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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 7, 2024

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Einav Chaimi, ten years old, daughter of Tal Haimi, who was murdered by Hamas and whose body is still held hostage, holds her father's photo at a rally in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, July 6, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Protesters arrested, blasted with police water cannons

Hostage rescued from Gaza airs heartfelt plea for deal, as rallies mark 9 months of war

By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff

Almog Meir Jan says he wants moms to be able hug their kids, ‘like I can now,’ as families blast government; mother of captive soldier says Hamas video proves son was abducted alive

President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Herzog: An ‘absolute majority’ of the nation supports a hostage deal

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Protesters stand on the road during a 'day of disruption' anti-government protest marking nine months since the October 7 massacre, at the Rosh Pina junction in northern Israel, July 7, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Thousands block highways, rally outside ministers’ homes to demand elections

A young boy looks on as Israeli security forces gather during a protest in Jaffa on May 15, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)

Inside story

The imam’s call: How 2021’s lessons kept Jaffa from sliding into fiery riots on Oct. 8

After deadly unrest engulfed mixed cities 3 years ago, clerics, activists and cops jointly laid the groundwork that halted extremists who nearly plunged Jaffa back into chaos

France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) shakes hands as he leaves after his vote in the second round of France's legislative election at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on July 7, 2024. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

July 7: French PM set to resign following projected left-wing victory in parliamentary vote

IDF major killed fighting in Rafah * Thousands rally nationwide demanding hostage release deal * Soldier and two civilians — including US citizen — wounded in Hezbollah attack

8:34 pm

'No future for Jews': Prominent French Jews decry far-left's gains in vote
8:19 pm

Anti-government protesters gather at barricades around PM's Jerusalem residence
8:05 pm

Le Pen vows that victory for France's far-right has 'only been delayed'

Rockets fired from Lebanon are seen intercepted over northern Israel, July 7, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

4 wounded, including 2 seriously in Hezbollah rocket, missile attacks on north

By Emanuel Fabian

Terror group fires rare barrage of 20 rockets at Lower Galilee as a response to IDF strike killing key member of air defense unit in northeastern Lebanon a day earlier

The scene of an Israeli drone strike near the town of Shaat, in Lebanon's Baalbek district, July 6, 2024. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF kills key member of Hezbollah air defense in strike deep inside Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing July 7: Day 275 – After 9 months of war in Gaza, what goals are achieved?

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reflects on the war so far, updates us on recent Hezbollah barrages, and delves into a switch in tactics in the West Bank

Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Hamas says it dropped demand Israel vow upfront to end war, but wants mediators’ guarantees

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Anti-government protests demand immediate elections at the Amiad Junction in northern Israel, July 6, 2024. (Shay Zeltzer/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Protesters call ‘shut down’ on Sunday, demanding elections on 9-month war milestone

A 2-tiered process of accountability for Oct. 7

A state commission of inquiry is a vital step, but it is up to the public to ensure Israel’s leaders are truly held accountable

We too are fighting a war, right here in Melbourne

The slogans scrawled all over make me feel like the city itself is screaming at us – until people with megaphones ramp up the violence

Palestinian terrorists head toward the border with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Military Intelligence alert system poorly maintained in lead up to October 7 – report

Former officials in the 8200 unit tell Channel 12 commander ‘didn’t care’ about crucial signal model

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, July 6, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

October 7 survivors, families to organize civilian inquiry into massacre – report

Interview

‘The Centre Must Hold’: Lapid adviser Yair Zivan makes the case for political moderation

In November 2022, then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his bloc of ultra-nationalist and religious parties soundly defeated Prime Minister Yair Lapid and his allies, ushering in the most right-wing government in Israel's history. Reflecting on his time in power in an essay in a new book, "The Centre Must Hold," edited by his longtime foreign... Continue Reading

Yair Zivan, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid's foreign policy adviser, has put together a new book arguing for the need to strengthen the political center. (Itzik Biran/courtesy)

Brett Holmgren, then-Assistant US Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, speaks during a hearing of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Washington, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US anti-terror czar says Oct. 7 attack serves as recruitment tool for terror groups

‘Generational’ Hamas assault an ‘inspiration’ for lone actors,’ warns Brett Holmgren; adds Washington’s support for war driving fury toward US, with effects already felt in Europe

People gather to search the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on what the IDF says were Hamas operatives hiding in the Al-Jaouni UNRWA school in central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, July 6, 2024. (Eyad Baba / AFP)

IDF says it struck UNRWA school in Gaza used by Hamas as command center

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Britain's incoming Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy leaves Downing Street in London, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)

New UK foreign secretary: Country needs to ‘get back to balanced position’ on Gaza war

By Andreas Rinke

Settlements and National Projects Minister Orit Strock attends a protest of families of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip calling for the war to continue, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right minister extols ‘miracle period’ of settlement expansion

By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

Orit Strock tells residents of recently legalized outpost that land appropriation still in the cards for as long as the government stands, a time period that’s ‘completely unclear’

French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he delivers a speech, June 12, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

France holds key vote that could see a historic far-right win or hung parliament

By Barbara Surk and HELENA ALVES

Party with historic links to xenophobia and downplaying the Holocaust may become country’s biggest political force, affecting global diplomacy and Europe’s economic stability

Newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

FM: Iran election results a ‘clear message’ to ayatollahs, world must blacklist IRGC

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Katz casts win of reformist Pezeshkian as defeat for Islamist leadership; urges international community ramp up pressure on Tehran over nuclear program, support for terror groups

An image grab from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV taken on January 5, 2024, shows the head of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech, with a picture of killed Hamas's deputy chief Saleh al-Aruri to his left. (Al-Manar / AFP)

Nasrallah congratulates Iran’s Pezeshkian on presidential victory

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Iran arrests lawyer who criticized regime’s crackdown on women’s rights protests

By AP

A woman looks out the window at the Yirmiyahu33 complex, home to Israel's first hotel for women and couples who have experienced stillbirth. (Courtesy: Yad Sarah via JTA)

'We aim to give them hope and support as they process it'

In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth

By Deborah Danan

To help couples cope with an unbearable loss few understand, a facility billing itself as the first of its kind provides dining, spa amenities and mental and emotional support

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court to listen to video testimony from businessman Arnon Milchan in the prime minister's corruption trial, June 26, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)

State prosecution opposes Netanyahu request to delay testimony in trial to next year

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

PM’s attorney said Gaza war meant more time was needed to prep Netanyahu for testimony, but state attorney notes PM has previously insisted he can run country while on trial

The iconic Rubinger photo of three paratroopers standing at the recaptured Western Wall in June 1967. From left: Tzion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat and Chaim Oshri (David Rubinger/GPO)

Yitzhak Yifat, paratrooper at center of iconic Six Day War photo, dies at 81

Immortalized at newly captured Western Wall, Yifat and fellow soldiers Zion Karasenti and Haim Oshri became powerful symbol of one of most significant moments in Israeli history

Identification document of Fawzi Muhammad Abdel Mawla, located along with the 22-year-old soldier's remains in the Sinai Peninsula, where he is thought to have been killed in June 1967, when the Egyptian army retreated westward on the third day of the Six Day War. (Sinai Foundation for Human Rights)

Remains of Egyptian soldier missing since 1967 Six Day War found in Sinai

US President Donald Trump speaks during the NATO summit, Dec. 4, 2019, in Watford, England. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

As Biden falters, NATO allies look to ‘Trump-proof’ alliance before US election

By Ellen Knickmeyer

Worried return of GOP candidate and rise of far right in Europe will threaten support for Ukraine, nations seek to boost own armies and reduce dependence on US

Manhattan gallerist draws empowerment from exhibition of Israeli artists

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Every Israeli who walks in here says it feels like the art is hugging them,’ says owner of FORMah Gallery, featuring ‘The New Barbizon’ show of 3 Russian-born Israeli artists

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