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What Matters Most On Monday, August 26, 2024

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is flanked by police officers the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit to the Temple Mount, on the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Interior minister fears comments 'may be paid for in blood'

Cabinet ministers warn Ben Gvir endangering Israel with ‘reckless’ Temple Mount moves

PM insists status quo at flashpoint site remains unchanged after Ben Gvir says he’d support building a synagogue atop it; coalition, opposition members call for him to be fired

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. (Composite: Liron Moldovan/Flash90; Israel Bar Association)

AG blocks Ben Gvir’s promotion of cop indicted for throwing stun grenade at crowd

New Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy speaks at a ceremony in Jerusalem marking his entry into the role on August 25, 2024. (Israel Police)

Daniel Levy sworn in as new Israel Police chief following government approval

Analysis

Gianluca Pacchiani

Terrorize Israelis while eliciting sympathy abroad: Inside Hamas’s propaganda strategy

In accordance with its founding charter, Hamas uses a sophisticated media presence and uniform narrative to rally its base — and turn the world against Israel

Two posters disseminated by Hamas in August 2024 following a failed suicide attack in Tel Aviv, vowing to blow up Israeli buses. (Via Telegram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Civil Defense workers and citizens inspect the remains of a burned car that was hit by an alleged Israeli strike near the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 26: Israel said urging US to credibly flex military might or attack Iran’s nuclear sites

By Jacob Magid and Joshua Davidovich

Hamas member released in November hostage deal said among those killed in West Bank drone strike * Police chief may not obey AG order blocking Ben Gvir promotion of indicted cop

8:57 pm

IDF still has no confirmation of West Bank kidnapping but taking report seriously — military source
8:39 pm

IDF says it is investigating unconfirmed reports of kidnapping in northern West Bank
8:26 pm

Hamas member released in November hostage deal said killed in IDF's West Bank drone strike

Promoted Content

How the Israel Cyber Campus is preparing the next generation of cyber warriors

Amid a 3.4M worldwide gap of cybersecurity workers, the Israel Cyber Campus teaches North American teens about cyber with the same methods used to train the Israel Defense Forces

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit to the Temple Mount on August 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Aug. 26: Day 325 – How far can Ben Gvir push the prime minister?

Editor David Horovitz discusses Nasrallah comments, the latest in hostage-ceasefire talks, the dangers posed by National Security Minister Ben Gvir, and Yair Lapid’s optimism

'The entire existence of the state... is in question'

In newly leaked audio, PM tells hostage families that Israel ‘didn’t lose’ on Oct. 7

Israeli TV plays recording in which Netanyahu says toll of attack was only a fraction of Holocaust, during meeting with freed captives and relatives of Israelis still held in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the early morning preemptive strike carried out by Israel against Hezbollah rocket launchers, at the start of a cabinet meeting, August 25, 2024. (Screenshot/GPO)

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari delivers an English-language address, June 16, 2024. (Screenshot)

Hagari says hostages’ rescue is ‘central war goal,’ drawing ire of senior official

People at the site of a damaged house following a missile attack from Lebanon, in Acre, northern Israel, August 25, 2024. (Flash90)

PM says strikes on Hezbollah ‘not end of story’ as allies warn against escalation

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US reportedly backed strike but working to prevent all-out war; Jordan, Egypt sound alarm against further violence; reports indicate Jerusalem, Beirut seeking to restore calm

People at the site of a damaged house following a missile attack from Lebanon, in Moshav Manot, northern Israel, August 25, 2024. (Flash90)

‘We don’t count’: Northern leaders complain military only acts when Tel Aviv is targeted

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on August 25, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Dozens of flights scrapped as fighting flares up in north, stranding Israelis abroad

Nasrallah asserts Hezbollah attack was success, reserves right to strike again

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Although large-scale assault from Lebanon was largely thwarted, terror group leader maintains it achieved its goals, says he’s waiting to ascertain results were ‘satisfactory’

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised address following an attack, largely thwarted by Israel, in retaliation for the killing of Fuad Shukr, August 25, 2024. (Screenshot)

Abbas Araghchi attends a parliament session in the capital Tehran, on August 17, 2024, as Iran's president defends his cabinet selection. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran’s foreign minister vows ‘calculated’ response to killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh

By AP and ToI Staff

Petty Officer First Class David Moshe Ben Shitrit (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli Navy sailor killed, two hurt by interceptor missile amid Hezbollah attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Air Force investigating possibility interceptor locked onto patrol boat instead of drone launched from Lebanon; Gallant says 50-60% of planned rockets were thwarted by IDF

Hamas fires long-range rocket from Gaza at central Israel

No breakthroughs in Cairo talks as US says mediators pushing ‘feverishly’ for deal

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Hamas official says terror group relayed its response to American ‘bridging proposal,’ denies hostage-ceasefire agreement could be imminent; lower-level negotiators to reconvene

A rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, August 24, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Meirav Berger, mother of hostage Agam Berger, marking her daughter's 20th birthday in captivity on August 23, 2024 at Tel Aviv's Anu Museum (Courtesy Anu)

Family marks 20th birthday of hostage Agam Berger with music and song

By Jessica Steinberg

Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, (left) and Master Sgt. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut, both killed fighting in Gaza. (IDF)

Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza as troops continue to advance in center of Strip

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, 20, killed in Khan Younis, Master Sgt. Shlomo Hazut, 36, slain in Gaza City; military calls on Palestinians in small section of humanitarian zone to evacuate

Master Sgt. (res.) Itay Moreno who was killed in Zikim on October 11, 2023. (IDF)

Dozens of volunteers help widow of fallen soldier find his lost wedding ring at beach

US-supplied military equipment arriving in Israel, December 2023 (Defense Ministry Spokesperson's Office)

Israel says US shipments of arms and equipment during war exceed 50,000 tons

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Biden administration’s material support for IDF continuing despite some calls to end military aid

Polio vaccines arrive at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, August 25, 2024. (COGAT)

Israel coordinates delivery of 25,100 polio vaccine vials to Gaza amid fears of outbreak

By ToI Staff and AP

Vials enough to inoculate 1.25 million people, over half of Strip’s population, as aid groups call for weeklong truce for vaccination drive following 1st case of polio in 25 years

Protesters speak to the press as they gather at a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel encampment during a rally at George Washington University in Washington, DC, May 6, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

'Every time I go to class, it feels like I get dirty looks'

US universities, Jewish groups hope to change campus climate as school year begins

By Andrew Lapin

With new initiatives including broader rules around demonstrations and even full-time surveillance, institutions seek to rein in anti-Israel protesters, who vow not to ease up

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market stands largely empty, on August 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Analysis

Israel’s economy in grave danger as Gaza war drags on, economists warn

Experts say economy cannot survive much longer as fighting with Hamas has stalled tourism, forced small businesses to shut, slowed down shipping and raised deficit

Europe can condemn Russia while supporting Israel

If Israel and Ukraine fall, the Russia-Iran axis supported by China will declare victory and Taiwan will be next

Lawrence Rifkin

On ingrates and reaching Italy with dry feet

Leaked recordings from a meeting with released hostages reveal the immense suffering experienced by…the Netanyahus

An image of the military vest and several assault rifle magazines that the IDF says were found in the car of two Palestinian assailants who carried out a ramming attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel, August 25, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldier lightly hurt in car-ramming attack near Ariel; 2 assailants shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Army says troops also killed Palestinian gunman who opened fire at army post in northern West Bank; no injuries after explosive detonates on bus traveling in Bethlehem area

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front C) inspects a performance test of drones organized by the Drone Institute of the Academy of Defense Sciences at an undisclosed location in North Korea, August 24, 2024. (KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

New North Korean suicide drones resemble Israeli UAVs; design suspected stolen by Iran

By AFP

Pyongyang believed to have acquired the weaponry from Moscow, which may have obtained the plans from ally Tehran, which in turn thought to have hacked the design from Israel

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks to media representatives while standing in front of an F16 fighter jet during Ukrainian Air Forces Day at an undisclosed location on August 4, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)

Ukraine’s Zelensky urges Europe to help down Russia’s missiles and Iran-made drones

By AFP and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Illustrative: A police car in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Woman stabbed to death in southern town of Rahat, allegedly by husband

Palestinian journalists carry mock coffins of Palestinian journalists who were killed during the current war in Gaza during a symbolic funeral toward a United Nations office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Media, human rights groups urge EU to suspend accords with Israel, impose sanctions

By AFP and ToI Staff

US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives to speak on the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, August 22, 2024. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

Harris faces uphill battle to win back Muslim votes in swing state of Michigan

By AFP and ToI Staff

Issa Al Hasan, the alleged perpetrator of a knife attack that killed three people in Solingen, is escorted from a helicopter in Karlsruhe, Germany, August 25, 2024. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP)

Suspect in deadly German festival stabbing identifies with ISIS, prosecutors say

By Daniel Niemann and David McHugh

This photo released by the European Union's Operation Aspides shows fires burning aboard the oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea on August 25, 2024. (European Union's Operation Aspides via AP)

Greek-flagged tanker in Red Sea still ablaze three days after Houthi attack

FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, seen after his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

France detains Telegram chief accused of failing to curb use of app for crime, terror

By Sylvie MALIGORNE, Julia Pavesi, Jurgen HECKER and Stuart Williams

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