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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 31, 2023

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Israel Defense Forces troops operating in the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

'This is dangerous conflict; it has a price' - IDF Spokesman

Israeli troops fight ‘fierce battles’ against Hamas in urban areas deep inside Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

4 wounded by rockets in Ashdod amid heavy fire; IDF general to troops: We’ll fight in the alleys, in the tunnels, victory is the only option; 80 aid trucks set to enter Strip

Palestinians unload boxes of medicine from a truck arrived at Nasser Medical Complex, as part of the aid batch that entered the Gaza Strip from the Rafah crossing Sunday, in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

Israel agrees to allow 100 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza each day — official

By Jacob Magid and AFP

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with soldiers at staging area not far from the Gaza border, October 19, 2023 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct 31: Day 25 – defense minister describes phases of war

Margalit Megidish, mother of IDF soldier Pvt. Ori Megidish who was rescued from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, speaks to press outside her home in Kiryat Gat, October 31, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Mom of soldier rescued from Gaza: ‘Our prayers are with the hostages and missing’

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Margalit Megidish, whose daughter Ori was freed during ground operation in Strip, expresses gratitude to Shin Bet, IDF and security forces in emotional statement

IDF soldier Pvt. Ori Megidish (center) with her family after being rescued from Gaza, October 30, 2023. (Shin Bet)

Kidnapped Israeli soldier is rescued from Gaza in overnight operation, returns home

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

A screenshot from a propaganda video released by Hamas on October 30, 2023, showing three Israeli hostages: Rimon Buchshtab Kirsht (left), Danielle Aloni (center), and Lena Trufanov (right)

Hamas releases video of 3 hostages; PM blasts it as ‘cruel psychological propaganda’

A trail of smoke, apparently from an Israeli air defense missile, is seen over the Eilat area in southern Israel, October 31, 2023. (Courtesy)

Houthi spokesman vows further attacks on Israel

In first, Arrow downs Eilat-bound missile from ‘Red Sea area’; Houthis claim attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli fighter jets also shoot down drones, in an attack similarly claimed by Iran-backed Yemeni group as response to Hamas war; military says ‘no threat or risk to civilians’

An IDF tank operating in Gaza, in a photo released by the Israeli military on October 31, 2023. (IDF Spokesperson)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 31: IDF in close quarters combat with Hamas as troops push further into Gaza

By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

Two IDF soldiers killed * Troops overrun Jabaliya Hamas post, kill commander, 50 terrorists * Gallant: ‘significant’ gains, but ‘paying a heavy price’ * Houthis claim Eilat attacks

1:09 am

Colombia recalls ambassador to Israel over 'massacre' of Gazans
12:51 am

Blinken speaks with Herzog, stresses 'US support for Israel’s right to defend itself'
12:38 am

Recalling ambassador, Chile's president accuses Israel of 'unacceptable' rights violations in Gaza

No civilian has to die in Gaza; Hamas has to let them evacuate

Netanyahu dismisses calls for ceasefire, says that would be surrender to Hamas

Speaking to foreign media, PM rejects idea of resigning, vows war will go on until Hamas defeated; says civilization at stake, invokes Allied war against the Nazis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to foreign media outlets, October 30, 2023. (GPO/Screenshot)

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman holds a faction meeting in the Knesset on October 16, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)

A 2016 warning drafted by then-defense minister Liberman predicted Hamas onslaught

Ro'i, Josh, and Dror, reservist tankers on the Israel-Lebanon border, October 29, 2023 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

On Lebanon’s border, IDF reservists prepare for potential fight against Hezbollah

By Lazar Berman

The teachers, students, and office workers had to quickly leave jobs and families behind on October 7; they say the focus is on the task at hand, not dwelling on that catrastrophe

IDF hits Hezbollah site, mortar squad amid repeated attacks from Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Yad Vashem head: Stunt 'dishonors Holocaust victims, Israel'

Erdan tells UN he’ll don yellow Star of David until it condemns Hamas; Yad Vashem fumes

By AFP and Jacob Magid

Provocative pledge to Security Council comes amid growing global frustration with UN body, which hasn’t adopted a single resolution on Israel-Hamas war; Foreign Ministry also irked

Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan wears a yellow Star of David that reads "Never Again" in honor of those killed in the unprecedented assault by Hamas, which triggered an ongoing war, as he addresses members of the UN Security Council at United Nations headquarters October 30, 2023. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP)

Martin Griffiths, the UN's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, meets with the Syrian foreign minister in Damascus on June 26, 2023. (Louai Beshara/AFP)

Israel grants visas to UN officials despite pledge to deny them entry

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Stop helping Hamas win its disinformation war

Fake news and lies are flooding your feed — do these 4 things before sharing that powerful war post

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

Inside our collective trauma

The day will come when ’how are you?’ will no longer be a loaded question. That day is not here yet

Reporter's notebook

Carrie Keller-Lynn

‘They burn our souls’: Mother of two hostages returns to Nir Oz for first time

Hadas Calderon begs the government to bring back her two children and ex-husband, who were kidnapped on October 7, when Hamas terrorists also murdered her mother and niece

FILE - Hadas Calderon holds pictures of her children, two of whom were held captive by Hamas, at Kibbutz Nir Oz, October 30, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn / The Times of Israel)

People walk between hundreds of beds corresponding to the number of Israelis abducted by the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, outside Jerusalem City Hall on October 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In Jerusalem, hundreds of empty beds and cribs bring home enormity of hostage crisis

By Jessica Steinberg

12-year-old Noya Dan, seen here in a Harry Potter-inspired costume, was murdered by Hamas alongside her grandmother Carmela on October 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz. (via X)

A Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston

By Penny Schwartz

US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff (C), husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism with (L-R) Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt, White House Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice, Senior Adviser to the President for Public Engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms and White House Jewish Liaison Shelley Greenspan in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 7, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images/ AFP)

Doug Emhoff meets Jewish leaders as US ups efforts to tackle campus antisemitism

Second gentleman to be joined by education czar, whose office is conducting visits to colleges across country, as part of declared White House plan to address ‘alarming’ phenomenon

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a pro-Palestinian rally, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, October 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Inside story‘Jews not allowed’: As Erdogan praises Hamas, antisemitism rages in Turkey

By David I. Klein and Matt Hanson

Rep. David Kustoff, right, speaks with people at Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz).

Tennessee lawmakers discuss safety, Israel support at Jewish school that foiled gunman

By ADRIAN SAINZ

Mapping the Massacres: Interactive map (screenshot)

From the web

Mapping the massacres: A geovisualization of the Hamas atrocities in Israel on Oct. 7

Site by site, interactive map traces horrors that unfolded after terrorists burst through border fence, attacked communities, army positions, music festival; gives details of victims

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

Intelligence Ministry ‘concept paper’ proposes transferring Gazans to Egypt’s Sinai

By Amy Teibel, AP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister’s Office plays down document as hypothetical, non-binding, though Netanyahu reported to be lobbying EU governments to pressure Egypt to take in refugees

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh attends a cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 16, 2023. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/Pool Photo via AP)

PA’s premier says Ramallah won’t take over Gaza without plan that includes West Bank

Mohammad Dahlan during a TV interview on March 18, 2021 (video screenshot)

Ex-Fatah strongman Dahlan calls for postwar democracy in Gaza, including Hamas

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A building belonging to Hamas deputy political bureau leader Saleh al-Arouri in the West Bank town of ‘Arura seen after it was demolished by the IDF, October 31, 2023. Banner shows combined flags of Hamas and Islamic State with slogan, in Arabic 'Hamas=IS."

IDF demolishes West Bank home of exiled senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Deputy chief of terror group’s political bureau also leads its military wing in the West Bank; IDF banner left on rubble of destroyed building declares ‘Hamas=Islamic State’

A fighter from the Christian Syriac militia that battles the Islamic State group under the banner of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, burns an ISIS flag on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria, July 17, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla, File)

3 Arab Israelis suspected of planning Islamic State ‘terror activity’

Analysis

How Qatar became a potentially indispensable hostage mediator in Israel-Hamas war

Under Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the tiny nation with massive riches has placed itself in a position where it can talk to Israel with the Palestinians’ benefits in mind

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani waits for the arrival of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Lusail, Qatar, October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara arrives at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, September 5, 2023. (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Thai foreign minister travels to Qatar, Egypt for talks on hostages held by Hamas

By AFP and ToI Staff

Rabbi Boruch Gorin. (Courtesy)

In rare rebuke, top Russian rabbi calls antisemitic airport riot ‘eternal disgrace’

By Canaan Lidor

As more details emerge on who was on mob-targeted plane and what they went through, Boruch Gorin criticizes state authorities in Dagestan for failing to prevent attempted lynching

The Star of David sits atop the Choral Synagogue in Moscow on July 28, 2022. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP)

Moscow Jews say they’re unsurprised by antisemitic riot at Dagestan airport

By AFP and ToI Staff

This frame grab taken from video footage posted on the Telegram channel @askrasul on October 29, 2023 shows a mob looking for Jews and Israelis on the apron area of an airport in Makhachkala. (Photo by Telegram / @askrasul / AFP)

Russia blames antisemitic airport riot on Ukraine, West; US: It resembled ‘pogroms’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Marja Goldstoff holds the Camozuzah at the entrance to her home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on October 31, 2023. (Courtesy)

'It makes me breathe a little bit easier'

In Europe, soaring antisemitism popularizes a new invention: The camouflaged mezuzah

By Canaan Lidor

Disguised to resemble an alarm sensor, Camozuzah is brainchild of Ireland-based Chabad rabbi; it’s increased adoption underlines surge in hostility to Jews amid Israel-Hamas war

Israel's Ashdod Port. (Avi Rokeach)

As rockets pound Israel, some ships bound for Ashdod divert to Haifa port in north

By Sharon Wrobel

The rerouting, plus truck driver shortage, could delay delivery of cargo to final destinations; ‘war risk’ premium added by insurance firms will raise prices, says industry expert

Tables and chairs at a restaurant that has closed in Sderot, Oct. 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

AnalysisIsrael’s economy bounced back after previous Hamas wars, but this one may take longer

By AP and ToI Staff

'A nation wants to destroy all of us, like in the Holocaust'

Israel’s war spurs thousands of Haredi Israelis to volunteer, cook and serve in the IDF

By Eliyahu Freedman

Though they often eschew the military due to strict religious observance, many ultra-Orthodox are starting to believe the current battle is an existential one for the Jewish nation

More Headlines

Bilal Muhammed Saleh, 40, who was killed during an incident outside the village of As-Sawiya in the northern West Bank on October 28, 2023. (X Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Off-duty IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of shooting dead Palestinian olive farmer

By Jeremy Sharon

Artforum at the 2023 Armory Show VIP Preview at Javits Center on September 7, 2023 in New York City. (Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images via JTA)

Artforum staff resign to protest editor’s firing over anti-Israel letter

By Andrew Lapin

Dar Al-Hijrah Imam Farahan Sadiqqi denies that Hamas committed a massacre inside Israel on October 7, 2023, in a sermon delivered to his congregation in Virginia. (Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Imam of US mosque with ties to 9/11 attackers denies October 7 Hamas atrocities

This undated photo provided on October 16, 2023, by the Chicago chapter of the Council On American Islamic Relations, shows Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Muslim boy alleged killed by his landlord over the 2023 Gaza war. (CAIR-Chicago via AP)

Illinois man pleads not guilty in murder of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy

By SOPHIA TAREEN

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Report: Elon Musk speaks to Shin Bet chief on supplying internet to Gaza

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: American soldiers drive a Bradley fighting vehicle during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, December 8, 2021. (Baderkhan Ahmad/AP)

US forces have been attacked 23 times in Iraq, Syria since Hamas assault on Israel

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)

In a shift, US Democrats are focusing their Jewish campaign on Israel policy

El Al airplanes on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)

El Al stops flying over Oman as war-time precaution, prolonging journey to East Asia

Screen capture from video of CNN anchor Jake Tapper broadcasting from Tel Aviv, October 29, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

CNN’s Jake Tapper pans Marjorie Taylor Greene for ‘political’ use of antisemitism

Lebanese journalists hold portraits of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, who was killed by shelling on the Lebanon border, during a protest in front of the United Nations headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, October 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Watchdog: Shelling that killed videographer ‘explicitly targeted’ Lebanon journalists

By AP and ToI Staff

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