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What Matters Most On Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas in Khan Younis on October 7, after they were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz, in a video released by the IDF on February 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel fears for their fate; does not have definitive info

IDF finds video of Bibas family in Gaza, ‘very concerned’ for mother, youngest hostages

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Footage from day of kidnapping showing mom, toddler and baby wrapped in sheet and being forced into car is first proof of life since three were dragged into Gaza on October 7

Pictures of the Bibas family hang on a wall outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Bibas family hopes new video of kidnapped mom and kids ‘shocks world’ into action

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

In rare political foray, UK’s Prince William calls to end Gaza fighting, free hostages

By ToI Staff and Reuters

British royal expresses concern for situation in Strip, saying ‘too many have been killed,’ will attend a synagogue next week to highlight global rise in antisemitism

Britain's Prince William visits the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)

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

IDF chief in missive to soldiers: ‘Unlike our enemy, we maintain our humanity’

By Emanuel Fabian

Jewish UK parents receive child's birth certificate torn, with 'Israel' scribbled out as the father's birthplace, February 20, 2024 (Screenshot/X; ; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Jewish UK parents receive child’s birth certificate torn, with ‘Israel’ scribbled out

Palestinians wave Palestinian and Islamic flags as they rally at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, following the last Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 29, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Shin Bet chief said to warn Temple Mount curbs on Ramadan could spark holy war

Ronen Bar reportedly tells cabinet that limiting Arab Israelis’ access to Al-Aqsa could turn Gaza conflict into Jewish-Muslim fight, playing into hands of Hamas; IDF said to warn of manpower issues

Ariel and Ellay Golan with their daughter Yael. The family was severely burned when Hamas terrorists set fire to their home in Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023. The use of NexoBrid on their burns improved and hastened their recovery. (Courtesy of Evyatar Hogeg)

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Triumph Over Tragedy: the Golan family

Our hearts are with the Golan family and all those who endured the horrors of the attack. At Sheba we stand united against violence and vow to treat every patient with the utmost care.

Arabs push UN vote on immediate Gaza humanitarian ceasefire despite surefire US veto

By AP and ToI Staff

Move comes as Washington circulates rival Security Council resolution supporting temporary truce linked to release of all hostages, lifting of all restrictions on delivery of aid

The UN Security Council meets about the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on December 22, 2023. (Charly Ttriballeau/AFP)

A man rides a bicycle in Rafah in southern Gaza, on February 18, 2024. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

US proposes Security Council resolution backing temporary ceasefire to stymie Rafah push

By Jacob Magid and Reuters

File: The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on January 23, 2024. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb 20: Day 137 – Ceasefire’s many meanings at UN Security Council vote

Families of Israelis held in Hamas captivity protest calling for the government to find a solution to have the hostages released, outside IDF military headquarters in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 20: Hostage families protest in Tel Aviv: ‘Let them kidnap your children, then you can talk!’

Polling stations open in Gaza for soldiers to vote in municipal elections * Qatar says Hamas confirmed it received medicine for hostages * US vetoes UNSC ceasefire resolution

9:51 pm

London High Court rejects petition to suspend British arms exports to Israel
9:41 pm

IDF constructing new east-west road in Gaza Strip as part of plan for day after war - WSJ
9:00 pm

War with Hezbollah could cause frequent, extended power outages across most of Israel, Health Ministry report warns

I want to fight for Israel. Why won’t anyone let me?

I could work to help sway opinion in my country of origin if only there was a shred of effective Israeli PR there and elsewhere abroad

Give the first Israel Prize in Citizen Heroism to Netanyahu

After all, he’s the one who ordered a preemptive attack on Gaza (in 2014). It’s right there in his autobiography

Israeli kitchen dreams

The notion of hosting holiday meals with extended family and friends every single week might not play too well in Peoria

What Israel’s local elections mean right now

The choices voters make about how to live with their neighbors will augur a new contract for life at the national level

Navalny: The 'virus of freedom' is far from being eradicated

After reading his book, Navalny corresponded with Sharansky about enduring in prison

News site publishes handwritten letters between the two dissidents, with former Prisoner of Zion urging now-deceased Russian opposition leader to ‘maintain your inner freedom’

Natan Sharansky (left) and Alexei Navalny. (Collage/AP)

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, addresses a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, February 19, 2024. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Widow accuses Putin of killing Navalny, vows to keep fighting Kremlin

By AP

PM's 'total victory' concept must be clarified operationally

Eisenkot said to warn colleagues: War aims stalled by lack of strategic decision-making

TV report: In letter to war cabinet, minister says none of the goals declared post-Oct. 7 has yet to be accomplished, and it’s ‘increasingly difficult’ to achieve them

Minister Gadi Eisenkot, a war cabinet observer, attends a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, on February 6, 2024 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (right) meets with Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram (left) the commander of the 99th Division in the Gaza Strip in this photo published on January 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Military chief orders start of internal probes into pre-October 7 failures

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinians inspect destruction in Rafah following an Israeli airstrike on February 18, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

26 EU countries warn Israel against ‘catastrophic’ Rafah offensive

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Images taken from various Israeli music videos about the Israel-Hamas war (YouTube screenshots/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

With digital production, songs can be released in real time

Amid thrum of war, popular songs of rage and resilience become post-Oct. 7 soundtrack

By Gavriel Fiske

As the Israel-Hamas war rages, hit tracks tune into the psyche of Israeli society grappling with a tragic and challenging time

IDF troops seen in the Gaza Strip in a photo released by the IDF, Feb. 16, 2024. (IDF Spokesperson)

IDF says 12,000 Hamas fighters killed in Gaza war, double the terror group’s claim

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Military announces air force has carried out over 31,000 strikes since October 7, including more than 1,000 in Lebanon and dozens in West bank

Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists are seen on their way to cross the Israel-Gaza border fence from Khan Younis during the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib/ AFP/ File)

Hamas planned Ashkelon jail raid to free Palestinian prisoners on October 7 – report

Troops operating in the Gaza Strip in an undated photo released February 20, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)

Army pushes back on reported fears Sinwar fled to Sinai, as battles return to Gaza City

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif (center) celebrating after an impeachment vote against him failed in the Knesset, February 19, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson)

Bid to oust MK Ofer Cassif over backing for ICJ genocide case falls short in Knesset

Parties trade barbs after centrists from Yesh Atid, National Unity and Labor sit out impeachment motion, leaving it five votes short of 90 needed to boot Hadash-Ta’al lawmaker

Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela checks his phone during a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2024. (Patrick Post/AP)

At World Court, South Africa says Israeli ‘apartheid’ surpasses its own sordid past

By AFP and ToI Staff

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid advances bill to enlist ultra-Orthodox, demanding they share IDF burden

Opposition leader calls on defense minister to withdraw government bill lengthening enlistment period to make up for manpower shortages, says IDF must be ‘real people’s army’

Demonstrators gather outside the Knesset to protest the government's 2024 wartime budget on February 19, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Knesset protest against wartime budget cuts takes aim at Haredi earmarks

By Charlie Summers

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terroriststake cover as a siren alert is sounded at the 'Hostage Square' outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

War-battered economy plunged almost 20%, marking sharpest contraction since pandemic

By Sharon Wrobel

With the outbreak of the war, private consumption and investments dropped sharply, while government spending soared amid massive reservist callup and wide population displacements

Brazil recalls ambassador, summons Israeli envoy as scuffle over Gaza remarks deepens

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Moves comes after Brazilian ambassador reprimanded on tour of Yad Vashem, told Lula not welcome in Israel in response to comments comparing Israeli offensive to Holocaust

Brazilian Ambassador to Israel Frederico Meyer tours the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Cars set alight in the Palestinian village of Burqa in the northern West Bank on February 19, 2024. (Courtesy Burqa Municipality)

Israeli injured in West Bank IED attack, sparking fiery settler retaliation

Man suffers light wounds in incident near illegal Homesh outpost; cars, home torched in subsequent riot in village of Burqa, with some Palestinians reported injured in attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset plenum session on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu boasts of thwarting the establishment of a Palestinian state ‘for decades’

Black smoke and flames rise from a burning warehouse, hit by Israeli strikes, at an industrial district, in the southern coastal town of Ghazieh, Lebanon, February 19, 2024. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

IDF strikes Hezbollah arms depots deep inside Lebanon after drone attack on north

By Emanuel Fabian

Composer and kamanche player Mark Eliyahu and his father, Piris Eliyahu (left) in performance at the National Library of Israel on February 15, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Concert review

With ‘About Love,’ composer Mark Eliyahu strings along his devotees

By Jessica Steinberg

Kamancheh player, who composed the theme music for TV show ‘Tehran’, performs with father, Piris Eliyahu, and three other musical colleagues for East-meets-West journey of sound

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Jeffrey Stevens' mugshot in February 2024. (Huntington County Sheriff Department)

Indiana freelance reporter charged after threatening to ‘kill every Jew’ in Fort Wayne

By AP

A Houthi forces helicopter approaching the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on November 19, 2023, in the Red Sea. (Houthi Media Center via AP, File)

EU launches naval mission to secure Red Sea from Houthi attacks

By AFP, AP and ToI Staff

Eilat's Red Sea Hotel, where an alleged gang rape took place in mid-August 2020. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Pair sentenced to prison over 2020 gang rape of 16-year-old girl in Eilat

A student looks at Iran's domestically built centrifuges in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 8, 2023. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

IAEA chief says Iran bulking up stockpile of nearly weapons-grade uranium

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