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What Matters Most On Saturday, January 13, 2024

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People attends a demonstration calling for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas terrorists into the Gaza Strip, at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 13: 120,000 attend kickoff of 24-hour rally marking 100 days since hostages taken

Netanyahu says hostages’ families can’t put themselves in shoes of decision-makers * IDF chief: We do not forget hostages for a moment * PM: We’re on path to victory

11:14 pm

'We have said everything and nothing helps,' says sister of hostage at Tel Aviv rally
11:08 pm

War doc filmmaker at Tel Aviv hostage rally: I never thought nightmares I covered could happen here
9:40 pm

US-led strikes said to have damaged 20-30% of Houthi offensive capabilities

Relatives of Israeli hostages from the Bibas family stand at the exit of a simulation tunnel inaugurated during a rally marking 100 days since Israelis were taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, in an initiative of the Israeli Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, at the Hostages Plaza in Tel Aviv on January 13, 2024. (Marco Longari / AFP)

‘We feel the claustrophobia every minute’: Hostages’ families build mock Hamas tunnel

Tunnel recreated in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square to raise awareness of the plight of the hostages after 100 days in captivity

FILE - This April 13, 2016 file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

CIA said to have established task force to locate top Hamas leaders, hostages

Freed hostage Hila Rotem Shoshani attends a rally calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, outside of United Nations headquarters in New York City, on December 12, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

100 days after Oct. 7 attack, freed hostage, 13, leads NYC rally for those still held

‘I came all the way here to ask the whole world to help us bring back all the hostages,’ Hila Rotem Shoshani tells demonstrators, describing her time in captivity as ‘hell’

Rachel Goldberg poses for a portrait on day 98 since her son, Hersh Goldgerg-Polin was kidnapped by Hamas, in Jerusalem, Friday, January 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

‘My ID is the number of days he’s been stolen’: Mom marks 100 days of son’s captivity

By Danika Kirka

Hostages' families demand visual evidence of delivery

Vital medications to be transferred to Gaza hostages in coming days, PM’s office says

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Red Cross to reportedly facilitate transfer; Hamas said wary delivery may help Israel establish location of hostages; deal will also see medications for Palestinians enter Strip

Israelis attend the weekly rally calling for the return of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 6, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R), in a meeting with Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) and official Khaled Mashaal in Doha, Qatar, October 17, 2016. (Qatar government handout)

Inside storyHow Qatar, the Gulf’s ‘enfant terrible’ and sponsor of Hamas, is also an ally of the West

By Gianluca Pacchiani

PM speaks with Scholz, praises 'stance on side of truth'

Germany says will intervene at The Hague on Israel’s behalf, blasts genocide charge

By AFP, Jacob Magid and Jeremy Sharon

Berlin will present its own arguments against South Africa’s allegation Israel violated Genocide Convention; can’t impact call for interim injunction from court demanding ceasefire

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, talks to government's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit during weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Canada's Primer Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the 19th Canada-European Union (EU) Leaders' Summit opening reception, Newfoundland and Labrador, November 23, 2023. (Photo by Alexis Aubin/AFP)

Canadian, UK leaders reject premise of ICJ genocide case against Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Budapest, Hungary, on December 18, 2023. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)

Erdogan says Turkey providing evidence for genocide case: ‘Israel will be convicted’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

L-R: Dr. Tal Becker, Prof. Malcolm Shaw KC, Dr, Gilad Noam, Dr. Galit Raguan attend a hearing in the case brought to the International Court of Justice at The Hague in which South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide in its war with Hamas in Gaza, January 12, 2024. (International Court of Justice)

Emphasizes Hamas use of civilians, IDF efforts to protect them

Israel rejects genocide claims at The Hague, says South Africa’s allegations ‘baseless’

By Jeremy Sharon

‘If there were acts of genocide, they’ve been perpetrated against Israel,’ says legal representative in reference to Oct. 7; attorneys say ministers’ problematic comments irrelevant

Actor Wallace Shawn participates in a demonstration to support Gaza outside the White House on October 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images via AFP)

Wallace Shawn, Cynthia Nixon lead actors backing genocide charges against Israel

David Teeger in a video uploaded by the SA Jewish Report, October 31, 2023. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

South Africa strips Jewish U19 cricket skipper of captaincy, citing anti-Israel protests

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Palestinian terrorists breach a fence at the West Bank settlement Adora, January 12, 2024. (Screen grab via Kan used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

3 Palestinian terrorists try to infiltrate settlement, killed by troops; 1 soldier hurt

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Cell opens fire at reservist responding to attack in Adora; M16, knives, firebombs found on teen attackers’ bodies; footage shows them crawling under settlement’s fence

Israeli soldiers stand guard next to the scene of a Palestinian shooting attack, near Wadi al-Haramiya, West Bank, January 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Shin Bet said to urge PM to buck far-right in order to prevent West Bank flareup

US President Joe Biden is greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)

AnalysisDespite close support, US struggling to sway Israel on way forward with Palestinians

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee and Melanie Lidman

Analysis

Why ministers’ continued bickering over IDF probe could hinder likely war in north

For second time in as many weeks, cabinet members clash over investigation that the military says is needed to provide crucial insights for likely campaign against Hezbollah

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023. (Flash90)

IDF soldiers guard at a temporary checkpoint on a road in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, January 6, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

On northern border, IDF troops adopt a rare defensive posture as they eye Hezbollah

By Agencies and ToI Staff

It is time to rethink StartUp Nation

With most investment going to cybersecurity and university research woefully underfunded, Israel needs a course correction

One hundred days and hard decisions

All of the Palestinian prisoners in Israel for all of the hostages. Will our leaders be willing to pay that awful price?

'I have a rocket with my name on it'

The Persian-Jewish grandma who wants to feed the entire IDF from her apartment

By Gavriel Fiske

NYC-raised scion of one of Tehran’s most prominent Jewish families, 84-year-old ‘Chicki’ Elghanian makes 300 meals a day while praying for the destruction of the Iranian regime

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a conference in Jerusalem, January 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Local councils urge ministers to nix planned cross-ministry budget cuts: ‘Unimaginable’

By Sharon Wrobel and Michael Horovitz

In letter to Netanyahu and Smotrich, authorities warn proposal will impact their ability to provide crucial services amid Israel-Hamas war, including in education and welfare

A fighter, loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels, stands guard during a protest following US and British forces strikes, in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 12, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

US hits Houthi radar site in fresh strike after threats to Red Sea shipping

By TARA COPP, Lolita C. Baldor, Jon Gambrell and AAMER MADHANI

Pentagon says it fired Tomahawk missiles at site that was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk; loud explosion heard in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital

Biden calls Houthis a terror group, as administration weighs reapplying designation

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Tesla suspends production at German factory for 2 weeks over Red Sea delays

By AFP

Iran, Russia decry Houthi strikes; Erdogan: US, UK want to turn Red Sea into bloodbath

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Dairy farm manager Gabo Altmark, a member of the Zikim civil guard, helped prevent Hamas terrorists from entering the kibbutz on October 7, pictured with Ghanian trainee Kwabena Frimpong on Kibbutz Zikim, December 2023. (Bernard Dichek)

'We received good treatment in the heat of war so we stayed'

Undeterred by Oct. 7 massacre, foreign interns keep Gaza-periphery dairy farms afloat

By Bernard Dichek

Agricultural students from Africa and Asia plant themselves on mostly-evacuated kibbutzim, helping to tend to the herds during a labor shortage

A youth-led, interfaith dialogue is held at Teaneck High School to discuss the Middle East, Teaneck, New Jersey, November 5, 2023. (Aristide Economopoulos for The Washington Post via Getty Images/ via JTA)

Feds to investigate NJ school district where students held pro-Palestinian walkout

By Andrew Lapin

Parents claim a Teaneck superintendent’s response to Oct. 7 massacre, a contentious board meeting, and a student demonstration are contributing to an antisemitic climate

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at an Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Summit, January 11, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

'They don't want Trump and are pulling out their checkbooks'

Nikki Haley a favorite for Jewish Republican donors seeking credible Trump alternative

Lauded as ‘staunchly pro-Israel’ and a supporter of women’s rights, the long shot candidate has gathered a who’s who of Jewish backers as she tries to unite the anti-Trump vote

Leora Harris. (Dafna Talmon/Zman Yisrael)

Leora HarrisFrom Moshav Talmei Yosef. Single mother of two daughters

'I don't feel safe anywhere now. I feel caged. At night, I sleep in jeans and a shirt so that if, God forbid, someone breaks in, at least I'll be dressed'

By Tamar Mor Sela

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Amid Nazi content controversy, Substack subscription network loses writers

Police on the scene of a deadly shooting in Lod on December 29, 2023. (Screenshot/Israel Police)

Man shot and killed in Lod as deadly crime wave in Arab communities persists into 2024

Illustrative - Danish policemen stand guard in front of the city court in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 10, 2016. (AFP/Scanpix Denmark/Emil Hougaard)

Danish police say 7 arrested in December over foiled terror plot ‘linked to Hamas’

By AFP

Rachel Brosnahan attends the premiere of Prime Video's 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' season five at The Standard, High Line on April 11, 2023, in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

The Late ShowMrs. Maisel, Fleishman, Jewish actors shine among Emmy nominees

By Andrew Lapin

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