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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 1, 2024

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads prayers over Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s coffin at Tehran University as Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian stands to his right, August 1, 2024 (Screen grab/AFP)

Pezeshkian: 'The Zionists will see the consequences'

Iran, Hamas leaders vow revenge on Israel at Haniyeh’s Tehran funeral procession

By AFP and ToI Staff

Parliament speaker pledges to carry out supreme leader’s order to exact ‘harsh punishment’ on Jewish state, which has neither confirmed nor denied assassination

Iranian workers install a huge banner on a wall showing a portrait of Hamas terror group leader Ismail Haniyeh and the Dome of the Rock shrine atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with a sign that reads in Farsi and Hebrew: 'Expect harsh punishment,' at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Khamenei said to order direct strike on Israel after Haniyeh killed in Tehran

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a signing ceremony with Singapore of the 123 Civil-Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and Third Country Training Program at the Singapore Foreign Ministry in Singapore, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah)

Blinken calls on ‘all parties’ to ‘stop escalatory actions,’ reach ceasefire in Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranians take part in a funeral ceremony for Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, on August 1, 2024 (AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 1: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis vow ‘military response’ to Israel for killing of Haniyeh

By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff

Hezbollah attacks for first time since commander killed * Russia frees Evan Gershkovich in mass prisoner swap with US * Protesters call for hostage deal on 300th day of Gaza war

8:36 pm

Father of soldier killed, seized by Hamas on Oct. 7 urges hostage deal: 'We want a place to grieve'
8:28 pm

After advancing to three swimming semifinals, Israeli swimmers fail to qualify for any of the day's finals
8:26 pm

IDF strikes Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon used to fire barrage at Western Galilee this evening

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (center left) and Shin Bet head Ronen Bar (center right) hold an assessment with military and defense officials at the IDF HQ in Tel Aviv, July 28, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

New precautions ordered for Netanyahu, ministers as Iran attack looms – report

Shin Bet chief said to insist on approving all travel plans, with PM and ministers only allowed to attend events near shelters; Israeli representatives abroad said told to lower profile

Iranians follow a truck, center, carrying the coffins of Hamas terror group leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel, during their funeral ceremony at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2024. (AP Photo/ Vahid Salemi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 1: Day 300 – Hamas head Haniyeh is mourned in the heart of Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 31, 2024. (PMO video Screenshot)

In address to nation, PM makes no mention of Haniyeh's death

Netanyahu: ‘Challenging days ahead,’ Israel will exact heavy price for any attack

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Israel says ready for every scenario as it braces for reaction by Iran and proxies to the killings of Hamas’s Haniyeh, Hezbollah’s Shukr; Iranian adviser was also killed in Beirut

Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah's most senior military commander (left), who was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on July 30, 2024, is seen with Hassan Nasrallah (right) in an undated photo. (Hezbollah media office)

Nasrallah to speak Thursday as Hezbollah confirms military chief killed in Israeli strike

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Analysis

Iran-led axis likely to launch joint attack, but can’t reverse Israeli gains in Gaza

After strikes in Beirut and Tehran – and a US attack in Iraq – Tehran will look to retaliate. Hamas, meanwhile, seems unable to do much, with hostage deal its best shot at survival

Hezbollah fighters parade in front of a poster showing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh (R) is seen with bodyguard Wasim Abu Shaaban in an undated photo (Social media)

Reports: Haniyeh bodyguard was in cell that killed 5 IDF troops in 2014 Nahal Oz raid

By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies

A supporter of Hezbollah and Hamas holds a mock rocket at a protest to condemn the killing of the Hamas terror group chief Ismail Haniyeh, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

AnalysisFor Iran and Hezbollah, little room for error in response to Israeli strikes

By AP and ToI Staff

In wake of Haniyeh killing, Austin says US will ‘help defend Israel’ if it’s attacked

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘Hard to speculate’ how hostage talks will be affected, Blinken says; Germany cautions all parties to ‘prevent regional conflagration,’ Russia warns of ‘dangerous consequences’

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo and National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro after a foreign and defense ministerial meeting at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)

People hold up the Palestinian flag and a portrait of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh Hamas during a rally at Tehran University, in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 31, 2024, as Iran declares three days of mourning. (AFP)

ExplainerWho are the potential next leaders of Hamas after Haniyeh’s death?

By AP and ToI Staff

It’s time to scrap the awful and racist ‘Nation-State’ law

How dare we insult our Druze brethren, who pay for their loyalty to Israel with their children’s lives?

Alexandria Fanjoy Silver

The posthumous death of Anne Frank

Whether it’s vandalizing her image or claiming her as a Hamas supporter, the inversion of Holocaust history is profound and grotesque

Jerusalem has lost its best friend

Shai Doron, the Jerusalem Foundation president who died suddenly at 63, was a visionary leader who worked tirelessly to transform the city

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Crying with the mourners in Majdal Shams

The drive was long and my family worried, but I had to pay my respects: Those kids could have been my kids

Gallant crosses Deif's name off wallchart of Hamas chiefs

Hamas military wing chief Deif killed in Gaza strike last month, IDF confirms

By Emanuel Fabian

Military releases footage of July 13 airstrike on compound in Khan Younis, which also killed brigade commander Rafa’a Salameh

The head of Hamas's military wing Muhammad Deif in an undated photo. (Israel Defense Forces)

Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Alghoul reports from the Gaza Strip in an undated video that was broadcast during a report on his killing in an Israeli airstrike, July 31, 2024. (Screen capture: Youtube/Al Jazeera, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Al Jazeera says two of its Gaza-based journalists killed in an Israeli strike

By Agencies and ToI Staff

PA President Mahmoud Abbas (left), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh meeting in Ankara, July 26, 2023. (Turkish Presidency)

Abbas declares day of mourning for Haniyeh as he blasts ‘cowardly’ killing

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Police clear the streets outside the stadium ahead of the men's group D match between Israel and Mali at the Parc des Princes during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Israel said to boost security for Olympic athletes after killings of terror leaders

Additional security personnel stationed around Israeli delegation in Paris at Olympic Village amid fears of retaliation

Israel's Sharon Kantor competes in the marathon race of the women's IQFoil windsurfing event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roucas-Blanc Marina in Marseille, July 31, 2024. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP)

2024 Paris OlympicsIsraeli windsurfers steer toward Olympic medals; triathlete powers through delayed race

Illustrative: Delta Airlines aircraft takes off as United Airlines aircraft sits on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

United, Delta cancel flights to Israel amid fears of attacks

More airlines may follow as country braces for Hezbollah, Iranian retaliation over assassinations of top terror officials

A Lufthansa Airbus A380 lands in Frankfurt, Germany, February 14, 2019. (AP/Michael Probst)

Lufthansa flight to Tel Aviv lands in Cyprus, returns to Munich; passengers deplore treatment

Deputy US Ambassador Robert Wood (C) speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the United Nations Headquarters on July 31, 2024, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

Security Council holds urgent meeting on Mideast tensions after terror chiefs killed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US urges UN members with influence over Tehran ‘to increase pressure on it to stop escalating its proxy conflict against Israel and other actors’; Iran envoy calls to punish Israel

Protesters chant slogans during a pro-Palestinian protest in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey blocking NATO cooperation with Israel over Gaza ‘massacre,’ officials say

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Since October, Ankara has thwarted all collaboration with Israel, which holds partner status in military alliance, sources say, adding Turkey will maintain stance until war ends

Pro-Hamas demonstrators take part in a rally to protest the killing of the Hamas terror group's leader Ismail Haniyeh, following evening prayers in Fatih district of Istanbul on July 31, 2024. (Kemal Aslan/AFP)

Pro-Hamas march held in Istanbul after Erdogan slams ‘perfidious’ killing of Haniyeh

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Turkish news reports on July 31, 2024, attribute the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh to fictitious Mossad agent Amit Nakesh, whose name sounds like 'the assassin' in Hebrew. (Screen capture: X/Dr. Eli David, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Dr. NopeFalling for Hebrew pun, Turkish media names ‘Haniyeh’s killer’

Jacob Reses, left, accompanies JD Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/ via JTA)

'He's worried about the poor, and he's influencing the GOP'

Meet JD Vance’s Jewish chief of staff, Jacob Reses

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Modern Orthodox day school alum, 33, quietly becomes one of most influential conservatives in US after his boss was chosen as Trump’s running mate; interned for Hillary Clinton

Trump says Harris ‘happened to turn Black’ after years of identifying as Indian

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Protesters clash with police outside an army recruitment conference for young ultra-Orthodox Jews in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

AG says army must also draft full-time yeshiva students, not just working Haredim

IDF’s decision to begin ultra-Orthodox draft with those not studying Torah full-time is legally problematic and constitutes ‘selective enforcement,’ argues deputy Gil Limon

Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram speaks about the war in Gaza in an undated IDF video shown in a July 30, 2024 report of the Kan public broadcaster. (Screen capture: Youtube/Kan, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Controversial commander Barak Hiram named next Gaza Division chief

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Move comes after IDF clears him of blame in Be’eri battle; promotion, announced before Oct. 7, was frozen amid probe of his approval to shell kibbutz home where hostages were held

Blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel, winter 2023. (Breaking The Silence via AP)

Analysis

Torture, abuse, unfit conditions: The allegations over Sde Teiman and its guards

By Jeremy Sharon

Military prosecutors are investigating multiple allegations made by whistleblowers and former detainees of mistreatment of inmates at southern facility amid Gaza war

Illustration of the sunshade being developed by Cool Earth at the Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology, in northern Israel. (Youtube screenshot)

Israeli scientist proposes massive space sunshade to cut global temperatures by 1.5ºC

Yoram Rozen, head of Technion’s Space Research Institute, seeks $15 million to launch prototype; ‘If we can’t show that it can work technologically, then nobody else will do it”

More Headlines

An ancient quarry discovered in Jerusalem's Har Hotzvim neighborhood, in a picture released August 1, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)

ArchaeologyMassive Second Temple-era stone quarry uncovered in Jerusalem industrial area

By Gavriel Fiske

This March 1, 2003, file photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. (AP Photo, File)

9/11 mastermind and 2 accomplices cut plea agreement with US, avoiding death penalty

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendant's cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP)

Major Russia-US prisoner swap, including Evan Gershkovich, could be underway

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Snow covers the hills around Davos, Switzerland, on January 19, 2020. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber, File)

Swiss ski store fined over antisemitic discrimination

By AFP

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