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What Matters Most On Friday, August 2, 2024

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People wave Hezbollah flags as they accompany the casket of the Lebanese terror group's top military commander Fuad Shukr, during his funeral procession in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)

Army on Haniyeh: Only 'aerial strike' that night was on Shukr

IDF on ‘high alert’ as Biden vows US to defend Israel against ‘all threats from Iran’

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

Israelis told to ‘be vigilant’; Biden and PM in phone call discuss ‘new defensive US military deployments’; Hezbollah fires rockets at north for first time since commander killed

An image grab taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on August 1, 2024, shows Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah giving a televised address from an undisclosed location in Lebanon, broadcast at top commander Fuad Shukr's funeral ceremony. Shukr's picture is on the screen behind him. (Al-Manar/AFP)

Nasrallah: Israel will ‘weep’ for killing top commander; PM: We’re ready for any scenario

By Gianluca Pacchiani, Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Hoboken Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, November 3, 2022, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP/Ryan Kryska)

Israel warns citizens against travel to high-risk countries amid Iranian threats

From left to right: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet security services director Ronen Bar at a special operations room overseeing a mission to release hostages in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2024. (Shin Bet security service)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 2: Security chiefs said to plead for hostage deal; PM green lights new talks in Cairo

By Elana Kirsh and Shira Silkoff

Israeli judoka Raz Hershko wins silver medal in Paris * At least 10 rockets fired from Gaza; none hurt * Coalition that thwarted Iran’s April attack said taking shape again

8:54 pm

Drexel University agrees to review discrimination complaints policy amid probe of antisemitic incidents
8:31 pm

Hamas official refutes claims Haniyeh was killed by bomb planted in his Tehran room - report
8:10 pm

Israeli swimmer Gorbenko finishes 9th in women’s 200m medley semifinal in Paris, doesn't advance

This video grab shows senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, center, praying near the coffin of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard during the funeral prayers in Doha, Qatar, August 2, 2024. (Qatar TV via AP)

Hamas leaders call for revenge as Haniyeh’s funeral ceremony held in Doha

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Senior officials from terror group threaten Israel over alleged part in death: ‘Blood of Haniyeh will change all equations,’ as region girds for reprisal by Iran, its proxy allies

An Iranian woman at Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh's funeral procession in Tehran holds a sign showing terror leaders and a nuclear scientist whose deaths have been blamed on Israel, August 1, 2024. These are (L to R) Palestinian Islamic Jihad secretary general Fathi Shaqaqi, Iranian physicist and scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Haniyeh, Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, Hezbollah commander Imad Mughnieh and Hamas spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. (AFP)

NY Times: Haniyeh was killed by bomb smuggled into Tehran guesthouse 2 months ago

In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, listens to Ziad Nakhaleh, the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, second right, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran to huddle with proxy leaders to discuss retaliation against Israel

By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Rasheed and Laila Bassam

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris talk to the media after the arrival of former prisoners held by Russia at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 1, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Calling to de-escalate, Biden says Haniyeh’s death has ‘not helped’ negotiations

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president says he had a ‘very direct’ conversation with Netanyahu, adds PM should ‘move’ on hostage-ceasefire outline, as Iran vows revenge for terror leaders’ assassinations

Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, June 6, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

As more foreign airlines nix flights, Israeli official says airspace ‘absolutely safe’

AnalysisIsrael has long been good at assassinating enemies. Does it make a difference?

Dad of slain soldier held in Gaza: We want a place to grieve

Thousands rally across Israel, urge hostage deal to mark 300 days since October 7

By Charlie Summers and Jessica Steinberg

Protesters, hostage families gather in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere; captive’s brother says contract between citizens and state has been ‘breached,’ only deal can restore it

Protesters rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, marking 300 days in captivity for the hostages in Gaza and demanding an immediate deal for their return, on August 1, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

A work by manga artist Makoto Tanaka, who created a graphic novel about former hostage Noa Argamani and will be a guest at the August 6-10, 2024 Animix Festival in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy: Makoto Tanaka)

Animated supportAnimation event to host artist behind Noa Argamani graphic novel

By Jessica Steinberg

Judih Weinstein at an open mic evening at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York in 2003. (Courtesy: Caryn Suiters)

Poets publish chapbook in memory of Judih Weinstein, killed on October 7

By Jessica Steinberg

The Turkish flag is flown at half-mast in honor of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Outcry as Turkish embassy in Israel lowers flag in honor of Haniyeh; envoy summoned

‘Israel will not accept expressions of participation in the mourning of a murderer,’ says Foreign Minister Israel Katz, as other politicians express outrage

Turkey blocks Instagram after removal of Haniyeh condolence posts from platform

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi briefs the media in Berlin, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

After Haniyeh’s death, Jordan says Israel ‘a rogue state,’ undermining hostage deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Myra Sack and Matt Goldstein holding Havi Lev Goldstein. (Courtesy)

Interview'We don't have to choose between emotions, they can coexist'

Their daughter’s death from Tay-Sachs at age 2 transformed this family’s view of grief

By Cathryn J. Prince

In her new memoir, ‘Fifty-Seven Fridays,’ Myra Sack chronicles how she and her husband continue to navigate the loss of their child, carrying her with them as they move forward

United Nations staff members inspect the remains of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen hit by an Israeli strike the previous day in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. (AFP)

Australia says deadly IDF strike on Gaza aid convoy was result of ‘serious failures’

In April incident, army confused locally contracted security guards for Hamas gunmen, fired second and third times in violation of own policy, report finds

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)

IDF says slain Al Jazeera reporter was a Hamas commando, took part in Oct. 7 massacre

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Prof. Gerald Steinberg: Hypocrisy of human rights groups on Israel

The founder of NGO Monitor delves into the murky world of non-governmental organizations (NGOS) and how many issue wide-reaching reports targeting and unfairly condemning Israel

Prof. Gerald Steinberg, the founder of NGO Monitor, at The Times of Israel's Jerusalem office, July 30, 2024. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Israeli judokas Inbar Lanir (left) and Peter Paltchik celebrate after winning silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2024 Paris Olympics on August 1, 2024. (Composite image: Olympic Commitee of Israel; AFP)

2024 Paris Olympics

Israeli judokas Inbar Lanir, Peter Paltchik win silver, bronze medals at Paris Games

Athletes dedicate wins to nation in difficult times: Lanir wears yellow scrunchie, Paltchik says ‘I fought for our flag’; equestrian jumping team qualifies for final

Lauren Scruggs, Maia Weintraub and Jackie Dubrovich of Team USA celebrate winning against Italy during the fencing women's foil team gold medal match at the Paris Olympics, August 1, 2024. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images via JTA)

US Jewish fencers Jackie Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub take gold at Olympics

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Jessica Fox celebrates during the canoe slalom women's canoe single final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, July 31, 2024, in Paris. (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images via JTA)

Australian Jewish paddler wins 2nd Paris gold, becomes most decorated Olympic canoeist

By jacob gurvis

Ain’t no river wide enough

Just as the Jordan River did not break the bonds of the Israelite tribes on its opposite sides, neither will the seas between Israel and Diaspora Jewry (Matot/Masai)

What to expect when you’re expecting an Iranian invasion II

This time, they’ll likely try harder to make it hurt – just enough to let us go back to shooting at each other over the border

Levin says 'Nothing will deflect me' from judicial overhaul

Far-right MK: Justice officials who go after soldiers will be ‘prosecuted as traitors’

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Limor Son Har-Melech makes threat at rally for soldiers arrested on suspicion of abusing Gaza detainee; Justice Minister Levin insists judiciary’s ‘excess power’ must be curbed

Limor Son Har-Melech speaks at a far-right rally in support of soldiers arrested on suspicion of abusing Palestinian prisoners, Tel Aviv, August 1, 2024. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)

Court: Israel must enable return of displaced Palestinians to West Bank villages

By Jeremy Sharon

Supreme Court justice Uzi Vogelman at the court in Jerusalem for a petition asking the state to close the detention facility at the Sde Teiman military base, June 5, 2024 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 2: Day 301 – Courts want to quickly handle Sde Teiman abuse case

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, April 19, 2023. (Wafa)

Saudi leader to host Abbas next week, as talk of Israel normalization deal fades

Crown prince and PA president to discuss impact of Haniyeh assassination on Gaza war, while trying to coordinate on how to approach potential Trump or Harris administrations

Interview

‘Hezbollah has conquered the north’: New Hope’s Haskel slams ‘incapable’ government

‘I warned of a disaster,’ says ex-Likud MK in wake of Majdal Shams tragedy, accusing her former party of lacking the capacity to govern or prosecute the war effectively

MK Sharren Haskel in the Knesset, Jerusalem, on June 28, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/ Flash90/ File)

Noor Ibrahim, Rena Ibrahim and Tulei Abu Jabal (left to right), cousins of one of the victims, at a memorial to those killed in the July 27 attack on Majdal Shams. (Deborah Danan/JTA)

'We have all been one people since 1967'

In Majdal Shams, neighbors embrace Druze mourning children killed in rocket attack

By Deborah Danan

Residents say they’ve felt an outpouring of love and support as Israelis have collectively grieved the 12 dead kids, speaking of the strike as a national tragedy

from the blogs

Facing the Houthi threat: Time to stop playing defense

They are a member of Iran’s ’axis of resistance’ and claim to be at war with Israel and the US. That should factored into the US response

Former prisoner held by Russia, US journalist Evan Gershkovich is welcomed by US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 1, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)

Gershkovich, other freed prisoners met by families, Biden and Harris as they land in US

WSJ journalist says he feels ‘not bad’ after finally returning home; ex-US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian dissidents also released as part of major exchange with Moscow

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands listening to the verdict in a glass cage of a courtroom inside the building of 'Palace of justice,' in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on July 19, 2024. (AP)

US reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in 24-prisoner swap between Russia, West

By Danny Kemp and Volkan NAKIBOGLU

People display a Romani flag to commemorate the Roma and Sinti people killed by Nazi Germany in World War II, during ceremonies, in Oswiecim, Poland, August 2, 2019. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)

'We are still fighting for widespread dignified memory'

Decades after Holocaust, Romani community struggles for recognition of its genocide

By Ronen Shnidman

While Nazi murder of the Jews in the Shoah is widely commemorated, relatively few countries mark the Aug. 2 memorial day of Samudaripen. Activists are working to change that

More Headlines

Ultra-Orthodox extremists block Route 4 during a protest against the drafting of Haredi men to the IDF, outside of Bnei Brak, August 1, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Extremist Haredi protesters block highway for 3 hours to decry enlistment to IDF

Illustrative: A mohel arranges tools for a circumcision ceremony. (Getty Images via JTA)

London rabbi held in Ireland for alleged unlicensed circumcision

By Canaan Lidor

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a "Harris for President" event in the gymnasium of Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania, on July 29, 2024. (Matthew Hatcher / AFP)

Speculation mounts Harris to tap Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor Shapiro as running mate

By Jackie Hajdenberg and Ben Sales

IDF Col. Yishai Rosilio, in a farewell speech as he departs as head of the Judea Regional Brigade, in the West Bank, August 1, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF commander rebuked after allowing unauthorized work at Hebron holy site

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator hangs a flag on top of the Brooklyn Museum while occupying the building to protest against Israel over its war with Hamas in Gaza, May 31, 2024, in New York. (AP/Andres Kudacki)

Anti-Israel protester charged with hate crimes for vandalizing homes of NY museum heads

By AP and ToI Staff

Evidence found by police in a search of a Tel Aviv Central Bus Station-area apartment of a sexual abuse suspect identified by Hebrew media as Abraham Perlmutter, released August 1, 2024. (Israel Police)

Man detained for allegedly drugging, sexually abusing, shaving heads of women

The "Screaming Woman," discovered in 1935 near Luxor, Egypt. (Sahar Saleem/Frontiers in Medicine)

Researchers say ancient ‘screaming’ mummy may have died with agonizing spasms

A pair of blue-tinted glasses gifted by John Lennon. (Catherine Southon Auctions)

Fourth eyeUri Geller buys John Lennon’s glasses, will exhibit in Tel Aviv

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