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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 28, 2024

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a security cabinet meeting on July 28, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

July 28: Security cabinet authorizes Netanyahu, Gallant to decide on response to Golan attack

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Reprisal expected to be strong but not prompt full-on war * After being regarded as missing, Jifara Ibrahim, 11, is named as 12th child killed by strike on Majdal Shams soccer field

8:51 pm

Lebanese media reports IDF strikes on oft-targeted towns of Houla and Markaba
8:33 pm

Israeli FM likens Erdogan's threat to Iraq's Saddam Hussein: 'Remember how that ended'
8:13 pm

Security cabinet empowers Netanyahu, Gallant to decide on response to Golan strike

(Top row, L-R) Ameer Rabeea Abu Saleh, 16, Iseel Nasha’at Ayoub, 12, Hazem Akram Abu Saleh, 15, Milad Muadad Alsha’ar, 10 (Middle row, L-R) Alma Ayman Fakher Eldin, 11, Naji Taher Alhalabi, 11, Johnny Wadeea Ibrahim, 13, Yazan Nayeif Abu Saleh, 12 (Bottom row, L-R) Fajer Laith Abu Saleh, 16, Venes Adham Safadi, 11 Nathem Fakher Saeb, 16, and Gevara Ebraheem, 11, who were killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on Majdal Shams on July 27, 2024.

'An image that will remain with my soul for a lifetime'

‘Massive tragedy’: Children killed in Hezbollah rocket attack on soccer field are named

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Northern council head says at least 5 victims from same family; hospitals say several children still in serious condition; Foreign Ministry: Hezbollah ‘crossed all lines’

Israeli security forces and medics transport casualties from a soccer field where a rocket fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon killed at least 12 young people in Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on July 27, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

12 children killed as Hezbollah rocket hits soccer field, sparking wider war fears

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

People at the scene of a deadly rocket attack at a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, July 28, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

International condemnations pour in over rocket strike

Hezbollah on high alert after deadly Majdal Shams attack as US urges de-escalation

By Agencies, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Iranian proxy clears out some of its key sites ahead of expected Israeli retaliation; Blinken stands by Israel’s right to defense, but says Gaza ceasefire best way to end clashes

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanaani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran warns of ‘consequences’ as Israel says Hezbollah ‘crossed all red lines’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

FM seeks international support for Israeli action in Lebanon

Hezbollah will pay ‘heavy price,’ PM vows after strike on Druze town kills 12 children

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

Netanyahu says murder of Druze kids won’t ‘pass in silence’ as security officials meet to discuss best options; Gallant tells Druze leaders Israel ‘will strike the enemy hard’

Israeli rescue forces and locals at the site of a deadly Hezbollah rocket attack on a soccer field in the Druze northern Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Mourners carry the coffin of a child killed in a Hezbollah rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, on July 28, 2024. (Jalaa Marey / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jul 28: Day 296 – Drums of war after Hezbollah rocket kills 12 children

Residents rush to help injured children moments after a Hezbollah rocket attack hit a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. (Hassan Shams/AP)

DC official fears all-out war as US condemns ‘horrific’ rocket attack on Majdal Shams

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Family and friends attend the funeral service of Druze children who were killed at a soccer field from a missile fired from Lebanon, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, July 28, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Government ministers shouted down at funeral for children killed by Hezbollah attack

‘Get out of here, you trash!’: Mourners assail Barkat, Smotrich as 10 of the 12 youngsters struck by rocket on soccer field Saturday are laid to rest in Druze town of Majdal Shams

A handout photo from the military shows the aftermath of a deadly rocket attack by Hezbollah on a soccer field in the northern Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

‘Tear Beirut apart’: Some politicians beat war drums after Majdal Shams rocket attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the Watergate Hotel in Washington with his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, to discuss the deadly Hezbollah rocket attack on Majdal Shams on July 27, 2024. (Prime Minister's Office)

Netanyahu moves up flight from DC after deadly Hezbollah rocket strike

By Lazar Berman

'They heard sirens, ran for shelter,' but there was no time

‘Shredded to pieces’: Druze community grieves after Hezbollah strike kills 12 children

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Eyewitness says bloody carnage on Majdal Shams soccer pitch was reminiscent of October 7; Druze leaders in Lebanon, Syria condemn attack but steer clear of mentioning Hezbollah

Local residents comfort each other as they gather at the site of a Hezbollah rocket attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in northern Israel, July 27, 2024.(Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Explainer

Gianluca Pacchiani

Majdal Shams massacre highlights Solomonic predicament of Golan’s Druze community

Torn between historic allegiance to Syria and increasing acceptance of Israeli rule, community finds itself unwillingly caught up in bloody conflict after Hezbollah attack

Members of the Druze community carry the body of late spiritual leader Sheikh Abu Zain Al-Din Hassan Halabi, during his funeral in the Golan Heights border town of Majdal Shams on October 30, 2020, despite a nationwide ban on mass gatherings due to the coronavirus. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Anti-government protesters demand new elections and the release of hostages held in Gaza, outside IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Protesters demanding hostage deal, elections stand in silence for Majdal Shams victims

By Canaan Lidor, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

In Jerusalem, demonstrators march in a hush, say government should should similarly wallow in silence for its failures; protest expected at airport when PM returns from US

Protesters call for the release of hostages Hamas is holding in Gaza, outside the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, July 24, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel submits latest Gaza proposal to US, but officials warn PM’s new demands won’t fly

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Mossad chief David Barnea, April 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Mossad chief meets negotiators in Rome after Israel submits new hostage deal draft

By Lazar Berman

David Barnea discusses updated Israeli proposal with Qatar, Egypt, US; Netanyahu aide warns that public critique of PM’s demands gives Hamas false hope

Medical teams waiting for the arrival of injured people from the scene of a drone attack on Druze village of Hurfeish, at Ziv Medical center in Safed, northern Israel, June 5, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

'We have food, we have medication, we have oxygen'

Northern hospitals model coexistence as they prepare for a third Lebanon War

By Diana Bletter

Directors at Ziv Hospital in Safed and Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya stockpile for worst-case scenarios while coordinating responses with Magen David Adom

Analysis

Netanyahu checked all the boxes on his US trip — except one

PM set record with 4th speech to Congress and enjoyed warm meetings with Biden and Trump, but his office is still fuming at VP, thereby risking further harm to ties with Democrats

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he arrives to speak to a joint meeting of Congress to seek support for Israel's fight against Hamas and other adversaries, at the Capitol in Washington, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

This US election could be uniquely bad for Israel

Neither Trump nor Harris is driven by an excess of love for the Jewish state and antisemitism plagues both of their parties

Spare a prayer for Israel’s Olympic athletes

When all the Israelis want to do is compete in the games, but they are booed, sabotaged, and threatened by anti-Israel pro-Palestinian supporters

With Iran on the nuclear brink, America must end its appeasement strategy

The Islamic Republic must face tangible consequences from the the US and Israel for the chaos it has brought to the region

Will Jews on the US political stage follow my stepfather Joe Lieberman’s path?

The former senator leveraged his own Judaism to accomplish a lifetime of service; for him, Jewish heritage was a unique spur to help change the world

Former US president Donald Trump (center) greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Prime Minister's Office)

After meeting PM, Trump says Jews who vote Harris ‘should have their head examined’

GOP nominee writes VP’s sit-down with Netanyahu was ‘terrible’ and ‘insulting,’ repeats claim she’s an antisemite; says likely Democrat nominee’s ‘ineptness’ will prolong Gaza war

US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/ Stephanie Scarbrough)

Harris presidential campaign raises $200m, signs up 170,000 volunteers in first week

By AAMER MADHANI

Sgt. Yonatan Aharon Greenblatt (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldier succumbs to wounds sustained last week in Gaza’s Rafah

By Emanuel Fabian

Sgt. Yonatan Aharon Greenblatt, 21, was critically hurt by an RPG; IDF says dozens of terrorists killed by reserve forces along Netzarim corridor

The archaeological site of Saint Hilarion in the center of the Gaza Strip, on June 8, 2022. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)

UNESCO puts monastery in Gaza, one of Middle East’s oldest, on endangered site list

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Military vehicles are seen in the Far'a refugee camp, northeast of Nablus, in the West Bank, December 8, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

IDF carries out drone strike in Nablus, hours after shooting lightly wounds soldier

By Emanuel Fabian

Two Palestinian reported killed as army operates in Balata camp; troops search for the assailants who fired at military post

Israeli swimmer Ron Polonsky competes in the 100m breaststroke at the Paris Olympics on July 27, 2024. (Simona Castervillari/ Israeli Swimming Association)

2024 Paris Olympics

Judo, soccer, swimming and more: Results from Israel’s first full day at the Olympics

Ron Polonsky sets new Israeli record in men’s 100m breaststroke; Israel’s soccer team loses 2-4 to Paraguay; Gymnast Artem Dolgopyat has shaky start but qualifies for finals

Athletes of Team Palestine wave flags on the athletes' parade team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Michael Reaves / POOL / AFP)

Palestinian Olympian wears shirt showing planes bombing children at opening ceremony

By AFP and ToI Staff

Shirt cleared with IOC despite political messages being banned from game events; meanwhile, Israeli athletes forbidden from wearing yellow ribbon for hostages

Israel's delegation with Israel's flag bearers Peter Paltchik (2R) and Andrea Murez (R) sails on a boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Damien Meyer/AFP)

French cybercrimes team called in after Israeli athletes’ data leaked online

By AFP and ToI Staff

Olympic ceremony’s ‘Last Supper’ sketch meant no disrespect, says Paris 2024

By Karolos Grohmann

Segment featuring drag queens, transgender model and naked singer made up as Greek god of wine Dionysus drew dismay from Catholic Church and religious right in America

French performers are seen riffing on Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of the Last Supper, in this screen capture from the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

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