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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 24, 2023

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IDF soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip on December 22 and 23, 2023: Top L-R: Master Sgt. (res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi, Master Sgt. (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana, Sgt. First Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ohad Ashur, Staff Sgt. Roy Elias; middle: Staff Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi, Staff Sgt. Orel Bashan, Staff Sgt. Itamar Shemen, Staff Sgt. Gal Hershko, Cpt. Oshri Moshe Butzhak; bottom: Warrant Officer (res.) Alexander Shpits, Master Sgt. (res.) Shay Termin, Staff Sgt. Birhanu Kassie, Staff Sgt. Nir Rafael Kananian. (Courtesy)

Netanyahu: War taking a very heavy toll on us

IDF says 14 soldiers killed over weekend amid heavy fighting in south, central Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

153 troops killed since start of ground op; military says chief of supplies for Hamas armed wing killed in Rafah strike; 30,000 explosive weapons captured since start of war

File: A house damaged in a strike by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group in Kibbutz Manara, northern Israel near the Lebanon border, on November 27, 2023. (jalaa marey / AFP)

Northern kibbutz says 86 of its 155 homes damaged since start of Hezbollah attacks

Manara’s community manager says it’s frequently in terror group’s sights; business chief says many residents have nowhere to return, laments rehabilitation funding challenges

A priest leads mass at a church in the Lebanese village of Qlayaa, on the southern border with Israel, on December 21, 2023. (AFP)

Southern Lebanese village vows to keep Christmas spirit as border clashes rage

An IDF soldier points to what the army says is an explosive vest adaptable for use by a child, which was uncovered by troops in northern Gaza on December 24, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Troops find kid-sized explosive belts in Gaza building used to shelter civilians

By Emanuel Fabian

Army says building located near school, mosque and clinic; troops also uncover cache of weapons inside school serving as a shelter in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood

Activists demonstrate against unnecessary government offices outside the Ministry of the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience in Jerusalem, December 24, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)Dec. 24: Herzog says slide toward ‘toxic’ pre-October 7 disunity harming war effort

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

US President Joe Biden walks towards the members of the media as he leaves the White House Dec. 23, 2023. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden presses Netanyahu on protecting Gaza civilians, discusses ‘phasing’ of war

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US president says he did not request Netanyahu pursue a ceasefire; Israeli leader expresses appreciation for US stance at UN Security Council after work to soften resolution

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Royal Jordanian Air Force's Prince Hassan Air Base (H5), about 117 kilometers northwest of the capital Amman, on December 22, 2023. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Macron discusses ‘tragic situation’ at Gaza’s Catholic church with Latin patriarch

This undated image provided by Fadi Sckak shows a family photo of Abedalla Sckak with his wife Zahra Sckak and children. (Fadi Sckak via AP)

‘I just want to see my mother again’: Americans battle to get relatives out of Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Landscapers work beneath a billboard depicting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wearing a Hamas headband, in Tel Aviv, November 23, 2023. The billboard equates Abbas's Palestinian Authority with the Hamas terror group. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Daily Briefing Dec. 24: Day 79 – Are Hamas and the Palestinian Authority the same?

Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani explains how Middle East experts see the Israeli PM’s contention; legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon on suspending IDF Hilltop Youth unit

Trucks with humanitarian aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 18, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 23: Day 78 – What is the UN Security Council actually calling for?

International Committee of the Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger looks on during an international humanitary conference for civilians in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, on November 9, 2023. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

Red Cross chief: Israel must work out with Hamas our lack of access to hostages

Amid criticism that her organization has done little to help abductees, Mirjana Spoljaric insists Jerusalem needs to sort out terror group’s demands before ICRC can do its work

Thousands gather in the rain for December 23, 2023 rally in Tel Aviv to bring home hostages from Gaza (Courtesy Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Families of hostages and supporters urge government to make tough decisions ‘now’

By Jessica Steinberg

PM denies: I always wanted to deal with southern front first

Report: IAF was airborne for preemptive Hezbollah hit when Biden talked PM out of it

Israel reportedly had warplanes in the air ready to carry out a major preemptive strike against Hezbollah in Lebanon four days after Hamas's October 7 terror onslaught, but US President Joe Biden managed to convince Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stand down at the last minute. The Wall... Continue Reading

An Israeli artillery unit fires from a position in Upper Galilee in northern Israel towards southern Lebanon, on December 11, 2023 (Photo by jalaa marey / AFP)

Is this war a divine punishment?

Are we prepared to stand before God as Jews always did in times of trauma and affirm that our suffering stems from our deeds?

They crept warily up to the bomb shelter. Gidi motioned for Abadai to head for the door and for Shusterman to take the corner

A person removes a piece of art work by Banksy, which shows what looks like three drones on a traffic stop sign, which was unveiled at the intersection of Southampton Way and Commercial Way in Peckham, south east London, Dec. 22, 2023. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

London police nab man for theft of Banksy piece interpreted as call for a Gaza truce

Traffic stop sign covered in three military drones grabbed by two men hours after artist confirmed latest work; police request help finding lost piece

A Jewish pilgrim at the Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia's southern resort island of Djerba on May 18, 2022, during the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the synagogue. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)

'The future of Tunisian Jews is in the Land of Israel'

Targeted again after Oct. 7, Tunisia’s small Jewish community wonders what future it has

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Djerba’s Jews were slowly healing from a deadly terror attack in May, but an attack on a Tunisia synagogue and escalated hostile rhetoric are prompting new thoughts of emigration

In this April 29, 2015 US Navy handout photo, the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) arrives in Souda Bay, Greece on April 29, 2015 for a scheduled port visit. (US Navy/AFP, File)

US says warship targeted with drones from Yemen; blames Iran for ship hit near India

By Agencies and ToI Staff

USS Laboon shoots down UAVs after Japanese-owned chemical tanker is struck near Indian coast, amid ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthis in the region

A picture of the oil tanker Chem Pluto as it appears on the website of the Port of Hamburg, Germany, on December 23, 2023. (Courtesy of the Port of Hamburg)

Oil tanker hit near Indian coast amid maritime hostilities against Israel by Houthis

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian Army on December 24, 2023, a missile system is displayed in an unveiling ceremony at a naval base near the Indian Ocean in the southern Iranian port of Konarak, some 850 miles (1,400 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)

Iran’s navy adds ‘fully smart’ cruise missiles with 1,000-km range to its armory

Ami Rabin at the perimeter fence of his Kibbutz Nir Am, southern Israel, on November 30, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

Inside Story'The old will return, and the young will follow'

Drawing on memories from shattered lives, Gaza area evacuees endure long, uncertain wait

By Canaan Lidor

At hotels and housing complexes across Israel, tens of thousands struggle to sustain their uprooted communities, yearn for a speedy return

Former Democratic Congressman Tom Suozzi (left) and Democratic Majority for Israel national co-chair Todd Richman (right) in Kfar Aza on December 22, 2023. (Courtesy Todd Richman)

Running for his old seat, ex-NY Congressman visits Israel, calls for destroying Hamas

By Sam Sokol and JTA

To have another pro-Israel Republican doesn’t help much, argues Tom Suozzi, whose opponent is ex-IDF paratrooper and mother of 7. ‘You need strong, outspoken pro-Israel Democrats’

Tasha Cohen, center, with a group pf Chayal's Angels providing therapy to IDF soldiers, December 18, 2023. (Courtesy)

'All our soldiers are hurting, but especially the older guys'

An army of volunteer physical therapists treats aching IDF soldiers on the front lines

By Deborah Fineblum

Realizing that exhausted troops need more than food and supply deliveries, UK-born Tasha Cohen launched Chayal’s Angels, which has touched over 2,000 and counting

Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Hardline MKs demand review of alleged IDF report on settler violence

Right-wing members of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee rail against ‘comprehensive and false’ campaign against settlers, say it causes ‘enormous political damage’

Rabbi David Stav, cofounder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Interview'To our enemies we're all Jews, so we should feel like Jews'

A leading Religious Zionist rabbi hopes a post-Oct. 7 Israeli faith resurgence endures

As Israel fights its enemies, Tzohar co-founder Rabbi David Stav sees Jewish Israelis turning to their religion and unifying around it — but he worries about a post-war slump

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Sima Shakhsari, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. (Wolf Humanities Center/University of Pennsylvania)

US professor who denies Oct. 7 rape cases up for top role at campus diversity office

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance in Kiryat Yam on December 24, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

Woman found dead in Kiryat Yam apartment, the fourth suspected murder in 12 hours

Yaffa Adar, right, a released hostage, reads a letter from Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli inviting her to a private concert (Courtesy)

The tenor of the momentFreed hostage Yaffa Adar gets concert invite from Andrea Bocelli

By Jessica Steinberg

Claudine Gay addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, May 25, 2023, on the Harvard campus, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Harvard’s Claudine Gay battles storm of plagiarism accusations

By ToI Staff and Agencies

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