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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 7, 2024

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks to troops at Tel Nof Airbase, August 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 7: IDF chief says Israel can quickly attack anywhere in Lebanon, Gaza, Middle East

Gallant: Hezbollah could cost Lebanese heavily, ‘they can’t imagine what might happen’ * Netanyahu tells Israelis ‘to stay calm and composed’ amid threats of attack

8:35 pm

Taylor Swift Vienna concerts canceled over planned Islamist attack
8:15 pm

IDF: Bombs found by W. Bank shooting site, attack was likely to lure troops to blast
8:05 pm

IDF says it struck Hezbollah site used to launch kamikaze drones at Golan earlier

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

US official: White House caught off guard by provocative hit

Iran could rethink Israel attack amid strong diplomatic pressure from US – report

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Show of US military strength could play role in Tehran lessening its threat, report claims, alongside Iran’s understanding that bomb that killed Hamas leader detonated remotely

A man walks past a banner depicting missiles launching from a representation of the map of Iran colored with the Iranian flag in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (Atta Kenare / AFP)

Ahead of feared strike, envoys abroad told to say Israel to defend itself ‘at any cost’

Op-ed: Day 306 of the war

The waiting

A week later, it’s still not clear how Iran and Hezbollah intend to respond to the humiliation of having terror chiefs killed under their noses — possibly because they haven’t decided * Willful blindness on Hamas

Gunmen from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah carry out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

An Easy Jet flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Some low-cost airlines cancel Israel routes amid Iran threat, others resume flights

Promoted CampaignNotes of Strength

IDF soldiers in Lebanon and Gaza need emergency protective gear

Your help provides tactical helmets, bulletproof vests, boots, and other vital gear to IDF heroes in Lebanon and Gaza.

Israeli jets set off sonic booms in Beirut as Nasrallah threatens ‘strong’ reprisal

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff, Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies

Sirens ring out in northern communities and residents told to stay near shelters; terror group leader says Hezbollah, Iran ‘obligated’ to respond to killings of Shukr, Haniyeh

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks in a remote address on August 6, 2024. (Screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Teenagers hang out outside a computer store in Jish on August 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

In Jish, an indigenous Christian minority defiantly stays in Hezbollah’s crosshairs

By Canaan Lidor

Instead of fleeing the Galilee, hundreds of Zionist Arameans are digging in as they brace for a major escalation

Daily Briefing Aug. 7: Day 306 – Resolute Christian Israelis stay put near northern border

IDF: There's only one place for Sinwar - next to Deif

October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar chosen to replace Haniyeh as Hamas leader

By ToI Staff and Agencies

IDF spokesman repeats vow to kill Palestinian terror leader; Israeli analyst says group’s promotion of Gaza chief ‘returns the formal center of Hamas power’ to the Strip

Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in Gaza City, April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

A truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip passes through the Kerem Shalom border crossing between southern Israel and Gaza, on June 17, 2024. (Ahikam Seri/AFP)

5 troops hurt in missile strike, prompting closure of road to Gaza humanitarian zone

By Emanuel Fabian

An IDF soldier operating in the Gaza Strip, in an image published on August 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF destroys Hamas arms production plant, launchers found in humanitarian areas

By Emanuel Fabian

Inside story

Netanyahu accused of undercutting Israeli credibility in Gaza truce talks

Officials say assurances to Qatar, Egypt and US made by security chiefs representing Jerusalem have been abandoned once the prime minister is consulted, gumming up negotiations

Supporters and relatives of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip since October lift placards during a rally to demand their release in Tel Aviv on August 3, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Bilha and Yakov Inon. (Courtesy)

Final unaccounted for October 7 victim died in onslaught, IDF confirms

By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

As dangers loom, our ancestors give me strength

Our Jewish foremothers knew how to live through catastrophes, but how they would marvel at a Jewish state supporting us as we do the same

Making an Iranian attack Tehran’s worst option

The Islamic Republic will be less likely to launch a major missile strike if it believes the US will strike preemptively to defang it

Bereaved families from the October 7 massacres and right-wing activists protest against a hearing in the High Court of Justice over a petition against the conditions of Hamas terrorists and suspects in the Sde Teiman detention facility, where severe allegations of abuses and torture have been made, August 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Right-wing protesters disrupt High Court hearing over Sde Teiman detention center

By Jeremy Sharon

Chief justice says legal proceedings cannot be interrupted; state insists ‘core principles’ of law upheld at facility, where severe abuse of Palestinian detainees has been alleged

Inside story

Jordan, Qatar, Saudis hesitant to join US-driven postwar peacekeeping force in Gaza

While Egypt and UAE are conditionally on board, neighbors have held off so as not to be seen as ‘protecting’ Israel from Palestinians, officials tell ToI; PA presents its own plan

Rockets are fired from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip toward Israel on August 5, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

Gazan detainees seen in a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

State admits some Sde Teiman detainees kept in permanent restraints, blindfolds

By Jeremy Sharon

Democrats dismiss ‘ridiculous’ claim antisemitism behind Shapiro snub for VP pick

Defenders note Harris is married to a Jewish man, but many in party say a reckoning is still needed regarding anti-Jewish invective in campaign against Pennsylvania governor

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro arrives at a campaign rally at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 6, 2024. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

This combination of pictures created on August 2, 2024, shows US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC on July 22, 2024, and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz in Washington, DC, July 3, 2024. (Jim WATSON and Chris Kleponis / AFP)

Harris announces Tim Walz as running mate, hoping to entice Midwest voters

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a campaign event, April 16, 2024, in Scranton, PA. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

‘Work far from finished’: Shapiro invokes ancient rabbi as Harris picks Walz for VP

Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri pauses before her concession speech during a primary election watch party at Chevre Events on August 6, 2024, in St Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images/AFP)

‘Squad’ member Cori Bush loses primary that drew millions from pro-Israel groups

By Ron Kampeas, AP and JTA

St. Louis county prosecutor Wesley Bell beats Missouri representative who supports BDS; Josh Shapiro says he’s ‘proud’ of his Jewish faith at Harris-Walz rally in Philadelphia

Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, speaks at an election rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Vance says Democrats made Josh Shapiro ‘run from his Jewish heritage’

By Ron Kampeas, ToI Staff and JTA

Then-US president Donald Trump meets with rapper Kanye West in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 11, 2018. (SEBASTIAN SMITH/AFP)

Trump claims Kanye West ‘has a good heart’ in interview with Jewish gamer Adin Ross

By Andrew Lapin

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between pro-Palestinian and counterprotest groups, in Los Angeles, May 1, 2024. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

'Globalize the Intifada isn't politics, it's violence'

Ahead of school year, US Jews skeptical campuses can prevent repeat of hostilities

By Cathryn J. Prince

Many Jewish students say they feel targeted by anti-Israel activists who’ve created a poisonous atmosphere. But with some schools negotiating with protesters, where is the deterrence?

US judge approves antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard, rejecting dismissal bid

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Holocaust survivor and education activist Dora Zaidenweber, (seated left) is given a standing ovation by Minnesota Gov. and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz (center) in June 2023. (Darrell Owens Photography via JTA)

Minnesota’s Jews celebrate ‘mensch’ Gov. Tim Walz as he enters national spotlight

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Jewish community leaders say Democratic VP candidate is committed to Israel’s right to defend itself, has attended vigils after antisemitic attacks, in the aftermath of October 7

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

How a progressive boot camp founded by Jews helped Tim Walz become a politician

By Andrew Lapin

View of the Foreign Ministry's Jerusalem headquarters, July 10, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police raid Foreign Ministry over diplomatic passports for Likud bigwigs, PM’s son

Investigators search offices, seize evidence; former foreign minister Eli Cohen reported to have overridden staff to issue documents to individuals who were not eligible for them

2024 Paris Olympics

At Munich victims’ memorial, Olympic chief says Games still embody ‘culture of peace’

Thomas Bach says murder of 11 Israelis at 1972 Games is ‘the darkest day in Olympic history’; Israeli Olympic head Yael Arad: Still today ‘it is not easy to be an Israeli athlete’

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a ceremony to pay tribute to the 11 Israeli victims in the Munich 1972 Olympics massacre, at the Israeli Embassy in Paris on August 6, 2024.(STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

United States' wrestler Amit Elor celebrates after defeating Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova during their women's freestyle 68kg wrestling final match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 6, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Wrestler Amit Elor, daughter of Israelis, pins down gold in Paris for US

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Israeli windsurfer Sharon Kantor poses for a photo with her silver Olympic medal in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Olympic Committee of Israel)

2024 Paris OlympicsOlympic silver medalist Sharon Kantor says gold is still ‘something to aspire to’

Marty Glickman (left), and Sam Stoller, at sea en route to the 1936 Olympics. (Courtesy, Nancy Glickman via JTA)

Interview'He sent the message that being Jewish is important'

How the US caved to antisemitism and snubbed a Jewish Olympian at 1936 Berlin Games

By Rich Tenorio

In new book ‘Marty Glickman,’ historian and professor Jeffrey Gurock unlocks the life of a sports hero and announcer whose proud Jewish identity was a model for countless young fans

More Headlines

Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Israel improves tax breaks for new immigrants to help first-time homebuyers

By Sharon Wrobel

File - Judges at the International Court of Justice arrive to hear South African arguments over Israel's Rafah offensive at The Hague, May 16, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)

Turkey submits bid to join South Africa genocide case against Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

This image provided by the Justice Department, contained in the complaint supporting the arrest warrant, shows Asif Merchant. (Justice Department via AP)

Pakistani man charged in suspected Iranian plot to assassinate US official

A protester holds a sign reading 'I condone Hamas' at a 'Climate Justice Means Free Palestine!' rally outside of the Citibank headquarters on June 18, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

Antisemitism 3 times higher than July last year, with 30 incidents recorded — NYPD

The outgoing commander of the 99th Division, Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, speaks at a handover ceremony on August 4, , 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF’s new Gaza commander draws rebuke for disparaging prewar ‘Israeli culture’

Power-generating solar panels on the rooftop of a house in central Israel. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90

Planning board sets rules for solar panels on new houses, nonresidential buildings

A waste dump visited by Environment Protection Ministry inspectors, June 2023. (Environmental Protection Ministry)

Court allows electronic waste corporation to continue working for time being

Frisbee athletes compete in Leuven Belgium on June 21, 2024. (European Ultimate Federation)

Frisbee tournament put on ice in Belgium over Israeli team’s participation

By Canaan Lidor

From left to right: Professors Ruth Heller, Yoav Benjamini and Daniel Yekutieli of Tel Aviv University's Department of Statistics and Operations Research, in an image released August 6, 2024. (courtesy)

Tel Aviv University team wins international $1 million statistics prize

By Gavriel Fiske

A plastic bottle cap is removed from the throat of a long-legged buzzard at the Ein Prat Nature Reserve, northeast of Jerusalem, August 6, 2024. (Itamar Telkar)

Cap thatRanger saves life of buzzard with bottle cap stuck in throat

A mask-wearing pro-Palestinian protester stands outside the CUNY Grad Center as a pro-Israel demonstration takes place behind them, in New York, July 22, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

NY county outlaws masks at protests in response to anti-Israel intimidation

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative - A demonstrator displays a placard with 'From the river to the sea' during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians at Oranienplatz Square in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, Germany, on November 11, 2023. (Tobias Schwarz/ AFP)

Berlin woman fined for using slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ at banned gathering

By AFP and ToI Staff

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