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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 2, 2023

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Firefighters battle blazes in Kiryat Shmona after Hamas fires rockets from Lebanon, November 2, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Services)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 2: US says it sees ‘no indication’ Hezbollah is set to join Israel-Hamas war

By Lazar Berman

IDF hits Hezbollah after Hamas launches rockets from Lebanon, ahead of Nasrallah speech * 19 soldiers killed since ground op began * Troops surround Gaza City, kill 130 terrorists

12:22 am

Outside White House, Chile's president accuses Israel of 'violating humanitarian international law'
11:14 pm

US House okays $14.5 billion military aid package to Israel that Biden has vowed to veto
10:39 pm

Two Palestinians reported killed in clashes with IDF in Jenin

Israeli soldiers operate inside the Gaza Strip, November 2, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF's death toll during ground operation rises to 18

IDF soldiers fend off nighttime Hamas ambush, as battalion commander killed in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner

Terror operatives try to take over armored vehicles during intense, hours-long battle; army says it’s using AI to identify thousands of fresh targets, as Gazan rocket attacks slow

Israeli armored vehicles operate inside the Gaza Strip, November 1, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Troops breach Hamas defenses, approach Gaza City; 17th soldier killed in battle

By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner

A staging area near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on November 1, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 2: Day 27 – Why IDF should apply lessons learned from Ukraine war

Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad speaks in an interview with Lebanese channel LBC on October 24, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hamas official says group aims to repeat Oct. 7 onslaught many times to destroy Israel

By Gianluca Pacchiani and Michael Bachner

Ghazi Hamad, of terror group’s politburo, hails assault in which civilians were systematically murdered, saying ‘there will be a second, a third, a fourth’; US official: ‘Chilling’

Palestinians check the destruction in the aftermath of an apparent Israeli strike in Jabaliya on November 1, 2023. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Israel accuses Hamas of using over 100 women and children as human shields in Gaza

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a televised speech in which he called for a 'political solution' to the ongoing conflict with Israel, November 1, 2023. (Screenshot, Hamas Telegram channel)

As IDF advances in Gaza, Hamas chief Haniyeh claims to seek ‘political negotiations’

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Israelis being kidnapped and taken into Gaza by Hamas terrorists, October 7, 2023, as seen in pixelated videos from social media screened on Israeli television. (Channel 12 screenshot)

MKs are shown raw videos of Hamas atrocities; some leave in tears

Compilation previously shown in closed-door screenings to foreign press, ambassadors to Israel; ‘Don’t hate each other, hate the enemy, hate the monsters,’ one lawmaker says

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser speaks during a press conference in Berlin, October 9, 2023 (AP Photo/Stefanie Loos)

Germany bans pro-Hamas activity, dissolves group that celebrated attack on Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hamas terrorists cross the Israel-Gaza border fence on October 7, 2023 (Kan TV screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF estimates 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel in Oct. 7 onslaught

By Emanuel Fabian and Gianluca Pacchiani

Israel: Red Cross has ‘no right to exist’ if it can’t help hostages in Gaza

Amid an ongoing spat with the Red Cross, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen demanded Wednesday that the group visit the 240 hostages Israeli believes are being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and harshly criticized the organization’s conduct. The foreign minister told the president of the International... Continue Reading

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)

The front page of Britain's The Sun newspaper, November 2, 2023, showing the faces of children kidnapped by Hamas. (The Sun. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Bring them home’: UK Sun front page shows faces of 32 children in Hamas captivity

Foreign passport holders arrive in the Egyptian part of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on November 1, 2023 (AFP)

After weeks in war-torn Gaza, some foreign nationals and wounded leave to Egypt

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The overturned car of an Israeli shot in a West Bank terror attack on November 2, 2023 (Screencapture: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli driver shot dead in West Bank terror attack; IDF hunting for attackers

By Michael Bachner and Emanuel Fabian

Elhanan Klein, 29, found in overturned car, had been returning home from reserve duty; three arrested as settlers allegedly launch revenge attacks, clash with Border Police

Kenneth Jacobson

People no longer love dead Jews

The message of early protesters was explicit: murder of Israelis is a legitimate and positive activity

Painful homecoming

Returning to the kibbutz for the first time after the horrors of October 7: A bloodstained floor and the smell of ashes

Bazy Swirsky Rubin

Sending hugs the best way I know how

With 4 kids at home and a husband at war, I’m making videos of my days to stay sane (Psst, IDF, want smelly diapers for ammunition?)

The nonviolent resistance that hardly ever was

What does nonviolence mean when the goal is not to change your opponents’ minds, but rather to make them disappear?

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks at the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on October 26, 2023, in New York City. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP)

Jordan recalls ambassador from Israel to protest carnage in war with Hamas

By Lazar Berman

Amman accuses Israel of ‘killing innocents,’ causing ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza; as Colombia and Chile recall envoys, J’lem notes their citizens were among Oct. 7 victims

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, in Washington, October 30, 2023. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Blinken to enter Gaza diplomatic fray as Biden calls for ‘pause’ to get hostages out

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Ali Ziyadne showing an image on his phone of his brother Youssef and his nephews Bilal and Hamza, kidnapped by Hamas and taken hostage in Gaza on October 7, Rahat, October 30, 2023. (Eli Katzoff / Times of Israel)

Reporter's NotebookThe murderers didn't distinguish between Jewish and Arab blood

In Rahat, a Bedouin community mourns its October 7 losses away from the public eye

By Gianluca Pacchiani

21 Bedouins were killed and 6 were abducted; while families of some hostages have launched campaigns, Bedouins have no representative on world stage – and don’t seem to want one

Reporter's notebook

At the Dead Sea, a cash-strapped hotel and volunteers struggle to host Sderot evacuees

DEAD SEA -- Almost four weeks after the most barbaric and deadly single-day massacre on Israel’s soil and an ensuing war that resulted in the internal displacement of over 200,000 citizens, all seems relatively under control at the Royal Dead Sea Hotel and Spa, which is hosting about 1,200 residents of the southern city... Continue Reading

Four Sderot men show bracelets identifying them as evacuees, after evening prayers, Royal Dead Sea Hotel, October 30, 2023. (Mati Wagner/Times of Israel)

Volunteers take a sunscreen break while picking pomegranates on a farm in Ashkelon, Israel, October 27, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

Inside storyPlunged into crisis by war, Israel’s agricultural heartland fears for its future

By AP and ToI Staff

The scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit and caused damage in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 24, 2023. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cabinet approves war compensation package for affected businesses and self-employed

By Sharon Wrobel

Sedot Negev Regional Council head Tamir Aidan, resigning from the Likud party during a live broadcast on Channel 12, on November 1, 2023. (image capture, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Gaza-area mayor quits Likud on live TV, citing government failures

Tamir Idan of the Sdot Negev Regional Council calls on Likud Central Committee members to also leave the party

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)

White House denies discussing prospects of Netanyahu departing office

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

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

Hundreds of soldiers waited outside Be’eri with terrorists still inside, survivor says

Gazan women and children in the Shevet Achim house in Ashdod as they receive ongoing medical care in Israel, October 29, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'The doctors treat us well, the soldiers don't'

Angry and tired, Gazan mothers stuck in Israel after medical care want to get home

By Lazar Berman

Civilians were in Israel on October 7 as their children received life-saving surgery. They make plain they appreciate the care, even as some blame Israel for Gaza’s woes

A detained Palestinian forced to sit blindfolded with an Israeli flag on his legs, West Bank, October 31 or a few days prior, 2023 (X, screenshot)

IDF soldiers film themselves abusing, humiliating West Bank Palestinians

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Army investigating footage of soldiers hitting and mistreating detainees, amid mounting tensions and rising settler violence

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman chairs a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on June 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

MK claims libel over report he said settlers’ blood worth more than that of Oct. 7 dead

Religious Zionist MK Zvi Succot attends a party meeting at the Knesset, January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultranationalist MK Tzvi Succot appointed head of Knesset West Bank subcommittee

By Jeremy Sharon

‘Waltz with Bashir’ animator creates anguished short about brothers taken captive

By Jessica Steinberg

Animator Yoni Goodman isn't new to difficult subjects. His latest is "Disaster," an 80-second piece about teenage brothers Or and Yagil Yaakov, who were abducted from the safe room of their Kibbutz Nir Oz home, while their mother, Renana Gome, heard the entire terrifying incident on the phone. The film opens with a view... Continue Reading

From animator Yoni Goodman's short 'Disaster' about the Hamas abduction of brothers Yagil and Or Yaakov on October 7, 2023 from Kibbutz Nir Oz (YouTube screenshot)

An AI generated photo of Naveh Shoham, commissioned by his grandfather Gilad Korngold, as he presses for the release of his grandson and six other family members (Courtesy)

Tormented grandfather shows AI video of 8-year-old grandson, held in Gaza

By Jessica Steinberg

Pro-Israel demonstrators sing a song during a protest at Columbia University, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

'Safety for Jewish college students is paramount'

Jewish schools to US colleges: Don’t recruit students unless you can guarantee safety

By Jackie Hajdenberg

With rise of antisemitism on university campuses, Torah Academy and Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School in New Jersey seek reassurances from admissions officers on security plans

More Headlines

People in the crowd walk shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, October 30, 2023. (AP Photo)

Israeli envoy to Russia says passengers hid from airport riot in terminal

By AP and ToI Staff

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

Bill to ban ‘systematic’ viewing of terror content readied for final Knesset passage

By Jeremy Sharon

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York attends a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2021. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ocasio-Cortez calls AIPAC ‘racist and bigoted’ after it criticizes her Gaza stance

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Riot police monitor as pro Palestinian demonstrators 'in solidarity with Gaza' hold a rally in Duisburg, western Germany, on October 9, 202 (Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Police in European countries arrest suspects in terror plots tied to Israel-Hamas war

By PHILISSA CRAMER

SAP Israel workers volunteer at Yad Sarah charity, which provides emergency aid during the war with Hamas. (Courtesy)

Multinational tech firms from SAP to Intel to give Israeli workers wartime grant

By Sharon Wrobel

Journalists take cover upon hearing warning sirens in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on the border with the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)

Media freedom group accuses Israel, Hamas of war crimes over deaths of 34 journalists

By Agencies and ToI Staff

'Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.' (Courtesy: Anne Frank Fonds via JTA)

Mom for Liberty who banned Anne Frank graphic novel appears on antisemitic livestream

By Andrew Lapin

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the war between Israel and Hamas after meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Biden’s stance on Israel-Hamas war could lose him Michigan in 2024, Democrats warn

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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