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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 14, 2024

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Staff Sgt. Omer Sarah Benjo, who was killed in a rocket attack from Lebanon on Safed on February 14, 2024 (IDF)

Slain soldier named as Staff Sgt. Omer Sarah Benjo

Soldier killed, 8 hurt as rocket barrage hits Safed; IDF launches ‘widespread strikes’

By Emanuel Fabian

One of 11 Grads fired from Lebanon hits army base in northern city; no immediate claim of responsibility in presumed Hezbollah attack; Lebanese media: 4 killed in Israeli response

Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group raise their fists and cheer, as they listen to a speech by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who appears via a video link, during a rally to mark 'wounded resistant's day,' in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah chief says won’t stop shelling north until Israel ends Gaza ‘aggression’

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Hasouna family house, which was struck by an Israeli airstrike during an operation to rescue two hostages in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, February 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 14: Germany says it is pushing EU bloc to weigh imposing sanctions on extremist settlers

By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

PM vows ‘powerful’ Rafah operation as allies warn against * Israel calls on Hamas to drop ‘delusional’ demands in talks * IDF chief says ‘long way to go’ to secure quiet in north

9:53 pm

Biden signs memo shielding thousands of Palestinians in US from deportation
9:36 pm

Israel accuses South Africa of serving interests of Hamas with latest appeal to ICJ
9:14 pm

Lebanon says 3 civilians dead in fresh Israeli airstrikes in south

Families of hostages before taking off for The Hague on February 14, 2024. (Hostage and Missing Families Forum)

‘Hamas is Hitler’s successor’: Hostages’ families head to The Hague to file complaint

By Jeremy Sharon

A delegation of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum set to submit a war crimes claim against the terror group in the International Criminal Court

South Africa's Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola, center, and Palestinian Assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi, third right, address the media outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. (AP/Patrick Post)

South Africa petitions The Hague to block Israeli operation against Hamas in Rafah

By Jeremy Sharon

Released hostage Agam Goldstein-Almog speaks in a documentary about sexual abuse perpetrated by Hamas. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Terrorist ‘sexually assaulted hostage at gunpoint’: Freed captive recounts testimony

By Ariella Oldfield

Promoted Article

Why Jews Are Wearing the Star of David Now More Than Ever

Following the October 7, 2023, attacks, Jews around the world are connecting more and more to their Jewish identities, particularly by wearing the iconic Star of David.

IDF airs footage of Hamas leader Sinwar in Gaza tunnel: ‘We’ll catch him, dead or alive’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Army said to identify terror chief, whose back is to camera along with family, by size of his ears and with AI; spokesperson says clip shows Hamas leaders only care for themselves

IDF Chief of Staff gives a press conference from the Gaza border, February 13, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief: Military achievements in Gaza are considerable but still a ‘long way to go’

By Emanuel Fabian

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

Official pushes back after PM’s brother blames army for not waking him earlier on Oct 7

A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (R) meeting with CIA director William Burns (C-L) at Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, on February 13, 2024. (AFP)

PM earlier said to reject a Mossad-Shin Bet-IDF proposal

Israeli delegation returns from Cairo, no breakthrough in hostage talks

Official says representatives attended negotiations ‘to listen,’ didn’t present new offer; report says number of Palestinian prisoners to be freed per hostage is key sticking point

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, February 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Abbas urges Hamas to seal agreement with Israel now to head off another ‘Nakba’

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

This combination of pictures created on February 13, 2024 shows (L to R) CIA Director William Burns, Mossad Director David Barnea, and Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani. (AFP)

Progress reported toward six-week-long hostage deal as intel chiefs huddle in Cairo

By AP and ToI Staff

Palestinians receive food rations at a donation point at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2024 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Interview'It is part of Hamas’s strategy to foment dire need'

In covert interviews, Gazan civilians rail against Hamas for wrecking their lives

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Before and after October 7, testimony from the war-torn enclave reveals widespread resentment of the terror group and little hope for the future, says Mideast expert Joseph Braude

I was a tour guide on Birthright’s first trip back to Israel

My sense of Israel crumbled on October 7, but introducing this beautiful, broken place to my group made me fall in love with it all over again

Since when do Australian Jews talk in whispers?!

From license plates that celebrate October 7 to doxxing a Jewish MP, antisemitism is rising dramatically Down Under

Op-ed: Day 131 of the war

Sooner or later, the IDF will enter Rafah. It may have to fight on northern border, too

Right now, the IDF has more forces poised for action against Hezbollah in Lebanon than it has fighting in Gaza

Injured Israelis are brought to Ziv Medical Center in Safed after a Hezbollah rocket attack on February 14, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller answers questions during a news briefing at the State Department on July 18, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

US State Department reviewing reports of civilian harm by Israeli forces in Gaza

By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron answers questions in the House of Lords on February 13, 2024. (Screenshot/YouTube; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

UK FM: Israel must ensure aid reaches Gazans, will breach international law if not

Bride Esther and groom Steeve are carried on ornate thrones at their henna party in the week leading up to their wedding in 2007 in Casablanca, Morocco. (Courtesy of Indiana University Press)

Global mazel tov! New book chronicles weddings of 100 Jewish brides from around world

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Women’s firsthand accounts illustrate the huge variety of customs associated with Jewish nuptials, while not shying away from pain and frustration about some practices

From the Ophir-nominated feature film '7 Blessings,' up for Best Feature at the September 10, 2023 Ophir Award ceremony (Courtesy PR)

ToI Event

ToI Presents: English screening of Israel’s Oscar pick ‘7 Blessings’ plus discussion

Join us on Feb. 28 in Jerusalem for an English-subtitled showing of award-winning drama and a conversation between screenwriter/lead actress and ToI’s Jessica Steinberg

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a Religious Zionist party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 12, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smotrich blocks flour shipments from reaching Gaza, in breach of Israeli pledge to US

Finance minister says he will not allow flour to be given to UNRWA aid agency in order to keep it out of Hamas’s hands

Protesters call for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 10, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Poll: Israelis conflicted, but prioritize destroying Hamas over releasing hostages

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Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid

Contract signed with sanctioned Israeli exposes settler municipality to US sanctions

Documents reveal Har Hebron Regional Council subsidiary inked deal with Yinon Levi to build illegal outpost from which US says he carried out attacks on Palestinians

Screen capture from the Givechak website of the crowd funding campaign for Yinon Levi, the founder of the illegal Meitarim Farm West Bank outpost after he was put on a US sanctions list. (Screen capture, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

A Palestinian man inspects a car damaged during an alleged attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Asira al-Qibliyah, south of Nablus, in the West Bank on February 13, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

France sanctions 28 Israeli ‘extremist settlers’ accused of attacks

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

Louis Har (C) hugs a loved one as Fernando Marman looks on at Sheba Medical Center, February 12, 2024. (Screen grab)

Relative of rescued hostages describes immense relief and gratitude at their return

By Jessica Steinberg

Maayan Sigal-Koren, whose mother, mother’s partner, uncle, aunt and cousin were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, talks about family’s recovery

Rescued hostages Norberto Louis Har, second from left, and Fernando Marman, second from right, appear in a recorded video thanking the troops who saved them in a special IDF operation in Rafah, February 13, 2024. (Screenshot/Channel 12, Used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

‘No words to describe our joy’: Rescued hostages hail special forces who saved them

Saying blanket IDF exemption ‘needs to end,’ Lapid demands ultra-Orthodox enlistment

‘We need a lot more soldiers. The army is too small for all its challenges,’ opposition leader says of government’s recently unveiled military service bill

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid at a press conference in Tel Aviv, February 13, 2024. (Sam Sokol)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, leads a cabinet meeting at the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu said seeking to outlaw publication of security cabinet leaks

File - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tours Tel Nof Airbase in central Israel, February 4, 2024. (Defense Ministry)

Ahead of vote, Gallant denies claim he opposes impeachment of far-left MK

File: (Left to right) Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Reverend Margaret Cave, the Dean of Coventry John Witcombe and the Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim Association of Great Britain, Ibrahim Mogra pose for photographers with a banner reading 'Coexist pilgrimage' outside Regents Park Mosque before setting off for an interreligious march for peace to St Thomas' Hospital in London on February 19, 2015. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Prominent British rabbi warns against potentially ‘haunting’ Rafah operation

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Masorti Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg says Israeli operation in south Gaza city where a million are sheltering alongside Hamas battalions could lead to unimaginable suffering

Former Labour MP Graham Jones. (UK Parliament)

UK Labour suspends 2nd parliamentary candidate in 24 hours over anti-Israel rhetoric

By ToI Staff and Agencies

File: Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, center, listens to speeches during a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, February 3, 2024. (Omar Havana/AP)

Anti-Israel Gaza protest disrupts Sweden parliamentary debate on funding UNRWA

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The US-owned ship Genco Picardy, which came under attack on January 17, 2024, from a bomb-carrying drone launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden, on January 18, 2024. (Indian Navy via AP, FIle)

Cargo is not designated as Israel-destined while en route

Houthi bypass: Quietly, goods forge overland path to Israel via Saudi Arabia, Jordan

By Sharon Wrobel

Avoiding attacks on ships in the Red Sea, Israel-based firms run trucking routes from the ports of Dubai and Bahrain to Haifa

Archaeology

Buildings, roads in ‘huge, complete’ Roman-era military base revealed by excavations

By Gavriel Fiske

Site near Tel Meggido is the only excavated Roman permanent camp in Israel; the Roman Sixth Legion, which was based there, fought against Jewish forces in the Bar Kochba revolt

Online matchmaking has become a national pastime for Israelis who want to envision a life beyond war. (Collage by Grace Yagel/ JTA)

‘I want to get married before a rocket lands on my head'

Cupid fires a barrage of arrows as Israeli matchmaking skyrockets amid Gaza war

By JTA and ToI Staff

In a country already known for its citizens’ penchant for setting up strangers, the ongoing conflict is causing locals to spark romance on a new scale

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FILE — Congressional candidates, Mazi Pilip, left, and former US representative Tom Suozzi are shown in this combination of file photos. (AP Photos/ Brittainy Newman & John Minchillo, File)

Former Democratic representative defeats IDF veteran in NY special election

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron attends Knesset Finance Committee meeting on January 30, 2024 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 14: Day 131 – Central bank wants action after Moody’s downgrade

Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle, April 16, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

63% of US Jews feel less safe than they did last year, survey says

By TIFFANY STANLEY

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on Worldwide Threats to the Homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 15, 2023. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

US House votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

Iran's Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji attends the opening session of the 24th ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), in Cairo on October 25, 2022. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

‘Terrorists’ sabotage Iran’s main gas pipeline, minister says

Illustrative: People take part in a rally against deportations of migrants, in Tel Aviv, August 13, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Migrant father of soldier serving in Gaza campaign said to face deportation

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event at the Chatham House think tank in London, January 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

US rivals including Iran, North Korea using generative AI in offensive cyber ops

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators at a rally in Times Square, October 13, 2023. (Luke Tress / JTA)

Instagram removes accounts for leading NYC pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime

Clarence Jones, wearing a blue pin from the #StandUpToJewishHate campaign, during the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism's Super Bowl ad. (Courtesy of FCAS via JTA)

How the internet reacted to the first-ever Super Bowl ad about antisemitism

By jacob gurvis

Feral dogs from the Gaza Strip seen near to Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel. (Nimrod Cohen)

Feral dogs from Gaza enter Israel, compounding nature authority’s war woes

Autonomous vehicles expected on the road in next 2 years, says Mobileye CEO

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on a $95 billion Ukraine Israel aid package being debated in Congress, in the White House, February 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls Trump ‘dangerous’ and ‘un-American’ over NATO comments

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