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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 31, 2024

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People attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Netanyahu tells families deal must be kept quiet to work

Potential deal would reportedly see 6-week pause, release of all civilian hostages

By Michael Bachner

Washington Post says framework would require Israel to pull army out of Gaza cities and release security inmates in 3-1 ratio, also provides for release of soldiers, dead abductees

Families of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip gather with supporters for a demonstration demanding an immediate deal for their release as they block off a road near the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Hamas due in Cairo for hostage talks; PM rules out war’s end, mass prisoner releases

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Reuters

Released hostage Dafna Elyakim, 15, recounts her time in captivity in Gaza in an interview broadcast on January 30, 2024. (Screenshot: Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Captors convinced her Israel didn't care about hostages

Released hostage, 15, says she acted as mother to her younger sister in captivity

By Michael Bachner

Dafna Elyakim tells of abduction to Gaza and murder of 3 relatives, including her dad, on Oct 7; horrible conditions and fear of death in tunnels, only eating after 8-year-old Ela

Bella Haim, the grandmother of Yotam Haim who was killed by Israeli soldiers after trying to escape from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, speaks during a special conference to mark International Holocaust Day at the Knesset, on January 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Holocaust survivor plays last voicemail from hostage grandson killed in Gaza

A composite image (from left to right) of police officer Sgt. First Class Ran Gvili, confirmed to have been killed by terrorists on October 7; and Maj. (res.) Netzer Simchi, 30, left, Warrant Officer Yuval Nir, 43, and Cpt. (res.) Gavriel Shani, 28, who were killed in Gaza on January 30, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Police say officer Ran Gvili was slain Oct 7, taken to Gaza; 3 troops killed in Strip

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Deaths of Netzer Simchi, Gavriel Shani and Yuval Nir in battle bring IDF’s ground op toll to 223; cop’s newly confirmed death based on updated findings and intelligence information

Displaced Palestinians flee from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 30, 2024. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

As Khan Younis battles intensify, Gallant says IDF will maintain control of Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Op-ed: Day 117 of the war

Is there a way to bring the hostages home without derailing the war against Hamas?

Hamas’s demands appear to present a near-impossible dilemma, especially for a riven government. But the IDF believes there is a path forward * Water and Iron * Divisive Netanyahu

Joseph Avi Yair Engel, right, whose parents were Holocaust survivors and whose grandson was released from captivity in Gaza, speaks at rally calling for the release of the remaining hostages, in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Settlement activists at a conference in Jerusalem to promote the construction of Jewish settlements in Gaza go up on stage in dedicated groups that seek to establish six new settlements in the coastal enclave, January 28, 2024. (Courtesy the Nachala Settlement Movement)

Almost 4 in 10 Israelis back a revival of Jewish settlements in Gaza, poll finds

Palestinian men and children gather for a demonstration in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 30, 2024, calling for continued international support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA. (Photo by AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan 31: Hamas said demanding release of elite terror operatives captured on Oct. 7

TV report: Mossad chief tell ministers of 35 hostages for 35-day pause proposal * Israeli official: Strong signs deal will progress * Explosive device near Israeli embassy in Sweden

9:28 pm

Houthis claim to have targeted US merchant ship in missile attack
8:48 pm

Netanyahu: We will not agree to hostage deal 'at any price,' there are red lines we won't cross
8:39 pm

35 hostages for a 35-day truce: Mossad chief presents hostage deal outline to war cabinet

A '7.10' tattoo on the hand of an evacuee from Kibbutz Erez. (Lior Yosefi)

Inside storyDate of massacre, Star of David are popular choices

More than skin deep: Israelis who inked October 7 on their bodies as a living memorial

As they mourn loved ones and grieve the worst terror attack in the country’s history, many turn to tattoos to keep close the memories of those they lost

Daniela Garin with her late husband's friends from the army as she mourns him in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2024. (Maya Zanger-Nadis/ToI)

Reporter's notebookAfter soldier’s death in Gaza, Filipino family finds comfort in Jewish mourning practice

By Maya Zanger-Nadis

When we win this war: A love note to my husband

Matt did not rejoice in Osama Ben Ladin’s death, and he will not when it’s Yahya Sinwar’s turn. Those values make him a Jew — and my home

News that didn’t happen: Stolen organs from dead bodies

A battlefield is not the place to attempt to expand the transplant donor pool and professionals in the field have never suggested it. I should know; I am one

Shayna Goldberg

Not looking away

In Nir Oz, I met a man who, in his pain, does not simplify his suffering. He isn’t even grieving, not yet. For he is wholly focused on his vanished relatives

Steven E. Zipperstein

What kind of state do Palestinians want?

If we knew the answers to these 10 questions, we’d know whether this apparent panacea would truly advance the cause of peace

Illustrative: A pipe pumping water into a Hamas tunnel is seen near Palestine Square in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood, December 19, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

IDF confirms flooding Hamas tunnels in Gaza with seawater

By Emanuel Fabian

Measure utilized as army works to destroy massive tunnel network running 350-400 miles long as part of ground operation in Gaza Strip

A fake ad used as part of a Hamas plot to use unsuspecting Israelis as couriers for weapons. (Courtesy Shin Bet)

Israel says Hamas tried to enlist Israelis as unsuspecting couriers for weapons

By Emanuel Fabian

Shin Bet security agency says operation began before October 7 onslaught, as West Bank-based members of terror group used fake social media profiles to recruit delivery drivers

An old tank in the snow in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, January 31, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

IDF says jets struck Syrian Army positions in response to rocket attack

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

3 projectiles hit open areas Tuesday in Golan Heights; army also retaliates to attacks from Lebanon; Gallant: Home front readying for war with Hezbollah, ‘patience will run out’

Lawmakers vote to expel MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset during a meeting of the Knesset House Committee on January 30, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)

Panel votes 14-2 to expel MK Cassif for Gaza genocide claims; now Knesset will vote

House Committee vote a ‘black day for Knesset,’ says Hadash-Ta’al chairman Tibi; ‘This is not freedom of speech, it is the freedom to betray your country,’ argues Likud’s Ofir Katz

MK Ofer Cassif speaks during a press conference, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan 31: Day 117 – Knesset to vote on expelling MK who said war was ‘genocide’

We oppose axing UNRWA mid-war, senior Israeli official says amid global funding halt

Official clarifies agency should be out of Gaza after war but argues collapsing it now may lead to humanitarian crisis that would force IDF to halt offensive against Hamas

Palestinian men and children gather for a demonstration in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 30, 2024, calling for continued international support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA. (Photo by AFP)

Palestinians stand at the entrance of the UNRWA-run University College for Educational Science Ramallah city in the West Bank on January 29, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

UNRWA must make ‘fundamental changes’ before funding can resume, US says

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 17, 2023. (AP/Nasser Nasser, Pool)

PA launches reforms aimed at revitalization, but structural changes remain elusive

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Under international pressure to tee up to rule Gaza, Ramallah announces package to restructure various branches of its administration, but some see the step as merely cosmetic

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Jerusalem, January 24, 2024 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Cameron says Britain is mulling recognition of Palestinian state

By Lazar Berman

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv. November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu claims he never bought into ‘conception’ Hamas didn’t want to attack Israel

By Shira Silkoff

File: People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 10, 2024. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)

Inside storyAll sides agree: Free speech should not be sacrificed

Experts debate whether Ivy League antisemitism probe is overreach or overdue

By Cathryn J. Prince

While everyone agrees that antisemitism on campus is a problem, not all see the ongoing congressional investigation as the solution – and some deem it a threat to higher education

John Cusack rejects antisemitism accusations as ‘complete lies’

Auschwitz survivor decries rise of antisemitism, far-right in Germany

By AP

Field workers of female-run initiative 710 West are in Eilat to help displaced men and women find employment. (Courtesy)

Women-led initiative opens doors for southern evacuees needing more than just a job

By Sharon Wrobel

To cope with war trauma, 710 West tailors employment opportunities for residents of distressed Gaza border region, harnessing remote work options for those seeking return to normalcy

Analysis

Biden, determined to avoid regional war, seen as unlikely to strike inside Iran

After 3 US troops killed in Jordan, president has to respond with force, but he also has elections coming up, and is working to hammer out a hostage deal in Gaza

US President Joe Biden speaks at St. John Baptist Church in Columbia, SC, on January 28, 2024. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, January 31, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran vows to ‘decisively respond’ to any US strikes in aftermath of Jordan attack

By AP and ToI Staff

Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataib Hezbollah, who was killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah faction suspends attacks on US forces

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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Bari Weiss, left, interviews former MK Einat Wilf as part of a series hosted with the Tel Aviv International Salon, at the Jaffa Hotel Chapel, January 28, 2024. (Courtesy of the Tel Aviv International Salon)

In Jaffa, groupthink opponent Bari Weiss touts going against the grain

By Noam Lehmann

State witness Ari Harow testifies in the trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, May 24, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Former Netanyahu chief of staff Ari Harow convicted in plea bargain

By Jeremy Sharon

Ultra-Orthodox men who decided to join the IDF amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas arrive at the IDF recruiting offices in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, October 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

IDF confirms 1,300 to be recruited early from pre-army programs

By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff

Rabbi Arthur Green, right, and Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport speak, May 17 2013. (Wikimedia commons/Flickr/CC-A-2.0/Festival of Faiths)

Prominent scholar barred from Hebrew College following sexual misconduct allegation

By Jackie Hajdenberg

In a joint project, Ori Topaz, a designer from Shenkar College produces sustainable leather handbags made from salmon skins using digital printing technology developed by Kornit Digital. (Achikam Ben Yosef)

Seeking eco-friendly material, Israeli innovators look to scale up fish-skin handbags

By Sharon Wrobel

Illustrative photo of a hand holding pharmaceutical pills. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hospitals across country issued patients wrong prescriptions due to system glitch

Photographer Eyal Bribram's photos of anemones beginning to bloom in Israel's south, in January 2024 (Courtesy)

Nature's resurgenceRed anemones carpet south as annual festival, muted this year, celebrates them

By Jessica Steinberg

Transportation Minister Miri Regev speaks to the media after a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2024 (Flash90)

Judge asks Tel Aviv’s mayor to drop ‘time wasting’ libel lawsuit over public prayer

By Canaan Lidor

Elliot Resnick, then editor-in-chief of The Jewish Press, seen in the crowd during the breach of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Elliot Resnick, former Jewish Press editor, pleads guilty to Jan. 6 felony

FILE - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz address a press conference at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Gallant said to pitch elections in 2 years or 6 months postwar, whichever comes first

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