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What Matters Most On Monday, January 8, 2024

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Senior Hezbollah commander Wissam al-Tawil (L) with the terror group's chief Hassan Nasrallah in an undated photo. (Courtesy)

FM says Israel carried out assassination: 'Part of the war'

Senior Hezbollah commander killed in alleged Israeli strike as border tensions mount

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Terror group says Wissam al-Tawil, a leading officer in the elite Radwan unit, has been killed in southern Lebanon, in move said to deal ‘painful’ blow

This image from video shows a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile hitting a radar dome at an Israeli Air Force air traffic control base on Mount Meron, January 6, 2024. (Screenshot: Telegram)

IDF admits Mount Meron air traffic control base damaged in Hezbollah attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant addresses soldiers from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit of the IDF, October 24, 2023. (Ariel Hermon, Israel Defense Ministry)

Gallant warns: If Hezbollah isn’t deterred, Israel can ‘copy-paste’ Gaza war to Beirut

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks on the tarmac before departing for Tel Aviv, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, at the airport in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, January 8, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 8: Blinken says normalization possible, but requires ending war, pathway to Palestinian state

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Rocket barrage triggers sirens across southern, central Israel; no reports of injuries * Netanyahu and Gallant: War won’t end soon * Blinken lands in Israel * Ground op toll at 176

9:58 pm

Israeli TV airs new footage from GoPro cameras of Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel uninhibited on Oct. 7
9:46 pm

Breaking rule of ambiguity, minister says Israel behind killing of senior Hezbollah commander
9:34 pm

Settlers filmed stealing from Palestinian olive grove in northern West Bank

Former Supreme Court chief justice Aharon Barak speaks on November 3, 2023, at a press conference with families whose loved ones have been abducted by Hamas terrorists and have been held in Gaza since October 7. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Israel tasks ex-Supreme Court chief Aharon Barak to serve at Hague genocide hearings

By Lazar Berman, Michael Horovitz and Jeremy Sharon

Appointment of internationally respected Barak, long a right-wing bogeyman, as Israeli representative on panel of judges reviewing Gaza war, welcomed by National Unity, Yesh Atid

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, January 7, 2024. (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Eyeing Gaza and Ukraine, pope laments ‘indiscriminate’ civilian casualties in war

By Reuters and ToI Staff

File: Then-Agriculture Minister Oded Forer arrives at a cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem on June 20, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAN / AFP)

Lawmaker pushes to expel colleague who accused Israel of ‘genocide’

Promoted Content

Congressman Brian Mast’s solidarity visit to Israel: Championing The Next Step’s mission for amputees and terror victims

Congressman Mast’s visit not only showcased the critical work of The Next Step but also brought international attention to the needs of amputees and terror victims.

In this undated handout photo published by the IDF on January 8, 2024, pictures said to have been discovered by troops in a Khan Younis school depict children undergoing weapons training classes. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says it struck 30 ‘significant’ Hamas targets amid fierce fighting in south Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Military claims to find proof of children being trained with weapons in Khan Younis school; WHO abandons attempt to bring medical aid to northern part of Strip amid safety risks

Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

IDF knows where Hamas leader is, but won’t strike at him because of hostages – reports

By Lazar Berman

Parts of what the IDF says is a cruise missile developed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in an image published January 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says it found proof Hamas developed cruise missile capabilities, aided by Iran

By Emanuel Fabian, Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

Analysis

Will the High Court rulings against the judicial overhaul become a permanent revolution?

Landmark decisions last week placed constraints on the Knesset’s authority over Israel’s constitutional identity, but it is not legal arguments alone that powered the shift

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)

The scene of a terror shooting attack on the West Bank's Route 465 on January 7, 2024. (Magen David Adom)

2 Palestinian doctors and a nurse arrested as suspects in deadly West Bank shooting

By Emanuel Fabian

Trio detained by security forces in Ramallah area, said to admit involvement in attack that killed East Jerusalem Palestinian

First responders at the scene of a car-ramming attack in East Jerusalem on January 7, 2024. (MDA)

Car rams East Jerusalem checkpoint; Palestinian toddler mistakenly shot dead by cops

By Emanuel Fabian

Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh, hugs his daughter and holds his son's hand during the funeral of his son Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on January 7, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Blinken laments 'unimaginable tragedy'

IDF: Al Jazeera journalists were killed in car with drone-operating terror operative

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Hamza Wael Dahdouh, son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh, and Mustafa Thuria died in a strike in Rafah; Al Jazeera accuses Israel of deliberately targeting them

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he arrives in Abu Dhabi on January 7, 2024. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)

Blinken warns against Gazans’ displacement; says war may ‘metastasize’ to wider region

President Isaac Herzog appears on NBC's 'Meet the Press' on January 7, 2024. (Courtesy)

Herzog reveals Hamas documents outlining directives for ‘terror summer camps’ in Gaza

Israel’s playing poker while Iran is playing chess

Did Israel fall into Iran’s trap in going after its weaker proxy, Hamas, while the stronger strategic Hezbollah remains nearly unscathed?

Neshama Carlebach

‘Invincible Spirit’ – The people of Israel live

Our new musical project for these dark days weaves two classic Carlebach tunes into an anthem of consolation and hope

Disentangling solidarity with Palestinians from antisemitism

In the guise of advocating equality, some of the rhetoric is in fact a call for the elimination of Jews and the Jewish state

What happens when the kippah comes off?

Following an attack on a fellow rabbi, going bareheaded in public may make me safer, but it also diminishes me

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video statement released by his office on January 6, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Railing against cabinet leaks, Netanyahu calls to subject ministers to polygraph tests

‘I am not prepared to continue like this,’ PM declares after detailed reports emerge from of dustup between cabinet members and the IDF chief of staff

Police carry off protesters who blocked the entrance to the Knesset, January 8, 2024 (Twitter)

Police disperse protesters blocking Knesset entrance in demand for ‘elections now’

A swastika spray-painted on a mural at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Australia bans Nazi salute and public display of terror group symbols

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Offenders face up to 12 months in prison; Hamas and Islamic State among groups whose symbols are banned amid rise in antisemitic incidents

Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian supporters hold up signs during a demonstration, October 20, 2023, in Atlanta, that intimate that the Hamas massacre of 1,200 people on October 7, 2023, was legitimate resistance to 'occupation.' (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan 8: Day 94 – As antisemitism surges, Israel has ‘zero budget’ to help

Illustrative: Likud MK Keti Shitrit attends a Knesset committee meeting on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After eye surgery, Likud MK tells hostage families she understands their pain

At Knesset committee meeting, Keti Shitrit describes recent medical procedure to illustrate empathy with families of October 7; later apologizes for clumsy comparison

Sderot mayor Alon Davidi (center) at the scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit and caused damage in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 24, 2023.(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Sderot mayor rejects government decision to bring residents back on February 4

By Canaan Lidor

IDF troops operate inside the Gaza Strip in a handout photo released for publication on January 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Cabinet approves NIS 9 billion in wartime grants to support IDF reservists

After meetings in Doha, families of hostages say Qataris ‘attentive, sympathetic’

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Relatives argue a ceasefire will speed up talks, Qataris view hostage release as humanitarian goal; Qatar’s PM reportedly says killing of Hamas deputy chief complicates matter

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza who returned from talks in Qatar hold a press conference at Hostages Square, outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, January 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ido Shamriz, brother of Alon Shamriz who was mistakenly killed by IDF fire while trying to escape captivity in Gaza, speaks to Channel 12 from the wreckage of his brother's former home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, January 7, 2024. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Brother of hostage slain by IDF visits ‘hell on earth’ that was once his Kfar Aza home

Op-ed

The IDF should have opened a probe into the events of October 7 a long time ago

The war in Gaza won’t end any time soon. Instead of attacking the military for beginning an internal probe, the government should immediately establish a state commission of inquiry

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and IDF chief Herzi Halevi at the start of a security cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, November 16, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Maj. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, then chief of the IDF Southern Command, speaks to reporters, June 13, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Report: Top IDF general advised preemptive strike against Hamas, year before Oct. 7

US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Record number of Americans think Israel isn’t getting enough US support — poll

At the same time, Netanyahu’s public image in the United States hits an all-time low, Gallup survey finds

Volunteer team at Israeli startup Lasso Security coordinating purchases and deliveries of protective gear to Israeli soldiers, October 2023. (Courtesy)

After Israeli tech mobilized in wartime, how will startups fare in 2024?

By Sharon Wrobel

Former innovation policy chief urges government to support tech sector, revive confidence of investor community, to ensure it doesn’t lag behind as global industry recovers

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An anti-Hezbollah message accusing the group of putting Lebanon at risk of all-out war with Israel appears at the Beirut airport on January 7, 2024 after the displays were hacked. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Beirut airport screens display anti-Hezbollah message after being hacked

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sorting cabbages that would otherwise go to waste at Leket's center in Gan Haim, central Israel, November 2023. (Amir Yaakobi)

War-linked hikes in prices of fruits and vegetables worsening food insecurity – report

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv, December 18, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

White House was unaware for days that defense chief Lloyd Austin was hospitalized

By Lolita C. Baldor

Cantor Sarah Freudenberger at a ketubah signing ceremony for an interfaith wedding she officiated in October 2023. (Courtesy Freudenberger via JTA)

To welcome interfaith couples, US Conservative synagogue hires cantor who can wed them

Israeli Druze poet Suleiman Daghash eulogizing his grandchild Sufian Daghash, an IDF soldier killed in Gaza, at his funeral in the northern Israeli city of Maghar, January 6, 2024 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinians call to strip Druze poet of awards for attending soldier grandson’s funeral

By Gianluca Pacchiani

A screenshot from a mock video tour of a damaged hotel in Gaza created by Israeli comedian Guy Hochman on January 6, 2024. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli comedian slammed for ‘disgraceful’ mock tour video amid Gaza ruins

Aerial view of the Haifa University. September 20, 2018. (Matanya Tausig/FLASH90)

8 Haifa University students suspended for incitement have punishment repealed

By Gavriel Fiske and Michael Horovitz

Irish actor Cillian Murphy and US actor Robert Downey Jr. pose in the press room with the awards for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture during the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 7, 2024. (Robyn BECK / AFP)

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Golden Globes, ‘Poor Things’ upsets ‘Barbie’ in comedy

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