a day, insists there is ‘no shortage’ of food

US President Joe Biden (left) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

In call with Netanyahu, Biden urges major boost in flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza

Palestinians push carts with water canisters in Rafah on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP/Hatem Ali)

ICC prosecutor warns keeping aid from Gaza may be a crime, as Israel-Hamas war probed

By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and AFP

A house where 40 Israeli civilians were held hostage in Kibbutz Be'eri, October 11, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

34 people indicted since Oct. 7 for incitement, praise of Hamas and Hezbollah

By Jeremy Sharon

The State Attorney’s Office has filed charges against citizens, East Jerusalem residents for social media posts lauding the October 7 atrocities and other offenses

Protesters wave Hamas flags after Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Ministers advance bill allowing designation of individuals as terror operatives

A picture provided by Yesh Din, allegedly of Palestinian property being burned by extremist settlers during an attack against Palestinian olive formers outside the village of Burin in the northern West Bank, October 25, 2023. (Courtesy Yesh Din)

Shin Bet said to warn settler violence could cause West Bank eruption

Agency head has warned war cabinet of potential for conflagration, report says; defense minister said to note most assailants are not from settlements; US, France slam incidents

Jewish settlers seen during the demolition of six illegally built structures at the outpost of Kumi Ori, outside the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, in the West Bank, April 22, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Settler activist given four months of administrative detention

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

THOSE WE CALL HEROESThe team took 11 terrorists into custody while saving lives

Orthodox mother of 10 worked for 12 hours to rescue revelers from party of death

Shifra Buchris and colleagues from the Border Police rescued young people from Supernova party while it was still under Hamas attack, determined to reunite them with their families

Superintendent Shifra Buchris, 45, commands the patrol unit of the Border Police Southern Brigade. (Israel Police)

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu, self-styled peerless leader, refuses to accept he presided over catastrophe

The dissonance between the PM’s self-image as uniquely capable of protecting Israel, and the worst disaster in our history – on his watch – has completely shattered his equilibrium

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (Dana Kopel/POOL)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks (left) as Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center) and head of the National Unity party Benny Gantz (right) listen, during a joint press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. October 28, 2023. (Dana Kopel/POOL)

Op-edNetanyahu is trying to avoid an accounting for October 7. This time, he won’t escape

By Tal Schneider

Israelis take cover from incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, October 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Something changes in our brains as we react to the traumas on and since Oct. 7

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Neuroscientist Talma Hendler explains how brain structures and systems go out of whack due to extreme stress, and the importance of rebalancing ourselves

Iddo Gefen, center, seen hiking with his friend Sagi Golan, left, and another friend in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Gefen/via JTA)

Interview'It is important for me in this situation to talk about Sagi'

Israeli Sami Rohr Prize winner uses event to eulogize his good friend, killed Oct. 7

By Gabe Friedman

Author Iddo Gefen was set to attend Sagi Golan’s wedding to partner Omer Ohana this month, instead, he flew back to Israel an hour before the reservist’s funeral

Ruti, a mother of 12, who has six sons in the IDF reserves. (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Those We Call Heroes

Mother of 12 has 6 sons, 4 sons-in-law, 3 grandchildren & 1 nephew in IDF

Ruti, identified only by her first name, tells Channel 12 News, ‘I know we’re doing the right thing. Our role, on the home front, is to support them’

More Headlines

Illustrative: A Cornell University student walks along the campus in Ithaca, NY, on Dec. 16, 2021, with luggage in tow. (AP/Heather Ainsworth)

Cornell University Jews told to avoid kosher dining hall after vicious threats online

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference at the Finance Ministry, in Jerusalem on October 19, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Finance minister says he’s freezing PA funds over alleged support for Hamas

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Liat Harlev as a BBC anchor, and Yuval Semo, playing Middle East correspondent Harry Whiteguilt, lampoon a BBC report about the bombing of a Gaza hospital, in a skit screened on October 28, 2023. (Screenshot from Eretz Nehederet. Keshet Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

B-nightedIsraeli satirical show ridicules alleged BBC bias

A building damaged in a rocket attack in Tel Aviv on October 27, 2023. (Courtesy)

Warning of crisis, 300 economists urge government to reallocate nonessential spending

By Sharon Wrobel

File: Israeli soldiers walk near an Iron Dome defense system (L), a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the MIM-104 Patriot (C), and an anti-ballistic missile the Arrow 3 (R) during Juniper Cobra's joint exercise press briefing at Hatzor Air Base in central Israel, on February 25, 2016. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP)

Jordan asks US to deploy Patriot defense system amid Hamas-Israel war jitters

By ToI Staff and Agencies

View of the Israeli Leviathan natural gas field gas processing rig as seen from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020. (Flash90/File)

Amid ongoing war, BP and Eni among firms awarded gas exploration licenses in Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

A BP oil refinery is seen in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the war between Israel and Hamas were to escalate. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

World Bank warns Israel-Hamas war could push oil prices into ‘uncharted territory’

By AFP

Sara Netanyahu and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to the press from the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport on September 3, 2023. (Carrie-Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

Sara Netanyahu’s aide suspended over online tirades against ‘leftist traitors’

In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2023. (Iranian state television/ AP)

Human rights lawyer arrested after attending funeral of girl killed on Tehran Metro

By AP

The Ashdod Andalusian Orchestra is performing wherever Israelis need music, in the wake of the unprecedented Hamas terror attacks on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)

Musical cheerAshdod’s Andalusian Orchestra plays whatever the crowd requests

By Jessica Steinberg

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