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What Matters Most On Monday, February 26, 2024

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An Israeli airstrike is seen near Baalbek in northeast Lebanon (left) after a IDF Hermes 450 drone was shot down by a Hezbollah missile (right) over southern Lebanon, February 26, 2024. (Screenshot: X)

IDF strikes deeper in Lebanon than for years after Hezbollah shoots down military drone

By Emanuel Fabian

2 terror operatives killed in strikes near Baalbek, in northeast Lebanon; Israeli air defenses intercept 1 missile fired at UAV, but 2nd one brings it down

Soldiers are seen monitoring surveillance cameras at a command center at the IDF's Re'im camp in southern Israel, November 5, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)

Parents protest IDF decision to move surveillance soldiers nearer to Lebanon border

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) speaks with IDF Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin at the unit's HQ in Safed, February 25, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant: Israel will increase strikes on Hezbollah even during potential Gaza truce

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinians crowd a market in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2024 (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

IDF presents plan for evacuation of Rafah, gets approval for aid to south Gaza

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister’s Office does not provide details of proposal presented to war cabinet, says humanitarian supplies will be provided ‘in a way that will prevent looting’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu: Total victory in Gaza will be ‘weeks away’ once Rafah operation launched

By Agencies and ToI Staff

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari speaks to the press at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Hagari: Hamas deeply embedded among civilians, stages attacks from humanitarian zones

With Israel’s team headed for Qatar, Smotrich opposes deal, PM said toughening stance

Netanyahu reportedly insisting Palestinian prisoners convicted of the most serious crimes be deported, also said to demand a list of which hostages are still alive

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attend a Knesset vote on the state budget, February 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Protesters demonstrate for the release of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 24, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Official downplays hostage deal prospects: Israel, mediators ‘talking to ourselves’

By Lazar Berman

Demonstrators calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas terrorists outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 26: Day 143 – Hostage talks see some progress in Qatar

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US: 'We welcome steps for PA to reform, revitalize itself'

Amid US pressure for reform, entire PA government submits its resignation to Abbas

By Agencies and ToI Staff

PM Shtayyeh sends letter to Palestinian Authority president, says new ‘political arrangements’ required for postwar Gaza; Hamas: Must be national consensus

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh speaks during a meeting with officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, November 9, 2023. (Ludovic Marin/AP)

Yes, my son is staying at Columbia

Student-warriors taking on campus battles are to be applauded but Jewish kids who just want to go to school deserve support too

What happens when Israel runs out of ammo?

With US arsenals stretched to the limit and other allies lining up for their share, it’s time to forge a new defense supply channel

An armed Hamas terrorist walking around the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 7, where terrorists from Gaza massacred hundreds of people. (South First Responders/AFP)

Hours before Hamas attack, IDF noticed dozens of terrorists activating Israeli SIMs

By Emanuel Fabian

Because such activations had taken place in the past, the development was not seen as a definite red flag; military censor permits detail for publication following media leak

Protesters: We can’t do it alone anymore, burden too heavy

High Court orders the government to explain why its refusal to draft Haredim is legal

By Jeremy Sharon

Petitioners claim a 2023 resolution enabling state to temporarily avoid drafting ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students is illegal. State has till March 24 to respond to court

Protesters demanding ultra-Orthodox military conscription demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF troops seen operating in Gaza in this handout photo cleared for publication on February 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 26: Report says Israel agreed at Paris hostage talks to freeing 400 Palestinian prisoners

Hezbollah fires 60 rockets at Golan after IDF strike deep in Lebanon * Police chief blames ‘group not linked to hostage families’ for Tel Aviv clash * Entire PA government quits

9:57 pm

British rapper Wiley stripped of royal honors over antisemitism
9:40 pm

Biden said likely to invite hostage family members to his State of the Union speech
8:58 pm

Yair Golan said planning to run in Labor party primaries

Bilha and Yakov Inon. (Courtesy)

One person remains missing from Oct. 7. Her family has accepted she’s gone

After initially being considered dead, lack of conclusive evidence about fate of Bilha Inon, 76, has IDF considering every option, though her daughters don’t think she’s a hostage

Economy Minister Nir Barkat (left) meets with Saudi Commerce Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi at the WTO conference in Abu Dhabi, February 26, 2024. (Courtesy Economy Ministry)

Barkat talks peace with Saudi counterpart in UAE: ‘We can make history together’

By Lazar Berman

On sidelines of World Trade Organization meeting in Abu Dhabi, ministers shake hands, exchange phone numbers amid talk of potential landmark regional deal that includes normalization

File - In this image taken from video, police are deployed outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, February 25, 2024, after an active-duty member of the US Air Force was critically injured after setting himself ablaze outside the diplomatic compound. (WJLA via AP)

US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Active member of Air Force succumbs to wounds from self-immolation apparently in protest of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, livestreamed on gaming platform Twitch

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his remarks, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN chief says world ‘less safe by the day’ amid Gaza and Ukraine wars, defends UNRWA

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sgt. Oz Daniel, 19, was killed on October 7, 2023 and his body was taken to Gaza. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Soldier held captive in Gaza was killed on October 7, body held by Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian

Military chief rabbi declares death of Sgt. Oz Daniel based on findings and new intelligence information

President Isaac Herzog meets with soldier Ori Megidish, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 and freed in an Israeli military operation in Gaza in late October, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, January 11, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Rescued Gaza hostage Ori Megidish returns to active military service

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Explainer

As Israel heads to municipal elections mid-war, here’s what you need to know

The war against Hamas forced 2 postponements of the vote, but it will finally take place on Tuesday – except in those parts of the country that have been evacuated

Ballot envelopes for the municipal elections in Jerusalem -- yellow for the mayor; white for the council -- pictured at a warehouse on February 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Inside story

In Beit Shemesh election, the ultra-Orthodox are looking to regain power

Religious conflict no longer solely defines the city’s politics but some worry that a victory for Shas’s Moshe Abutbul could spell a return to the violence of his last term

Residents of the mixed Modern Orthodox-Haredi neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph on April 27, 2020. (Sam Sokol)

Mayor Moshe Lion at his office in Jerusalem, May 9, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)

Op-ed: Municipal elections

Shalom Yerushalmi

The mayor is certain to win, but there’s a lot more to the vote in Jerusalem

Moshe Lion will be back, but with liberal and traditional Jerusalemites focused on war, ultra-Orthodox factions are expected to win more than half the city council for the first time

Shira Sabach, breeding manager at Israeli foodtech startup Supree at a greenhouse in Netiv Haasara, November 2022. (Courtesy)

Defying war’s wreckage, self-drying cherry tomatoes ripen near Gaza

By Shoshanna Solomon

Researchers at foodtech startup Supree find species that produce raisin-like superfood in natural process that preserves fruit’s taste, vitamins and antioxidants

An aerial view of the Volcani Institute. (Yigal Elad, Wikipedia)

Agricultural research body says planned budget cuts will force it to halt activities

Explainer

Report card: Israel to file compliance update to ICJ over genocide charges

Israel’s submission will likely focus on efforts to improve Gaza humanitarian situation and steps to crack down on speech that may amount to incitement to genocide

Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

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Adi Zohar, who was injured in a terrorist shooting attack near Ma'ale Adumim on February 22, 2024, speaks to the media at the Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘My life was given back to me’: Pregnant woman wounded in terror attack speaks out

Lord Jacob Rothschild arrives for a reception hosted by Britain's Prince Charles at Clarence House in London, July 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

ObituaryLord Jacob Rothschild, banking dynasty scion, backer of Jewish causes, dies at 87

File - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters while waving an Israeli flag during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/AFP)

In rebuttal of Lula, Brazil’s ex-leader Bolsonaro waves Israeli flag at mass rally

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Education Minister Yoav Kisch attends a committee meeting in the Knesset on December 19, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister scraps Israel Prize categories over nomination of government critic – report

Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Weakened Labor announces May primary to replace lame duck Merav Michaeli

Women ride a scooter through Kyiv's Maidan Square, past sandbags that spell out 'HELP,' and flags displayed from around the world, in Ukraine, June 25, 2022. (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

Two years in, Jewish fundraising for Ukraine war has slowed to a trickle

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

FILE: US President Joe Biden meets with UAW members during a campaign stop, Feb. 1, 2024, in Warren, Michigan. (AP/Evan Vucci)

ExplainerMichigan primary: What to watch as 2024 campaign shifts to the first big swing state

By Thomas Beaumont

Handbags are for sale at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CPAC denies report Nazis, white supremacists openly attended its annual summit

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky answers media questions during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during war with Russia

By AFP

Illustrative: The scene of a fatal shooting in the northern Arab city of Umm Al-Fahm, February 25, 2024. (Israel Police)

Man shot dead, three others wounded in Umm Al-Fahm shooting

Houthi supporters attend a rally against the US-led strikes on Yemen and Israel's war in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, February 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

US says Houthis fired ballistic missile at tanker in Gulf of Aden, but missed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Alexander Smirnov, second from right, leaves a courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 20, 2024, in Las Vegas (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

US-Israeli ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Biden to appear in court

By AP

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