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What Matters Most On Monday, January 15, 2024

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The scene of a terror attack in Ra'anana (R), and Ra’anana resident Edna Bluestein, 79 who was killed in the attack, on January 15, 2024. (Magen David Adom/Screenshot: Courtesy, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Fatality named as Edna Bluestein, 79, a resident of the city

Woman killed, 17 wounded in car-ramming, stabbing spree by 2 terrorists in Ra’anana

By Emanuel Fabian, Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff

Children, teens among injured; cars seized from owners during attack; police arrest the suspects — Palestinian relatives from Hebron area who were working illegally in the city

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at a briefing with commanders in the IDF Judea and Samaria Division on January 14, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant says Hamas inciting West Bank terror, urges strengthening Palestinian Authority

In this September 21, 2016, file photo, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 15: Iranian Guards vow to continue attacks ‘until avenging the last drops of martyrs’ blood’

IRGC issues warning after strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan that it claimed targeted Mossad spy center, in response to Israel recently ‘martyring IRGC and resistance commanders’

10:45 pm

Iran's IRGC claims missile strike targeted Mossad 'espionage headquarters' in Iraqi Kurdistan
10:29 pm

US officials: American facilities not affected by Iranian missile strike on Iraqi Kurdistan
10:19 pm

TV station in Egypt says Egyptian forces arrested 6 drug smugglers along border with Israel

Israeli soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel is greeted at Ben Gurion Airport on January 15, 2024 on his return from Turkey. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

Second club probes player Eden Kartsev over Instagram story

Israeli soccer star returns home after Turkey detained him for gesture to hostages

By Michael Bachner and Lazar Berman

Sagiv Jehezkel lands in Israel, with FM Katz blasting Ankara as ‘dark dictatorship’; Gallant: Ungrateful Turks acting as ‘executive arm’ of Hamas

Israeli soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel displays a message of solidarity with hostages held in Gaza while celebrating a goal for Turkish club Antalyaspor on January 14, 2024. (Antalyaspor/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli soccer player arrested in Turkey for ‘inciting’ after gesture to hostages

By ToI Staff and Reuters

The Palestinian team stands for its national anthem ahead of the Asian Cup Group C soccer match between Iran and Palestine at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, January 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Chants of ‘death to Israel’ as Iran, Palestinian soccer teams hold moment of silence

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Eleanor Roosevelt reads the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1949 (FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia)

From the Hartman Institute

The Evolution of Human Rights

Yehuda Kurtzer is joined by Yehudah Mirsky for a master class on the trajectory, impact, and underlying values of the human rights discourse at times of war

From left: Noa Argamani, Yossi Sharabi and Itay Svirsky, seen in an undated Hamas propaganda film released on January 14, 2024. (Screenshot combo)

Hamas airs propaganda clip of hostages Noa Argamani, Yossi Sharabi, Itay Svirsky

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

37-second, undated video ends with chyron reading ‘Tomorrow we will inform you of their fate,’ in latest instance of practice Israel has slammed as psychological warfare

War cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot (center) attends the Tel Aviv rally marking 100 days since the hostages were kidnapped into Gaza on January 14, 2024. (Courtesy)

Eisenkot, Gantz said to urge hostage deal for long halt to war; PM, Gallant opposed

On day 100 of war, Biden says US will ‘never stop working’ to bring Gaza hostages home

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

US president says will never forget ‘the grief and suffering’ of relatives of those held by terrorists in the Strip; Blinken says Washington ‘will not rest’ until they’re returned

File - US President Joe Biden meets at the White House with relatives of American hostages held by terrorists in Gaza, December 13, 2023 (White House)

Israeli soldiers survey the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Returning to Kfar Aza, couple says ‘It was worse to be a refugee than to be at home’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

President Isaac Herzog speaks during a 24-hour rally for hostages marking 100 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on January 14, 2024. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)

100 days of captivityHostages' father berates visiting coalition MK as 'murderer'

Herzog heckled by protesters as he urges ‘entire world’ to help bring hostages home

Crowd chants ‘Now! Now!’ to signify dissatisfaction with authorities; Omer Adam sings song by injured reservist and ‘Fauda’ star Idan Amedi, ends 24-hour rally with national anthem

People attend a 24-hour rally for the hostages taken on October 7, marking 100 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, at 'Hostages Square' in Tel Aviv, on January 14, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘Now!’ demand hostages’ families, supporters in urgent call for new release deal

By Jessica Steinberg

Families shocked by repainted Oct. 7 shelters; official said to call complaints ‘petty’

Survivors, relatives appalled by government-owned firm’s unilateral erasure of the silent testimony of charred walls inside roadside bomb shelters where dozens were murdered by Hamas

Left: A ZAKA volunteer cleans blood stains from a roadside bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered on October 7, near the Gaza border, November 19, 2023. Right: A repainted roadside bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered during the October 7 Hamas onslaught, near the Gaza border, January 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Farewell, Sheikh Daud

David Pollock, a ’kid from the Flatbush Yeshiva’ who spoke fluent Arabic, informed and molded US views on the Middle East

MLK: The Six Day War interview

ABC has Dr. King on record positing that Israel would give up lands claimed in 1967, but he never once mentioned the Palestinians. What did he really think?

Former IDF chief of staff Aviv Kohavi speaks during a ceremony at the memorial hall for fallen soldiers on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on January 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ex-IDF chief Kohavi says probe into Oct. 7 failures should scrutinize his decisions

By Emanuel Fabian

Former top general, whose term ended a year ago, takes responsibility for actions he took, says ‘I constantly ask myself what we could have done differently’

Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on January 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The war in numbers: 9,000 Hamas members killed, 11,000+ rockets fired into Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli soldiers show the media an underground tunnel found underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, November 22, 2023. (AP/Victor R. Caivano, File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan 15: Day 101 – Deep inside Gaza, Hamas is still digging new shafts

Illustrative image of autism (KatarzynaBialasiewicz; iStock by Getty Images)

'We're all experiencing somewhat of a mental health crisis'

War trauma compounds challenges faced by autistic children and their families

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Much-needed routine, predictability, and consistency are taken away by rocket fire, displacement, and absence of loved ones since October 7. How can special-needs families cope?

File: Gary Lineker, former English footballer turned sports TV presenter, gestures on stage with the Gerd Muller Trophy for best striker during the 2023 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on October 30, 2023. (FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Top BBC presenter Gary Lineker urges boycott of Israeli sports, later deletes post

Former soccer star retweets, then removes, call by boycott group for FIFA and International Olympic Committee to bar Israeli athletes

Illustrative: People walk by the Bank of England building (L) and Stock Exchange building (R), in the financial district, central London, on November 2, 2023. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Six pro-Palestinian activists arrested for plot to disrupt London Stock Exchange

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Pro-Israeli supporters wave Israeli and pre-revolution Iranian flags as they gather for a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London on January 14, 2024. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Pro-Israel protesters flood European capitals’ streets to urge freeing Hamas hostages

By AFP and ToI Staff

Thousands of activists in London chant ‘Bring them home,’ cycle through Regents Park to draw attention to abductees amid tight security; marches also held in Paris, Berlin

Part of the 2,000-strong crowd at Marching and Running for Their Lives in Central Park, in New York, January 14, 2024. (Jordana Horn/Times of Israel)

'I am not counting the days. I just want to see my brother'

‘100 black days’: NY’s Central Park hosts rally in support of hostages held by Hamas

By Jordana Horn

Family members of hostages and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine address crowd of 2,000 gathered for Marching and Running for their Lives in Central Park

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a televised speech in Kherbet Selm in southern Lebanon on January 14, 2024. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Nasrallah: Red Sea, Lebanon border, Iraq violence all ‘tied to one thing’ — Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In speech commemorating death of top commander, Hezbollah leader says US attacks on Yemen ‘will harm the security of all maritime navigation,’ vows Houthi strikes will continue

Fighters from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels stage a rally against the US and the UK strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on January 14, 2024. (AP Photo)

In 1st attack since US-led strikes, Houthis fire missile at American warship in Red Sea

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran's navy seizes the oil tanker St. Nikolas, formerly known as the Suez Rajan, off the coast of Oman, January 11, 2024. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Crew of oil tanker seized by Iran amid dispute with US ‘safe and in good health’

Nine-year-old Bena Hagdu holds injera bread at the Hannaton Educational Center at Kibbutz Hanaton, December 2023. (Omer Sharvit/ Zman)

'They're marginalized during peacetime and even more so now'

Ignored by the state, Eritreans from Sderot find temporary shelter in northern kibbutz

By Omer Sharvit

Asylum seekers find themselves displaced once again following the Oct. 7 massacre; deprived of government assistance due to bureaucracy, they rely on the kindness of others

US elections

A Jewish guide to 2024 GOP presidential contenders, as primary season opens in Iowa

5 Republicans are vying to be the Republican candidate to face off against President Joe Biden this November

From left to right: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Donald Trump. (Getty Images via JTA; Design by Mollie Suss)

Republican presidential candidate former US president Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, January 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Key initial victory within Trump’s reach as GOP faithful set to vote in Iowa caucuses

By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont and HANNAH FINGERHUT

Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton in 'One Life.' (Peter Mountain/See Saw Films via JTA)

'This exceptionally modest man did extraordinary things'

‘One Life’ stars Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton, who saved Jewish kids from Nazis

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Based on the book by its subject’s daughter, the biopic of a Holocaust-era hero who helped 669 Czech children escape to the UK hits big screens – but not without controversy

More Headlines

This screenshot released by the Shin Bet on January 15, 2024, shows a fake social media page run by Iranian operatives. (Shin Bet)

Shin Bet unveils Iranian plot to trick Israelis into giving info on defense officials

By Emanuel Fabian

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau, left, attends a Chief Rabbinate Council meeting with his Sephardic counterpart Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau's father and predecessor Meir Lau, in Jerusalem on December 24, 2023. (Courtesy of the Chief Rabbinate)

High Court rules women can fill ‘rabbi’ slots in Chief Rabbinate’s top bodies

By Canaan Lidor

Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing at Jerusalem District Court, on January 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jewish extremist Bentzi Gopstein found guilty of incitement to anti-Arab racism

By Michael Horovitz

Israel Prisons Chief Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi attends the first committee meeting for creating a new national guard, held at the National Security Ministry in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After spat, cabinet okays Ben Gvir’s pick for new interim head of Prison Service

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (R) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands during a press conference following a meeting at al-Tahrir Palace in the center of Cairo on January 14, 2024. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Visiting Egypt, China’s FM calls for Palestinian state, Israel-Hamas ceasefire

By AFP

An illustrative photo showing chocolate bars made by Strauss Group. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Amid war, Strauss to hike prices of 25% of its products, lay off 150 employees

By Sharon Wrobel

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