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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 17, 2024

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An aerial view of Jordan's field hospital in southern Gaza's Khan Younis on January 17, 2024, at 1:55 p.m., in footage released by the Israel Defense Forces later the same day. (IDF)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 17: IDF says Jordanian field hospital in Gaza wasn’t badly damaged, troops didn’t target it

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

After Israeli inspection, Qatar says medicine for hostages, Gazans entered Strip * IDF chief: Prospect of imminent war in Lebanon likelier than before * Army’s ground op toll at 193

10:19 pm

In reversal, International Hockey Federation to let Israel compete in U20 tourney
10:00 pm

CNN airs Oct. 7 clip from Nir Oz showing 'evidence of beheadings' by Hamas
9:49 pm

2 arrested over vandalism of Israeli flags, pro-Palestinian messages left at school

A woman holds a placard during a 'Stand With Israel' rally to mark 100 days since the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack in southern Israel, in London, January 14, 2024. (Frank Augstein/AP)

Medicines for hostages in Qatari-French deal arrive in Egypt en route to Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Hamas says Gazans to receive 1,000 times as many boxes of medication, plus humanitarian aid, with Israel not inspecting packages; Netanyahu distances himself from details of deal

A protester against the Red Cross at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Qatar announces deal to send medications to hostages held by Hamas

Op-ed: Day 103 of the war

Irresponsibility compounds catastrophe: Why the IDF’s war against Hamas has lost momentum

Dismantling Hamas in southern Gaza was always going to be tougher than in the north. But the challenge is being exacerbated by insistent ambivalence from the political leadership

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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the security cabinet meet with western Negev local council chiefs in Beersheba, January 16, 2024. (Itai Ben-Onn/GPO)

Netanyahu says war against Hamas set to continue into 2025 — TV report

A caravan camp being built near Shefayim for evacuees from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. December 24, 2023 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90 )

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 103 – A view to rebuilding the south, as war budget passes

Staff Sgt. Oriya Ayimalk Goshen (left), Sgt. Maj. (res.) Yair Katz,(center) and Master Sgt. (res.) Zechariah Pesach Haber, (right), who were announced killed in Gaza on January 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

3 soldiers killed in Gaza; military kills Hamas spy catcher in southern Strip

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Ground operation death toll reaches 193; IDF troops destroy launchers used to fire Netivot barrage; Jordan says Khan Younis field hospital badly damaged by nearby Israeli shelling

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

Gaza tunnels stretch at least 350 miles, far longer than past estimate – report

Yossi Sharabi, left, and Itay Svirsky, right, were taken hostage by terrorists on October 7 from Kibbutz Be'eri. The kibbutz announced their death in Gaza captivity on January 16, 2024. (Courtesy)

Kibbutz says hostages Yossi Sharabi, Itay Svirsky murdered in Hamas captivity in Gaza

Declaration by Kibbutz Be’eri calls for their bodies to be returned for burial and for release of all other hostages; IDF has rejected terror group’s claim the 2 died in IAF bombing

Sharon Alony Cunio weeps as she poses for a portrait in the ruins of her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, January 15, 2024, from where she and her family were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 massacres. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

InterviewHostage who was freed with daughters vows to keep fighting for husband’s return

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Shiri Bibas' cousins Jimmy Miller (left) and Yosi Shnadier hold a somber celebration on January 16, 2024 at Kibbutz Nir Oz ahead of the first birthday on January 18 of Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage in Gaza of terror group Hamas. (Courtesy of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Freed hostages, relatives mark Thursday’s 1st birthday of Kfir Bibas, held by Hamas

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Nir Oz holds ceremony in abandoned kibbutz kindergarten for youngest hostage abducted by terrorists to Gaza on October 7

People stand next to a destroyed car that was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in which the IDF says it killed three members of a Palestinian terror cell near the West Bank's Balata camp, on January 17, 2024 (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Terror cell planning ‘imminent attack’ killed in West Bank drone strike, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Military says squad leader targeted in Balata camp received financing and instructions from Iran; soldier seriously wounded; another strike carried out in Tulkarem

Ditza Or holds a picture of her son Avinatan, who is being held hostage in Gaza, outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on December 27, 2023. (Mati Wagner/Times of Israel)

Inside story'We can only get all of them back by crushing Hamas's head'

An ideological minority of parents of hostages held by Hamas oppose negotiations

Tikva Forum is a right-wing alternative to the main hostage advocacy group. Its members, primarily pro-government religious Zionists, say they are putting country before loved ones

Dr. Gal Yaniv sits next to his computer at Sheba Medical Center that shows how Aidoc platform used AI to identify potentially lethal tiny aneurysm in brain of Nova festival victim and immediately notified relevant medical staff to take action, December 28, 2023. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)

How cutting-edge Israeli med tech is boosting survival rates of war wounded

By Renee Ghert-Zand

AI reviews scans at Sheba Medical Center and sends alerts to doctors’ phones, while at Hadassah, wounded soldiers recover quickly after surgeons remove bullets with robots

Occupational Therapist Chen Ben Dan demonstrates the XRHealth therapeutic virtual reality system, Sheba Medical Center, December 28, 2023. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)

Portable virtual reality system helps brain-injured patients with recovery

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Why are so many feminists supporting abusive men?

Men like my father, a ’revolutionist’ and crony of Syria’s Hafez Assad, have proved they too can break a woman’s soul

Saving Israel from its enemies and from itself

The same brain power that created the startup nation can start building a ‘survivor nation’

Visiting the massacre sites: Tragedy tourism?

I survived October 7th and still went back to be present in the places neighboring my home; seeing with your own eyes is important

China aids Hamas while falsely accusing Uyghurs of terrorism

Beijing’s strategy is calculated to divert attention from its campaign of colonization, genocide, and occupation in East Turkistan

Demonstrators take part in a protest organized by Within Our Lifetime, which endorses the Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacres in southern Israel, outside the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, January 15, 2024. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Pro-Hamas group targets NYC cancer center, accusing it of ‘genocide’

By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff

‘Make sure they hear you’: Hundreds march outside Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center during protest led by Within Our Lifetime, which endorsed the October 7 massacres

A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police on February 3, 2012. (Alastair Grant/AP/File)

UK police to assess war crimes claim by pro-Palestinian legal group against Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders’ bid to condition aid to Israel on human rights record

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

72 senators vote against measure in 100-member chamber, defeating efforts to force State Department report on IDF conduct in war against Hamas in Gaza following Oct. 7

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Top Biden aide argues Israeli-Palestinian peace is possible ‘in near term’

By Jacob Magid and Reuters

Screen capture from of undated video during the interrogation of Basel Mahadi, a unit commander in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group captured in the Gaza Strip December 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In video, Islamic Jihad unit commander tells interrogators he was trained in Iran

By Emanuel Fabian

Basel Mahadi, nabbed by IDF in Gaza, says he received instruction in sniping with rifles at Iranian military base along with other members of his terror group

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's Gaza Strip chief, waves to supporters in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

EU adds Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar to terror blacklist

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Analysis

Is PM serious about expanding local arms production, reducing dependence on imports?

Netanyahu has twice highlighted the imperative for self-reliance, and the Defense Ministry made a decision in principle to this effect last month. But nothing has changed yet

Military jeeps arrive in Israel from the US, December 6, 2023. (Defense Ministry)

Aleph Farms' cultivated thin-cut steak. (Courtesy)

In world first, Israel approves cultured beef for sale to the public

By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel

Local startup Aleph Farms to introduce its laboratory-grown ‘Black Angus Petit Steak’ to diners later this year; Health Ministry hails measure as important step in feeding world

John Zorn performs in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, New York City, July 30, 2016. (Ebet Roberts/Redferns via Getty Images via JTA)

'This is a very seismic shift'

John Zorn’s avant-garde Jewish music finally hits Spotify, sparking debate among fans

By Miri Villerius

The pioneering musician has long held out against streaming services that pay artists a pittance, leaving listeners to judge whether his recent decision is for the best

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Ben Winston accepts the award for outstanding variety special (live) for 'Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium' during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, January 15, 2024. On his lapel is a yellow ribbon pin highlighting the hostages held by terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Chris Pizzello/AP)

Reality TVEmmys see gestures of support for both sides in Israel-Hamas war

By ToI Staff and AFP

Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar speaks at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP/Markus Schreiber)

Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike that killed two

By Munir Ahmed and Jon Gambrell

Fighters against Shiite rebels known as Houthis gather in front of the airport in the port city of Aden, Yemen, July 16, 2015. (AP/Abo Muhammed)

Houthi missile hits cargo ship in Red Sea said to be heading to Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

David Teeger is the captain of South Africa's under-19 national cricket team. (Screenshot from YouTube/The South African Jewish Report via JTA)

Diadora executive in South Africa announces boycott of Jewish cricket player

By Canaan Lidor

Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, and the Israel-Hamas war at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, November 29, 2023. (Andrea Renault/AFP)

Slovenia joins ICJ motion against Israeli practices in West Bank, Gaza, E. Jerusalem

By Jeremy Sharon

Rare silver coin dating from the Persian period (5-6th Centuries BCE), discovered in a First Temple-era house in the Judean Hills, in an image released on January 17, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)

Extremely rare 2,550-year-old silver coin unearthed in Judean Hills

By Gavriel Fiske

Illustrative: Police officers secure a synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, November 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German court imprisons Turkish man for 2021 arson attack on synagogue

By AFP

Scene of a fatal road accident on Route 60 in the West Bank, January 17, 2024. (Magen David Adom)

Soldier killed, four injured in West Bank collision between jeep and truck

Two stolen paintings, Picasso's 'Tête' (right) and Chagall's 'L’homme en prière' (left) found in Antwerp are seen in this undated handout image. (Handout / Police judiciaire fédérale Namur)

Stolen in Tel Aviv, Picasso and Chagall works worth $900,000 found in Antwerp home

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An IDF soldier with Bamba and Coke in what appears to be a Hamas tunnel in Gaza, part of the 'Operation Juha' civilian charity initiative, in an undated photo. (courtesy)

Army appetizerOver 100,000 soldiers to receive Bamba and Coke Thursday

By Gavriel Fiske

Mia Khalifa arrives at the 2022 Latin American Music Awards at Michelob ULTRA Arena on April 21, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Greg Doherty / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Mama vs MiaJewish woman confronts pro-Hamas porn star Mia Khalifa

Norman Lear, left, and Rob Reiner accept the Heritage Award for the classic television series 'All in the Family' at the 2013 TCA Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 3, 2013, in Beverly Hills, California. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Stir up the crowdRob Reiner uses Yiddish word in Emmys tribute to Norman Lear

By PHILISSA CRAMER

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