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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 18, 2024

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Kfir Bibas and his mother Shiri Bibas, who were abducted to Gaza by Hamas terrorists, along with Kfir's brother Ariel and father Yarden, from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)

The youngest hostage'We don’t feel that anyone's doing anything,' cousin says

‘The saddest birthday in the world’: Hostage Kfir Bibas turns 1 in Hamas captivity

By Jessica Steinberg

Extended family of the baby, who was abducted to Gaza along with 4-year-old brother Ariel and parents Yarden and Shiri Bibas, mark his first birthday with pleas for speedy release

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara at his side, meets with representatives of families whose loved ones are being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, October 28, 2023. (GPO)

Netanyahu said ‘frittering away’ hostage deal by unilaterally toughening demands

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (center) meets with freed Israeli hostages Moran Stela Yanai (left) and Nili Margalit in Davos, Switzerland, on January 18, 2024. (Courtesy Hostage Families Forum)

Freed hostages meet UN chief, who says he carries dog tag ‘in my right pocket’

President Isaac Herzog speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2024, alongside a photo of Hamas-held Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

The world 'didn't give a damn' about terror against Israelis

Herzog: ‘No Israelis in their right mind’ are thinking about peace process right now

By Lazar Berman

Speaking in Davos, president says Israelis are worried about their basic safety in wake of October 7, have lost trust over the years as Palestinians glorify terror

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 9, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

PM said to reject US plan for Saudi normalization in return for path to Palestinian statehood

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures during his speech at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

At Davos, Blinken says ‘genuine security’ for Israel requires two-state solution

Sgt. Adir Tahar who was killed near the Erez crossing on October 7, 2023. (IDF)

IDF found the head in the freezer of a Gaza ice cream store

Father of fallen soldier: Terrorist decapitated my son, tried to sell head for $10,000

David Tahar, whose son Adir was killed on Oct. 7, says captured terrorists revealed details enabling retrieval of missing head from Gaza; CNN shows separate decapitation video

Left to right: Elia Toledano, Cpl. Nik Beizer, Sgt. Ron Sherman, taken hostage by Hamas on October 7. Their bodies were recovered by the IDF and returned to Israel on December 15, 2023. (Courtesy)

IDF says remains of recovered hostages show they were not killed in strike

By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Horovitz

Resident Ori Lupo walking among the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Like dominos falling’: Young Kfar Aza residents recall carnage of Oct. 7

War cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot speaks at the funeral of his son Gal, in Herzliya on December 8, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 18: Breaking with PM, Eisenkot says elections needed within months to regain public trust

War cabinet minister says PM not telling public the truth about the war * Responding to PM, US hopes Israel will seize ‘historic opportunity’ to secure future via Palestinian state

9:49 pm

Hostages' families block major Tel Aviv highway, saying gov't should be replaced if it can't free their loved ones
9:33 pm

Contradicting PM, Eisenkot says those talking about 'absolute defeat' of Hamas aren't telling truth
9:02 pm

Eisenkot says elections necessary within months to renew public trust

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)

IDF shares images of Gaza field hospital, debunking Jordan’s claim of strike damage

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Hamas-run health ministry claims 16 killed in strike on Rafah home; no comment from IDF; Qatar confirmed shipment of medicines for hostages entered Strip; rockets hit the south

File - Gaza Strip Hamas terror leader Yahya Sinwar at a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the group, in Gaza City, December 14, 2022. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 18: Day 104 – Is lack of day-after plan for Gaza stymieing the IDF?

Hamas operatives are seen training on October 3, days before the terror group's murderous attack on southern Israel, in footage aired by Channel 12 on January 17, 2024 (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hamas squads said training in plain view of Gaza border surveillance on October 3

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after crossing the terminal border from Egypt, on January 17, 2024, during the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas. (AFP)

Medicine for hostages, Gazans enters Strip after inspection in Israel

Political foes and allies alike had earlier slammed prime minister for deflecting blame to military over lack of security checks for shipments sent as part of Qatar-brokered deal

Families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza protest outside a Tel Aviv meeting of Red Cross International President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger on December 14, 2023 (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Doctors say hostages’ meds vital, but could cause harm without supervision

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Playing the piano in Hostages Square

I thought I had nothing to offer those who are grieving, until one person said: ’I want to hear music’

Jonathan Riskind

Now’s the time to volunteer in Israel

Harvesting crops, feeding soldiers, packing care boxes for the injured – your presence is needed and deeply appreciated

This is how Israel wins the battle and loses the war

Our straight-talking generals may disdain symbolism but they must recognize the importance of an iconic victory shot

Shmuel Rabinowitz

A collective broken heart

We came together at the Western Wall in prayer and tears, and pierced the heavens. May that unity see us through this excruciating time

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (center) meets troops during a drill in northern Israel, January 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Visiting north, IDF chief says war in Lebanon becoming much more likely

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Halevi says lessons from fighting in Gaza will be applied to fight against Hezbollah and its allies, as Hamas rocket barrage from Lebanon targets Rosh Hanikra

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the US and the UK strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, January 14, 2024. (AP Photo)

US strikes Houthi missile launchers that posed ‘imminent threat’ to ships in Red Sea

By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor

Illustrative: INS Chennai, a Kolkata class destroyer, is moored at a jetty in Mumbai, India, Friday, November 18, 2016. (Rajanish Kakade/AP)

Indian Navy rescues crew of Houthi-struck US ship off coast of Yemen

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the US and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on January 14, 2024. (AP Photo)

US slaps terror label back on Yemen’s Houthis, partly restoring Trump-era sanctions

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman (right) and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid at the first government conference led by then-Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, at the Knesset on June 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud denies ‘baseless lies’ that it tried to entice Lapid, Liberman into government

By Shira Silkoff

Reported offers presented to the opposition lawmakers include portfolio currently held by Itamar Ben Gvir and coveted war cabinet positions; Yisrael Beytenu confirms Likud offer

Analysis

Revised 2024 budget passes 1st hurdle, but critics say it is harmful

The budget needed amending to finance the war effort, but it comes at the price of higher taxes and spending cuts that will harm the weak; will legislators force a rethink?

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet during a meeting to approve the amended 2024 budget, January 15, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on July 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Wartime budget slashes education funds, but not for the ultra-Orthodox, complain MKs

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

Diadora distances brand from boycott against Jewish South African cricketer

By Canaan Lidor

A businessman who declared a sponsorship ban on games featuring David Teeger has ‘no ties’ to the Italian sportwear firm, it says

Illustrative: Israel national hockey team members on the bench at the IIHF world championships in Mexico City, April 2019. (Ice Hockey Federation of Israel)

Lifting ban, International Hockey Federation to let Israel compete in U20 tourney

By jacob gurvis

FILE - Midfielder Eden Kartsev during a training session with the İstanbul Başakşehir soccer team, November 2023 (Screenshot: Instagram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Second Israeli soccer player said fired from Turkish team for ‘Bring Them Home’ post

'Only the Jewish students are being investigated'

Federal complaint filed against American U. for allowing ‘persistent’ antisemitism

By Jordana Horn

Suit alleges ‘disparate’ treatment of Jews and Muslims: ‘AU has ignored the discrimination and harassment that Jewish and Israeli students have endured’

Glover Gate at the American University in Washington, DC. (Samschoe/ CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Ann Arbor Public Schools board discusses a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war at Pioneer High School, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 17, 2024. (Joey Cappelletti/AP)

Ann Arbor public schools approve contentious Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution

By AP and ToI Staff

Ben & Jerry's ice cream on sale at a shop in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ben & Jerry’s calls for Gaza ceasefire with no mention of Hamas massacre, hostages

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Members of a conversion program meeting in New York City on December 21, 2023. Jasamine Hodge is seated in the center in a white sweater, with her fiancé Adir standing to her left. Seated on the right are Rabbis Adam Mintz and Avram Mlotek. (Courtesy of Hodge via JTA)

'With so many against us, every Jewish prayer is needed now'

‘I just felt this urgency’: For some, Oct. 7 fuels dedication to becoming Jewish

By jacob gurvis

In the Diaspora and Israel, rabbis see a surge in interest from potential converts since the Hamas-led onslaught, both from people already in the process as well as newcomers

More Headlines

Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir (L) and MK Almog Cohen embrace at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police probe far-right MK Almog Cohen on suspicion of decade-old police brutality

Screen capture from video purportedly showing the aftermath of a strike by Pakistan on Iran, January 17, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes on Iran, killing at least 7 people

By Munir Ahmed and Jon Gambrell

MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Far-left MK Ofer Cassif indicted for aggravated assault on police officer in 2022

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: A ZIM container ship at the Haifa port, November 14, 2011. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Small bomb explodes at Greek offices of Israeli shipping firm Zim

By Reuters and ToI Staff

File: French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne speaks during a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart in Warsaw, on January 15, 2024. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)

French FM: Accusing Israel of genocide ‘crosses moral threshold,’ is exploitative

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative. Police officers in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Father sentenced to 12 years for stabbing man he believed had raped his daughter

Democratic Representative Ritchie Torres of New York, questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, February 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Pro-Israel Democrat: Praising October 7 is like cheering lynchings of African Americans

Far-right Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun speaks to parliament in Warsaw, Poland, on December 11, 2023. (AP Photo/ Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles strip immunity from far-right lawmaker who extinguished Hanukkah candles

Holocaust survivor Naki Bega looks at her Auschwitz-Birkenau serial-number digits tattooed on her skin, as she poses at her daughter's home in Athens, Greece, on March 14, 2023. (Louisa GOULIAMAKI/AFP)

Love amid horrorHit book ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ being adapted for small screen

By Shira Bartov

A burning apartment building on Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, January 18, 2024. (National Fire and Rescue Authority, Dan District)

Tourist, 35, dies in Tel Aviv apartment fire; foul play not ruled out

Chef Michael Solomonov. (Photo credit: Steve Legato)

Food fightCelebrity chef’s Zahav hummus hits shelves despite war protests

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Business executive Sheryl Sandberg attends the 2022 Women's Media Awards at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, November 17, 2022, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg to leave board, take advisory position

By AFP

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