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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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Top (L-R): Nadav Popplewell, Yoram Metzger, Avraham Munder; bottom (L-R): Chaim Peri, Yagev Buchshtav, Alex Dancyg. Abducted to Gaza by Hamas on October 7, 2023, their bodies were retrieved by the IDF on August 20, 2024. (Courtesy)

105 hostages remain held by Hamas in Gaza

IDF recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza, including one hitherto presumed alive

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

All 6 had been taken alive on Oct. 7; Avraham Munder found dead in Khan Younis tunnel with bodies of Alex Dancyg, Yagev Buchshtav, Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger and Nadav Popplewell

Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and supporters hold a protest march calling for a hostage deal, in Tel Aviv, August 15, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘They could have been saved’: Relatives of returned dead hostages voice deep frustration

IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on August 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 20: Day 319 – IDF extracts bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza tunnel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to media at the David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv, Aug. 19, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt/Pool Photo via AP)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 20: Blinken says Gaza deal needs to happen, mediators trying to get Hamas on board

By Michael Bachner, Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

US proposal received by Sinwar, mediators seek flexibility from PM * 115 rockets fired at north from Lebanon * Officials fear chance to release elderly men was missed in Nov. truce

8:44 pm

Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Orthodox Jewish group's DNC side event about domestic antisemitism
8:13 pm

Blinken: Ceasefire deal needs to happen in coming days, trying to get Hamas on board with 'bridging proposal'
8:09 pm

Report: Netanyahu recently met with Smotrich twice to try and persuade him to support hostage deal

Reporter's notebook

Anti-Israel protests fail to overshadow first day of Democratic Party confab

3 Israel mentions in 6 hours of speeches are meant to unite delegates eager for Gaza deal, after ‘March on DNC’ turnout falls well below pro-Palestinian organizers’ expectations

A protest banner is partially blocked during US President Joe Biden's remarks at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US President Joe Biden, right, clasps the hand of his vice president Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, August 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden gets hero’s welcome at DNC, touting record as he passes torch to Kamala Harris

By AP

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks during an interview in Chicago, August 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

After being vetted for VP, Jewish governor of Illinois is now hosting the DNC

By Ron Kampeas and Ben Sales

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US President Joe Biden delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden says Hamas ‘backing away’ from hostage-ceasefire deal, as Blinken heads to Egypt

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to media at the David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv, August 19, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt/Pool Photo via AP)

Hamas: 'Not what was presented to us, nor what we agreed on'

Confirming Netanyahu accepts US deal proposal, Blinken says Hamas must now do the same

By Lazar Berman

Top American diplomat aims to finalize terms at a summit later this week; won’t specify how PM’s demand for continued IDF presence on Gaza-Egypt border is handled in bridging offer

From left to right: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, in 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to believe even if truce deal is signed, it will crumble within weeks

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

You want peace for all? Here’s what you need to know

It’s crucial to grasp that our history as Jews in Israel is intertwined with unyielding fear and a relentless yearning for quiet

Down and out at Columbia

Minouche Shafik’s departure as university president is being hailed as a win for Israel supporters. It’s not.

Relatives of hostages held by Hamas movement carry pictures of Ohad Ben Ami, 55 and Tal Shoham 38, in Kibbutz Nirim along the fence on the Gaza border, equipped with powerful loudspeakers hanging from cranes, in an effort to get messages of hope across to them as their time in captivity nears to 100 days, on January 11, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)

Gaza border residents reject government plans for Oct. 7 memorial, plan own ceremony

Kibbutz Nirim tells government it won’t serve as backdrop, after kicking out production scouts; at least 2 families of captives say they won’t let their loved ones’ names be used

Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, testifying before an independent civilian commission investigating the events leading up to October 7, August 20, 2024. (Civilian Commission of Inquiry)

Hostage’s mother claims Mossad chief told her deal ‘impossible’ because of politics

Hezbollah fires 115 rockets at Israel after IDF hits weapons depots in east Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

None hurt in barrages; firefighters battle blazes sparked by impacts; Gallant: Israel’s ‘center of gravity’ gradually moving from Gaza to the northern front

An Israeli anti missile system intercepts rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon, in northern Israel, August 20, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Hezbollah propaganda video appearing to show underground missile facility in Lebanon. August 16, 2024 (Screenshot)

Hezbollah tunnel clip offers glimpse into an underground far more advanced than Gaza’s

An Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah weapons depot in northeastern Lebanon's Baalbek District, August 19, 2024. (Screenshot X used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons depots deep in Lebanon after deadly drone attack

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Lt. Shahar Ben Nun, 21 (IDF)

IDF officer killed in failed Israeli airstrike in Gaza’s Khan Younis

By Emanuel Fabian

Missile launched by fighter jet, due to rare technical failure, missed intended target and hit soldiers 300 meters away, probe finds; 1.5-km-long tunnel demolished

Illustrative: This picture taken from Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over the Hamad residential towers in Khan Younis following Israeli bombardment on August 17, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

Army says it hit PIJ operative in strike that reportedly killed Gazan mom, her 6 kids

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a speech during an extraordinary Parliamentary Meeting on Palestinians, at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP/Ali Unal)

Abbas said to ask Israel to allow Gaza visit as PA works to line up support for trip

By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff

'Horrible tragedy' if terrorist had entered synagogue nearby

Police, Shin Bet said to believe Iran, Hezbollah may be behind failed Tel Aviv attack

Hamas said it and PIJ ordered the blast, but authorities are reportedly unsure given sophistication of ultimately faulty bomb carried by Nablus resident with no known terror ties

Security and rescue forces at the scene of a failed suicide bombing in south Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens at a business roundtable discussion at a campaign event at Precision Components Group, August 19, 2024, in York, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

US intel community formally blames Iran for hack of Trump campaign

Huib Kriekaard and Ina Straatsma-Elzes work at the Israel Product Center in the headquarters of the Christians for Israel group in the Dutch town of Nijkerk, June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'To have meaning, I need to do something tied to Israel'

In Holland’s Bible belt, a Christian family’s pro-Israel empire shifts into overdrive

By Canaan Lidor

Since the October 7 Hamas massacre, the 45-year-old Christians for Israel’s product sales, public engagement – and risk exposure – have vastly increased

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists gather for a protest at Columbia University, October 12, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Columbia ends suspensions of most students disciplined for anti-Israel protests

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Almost all students arrested over encampment, break-in and occupation of academic building restored to good standing, university says, after inquiry from US Congress

The Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh holds a peace vigil in support of Israel at the Jewish Federation in Pittsburgh, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh group backs off bid to put Israel divestment on November ballot

By Andrew Lapin

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential candidate, US Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

At DNC, Josh Shapiro denies antisemitism kept him off Harris ticket

Pennsylvania governor blames Trump for stoking claim that nominee chose Tim Walz as running mate because Shapiro is Jewish

US President Joe Biden, left, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP launches bid to impeach Biden on unproven claim he abused office to benefit son

By AFP

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Israel Prison Service dog handler Yochai Avni. (Courtesy)

Palestinian to be indicted for killing prison worker, but no terror motive found

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Left to right: Israeli singer Eyal Golan performs at Bloomfield Stadium, in Tel Aviv. June 13, 2024. (Moshe Shai/Flash90); Israeli singer Kobi Peretz seen leaving Ma'asiyahu Prison in Ramla on July 15, 2018, After serving nine months in prison for tax offenses. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90); MK Keti Shitrit attends a conference calling for "Israel's return to the Temple Mount" at the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

State attorney clarifies no ongoing probes against Eyal Golan, others for incitement

Volunteers lays flowers at an installation by the charity Oxfam, depicting a Mark-84 2,000-pound bomb with the words 'Stop Arming Israel,' opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on July 30, 2024. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Junior British diplomat quits to protest arms sales to Israel

By AFP

Illustrative: The hesder yeshiva in the Itamar settlement in the West Bank, May 2, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Report: Gallant approved 7 new ‘hesder’ yeshivas for ultra-Orthodox soldiers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea. (Screenshot/Kan public broadcaster)

Netanyahu said to request state funding for waterproofing work at Caesarea home

Yemenis lift placards and flags and hold portraits of newly appointed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and assassinated terror chiefs Fuad Shukr and Ismail Haniyeh, during a rally in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa in solidarity with Palestinians on August 16, 2024, amid the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (AFP)

UN says Houthis have returned Yemen rights office they seized

By AFP

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