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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 28, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attend a vote on the 'reasonableness' bill at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 28: PM cancels war cabinet meeting on post-war Gaza planning amid pressure from Smotrich

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Netanyahu continues bucking US calls to plan for who will govern Gaza after Hamas * High Court approves adoption by same-sex couples * Judih Weinstein murdered Oct. 7, kibbutz says

9:22 pm

NYT report details weaponization of sexual violence during Oct. 7 terror onslaught
8:57 pm

State media says Israeli strike causes damage in southern Syria
8:34 pm

Tlaib calls Netanyahu 'genocidal maniac,' blasts US lawmakers meeting him

Brig. Gen. Omer Tischler, the IAF's chief of staff, issues a video statement December 27, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IAF: Gaza strikes precise, there’s no indiscriminate bombing, but mistakes can happen

By Emanuel Fabian

Brig. Gen. Omer Tischler details principles behind operation against Hamas and other terror targets; rejects ‘misleading’ claims regarding so-called dumb bombs

Men recover the body of a victim killed in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli strike at Maghazi refugee camp on December 25, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Improper munition said cause of high death toll in strike on Gaza’s Maghazi

Illustrative: Then-Supreme Court Chief of Justice Ester Hayut and Supreme court justices at a court hearing in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec 28: Day 83 – As Hamas war rages, a judicial overhaul bombshell drops

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and all 14 other judges hear petitions against the 'reasonableness law' at the court in Jerusalem on September 12, 2023. (DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP)

Bombshell leaked draft ruling shows High Court set to nix key judicial overhaul law

By Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner

Historic 15-justice panel reportedly split 8-7 in favor of nullifying reasonableness law; judiciary slams leak, says ruling still being written; coalition MKs pan brewing decision

Justice Minister Yariv Levin arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Justice minister urges High Court not to issue reasonableness law ruling during war

By Jeremy Sharon, Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

The IDF announced the names of three soldiers killed fighting in Gaza on December 27. From left: Sgt. First Class (res.) Asaf Pinhas Tubul, 22, Cpt. (res.) Neriya Zisk, 24, Maj. Dvir David Fima 32. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says 3 soldiers killed in Gaza, as troops battle Hamas’s last northern battalion

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Air Force general denies charges of ‘indiscriminate airstrikes’; troops locate, destroy 3 tunnel shafts used by Hamas connected to Gaza City hospital; ground op toll rises to 167

A photo, reportedly from 2018, purporting to show Muhammad Deif, the commander of the Hamas terror group's military wing, which was published by Hebrew media outlets on December 27, 2023. (Screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Uncovered photo purports to offer new glimpse of shadowy Hamas terror leader Deif

Smoke billows at the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after some 3,000 Hamas terrorists stormed the border and entered Israel, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Report: Shin Bet dismissed Gaza source’s tip on plans, timing of major Hamas attack

By Michael Bachner

Illustrative: IDF soldier Jonathan Ben Hamou, 22, wounded in the war with Hamas, in his room at Sheba hospital's rehabilitation division, in Ramat Gan, December 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Mounting tally of over 6,000 injured troops presents tough challenge for health system

Group aiding disabled veterans triples manpower, adds therapists, upgrades rehab centers to meet overwhelming needs of new cadre of wounded soldiers

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

Ichilov hospital confirms soldier badly injured in Gaza died of severe fungal infection

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Cpt. (res.) Shaul Greenglick, 26, appears on the reality show 'The Next Star' on December 3, 2023. He was killed fighting in Gaza on December 25, 2023. (Screenshot from Keshet, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Singer eyed as Israel’s Eurovision entry killed fighting in Gaza

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Rebecca Bardach

It’s day 83 and Hersh has missed his flight to India

The decision-makers will not keep the hostages front and center without constant reminders of how much it matters

Protest politics endangers the hostages

No matter what we think of the government, our duty is to ensure that nothing delays the return of the captives in Gaza

My heart is big enough for Noa and for Musa

If we lose this ability to hold the pain of both sides, we will lose hope and the chance of ever living side by side

David Gil Bloom

Stay angry, my friends

How do we get past the horror of the Oct. 7 atrocities documented by a traumatized pathologist? Maybe we shouldn’t try

Officials inspect damage after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit the northern town of Kiryat Shmona, December 27, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Northern towns rocked by heaviest Hezbollah barrages since outbreak of war

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

No injuries, but buildings in largely evacuated Kiryat Shmona suffer damage as at least 34 rockets fired from Lebanon, day after Israeli strike kills Hezbollah man and 2 others

Mourners carry the coffins of a Hezbollah fighter and two other people who killed by an Israeli airstrike that hit their house in Bint Jbeil, South Lebanon, December 27, 2023. (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)

2 Australians, including suspected Hezbollah fighter, killed in IDF strike in Lebanon

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative - Peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) man their armored vehicle in Lebanon's southern town of Naqoura near the border with Israel, on October 15, 2023. (AFP)

UNIFIL urges probe after peacekeeper hurt by Lebanese youths in assault

By AFP

Members of the Hezbollah brigades, Kataeb Hezbollah, attend the funeral of Fadel al-Maksusi, a fighter who was also part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, the group that has claimed all recent attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria, in Baghdad on November 21, 2023. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Suspected explosive-laden drone crashes in Golan; Iraqi militia claims responsibility

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Some damage, but no injuries, reported; IDF believes UAV, which did not trigger sirens, launched from Syria

Democratic presidential candidate US Rep. Dean Phillips (Democrat of Minnesota) during a campaign stop, October 31, 2023, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Profile'Our challenge isn't ideology, it's lack of conversation'

What to know about Dean Phillips, the Jewish congressman running for US president

The disarming Democrat from Minnesota is friends with Ilhan Omar while staunchly supporting Israel – and praises Joe Biden while competing against him for a long-shot nomination

Analysis

Ksenia Svetlova

The power behind the power: How Qatar helped the Houthis become a threat to Israel

The Yemeni Houthi militia shoots missiles at Israel and blocks international shipping routes on the Red Sea. Its members dance traditional Yemeni dances on the ships they seize, and they chant “Death to Israel, death to America.” While the Houthis -- who also go by the name "Ansar Allah," or "Supporters of God" -- have... Continue Reading

Houthi supporters burn the American flag during a rally to mark the seventh anniversary of the Houthis' takeover of the Yemeni capital, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

A general view of Doha on December 24, 2023. (Karim Jaafar/AFP)

Qatar drops death sentence for 8 Indians on reported charges of spying for Israel

Mourners attend the funeral of Razi Mousavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed on December 25 in an alleged Israeli strike in Syria, in Tehran, on December 28, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iranians chant ‘Death to Israel’ at huge funeral of commander said killed by Israel

By AFP

Khamenei leads prayer over body before thousands gather to pay respects to senior Revolutionary Guard official Razi Mousavi, killed in Syria airstrike; Iran vows response

A memorial poster for Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike in Syria, hangs along a street in Tehran on December 27, 2023. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)

IRGC threatens ‘direct action’ against Israel over senior commander’s slaying

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Delhi Police officers and paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India, December 27, 2023 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Israeli embassies around world reportedly put on high alert after India blast

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally organized by his AKP party in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Istanbul on October 28, 2023, amid the war between Israel and Hamas terror group. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

Turkey’s Erdogan says Netanyahu worse than Hitler, Israel running ‘Nazi camps’

Israeli leader says he won’t be preached to by a person ‘who commits genocide against the Kurds,’ in latest verbal brawl between erstwhile allies

This video still image provided by KABC-TV shows protesters being arrested by Los Angeles police officers on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, near Los Angeles International Airport. Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters briefly blocked entrance roads to airports in New York and Los Angeles, forcing some travelers to set off on foot to bypass the jammed roadway. (KABC-TV via AP)

Dozens arrested in anti-Israel protests at two major US airports

File: Ma'ale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel at a protest tent outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Italy signals unease with Israel’s pick of settler leader as next ambassador

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Map of the land bridge that could see trucks traverse from the port of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, across Saudi Arabia and Jordan, into Israel, and Egypt. (Trucknet)

Israel logistics startup forges overland trade route to bypass Houthi Red Sea crisis

By Sharon Wrobel

Trucknet seeks to facilitate the operation of an alternative land bridge for the transfer of goods from the ports of Dubai through Saudi Arabia and Jordan, to Israel’s Haifa port

This handout satellite picture released by Maxar Technologies on November 28, 2023, shows the recently seized Israeli-linked Galaxy Leader ship (C), that was captured by Houthi rebels on November 19, next to a support vessel in the southern Red Sea near Hodeida, Yemen. (Photo by Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

Some US allies back away from Red Sea task force, not wanting to appear pro-Israel

By Phil Stewart, David Latona and Angelo Amante

Containers of Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk are seen in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 14, 2023. (Sergei Gapon/AFP)

Shipping giant Maersk schedules return to Red Sea despite Houthi attacks

By Terje Solsvik

COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber at the end of the COP28 UN Climate Summit, December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Analysis

Little room for optimism after COP28 climate confab, environmental leaders say

One Israeli activist calls Dubai summit a ‘win for maintaining the status quo,’ as lawyer laments that the ‘narrow financial interests of the fossil fuel industry have taken over’

More Headlines

Police at the scene where a 2-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Lod, December 28, 2023. (Israel Police)

2-year-old stabbed to death in front of his mother in Lod; suspect heard ‘voices’

An IDF serviceman stands outside a destroyed home in the Gaza border community of Kfar Aza on December 20, 2023. (Sam Sokol)

Gaza border reconstruction proposal wins backing from coalition, opposition MKs

IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released December 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Knesset passes emergency bill delaying retirement for reservists

Illustrative: A police vehicle at a crime scene in Netanya, October 14, 2018. (Flash90)

Blast hits one of Israel’s most upscale streets, in suspected organized crime signal

By Stuart Winer

The limited edition Magen David Adom-branded Nike Air Force 1 sneakers designed by Baltimore-based artist Nathanael Elvis for a charity project the Baltimore Ravens football team supports. (Courtesy of American Friends of Magen David Adom)

Kicks for charityRavens exec raises money for MDA with branded sneakers

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A general view shows the Jewish cemetery in the Sodeco district of the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 24, 2010. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Leader of Lebanon’s tiny Jewish community dies at 80

By AFP and ToI Staff

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