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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 29, 2024

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Aerial footage showing crowds rushing aid trucks in northern Gaza, released on February 29, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinians accuse Israel of 'massacre'

Dozens killed in Gaza aid stampede; IDF says its fire caused no more than 10 casualties

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Hamas puts toll at 104, blames Israel, could suspend hostage talks; IDF: Most casualties were trampled or run over; troops did not fire on crowd, shot at several Gazans who endangered them

Displaced Palestinians gather for food in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on February 28, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (AFP).

Masked men in Gaza enforce prices in street markets amid aid crisis

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Jordanian military aircraft (not pictured) drops humanitarian aid over Rafah and Khan Younis in the skies of the southern Gaza Strip on February 27, 2024. (Said Khatib/AFP)

US considering airdropping aid into Gaza as land deliveries become increasingly hard

By Agencies and ToI Staff

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip in this undated handout photo published February 29, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 29: US backs probe into deadly aid stampede in Gaza; IDF denies firing at convoy

Biden: Incident will set back hostage efforts * Army says it was securing trucks, acknowledges its fire caused up to 10 casualties * IDF: 13,000 terrorists killed since start of war

9:41 pm

Hundreds gather for protest in Tel Aviv against Gaza war
9:03 pm

Canada says Gaza aid crowd crush 'a nightmare,' calls to end fighting
8:10 pm

White House: Gaza aid incident 'tremendously alarming,' must be investigated

Gallant says no Haredi draft bill without centrist support, risking coalition crisis

By Emanuel Fabian, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Defense minister says ultra-Orthodox must share military burden; announcement welcomed by Gantz, met by vague Haredi threats that issue could bring down the government

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 28, 2024. (Screen capture)

IDF reservists guard a Hamas tunnel discovered in northern Gaza's Salatin, close to Jabaliya, December 7, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Knesset extends temporary measure upping age limit for end of IDF reserve service

Promoted Video

Sheba Makes Newsweek’s Top 10 Hospitals 2024 List

At Sheba, we provide hope without boundaries, and help people return to life. We are honored to be leading the way in global healthcare.

In first, ultra-Orthodox parties win majority on Jerusalem city council

‘We don’t want to turn Jerusalem into Bnei Brak,’ says Deputy Mayor Eliezer Rauchberger, adding ‘we’re here to demand our share’ in an equitable manner

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speaks during an event of the Shas party ahead of the municipal elections in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Sheila Weinberg, the first transgender Israeli to be elected to a city council. (LinkedIn: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In Kiryat Tivon, residents elect Israel’s first transgender city councilor

Illustrative: Evacuees from Shlomit return to their community on February 28, 2024. (Courtesy of the General Secretariat of Shlomit)

Construction was underway on 50 new homes when war broke out

500 evacuees stage a muted but joyous return to Shlomit, their village near Gaza

By Canaan Lidor

The ongoing war and the fact that Hamas still holds Israeli hostages prevent homecoming celebrations for the religious-Zionist community 6.5 kilometers from the border

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)

Report: War cabinet sidelines Ben Gvir, rejects Ramadan Al Aqsa limits on Arab Israelis

Rejection follows Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s call for Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank to march to Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first day of holy month

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir in Tel Aviv on February 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ben Gvir said to bar Netanyahu aide from police meeting on Ramadan preparations

Reporter's notebook

As Hamas tries to regroup in north Gaza, IDF forces are determined to root it out

Two days before Tzabar Battalion lost officers in a booby-trapped house, The Times of Israel took a trip to the battlefield, where a ceasefire was not on anyone’s mind

Soldiers from the Tzabar Battalion operate in the central Gaza Strip, February 25, 2024 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 28, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Palestinian Authority FM says Hamas can’t be part of PA government for now

By AFP and ToI Staff

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's Gaza Strip chief, waves to supporters in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Hamas leader Sinwar said to believe his forces are on road to victory against IDF

By Lazar Berman

According to Wall Street Journal, terrorist organization’s Gaza leader sent a message to exiled officials claiming the world will compel Israel to end the war due to civilian toll

Hamas's Gaza Strip leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, October 10, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 29: Day 146 – Sinwar claims Hamas is winning the war. Here’s why

File: This handout picture provided by the Iranian foreign ministry on February 13, 2024, shows Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh preparing to welcome the Iranian foreign minister in Doha. (Iranian Foreign Ministry/AFP)

Hamas chief claims flexibility in truce talks, calls for Ramadan march on Jerusalem

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Michigan’s Gaza protest votes below levels seen as requiring major Biden shift

By Jacob Magid and AP

While ‘uncommitted’ ballots numbered some 100k, enough for two delegates, they fell below the threshold seen as representing a clear danger to the president’s reelection campaign

Eric Suter-Bull holds a Vote Uncommitted sign outside a voting location at Saline Intermediate School for the Michigan primary election in Dearborn, Michigan, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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

Poll: Most Democrats prefer presidential candidate who won’t back Israel military aid

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, February 28, 2024. (Alastair Grant/AP)

Sunak vows to fight ‘shocking’ antisemitism, boosts Jewish community security funds

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Amid surge in anti-Jewish hatred after October 7 Hamas assault, UK’s Community Security Trust to receive additional 54 million pounds to protect buildings, sites

Britain's Prince William meets with young people together with Holocaust Educational Trust ambassadors, as he visits the Western Marble Arch Synagogue, London, Feb. 29, 2024. (Toby Melville/Pool photo via AP)

Prince William visits London synagogue to hear of rise in antisemitism in UK

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Residents and rescuers check the destruction after an overnight Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Kafra, on February 29, 2024 (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)

Report: US fears Israel will launch spring offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Biden official says expanded air campaign could lead to ground op; IDF says ‘suspicious’ object downed after sirens blare in Haifa; IDF strikes Hezbollah rocket launchers

Footage of an alleged Israeli strike near Damascus on February 28, 2024. (screen capture: X)

Israeli strikes said to target pro-Iran stronghold near Damascus

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Analysis

Despite spin, municipal elections unlikely to predict national political trends

Parties across the spectrum rush to boast of ‘growing power,’ but experts say few conclusions can be drawn nationally: ‘At the end of the day, local politics is local politics’

Ballots ahead of the Jerusalem municipal elections, at a warehouse in Jerusalem on February 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli families enjoy a music headphone party at the TLV fashion mall in Tel Aviv during municipal election day on February 27, 2024. (Courtesy)

Though voter turnout low, Israelis flock to malls on municipal election holiday

By Sharon Wrobel

Rare genetic diseases captured in painful and inspiring online art exhibition

By Renee Ghert-Zand

With February 29 marking International Rare Diseases Day, Israeli researchers launch a website providing families of diagnosed kids with crucial information and resources

Shachar Levy, known as DawnLev on social media. (Courtesy)

Interview'I'm just making people question very obvious propaganda'

The social media star who uses snark to fight Israel’s war of information

By Maya Zanger-Nadis

Irreverent entertainer Shachar Levy — aka DawnLev — uses her platform to create viral pro-Israel content that encourages viewers to think critically about the Israel-Hamas war

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators break through the doors of a building hosting a Jewish event featuring a speaker from Israel, at the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California, February 26, 2024. (Screenshots from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).

Pro-Palestinian protesters at UC Berkeley force police evacuation of Jewish event

By AP and ToI Staff

University says criminal investigation probing suspected battery and use of antisemitic slurs, among other allegations, after demonstrators break through doors and breach venue

Illustrative: People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, February 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

AAUP becomes largest US faculty group to join call for ceasefire

By Cathryn J. Prince

Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt speaks during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lipstadt urges US Jews not to ‘go underground’ amid surging antisemitism

Comedian Richard Lewis attends an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on December 25, 2012. (AP Photo/ Alex Gallardo, File)

Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis, dies at 76

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

With memorable roles in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and Mel Brooks’s ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights,’ Lewis said he viewed comedy as a deeply Jewish act

More Headlines

Families of the Israelis kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza march towards Jerusalem from the site of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, February 28, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90).

This year’s Genesis Prize awarded to groups aiding hostage families

By AP and ToI Staff

American Jewish singer Matisyahu, performing at the Sacred Music Festival in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 4, 2015. (Eric Cortellessa/ File)

Heavy metal singer raises $29K for security for Matisyahu after pro-Palestinian protests

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Fire and destruction at a synagogue in Sfax, Tunisia, after a mob set fire to the building and burned several trees in the courtyard on February 25, 2024. (Screenshots from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).

Mob reported to attack abandoned synagogue in Tunisia’s Sfax

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon reacts as he speaks during a press conference in Sydney on December 20, 2023. (David Gray/AFP)

New Zealand designates all of Hamas as terror group, sanctions extremist settlers

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Visitors watch the "Field Hospital" installation by artist Aya Ben Ron on display at Israel's pavilion during the 58th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Political issues that excite newsprint, airwaves and social media, such as fake news, migration, poverty, global warming and armed conflict, are getting a very open airing at the 58th Venice Biennale contemporary art fair, which Saturday, May 11, and runs through Nov. 24, 2019.(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy’s culture minister backs Israel after calls to exclude it from Venice Biennale

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Thomas, the BaTTeRi company's mobile EV charger. (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli contest sees investors grab energy tech startups for pilot projects

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket blasts off carrying Iran's Pars-1 satellite at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, February 29, 2024. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

Iran observation satellite launched into orbit on Russian rocket

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks off the Senate floor after speaking, February 28, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP’s Mitch McConnell to step down as party’s Senate leader after 18 years

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