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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 16, 2024

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Eight Israeli soldiers killed in a blast in southern Gaza's Rafah on June 15, 2024: L-R top: Sgt. Eliyahu Moshe Zimbalist, Sgt. Itay Amar, Staff Sgt. Stanislav Kostarev, Sgt. Shalom Menachem; bottom: Staff Sgt. Or Blumovitz, Staff Sgt. Oz Yeshaya Gruber, Cpt. Wassem Mahmoud, Sgt. Yakir Ya’akov Levi

Eight troops killed in Rafah explosion, in deadliest incident for IDF in 6 months

By Emanuel Fabian

Initial probe finds armored combat engineering vehicle attacked after night of fighting; soldier wounded earlier in the week succumbs to wounds, raising ground op toll to 309

Troops of the Commando Brigade operate in southern Gaza's Rafah, in a handout photo published June 15, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 16: Day 254 – Behind the IDF’s most loss-filled day in 6 months

Cpt. (res.) Eitan Koplovich (left) and Warrant Officer (res.) Elon Weiss, killed in the Gaza Strip on June 15, 2024. (Courtesy)

Two reservists killed in north Gaza, as soldiers slain in Rafah blast named

By Emanuel Fabian

Tank hit by explosive, killing Cpt. (res.) Eitan Koplovich and Warrant Officer (res.) Elon Weiss, wounding two others seriously

After objecting, PM is told move does not change IDF policy

IDF announces daily pause in fighting along key south Gaza road to increase aid flow

By Emanuel Fabian

Military stresses operations against Hamas in Rafah continue despite 11-hour pause each day on route leading from Kerem Shalom to Khan Younis

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (R) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (L) are seen at a 'Victory Conference' calling for renewed Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, January 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Far-right ministers blast ‘delusional’ daily pauses in fighting to secure Gaza aid

Palestinians wait in line to withdraw money from an ATM in the main market in Ramallah city in the West Bank on June 9, 2024. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Economically battered West Bank fears punitive steps by Smotrich

By AFP and ToI Staff

Residential homes, severely damaged during Hamas's October 7 onslaught on southern Israel, line a street in the Olives Neighborhood of Kibbutz Be'eri on January 1, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, June 8, 2024. (Tomer Appelbaum/POOL/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

June 16: Security cabinet puts off vote on measures to boost settlements, punish PA

IDF names 8th soldier killed in Rafah blast yesterday, announces death of soldier killed earlier today * UN officials warn ‘real risk’ of wider Israel-Lebanon war

12:34 am

Seinfeld ridicules pro-Palestinian heckler during show: 'He's solved the Middle East!'
11:59 pm

Army says sirens in southern Israel were a false alarm
10:57 pm

Rocket sirens sounded in Nirim, near the Gaza Strip

Martin Alintuck

10 simple questions for every country except Israel

Especially for those who easily bash Israel: Look in the mirror and tell us what would you have done?

There’s no pill for this

He’s pacing, eyes darting, fingers playing tiny imaginary pianos. He’s military age. Heaven only knows where he’s been

Eisenkot accuses PM of delaying Rafah offensive by 3 months due to political interests

In interviews, ex-war cabinet observer says Netanyahu is intimidated by far-right and should resign; says he regrets not pushing harder to extend Nov. truce, get more hostages out

National Unity lawmaker Gadi Eisenkot is seen in an interview with Channel 12, June 15, 2024. (Screenshot, Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

File: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant give a joint press conference in Tel Aviv on December 18, 2023. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)

Gallant set to visit Washington later this month for talks with US counterpart

By Emanuel Fabian

At protests, coalition implored to reach hostage deal, bashed for not tackling Hezbollah

By Charlie Summers and Canaan Lidor

12 arrested in Tel Aviv as tens of thousands rally to urge a deal with Hamas, demand elections, decry Haredi draft exemptions, and fume at attacks on the north

A protester is detained during protests calling for a hostage deal and denouncing the government, in Tel Aviv, on June 15, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Route 4 near Ra'anana in the direction of Tel Aviv is blocked by protesters calling for elections, on June 16, 2024 (Danor Aharon via anti-government protest movement)

Protesters block major highways and interchanges in call for early elections

Helmet cam video released by police shows officers of the Yamam counter-terrorism unit rescuing hostage Noa Argamani from Hamas captivity in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp, June 8, 2024. (Screen capture)

Her first question to her rescuers: Is my mother still alive?

‘Noa, we’re taking you home’: Helmet cam video shows rescue of hostage Noa Argamani

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Newly released video shows Yamam officers protecting 26-year-old during extraction op from Hamas captivity in Gaza, as they are heard reassuring her she is safe

Smoke billows from fires ignited by Israeli shelling on the forested areas of the southern Lebanese village of Deir Mimas on June 15, 2024. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Hezbollah strikes north in latest revenge attacks for commander killed by Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Missiles launched by terror group hit Mount Meron air traffic control base but IDF says ‘no harm to the unit’s capabilities’; Israeli strike targets terror operative in Lebanon

Some of the coins found buried in the foundations an ancient, destroyed Jewish building in Lod, in an image released on June 16, 2024. (Dafna Gazit/IAA)

Archaeology

Ancient Lod coin hoard reveals details of little-known 4th-century Jewish uprising

By Gavriel Fiske

94 coins found in a destroyed Jewish public building were buried during the short-lived Gallus Revolt, undertaken by the Jews during a time of Roman civil war

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, June 15, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Trump allies seek to woo Arab-American voters unhappy with Biden support for Israel

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI

Republican presidential candidate’s outreach campaign headed by his daughter’s father-in-law, Massad Boulos, a Lebanese-born businessman with ties in crucial swing state Michigan

Spanish UN peacekeepers stand on a hill overlooking the Lebanese border villages with Israel in Marjayoun town on January 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Fringe far-right conference to advocate occupation and settlement of south Lebanon

Uri Tzafon organization sends eviction notices to residents of Israel’s northern neighbor by balloons and drone, says Jewish settlement is ‘only solution to conflict in north’

Analysis

10 contests for Israel supporters to watch in the UK’s July 4 general election

High-flying young Jewish candidates, pro-Palestinian activists and a former Labour leader booted from his party vie for votes ahead of the polls

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty launch the Conservatives' general election manifesto in Silverstone, England, on June 11, 2024. (Benjamin Cremel, Pool Photo via AP)

Demonstrators stand next to and on the statue The Triumph of the Republic on Place de la Nation as they take part in an anti far-right rally in Paris on June 15, 2024 (Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)

French protesters denounce far right ahead of elections; some chant ‘Free Palestine’

By jade le deley and Elise Morton

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Screen capture from unverified footage purporting to show Russian security forces entering a prison in the southern Rostov region to deal with a hostage situation, June 16, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Russian security forces storm prison, kill Islamic State hostage takers

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting company on April 17, 2021, six days after the hall had been damaged in a mysterious attack. (IRIB via AP)

Iran rebukes G7 for ‘destructive policies of the past’ after nuclear program warning

By Reuters and ToI Staff

The entrance gate of the former Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, southern Germany, with the slogan reading "Works brings you freedom", on Friday, April 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Christof Stache, File)

Soccer fans in Germany for Euros visit Dachau, lay wreaths in memory of Nazi victims

By Alexandra Hudson and Ayhan Uyanik

A UCLA graduating student holds a Palestinian flag during the commencement ceremony inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus, in Los Angeles, June 14, 2024. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

California schools hold graduation ceremonies with little disruption over Gaza war

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An Instagram story posted by Yair Netanyahu, showing an image of National Unity chair Benny Gantz captioned, 'King of the conception,' shared June 15, 2024. (Instagram screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Yair Netanyahu shares post casting top security chiefs as ‘fatal failures’

Visitors stand at the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) booth at the Eurosatory international land and air defense and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

French court bans reps of Israeli defense firms from attending Paris arms show

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

In this June 6, 2018 frame grab from the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. (IRIB via AP, File)

UK, France, Germany slam Iran for expanding nuclear program, ‘hollowing out’ deal

Screen capture from video of an anti-Zionist activist accosting movie director Quentin Tarantino at a New York restaurant, June 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Director actionAnti-Israel activist accosts Tarantino, calls him ‘Zionist sh*t’

By Stuart Winer

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