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What Matters Most On Monday, February 19, 2024

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Troops operate in Gaza, in a handout image cleared for publication by the IDF on February 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 19: WHO chief says agency allowed into Khan Younis hospital after IDF operation there

Motion to oust MK Cassif defeated in Knesset * PM vows ‘justice’ after video published of Bibas family in Gaza * PA accuses Israel of apartheid at ICJ hearing on West Bank control

10:15 pm

Brazil doesn't intend to retract Lula's Holocaust comparison -- sources
9:47 pm

Indiana freelance reporter charged for threatening to 'kill every Jew' in Fort Wayne
9:31 pm

WHO chief says agency allowed into Nasser Hospital after IDF operation there

Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a gathering of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gantz: Israel will launch Rafah offensive if hostages not returned by Ramadan

War cabinet minister says ‘to those saying the price is too high, Hamas has a choice — they can surrender’; warns Israel is ready ‘to wage a war in Lebanon’ as well

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2024. (Coby Gideon / GPO)

Addressing US Jewish leaders on Gaza war, PM says: ‘We have to finish the job’

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki (center) and PA ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour, right, take their seats at the United Nations' highest court which opened hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Israel accused of repressing basic Palestinian freedoms in ICJ hearing on West Bank rule

By Jeremy Sharon

Israel rejects legitimacy of World Court proceedings sought by Palestinians, who want Israeli control of West Bank, East Jerusalem to be declared illegal in non-binding process

Staff Sgt. Simon Shlomov, 20, who was killed fighting in southern Gaza on February 18, 2024. (IDF)

Soldier dies in Gaza combat; Hamas claims 6,000 of its fighters killed, vows to fight on

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

Officials say Israel expects to continue full-scale military operations in Strip for 6-8 weeks; UNRWA says nearly three in four Gazans are drinking contaminated water

IDF troops operate at Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, in a handout image published by the IDF on February 18, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Gallant: Hamas seeking to replace Sinwar, Khan Younis Brigade is defeated

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

An apparent drone hit an open area near the community of Arbel in the Lower Galilee, close to the Sea of Galilee on February 19, 2024. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Suspected explosives-laden drone slams into field near Lower Galilee community

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

No injuries as projectile strikes near Arbel near Sea of Galilee, causing crater; Israeli jets strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

This handout picture provided by Hezbollah's media office on February 10, 2024 shows Lebanese Shiite terror group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at an undisclosed location in Lebanon. (Photo by Hezbollah's Media Office / AFP)

Report: Iran cautioned Hezbollah not to spark full-scale war with Israel

By Michael Horovitz and Reuters

Israeli reserve soldiers from the Nachal brigade take part in a military drill in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, February 13, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 19: Day 136 – Is Israel ready to fight a war in the north?

AG said to oppose broad Ramadan limits on Temple Mount access for Arab Israelis

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Gali Baharav-Miara tells ministers sweeping bans shouldn’t be applied to citizens; expert calls for individual interdictions, warns blanket restriction could inflame Arab street

File: Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount during the holy month of Ramadan, Jerusalem's Old City, April 17, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90/File)

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 14, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90/File)

Reports: Siding with Ben Gvir, PM plans to limit Arab Israeli Al-Aqsa access on Ramadan

Brazil's ambassador to Israel, Frederico Meyer (L), and Foreign Minister Israel Katz (R) tour the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Michael Dimenstein/GPO)

Katz: 'We will not forget and we will not forgive'

Israel declares Brazil’s Lula persona non grata for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust

By Lazar Berman

Reprimanding ambassador at Yad Vashem, foreign minister says president will have to apologize before being welcomed to Israel

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a press conference in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2024. (Ricardo STUCKERT / Brazilian Presidency / AFP)

Israel livid as Brazil’s Lula says Israel like ‘Hitler,’ committing genocide in Gaza

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Claudio Lottenberg, president of CONIB, Brazil's Jewish communal umbrella organization. (Courtesy)

‘A perverse distortion’: Brazil’s Jews slam Lula’s comparison of Israel to Nazis

By Gabriel Toueg

Young Arab Israelis are in danger (so are other young people)

Cut the budget allocated for education, employment workshops, and leadership training, and say hello to a rise in crime

How George Washington can save Israel

Presidents’ Day recalls the US founding father’s principled decision to prioritize the common good over personal ambition

Analysis

Gianluca Pacchiani

Why Iranians are not demonstrating en masse for Gaza, despite official rhetoric

Hundreds of thousands have rallied globally but relatively few have taken to the streets in the Islamic Republic, where the Palestinian cause is identified with an unpopular regime

Iranians burn an Israeli flag during a protest in Tehran in support of Palestinians in Gaza on November 18, 2023 (Photo by AFP)

Yemenis brandishing weapons chant slogans and wave Palestinian flags as they march in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa on February 16, 2024 (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

Ship reportedly attacked near Yemen; US hits Houthi targets including undersea drone

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Foreign Ministry knew of efforts but was not involved

Families sent meds for hostages, and for Gazan children, in EU aid shipment – report

Medicines were purchased in Germany and entered Strip from Egypt; relatives set up WhatsApp group to coordinate on October 8, with first known shipment made in mid-November

Medication belonging to hostages found at Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, in a handout image published by the IDF on February 18, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Ronen Tzur, a spokesperson for the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, attends an event at 'Hostages Square,' calling on the Israeli government to act for immediate release of the hostages on October 28, 2023. (Gili Yaari /FLASH90)

Top adviser for hostage families group steps down, citing pressure from politicians

Illustrative: Israeli evacuees from the Gaza border area get temporary shelter at a hotel in Eilat, October 17, 2023. (Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

Isrotel hotel chain tells displaced families in Eilat they must exit by March 1

Members of a delegation of International Christian Embassy Jerusalem pastors tour what's left of Kibbutz Nir Oz in January 2024. (ICEJ)

'This is not some abstract conflict for us'

Turning the other cheek on extremist Jews’ incitement, Christians flock to Israel

By Canaan Lidor

Delegations and solidarity trips of hundreds of supporters from churches around the world are touring the sites of carnage wrought by Hamas while bolstering the survivors

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh meets at the headquarters of the Munich Security Conference with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on February 18, 2024. (Wafa)

Ending standoff, Norway accepts Israeli framework for transferring tax revenues to PA

Scheme will give Smotrich control over when a quarter of the funds are released by Oslo to Ramallah, but sides appear to have heeded pressure from US, which feared PA’s collapse

Israeli security forces seen during a raid in Tulkarem, in the West Bank, December 17, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90

Border officer seriously wounded in West Bank clash, wanted terror suspect killed

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of assailants carrying out vandalism in the Palestinian West Bank town of Huwara, February 18, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Cars torched in Palestinian town of Huwara in suspected settler hate crime

By Jeremy Sharon

Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch, Jewish chaplain at the University of Leeds, in the fall of 2023, during his reserve duty during Israel's war against Hamas. (screen capture: X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Dirty Zionist motherf*ckers’: Recordings show threats against UK rabbi after IDF duty

Among some 300 calls and texts were threats of murder and rape against Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch and his family, which forced them into hiding

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks on the third day of the Scottish Labour Party Conference in Glasgow, Scotland on February 18, 2024. (Andy Buchanan / AFP)

In apparent shift in position, UK Labour chief Starmer calls for Gaza ceasefire

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Israeli swimmer brushes off heckling in Qatar after finishing 2nd in world 400m race

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Anastasia Gorbenko dedicates World Championships medal to childhood friend who is among Gaza hostages; Qatari media, pro-Palestinian groups slam presence of Israelis at competition

Israel's Anastasia Gorbenko poses with her silver medal on the podium of the women's 400m individual medley swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha, on February 18, 2024. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Ismail Abu Omar, an Al Jazeera reporter is seen (left) in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, and after being hit in a strike in south Gaza's Rafah on February 13, 2024. (Screenshot: X)

Wounded Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza, an alleged Hamas operative, flown to Qatar

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Sigal Chayak prepares a meal with her daughter Shani, in a host kitchen in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Program pairs displaced Israelis with Tel Aviv kitchens to cook up some home comfort

By AFP and ToI Staff

Asif Culinary Institute of Israel brings evacuees from North and South to willing private homes for chance to prepare meals for their families

Rabbi Ilan Glazer (drums) and his band, featuring wife Sherri on vocals, perform at the 'Gam Ki Elech' album release show on January 14, 2024. (Maranda Kosten via Ilan Glazer/ via JTA)

'The Jewish community can definitely do better'

When Judaism didn’t offer rituals for a stillbirth, a grieving couple created their own

By Jackie Hajdenberg

After losing their son 26 weeks into a long-sought pregnancy, Ilan and Sherri Glazer found no liturgy for their loss. They’re releasing a new album inspired by their experience

Tamar natural gas field off the coast of Israel. (Courtesy)

Chevron partners greenlight $24m investment to boost gas production at offshore site

By Sharon Wrobel

Energy firms approve second phase of project to expand natural gas production from Tamar field, after securing a new sales agreement for exports to Egypt

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