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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with Israeli police during a protest in Jerusalem on April 10, 2014, following the arrest of a Haredi draft-dodger and against legislation intended to enforce ultra-Orthodox enlistment to the IDF. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud says it's working on conscription law to resolve issue

Ultra-Orthodox parties slam ‘dictatorial’ High Court for ruling Haredim must enlist

Opposition chief Lapid demands government begin immediate mass draft of yeshiva students: ‘The Torah is not an excuse for evasion and the Talmud is not an excuse for refusal’

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men near a sign reading 'army recruitment office' during a protest against the drafting of Haredim to the military, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In historic ruling, High Court says government must draft Haredi men into IDF

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: IDF infantry reservists take part in a military maneuver in the Golan Heights, on April 1, 2024. (Michael Giladi/ Flash90)

Knesset passes first reading of bill that raises retirement age for IDF reservists

Live updates (closed)

June 25: IDF says slain Gazan named as Doctors Without Borders staffer was PIJ rocket maker

In first, US describes Hamas response to Israeli ceasefire offer as a ‘rejection’ * Head of Knesset panel deliberating Haredi enlistment: Bill will only pass ‘with broad’ support

8:56 pm

IDF says it killed Islamic Jihad operative who Doctors Without Borders named as a staffer
8:51 pm

4 anti-Israel protesters arrested for trespassing at British PM's country estate, leaving fake poop
8:27 pm

UNIFIL contractors wounded by gunfire in south Lebanon; source indeterminate 'at this point'

Netanyahu: 'We will not stop the war' until their return

Hostage families release Hamas video showing 3 sons’ abduction into Gaza under fire

By Jessica Steinberg

In new footage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy are seen crammed and bloodied on flatbed of pickup truck, being driven toward Strip

Screenshots of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin (left), Eliya Cohen (middle) and Or Levy (right) as they were taken hostage into Gaza by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Left to right: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy (Courtesy)

After abduction clip airs, hostages’ families urge leaders to take notice, reach a deal

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Or (left) and Eynav Levy went to the Supernova desert rave on October 7; Eynav was killed and Or is considered missing (Michael Levy via AP)

His mother murdered by terrorists and father a hostage in Gaza, Almog Levy turns 3

Toddler said to keep asking when he will see parents Or and Eynav, became fascinated by a picture of a doll that reminded him of his mother

US sent message to Hezbollah that it won’t be able to rein in Israel — report

Iran-backed terror group said to respond by touting its ability to land heavy blows on Israel, while insisting it, too, doesn’t want all-out war

View of a house that was hit from a rocket fired from Lebanon into the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, seen on June 24, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

then-defense minister Yoav Gallant (L) meets with then-US secretary of state Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, June 24, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Meeting Gallant, Blinken calls for ‘avoiding further escalation’ on Lebanon border

Ex-defense minister Ya'alon, ex-Mossad chief Cohen also warned

‘Submarine affair’ inquiry finds Netanyahu’s decisions compromised national security

By Sam Sokol and Elana Kirsh

Commission warns premier and 4 former defense officials that findings of probe may harm their interests; gives notice so they can submit additional testimony, view evidence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli naval base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

This composite image shows (from left to right) Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman, former prime minister Naftali Bennett, New Hope party head Gideon Sa'ar and former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen. (Flash90)

TV polls: Potential new right-wing alliance would win big in new election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 24, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 25: Day 263 – Opposition raps PM, says he thinks himself a ‘king’

Illustrative photo of Jesus raising clay birds to life. From the Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk, a 14th century German translation of apocrypha, including the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. (public domain)

'Early church authorities weren't fond' of the text

1,600-year-old papyrus fragment contains earliest account of Jesus’ childhood

By Gavriel Fiske

Scrap from extra-biblical Infancy Gospel of Thomas discovered in German archive contains story of young Jesus bringing clay birds to life on the Sabbath

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a '40 signatures' discussion in the Knesset plenum, Jerusalem, June 24, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Lapid: 'You will have no legacy except this destruction'

PM says Israel ‘committed’ to Biden’s offer despite earlier endorsing ‘partial deal’

At fiery Knesset debate, Netanyahu appears to contradict previous statement on hostage-truce proposal, claims contentious submarine deals ‘essential’ for security against Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Channel 14 in the first interview he has given to an Israeli news outlet since October 7, on June 23, 2024. (Screenshot, Channel 14, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli, Arab officials say Netanyahu support for ‘partial’ deal harms hostage talks

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US Vice President Kamala Harris’s national security adviser Philip Gordon speaks at the Herzliya Conference, June 24, 2024. (Ronen Topelberg)

Senior US official: Rejecting Biden hostage deal won’t bring total victory

By Lazar Berman

Sgt. Maj. Muhammad el-Atrash (IDF)

IDF: Sgt. Maj. Muhammad Alatrash was killed in fighting on Oct. 7, body held in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

39-year-old tracker from Bedouin community in south was abducted from Nahal Oz area during Hamas-led onslaught; military meanwhile advances in Rafah

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas (GPO / File)

‘A wound that will never heal’: PM holds tense meeting with slain hostages’ families

Please, look now

The day You hid Your face from us, God, we found ourselves. Your children ran into fire, not away from it

Zehavit Meltzer

In search of my father

Zvi Meltzer flew to Entebbe aboard one of the four Hercules airplanes on July 3, 1976, with strict instructions not to disembark

A screenshot of drone footage released by the IDF on May 14, 2024, shows Palestinian gunmen next to UN vehicles at a UNRWA logistics center in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah. (Israel Defense Forces)

October 7 victims sue UNRWA for $1 billion, claiming it aided and abetted Hamas

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Lawsuit, filed in New York, alleges UN Palestinian aid agency’s compliance in letting terror group use its facilities, says payment of its workers in US dollars helped fund Hamas

National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi (L) speaks during the Herzliya Conference, June 24, 2024. (Ronen Topelberg)

IDF plan to replace Hamas to begin in northern Gaza in ‘coming days’ – Hanegbi

By Lazar Berman

Apparently backing IDF Spokesman Hagari, national security adviser says Israel can’t get rid of Hamas ‘as an idea’; expresses some optimism about efforts to reach hostage deal

Men search through the rubble of the house of the sister of Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of the Hamas, after it was hit by an alleged IDF strike in Gaza City's Shati camp, June 25, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

Sister of Hamas chief Haniyeh, 9 others said killed in IDF strike in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Explainer

As war with Hezbollah looms, concerns over vulnerability of power grid generate unease

Experts say Israel’s energy supply is susceptible to attack; with nation ill-prepared for long blackouts, many are rushing for diesel generators, though sunnier options exist

A worker from the Israel Electric Corporation seen repairing a power line, August 29, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers clash with anti-Israel protesters gathered outside the Adas Torah Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024. (Photo by David Swanson/AFP)

‘Antisemitic and un-American’: Biden slams anti-Israel demonstration at LA synagogue

By Jacob Magid and JTA

US president leads condemnations of protest that descended into violent clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and Israel supporters in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Los Angeles

Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate at a rally for Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) at St. Mary's Park on June 22, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (David Dee Delgado/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP)

Not just Bowman and Congress: Israel-Hamas war also impacting NYC local races

Stanford students camp out in front of the university's White Plaza to push the school to adopt more aggressive stances against Israel, Stanford, California, November 7, 2023. (Tayfun Cokun/Anadolu via Getty Images/ via JTA)

Stanford task force finds ‘widespread and pernicious’ campus antisemitism since Oct. 7

By Andrew Lapin

IDF soldiers tie injured Palestinian detainee to hood of car after an operation in the West Bank, June 22, 2024. (X, formerly Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US condemns ‘shocking’ video of Palestinian tied to hood of IDF car in West Bank

State Dept. calls for those responsible to be held accountable, pans Smotrich effort to expand Israeli civilian control in West Bank

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (third right), and top official Khalem Mashaal (second right), are seen meeting with Fatah's Nasser al-Qudwa (second left) and Samir al-Mashrawi (third left) in Qatar on November 22, 2023. (Courtesy)

Fatah postpones Palestinian unity meeting with Hamas in China, no new date set

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Passengers at the departure hall in the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on April 14, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Explainer

As foreign carriers return to Israel, will sky-high airfares finally drop this summer?

Foreign airlines resume their routes to Israel though at reduced capacity, with Israelis seeking short breaks from the war in Eastern European destinations seen as safe

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A 'Happy Ramadan' sign is illuminated on the occasion of the beginning of the month of Ramadan in a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt, Germany, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Michael Probst)

Anti-Muslim attacks in Germany double, but not being dealt with, NGO says

The grave of Yisrael Yudkin who was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip, pictured in Jerusalem on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

Defense Ministry pressed to honor headstone preference for Haredi fallen soldier

By Canaan Lidor

The MV Tutor sinks in the Red Sea after it was struck by a Houthi drone vessel, June 12, 2024. (Etat-Major des Armées/ France via AP)

Ship off Yemen coast reports explosion nearby, says rocket hit the water

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A woman walks past flowers lying in front of the representative office of Dagestan in Moscow on June 24, 2024, following terrorist attacks in Dagestan. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Death toll rises to 20 in shooting attack in Russia’s Dagestan

Illustrative: New immigrants from Ethiopia arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, June 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Absorption Ministry to slash rental assistance for new immigrants

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, on May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Wikileaks founder Assange leaves UK after reaching plea deal to avoid prison in US

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