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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 26, 2023

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IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo released on December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Gallant warns war could take years; says Israel targeted on 7 fronts, has hit back on 6

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF bombards Hamas in southern Gaza as ground campaign set to widen; more fighting in north despite though army says it has operational control; 2 soldiers killed, toll at 158

Weapons seized by IDF troops in the West Bank's Nur Shams refugee camp, December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF seizes makeshift rockets, firearms in raid near West Bank’s Tulkarem

By Emanuel Fabian

A vehicle belonging to an Israeli hostage (right) and a Hamas pickup truck (left) are seen at northern Gaza's Indonesian Hospital, in a video published by the IDF on December 25, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Troops find car belonging to hostage, armed Hamas truck in northern Gaza hospital

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli armored vehicles of the 36th Division roll into central Gaza, in a handout video published December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 26: Qatar says Biden and emir discussed efforts to broker permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Gallant: We’re in ‘7-front war,’ have struck in 6 theaters * Death toll in ground offensive against Hamas at 161 * Soldier succumbs to wounds from Hezbollah rocket attack Sunday

8:59 pm

US says it downed multiple Houthi attack drones and missiles over Red Sea
8:48 pm

France 'gravely concerned' by expanding Israeli ops in Gaza, again calls for ceasefire
8:40 pm

Qatar says Biden and emir discussed efforts to broker permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Raisi: 'Israel to pay'; FM: ‘Tel Aviv faces tough countdown'

Iran vows revenge after senior IRGC officer slain in alleged Israeli strike in Syria

By Emanuel Fabian

A senior officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed Monday in an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Iranian media reported. According to the semi-official Iranian Tasnim news agency, Brig. Gen. Razi Mousavi was killed in a strike in the Damascus suburb of Sayeda Zeinab. Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi... Continue Reading

IRGC officer Razi Mousavi is reported to have been killed in an alleged Israeli strike in Damascus, December 25, 2023. (via Tasnim News Agency)

Smoke rises during an exchange of fire between the IDF and terrorists from the Hezbollah organization on the border between Israel and Lebanon, December 25, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

IDF hits Hezbollah targets as terror group fires rockets, missiles at Israel

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Hacker using laptop on abstract binary code map background. (Peshkov/ iStock, by Getty Images)

Israel’s Cyber Directorate warns of phishing attack by Iran-based hacking squad

Inside story'Diseases don't have borders. We need to take this seriously'

As soldier with fungal infection dies, fears grow of Gaza diseases spreading into Israel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Cause of soldier’s death not yet confirmed; civilian medical experts warn of cases of potentially deadly fungal infections, other serious afflictions among soldiers

Wounded IDF soldier dies after infection by fungus during Gaza ground op – reports

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

PM: For peace, Hamas must be crushed, Gaza demilitarized, Palestinians deradicalized

Netanyahu outlines 3 prerequisites in WSJ op-ed, makes no mention of hostages or two-state solution, repeats opposition to Palestinian Authority role in ruling post-war Gaza

In this handout photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consults with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (L) and Mossad chief David Barnea (C) as Gallant observes the seven-day mourning period for his late mother, May 12, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

PM said to bar Gallant from holding 1-on-1 discussions with Mossad head on hostages

Smoke billows over Khan Younis during Israeli bombing in the southern Gaza Strip on December 25, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Report: Hamas, PIJ reject Egyptian plan to cede power in Gaza in return for ceasefire

Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF Master Sgt (res.) Nitai Meisels at the military cemetery in Rehovot, on December 25, 2023. He was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip a day earlier. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

‘You will forever remain 30’: Soldier Nitai Meisels, killed in Gaza, laid to rest

At ceremony attended by hundreds, family say reservist soldier didn’t tell them he was involved in the fighting to keep them from worrying about his safety

Left: Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, Gaza City, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana); Right: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, December 10, 2023. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec 26: Day 81 – Netanyahu and Sinwar both vow to see other crushed

The hidden cost of war: Israel’s deadly mental health crisis

The risk of suicide is higher since the atrocities of Oct. 7, along with feelings of helplessness and despair

The dangerous quest for a ‘victory shot’

After the Oct. 7 defeat, an iconic military finale can be tempting. Israeli history shows how very wrong that plan can go

Russians know antisemitism when they see it

Jew hatred had marched right in front of me, but I decided not to see it, or perhaps more correctly, I chose to overlook it

New hope for a shared Arab-Jewish future

Cooperation and shared grief are uniting populations with a history of conflict and mutual suspicion

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid party faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid: If October 7 had happened on my watch, I would have resigned that same day

Opposition leader asserts neither the security establishment nor the public has a ‘drop of trust’ in the PM, says he must be replaced, even with the war on Hamas still underway

A split screen from the Kan public broadcaster shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Knesset as the families of those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza hold signs, including one saying, "What if it was your brother?" and shout "Now, now, now" demanding the hostages' release. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

PM booed by hostages’ families at Knesset as he pledges not to ease pressure on Hamas

‘We don’t have time,’ relatives of Israelis held in Gaza shout at Netanyahu after he declares that only ‘military pressure’ will bring them home

'He didn't make it to Israel alive... but he beat Hamas'

Mother of hostage killed by troops: ‘I wasn’t angry at the IDF for even a minute’

Iris Haim, the mother of Hamas hostage Yotam Haim, who was shot dead by the IDF as he tried to reach freedom after troops mistook him and two others for Hamas operatives, said Monday that she bears no anger toward the military for his death. "When they came to tell us the news...... Continue Reading

Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)

Eitan Yahalomi, 12, with his mother in Ichilov hospital on November 27, 2023, after being released by Hamas in a truce agreement. (IDF)

Freed 12-year-old hostage says captors told him Israel had been destroyed

Inside story'This is as close to home as it gets'

Kibbutz within a kibbutz: Nahal Oz evacuees find long-term haven at Mishmar Ha’emek

By Canaan Lidor

With shared values and a similar lifestyle, the traumatized Gaza border community is creating a new temporary normal at a northern paragon of Zionist socialism

Illustrative -- The 'Vilnia Maersk' container vessel is unloaded at the 'Jade Weserport' container terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, November 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Maersk says will resume Red Sea shipping as US-led coalition counters Houthi attacks

By AP and ToI Staff

Shipper announces move after being assured multi-national Operation Prosperity Guardian has deployed to protect maritime commerce passing through Gulf of Aden to Suez Canal

At Knesset, reservist decries lack of aid as businesses fail while they fight in Gaza

The ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been financially devastating for many reservist soldiers who left their businesses to languish when they responded to mobilization orders, lawmakers heard on Monday. Reservists told the Knesset Finance Committee that businesses have collapsed due to a lack... Continue Reading

Reservist Lior Moshayev (L) testifies before the Knesset's Finance Committee on December 25, 2023 (video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman MK Yuli Edelstein during a debate on extending IDF reservists' service in the Knesset on December 25, 2023. Credit: Noam Moshkowitz / Knesset Spokesperson

Knesset panel puts off vote on extending age for end of IDF reserve service

A Houthi drone is seen over the Red Sea, shortly before being downed by an Israeli fighter jet, December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

US shoots down 12 Houthi attack drones, 5 missiles; Israeli jet downs Eilat-bound UAV

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

American warship and jets intercept Iran-backed group’s projectiles over Red Sea during 10 hour period; Israel brings down device off coast of Egypt’s Dahab; no injuries reported

A view of the community of Bat Hefer. (CC BY-SA GevBen/Wikipedia)

Officials order further investigation as residents of town near West Bank hear digging

Man from Bat Hefer, located opposite West Bank city of Tulkarem, records noises he heard under home; local council plans 2 more checks after 3 previous ones found nothing

Border Police forces evacuate and demolish the illegal West Bank outpost of Sde Yonatan, December 26, 2023. (Courtesy)

Illegal West Bank outpost demolished, the second in 48 hours

By Jeremy Sharon

File: Palestinian construction workers from the West Bank village of Abadiya, during their coffee break at a house under renovation in the Jewish settlement of Alon, south of Jerusalem, on February 16, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Finance Ministry says ban on Palestinian workers could cost economy billions

Mauricio Avayu calls each of his works a self portrait. (Courtesy of Avayu via JTA)

'There is a flavoring from local Latin-Jewish culture'

A Chilean-Jewish artist strives to capture the entire Torah in massive murals

By Jacob Kessler

Mauricio Avayu, whose work has hung in homes of former presidents and been presented to Pope Francis, sets himself apart by striving for accuracy, even consulting rabbinical texts

Stephen Fry gives Channel 4's alternative Christmas message, December 25, 2023. (Channel 4 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Stephen Fry decries antisemitism in Christmas video, is pilloried online

By Michael Horovitz

British Jewish actor urges UK citizens to speak out against Jew hatred; wave of commentators accuse him of playing ‘victim’ while not caring about Palestinians in Gaza

Building which houses Tory MP Mike Freer's constituency office, damaged by suspected arson on Christmas Eve. Screen capture: Sky News. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.

UK police probing possible arson at office of pro-Israel MP

Members of a family sit together in the playground of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) agency that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

IDF intel unit’s calls with Gazans reveal cracks of dissent against Hamas rule

With over 50,000 calls to Palestinians in Strip, Unit 504 helped urge many to evacuate south, while also securing intel on Hamas — sometimes from Hamas men themselves

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Intel's manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. (Courtesy)

Intel clinches $3.2b government grant for $25b chip plant expansion in southern Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

File - Rapper Kanye West wears a Make America Great Again hat during a meeting with then-US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Kanye West deletes all Instagram posts, leaves Hebrew-language apology to Jews

A Byzantine-era oil lamp found by reserve soldiers near Gaza, in a photo released on December 26, 2023. (Sarah Tal/IAA)

The things they foundTroops mustering near Gaza border turn up tiny Byzantine-era lamp

By Gavriel Fiske

An illustrative photo of a US Air Force F-16, below, escorting two F-35 jets, above, September 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US strikes sites used by Iran-backed militias in Iraq

Michel Kichka's illustration, 'Be'eri Then and Today,' for Bezalel exhibit 'Wrapping Memory' for Jerusalem's Outline Festival which began in December 2023. (Courtesy)

Battle linesArtists illustrate reactions to Oct. 7 at Jerusalem’s Outline Festival

By Jessica Steinberg

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 2nd left, is seen on a TV screen standing with his lawyers, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, during a hearing in the colony, in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, about 260 kilometers (163 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, on August 4, 2023. (AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kremlin critic Navalny found in Siberian jail after being missing for 3 weeks

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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