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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 13, 2024

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June 13: France says de-escalation plan in works after Hezbollah appears to fire largest barrage yet

Woman reported killed in Israeli strike in south Lebanon * US willing to up pressure on Iran over increased enrichment * Biden says Hamas ‘has to move’ on ceasefire-hostage deal

11:39 pm

At least 100 rockets, 30 drones said fired Thursday afternoon, in largest Hezbollah attack yet
8:55 pm

Reports: At least 7 casualties in Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon
8:50 pm

Parks Authority says it has cut, frozen jobs for close to half its workers amid budget woes

Demonstrators call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, June 5, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)

Senior Hamas official claims changes are 'not significant'

Negotiations stuck on Hamas demand for Israeli up-front commitment to permanent truce

Terror group has reportedly demanded expedited schedule for IDF to leave Gaza, insisting on a withdrawal in first week of deal, with Russia, China and Turkey to act as guarantors

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) gives a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani (R) in Doha on June 12, 2024. (Ibraheem Al-Omari/Pool/AFP)

Blinken pans Hamas response to Israeli offer, says some of its changes ‘not workable’

An anti-missile system fires interception missiles at rockets fired from Lebanon, seen from the northern town of Rosh Pina, June 12, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Overnight IDF strikes hit Hezbollah sites in south Lebanon

US wants ‘de-escalation’ in north after Hezbollah fires largest rocket volley of war

By ToI Staff, AP and Emanuel Fabian

Terror group vows to intensify attacks after top commander killed in Israeli strike; Iran’s Quds Force official says Hezbollah has 1 million rockets in arsenal

The coffin of Taleb Abdallah, known as Abu Taleb, a senior field commander of Hezbollah who was killed in what security forces say was an Israel strike, is carried during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on June 12, 2024. (Anwar Amro / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 13: Day 251 – Will Hezbollah’s 215 rockets spark full-out war?

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Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov looks at his phone at Sheba Medical Center on June 8, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Rescued hostage, ‘brainwashed’ by Hamas, thought IDF forces had come to kill him

Andrey Kozlov’s family tells of ‘psychological terror’ and physical torture he endured during 8-month captivity in Gaza, as well as the joy and challenges of reuniting with him

The Gaza ceasefire proposal needs this crucial change

In Biden’s telling of the deal, there’s a weakness when it comes to who guarantees that Hamas and Israel fulfill their commitments

When the price of loving Israel is ostracism

The challenge for Israel educators is no longer about deepening ties to the Jewish state, it’s proving those ties are worth it all

A shirt with Arabic writing on it found near a body discovered at Sha'ar Henegev, most likely belonging to an Oct. 7 terrorist (Israel Police)

Police say body found near Gaza most likely an October 7 terrorist

Remains discovered by civilian in Sha’ar Hanegev in advanced stage of decay along with tactical vest and what appears to be shirt bearing Hamas logo

Eliran Mizrahi, who took his own life on June 7, 2024, after being called back to war after suffering from two injuries and PTSD (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF to recognize reservist with PTSD who took own life as a fallen soldier

By Emanuel Fabian

Army says recognition possible because Eliran Mizrahi was on active duty when he died, after initially saying he was not; family welcomes move ‘with happiness mixed with sadness’

IDF troops use a trebuchet to launch an incendiary device over the border into Lebanon, in a video circulated on June 13, 2024. (Screenshot)

Going medieval

Troops use trebuchet to launch incendiaries at Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Middle ages-style catapult used to spark blazes on other side of northern border, where dense vegetation poses challenge to IDF

Analysis

Amir Bar Shalom

In the north and south, diplomacy has become more decisive than military might

The war against Hamas is petering out, pressuring Israel to find a way to end fighting on its own terms — a maneuver made tricky by narrow constraints within the cabinet

View of a large fire after missiles launched from Lebanon hit open areas near Kadita, in the Galilee area, northern Israel, on June 12, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

United States CENTCOM chief Gen. Michael Kurilla (left) meets in Israel with IDF chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi in this handout photo released on June 11, 2024. (IDF)

IDF chief met with senior generals of Arab countries in Bahrain – report

US CENTCOM said to sponsor summit between Herzi Halevi and top military leaders from Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt to discuss cooperation

Explainer

Did the Nuseirat hostage rescue operation comply with international law?

While Israel has celebrated the rescue of four hostages, critics argue the large number of Palestinian casualties means op may have have violated laws of war; not so, say others

Israeli hostages pictured after their rescue from Hamas captivity in Gaza on June 8, 2024. From left: Shlomi Ziv (IDF); Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir Jan (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); and Noa Argamani (Courtesy).

Eyal Drory (left), Shuki Yashuv and Elad Katz, co-owners of Agur Winery, hosting wine tastings in June 2024. (Courtesy)

Bottled up by war, Judean hills vintners open anew to let visitors ‘breathe a little’

By Jessica Steinberg

Wineries from the Matte Yehuda region offer a month of tastings and tours with notes of melancholy and grief for those affected by the fighting and hostage crisis

Illustrative: Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the Knesset plenum, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)

Ben Gvir slams Netanyahu’s ‘obscene habit’ of excluding him from war decisions

Demanding far tougher response to Hezbollah bombardment, far-right minister argues PM can’t ‘hide behind Gantz and Eisenkot anymore’

Red paint covers portions of the entrance to the German consulate building, June 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Sophie Rosenbaum)

Outcry as vandalism targets homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum officials

By AP and ToI Staff

Mayor Eric Adams says police investigating actions that crossed over into ‘overt, unacceptable antisemitism’

Dr. Julio Frenk, right, smiles as he is confirmed as the next chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), during a meeting of the regents of the University of California system, June 12, 2024, on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

UCLA names new chancellor as campus still reels from anti-Israel protests

By AP

(Clockwise from top left) High school yearbooks in East Brunswick, New Jersey; Bellaire, Texas; St. Louis Park, Minnesota; and Glenview, Illinois went to press during the 2023-24 school year with material that Jews said was antisemitic or insensitive, ranging from the swapping out of a Jewish student group photo with a Muslim group, to descriptions of the Israel-Hamas war that avoided the October 7 Hamas atrocities. (Collage by JTA)

'Jewish parents are outraged, and they should be'

Most likely to antagonize US Jewish students this spring: High school yearbooks

By Andrew Lapin

With some pupils already experiencing antisemitism due to the Israel-Hamas war, the student-produced journals can add fuel to the fire as political activism goes unchecked

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Rabia Araidi (Social media; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Son of former Israeli ambassador found decapitated in north

Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)

Iran seen expanding enrichment after IAEA rebuke, but response tamer than feared

By Francois Murphy and John Irish

Screen capture from video of Russian-Israeli journalist Roman Perl speaking about being denied entry to Serbia, June 12, 2024. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Russian-Israeli journalist banned from entering Serbia as ‘foreign agent’

By AFP

Police gather evidence at the scene where an off-duty soldier shot a man in Jerusalem's Old City, June 12, 2024. (Israel Police)

Palestinian shot in Jerusalem’s Old City in apparent altercation with off-duty soldiers

Jibril Rajoub, president of the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestinian Olympic Committee, gives a press conference in Ramallah in the West Bank on June 12, 2024. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Palestinian Olympics chief hopes Paris games will spotlight war in Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

A sinkhole near Kibbutz Ein Gedi in southern Israel, from which a Nubian ibex was rescued, June 2024. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

Rock bottomNubian ibex rescued from 10-meter-deep sinkhole

French citizen Louis Arnaud, who was imprisoned in Iran, flanked by his mother and father upon arrival at Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, on June 13, 2024. (LCI/POOL/AFP)

French citizen Louis Arnaud arrives in Paris after release from Iranian prison

By AFP

The Hebrew language "Who is Taylor Swift" book, released June 5, 2024; Taylor Swift performs at Groupama Stadium on June 2, 2024 in Lyon, France. (John Shearer/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management via JTA)

(No) bad bloodHebrew edition of kids book ‘Who is Taylor Swift?’ published in Israel

By JTA and ToI Staff

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