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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 4, 2024

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Benny Gantz speaks at the Israeli Bar Association's annual conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Rebutting Netanyahu, Gantz says Israel’s priority must be hostages, not Philadelphi

By Lazar Berman

Arguing that PM cares primarily about political survival, former war cabinet members Gantz and Eisenkot call for focus to shift to north and Iran, and for elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to IDF troops in Rafah on the Gaza-Egypt border, July 18, 2024. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

PM said to tell IDF to prepare for possibility of taking over aid distribution in Gaza

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem, Sept. 3, 2024. (GPO)

Smotrich presents 2025 budget plan, saying war is costing economy as much as NIS 250b

By Sharon Wrobel

IDF troops operate along the Philadelphi Corridor at the Gaza-Egypt border in August 2024. (IDF)

Israel assured Qatar IDF would fully pull out of Philadelphi in ceasefire’s 2nd phase

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Pledge came hours before PM vowed military will stay on Gaza-Egypt border indefinitely; Barnea said to have told mediators of willingness to withdraw, subject to parameters set by Israel

View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)

US: Israel agreed to withdraw from parts of Philadelphi as part of hostage deal

Op-ed: Day 334 of the war

Under Netanyahu, Israel is in existential danger

Facing a genocidal Iranian regime and its proxies, Netanyahu’s new obsesssion with the Philadelphi Corridor risks the lives of the hostages and, ultimately, the future of our country

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, September 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)

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US announces charges against Sinwar, 5 more Hamas chiefs day after Goldberg-Polin burial

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Impact of criminal case may be mostly symbolic since terror chief on run and Haniyeh, Deif and Issa dead, but naming Mashaal suggests US may plan to pressure Qatar to hand him over

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar wave during a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Islamist terror movement, in Gaza City, on December 14, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

IDF troops with the 98th Division are seen operating in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip in this undated handout photo published on August 30, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Report: IDF to warn government any expansion of Gaza military op risks hostages’ lives

A child receives a vaccination for polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

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Sep. 4: WHO hails success of polio 1st phase vaccination campaign in Gaza

Pressed on why capturing Philadelphi took 7 months, PM says IDF prioritized other goals, argues few hostage families thought he’d be able to free loved ones before November deal

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WHO hails success of polio 1st phase vaccination campaign in Gaza
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IDF hits Hezbollah rocket launchers and other sites in Lebanon
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Cops clash with Tel Aviv protesters demanding hostage deal; officer assaults ToI reporter for second time in 3 days

Israeli security forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon hit a home in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, September 4, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Hezbollah pounds Galilee with over 100 rockets, causing heavy damage but no injuries

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Home in Kiryat Shmona takes direct hit, with owner saying his parents’ home was hit when he was a kid; firefighters tackle blazes sparked by rockets

This image released by the Home Front Command on September 4, 2024, shows a new alert system that will be displayed on televisions. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Home Front Command revamps TV alert system with ‘clearer’ visuals

By Emanuel Fabian

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and in favor of a hostage deal, in Tel Aviv, on August 31, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Newly revealed document shows PM made major changes to US-backed hostage deal outline

By Shira Silkoff

Copy of proposal submitted on July 27 shows Netanyahu required ongoing IDF presence on Philadelphi route, made changes regarding Rafah Crossing plans and more

Families attend the funeral of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi at a cemetery in Petach Tikva, September 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

UN Security Council to discuss Gaza hostages after 6 captives ‘summarily executed’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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Even if Bibi’s right, the country can’t trust him

Netanyahu’s most recent effort to divide the country with suspicion and keep himself in power ignores a cardinal rule of Israel: No soldiers left behind

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks during a Jewish American Heritage Month event, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2024. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Emhoff ‘gutted’ over Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s killing, hails hostage’s parents’ strength

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

US second gentleman says American-Israeli’s death ‘feels personal’ to him and VP Harris, vows administration ‘working around the clock’ for a hostage-ceasefire deal

Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin seen on a screen during the Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Jerusalem at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, August 31, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s favorite soccer team mourns death of ‘our friend in the stands’

By jacob gurvis

From 'Kan, 7.10.360,' the digital museum created by public broadcasting channel Kan 11, recounting the people and places of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack (Courtesy Kan)

Public broadcaster to launch Oct. 7 digital museum in English as well as Hebrew

By Jessica Steinberg

Researchers prepare to scan a mass grave at Ponar, outside Vilnius, Lithuania. (Ezra Wolfinger, NOVA)

Inside Story

New research uncovers how Lithuania’s largest Holocaust massacre was mostly forgotten

By Matt Lebovic

Chris Heath’s ‘No Road Leading Back’ pieces together the Ponar massacre in detective-like fashion, including a daring escape of 40 prisoners through a secret tunnel in 1944

Protesters light bonfires on the street during a rally calling for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘Mr. Abandonment’: Hostage families rage against PM at Tel Aviv protest

By ToI Staff and Noam Lehmann

Thousands gather up and down the country for the third consecutive day of demonstrations; at least two arrested in Tel Aviv as bonfires lit in the middle of the road

Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit during a Shas party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shas said pushing PM to bring opposition parties into coalition, weaken Ben Gvir

Palestinians find their way amid the dust and smoke after an Israeli strike on a building in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)

Report lays bare Hamas’s fear campaign to silence mentions of its Gaza combat fatalities

Terror group obfuscates information about slain operatives, knowing that by focusing only on civilians, it can ensure the world’s support as it fights against Israel

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)

US said to have warned UK its weapons restrictions to Israel may impact hostage talks

Idit Dayan (center, wearing yellow), the principal of the Gil Rabin School in Sderot, southern Israel, welcomes children back for the new school year, on September 1, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

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Daily Briefing Sept. 4: Day 334 – School year starts in Sderot under shadow of war

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses IDF operation in West Bank, Hamas commander killed in Gaza; correspondent Sue Surkes reports from near the Gaza border

Lamis al-Jaer, an Arab Israeli woman who was attacked after mistakenly driving into the illegal outpost of Givat Ronen in the West Bank on August 9 speaks to Channel 12, August 11, 2024. (Screen capture via N12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Settlers charged with terrorism, racially motivated assault for attack on Arab women

By Jeremy Sharon

Four Arab-Israeli women and a two year old were severely assaulted after mistakenly entering illegal West Bank outpost Givat Ronen, left with broken bones and psychological trauma

Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon celebrates with his gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 3, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)

2024 Paris Paralympics

Swimmer Ami Dadaon clinches another Paralympic gold as Israeli medal haul rises to 7

Athlete emotionally shouts along to anthem ‘with everything I had’; goalball team beats Canada to get spot in semifinal; tennis player Guy Sasson sent to bronze medal match after loss

Gold medallist, US' Ezra Frech, competing in the men's high jump T63 event during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, France, September 3, 2024 (Photo by Bob MARTIN / OIS/IOC / AFP).

Jewish track and field star Ezra Frech grabs two golds for US Paralympic team

By jacob gurvis

Tents erected at the pro-Palestinian demonstration encampment at Columbia University in New York, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Columbia students return to campus as anti-Israel activists vow to restart protests

By Jake Offenhartz

Graduate student Mahmoud Khalil says ‘the limit is the sky’ for student resistance, as classes resume following resignation of president, antisemitism report, new protest guidelines

U of Maryland reverses decision to allow pro-Palestinian groups to hold event on Oct. 7

By Andrew Lapin

Handmade matzah being made at a factory in Dnipro, Ukraine, June 10, 2024. (Marcel Gascón Barberá/ JTA)

'We have a lot of challenges, but thank God we're surviving'

Baking matzah and defying blackouts, Dnipro’s Jews press on despite Ukraine war

By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ

Less than 125 miles from the front line in the ongoing battle after Russia’s invasion, operations in the Jewish community continue, providing needed support in harrowing times

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Historian Jens-Christian Wagner looks into a book on September 2, 2024, in Buchenwald, near Weimar, eastern Germany. (Clement Kasser/AFP)

Buchenwald memorial chief ‘upset and depressed’ over election win by far-right AfD

By Clement Kasser

Filmmaker Amos Gitai speaking at a press conference ahead of the Venice Film Festival screening of his latest film, 'Why War,' on August 31, 2024 (Credit: Giorgio Zucchiatti La Biennale di Venezia - Foto ASAC)

Director Amos Gitai pushes back against boycott call of ‘Why War’ film at Venice fest

By Jessica Steinberg

In this handout photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi during their meeting at Al-Ittihadiya palace in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 14, 2024. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Egypt’s Sissi heads to Turkey for 1st presidential visit in 12 years amid warming ties

By Reuters and ToI Staff

This photo released by the European Union's Operation Aspides naval force shows the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion burning in the Red Sea following a series of attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Sept. 2, 2024. (European Union's Operation Aspides via AP)

Salvagers abandon effort to tow burning oil tanker in Red Sea attacked by Houthis

By Jon Gambrell

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Texas grand jury indicts woman in attempted drowning of Palestinian-American girl

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 21, 2024. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba resigns ahead of expected cabinet shuffle

By LLIA NOVIKOV and Emma Burrows

This video grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on May 21, 2024 shows Russia's missile forces holding a tactical nuclear weapons drills in the southern military district of the country. (Russian Defense Ministry / AFP)

Kremlin says West’s agenda spurring changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine

From 'Eid,' Bedouin filmmaker Yousef Abu Madegem's film about life in Rahat, one of the highly nominated films in the upcoming 2024 Ophir awards in September 2024. (Courtesy)

MutedOphir Awards will change tone, following deaths of six hostages

By Jessica Steinberg

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