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What Matters Most On Monday, September 9, 2024

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The scene where a drone fired from Lebanon hit a residential building, in the northern city of Nahariya, September 9, 2024. (Flash90)

Halevi says IDF 'ready for any mission that will be required'

Hezbollah drone hits Nahariya high-rise, as over 20 rockets fired at north

By Emanuel Fabian and Diana Bletter

Lebanese terror group claims to have targeted IDF base, kilometers away from apartment building that sustained direct impact; 2 soldiers lightly hurt in separate attack

National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz (left) speaks at the Middle East America Dialogue (MEAD) summit in Washington, DC, September 8, 2024. (Itzik Balnitzki / Courtesy)

Gantz says military focus should shift from Gaza to Lebanon: ‘We’re late on this’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

MK Nissim Vaturi attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, August 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hawkish Likud MK expects Lebanon war within days: Beirut suburb will ‘look like Gaza’

This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi; from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat. They were murdered by their Hamas captors in Gaza in August 2024. (The Hostages Families Forum via AP)

Slain hostages struggled with their killers in final moments, IDF probe said to find

Six abductees reportedly had trouble breathing while held by Hamas in unventilated, narrow, dark tunnel where they couldn’t stand upright, had no toilet and got very little food

Yagev Buchshtav (Courtesy)

Hostage Yagev Buchshtav was ‘executed’ by Hamas in Feb. as IDF closed in, mother says

Suspected terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

String of legal challenges still preventing prosecution of October 7 Hamas suspects

Demonstrators protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside the home of Shas head MK Aryeh Deri in Jerusalem, September 9, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 9: Poll shows mainstream parties opposed to PM with path to majority amid anger over hostages

Father of slain hostage says he hopes critical comments moved premier to act * Netanyahu says he always listens to hostage families * Drone slams into Nahariya building

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Man killed in Rishon Lezion stabbing
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Netanyahu hostage czar Hirsch discusses talks with US counterpart Carstens
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Israeli men's soccer team loses Nations League match to Italy

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Hundreds protest in Tel Aviv and in DC

Negotiators said to believe chance of hostage deal ‘close to zero’; US also pessimistic

Families reportedly told deal unlikely to happen as Netanyahu, Sinwar both hardened stances; US to delay presenting new proposal, does not want to reward Hamas after executions

Protesters gather on Tel Aviv's Begin Street near the IDF headquarters to call for a deal to free hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, September 8, 2024. (Pro-Democracy Movement/Danor Aharon)

Illustrative: Mossad chief David Barnea attends a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 9: Day 339 – Pessimism from all sides taints hostage negotiations

In swipe at protests, Netanyahu says ‘most Israelis’ not swayed by Hamas propaganda

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Smotrich says PM’s conditions for deal ‘not good,’ even if Israel stays on Philadelphi; Hamas said to demand life-term murderers in return for civilians, not just for soldiers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, September 8, 2024. (Screen grab/GPO)

Einav Zanguaker speaks during a press conference of relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, outside the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Police arrest man suspected of threatening hostage’s mother

‘Anyone but Bibi’ is not a strategy—it’s a cop-out

If we want to win over Netanyahu’s supporters, we need to hear their concerns and address them head-on, not dismiss them with insults and slogans

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Trump and Harris must weigh in on the dangers of Iranian influence

The Islamic Republic is actively waging war against the United States, not just in the Mideast and around the world — but on US soil

A temporary tent camp set up on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Israeli government and demanding a hostage deal, on September 8, 2024. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)

IDF probing leaks of Hamas papers seemingly aimed at stoking opposition to hostage deal

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF refutes Bild claim that document on Hamas pressure tactics was written by Sinwar, while material cited by UK Jewish paper on ostensible Sinwar escape plan not known to IDF

Israel allegedly strikes Syria area believed to house Iran forces; 14 killed, 43 hurt

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Series of attacks spark fires, damage highway in Masyaf area near Hama, where Tehran is thought to be helping manufacture precision missiles, chemical weapons; no comment from IDF

A fire sparked by an alleged Israeli strike in the Masyaf area of central Syria, late September 8, 2024. (SANA)

Hisham Abu Riya, the first non-Bedouin Muslim officer in the IDF, being awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel (res.) in September 2022 (courtesy)

'Rockets don’t distinguish between Moshe and Ali'

Taboo of Arabs in the IDF is slowly crumbling, says first Muslim non-Bedouin officer

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Hisham Abu Raya was the first from his community to climb the IDF ranks. Today, he runs a program promoting military service among young Muslims as a key to advancing in society

Activists protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the ultraconservative Har Hamor Yeshiva in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, July 5, 2023. The sign, featuring leading members of the government, states 'You are the messianics of the destruction.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ministers urge revival of judicial overhaul after High Court rules against Levin

Smotrich claims court waging war against democracy; Ben Gvir says decision constitutes conflict of interest; opposition decries threat to rule of law, warns of ‘Jewish wars’

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges along with Supreme Court Acting President Uzi Vogelman, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

High Court orders Levin to appoint new court president; he calls its ruling undemocratic

By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, September 8, 2024. (Screen grab/GPO)

Cabinet approves extending civil service commissioner’s term amid storm over replacement

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Israeli security forces near the scene where three civilians were murdered in a terror shooting attack at Allenby Bridge, a crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After 14 hours, Amman issues brief condemnation

Jordan crossing reopens to pedestrians after deadly terror attack celebrated in Amman

Allenby Bridge Crossing remains closed to trucks; Israeli security forces meet Jordanian counterparts to discuss investigation into murder of three Israelis, upgrading security

Jewish worshipers prostrate themselves on the Temple Mount during a prayer service at the holy site, August 28, 2024. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu tells ministers they can’t visit Temple Mount without his permission

PM insists status quo in place, despite far-right legislators encouraging new leniency on Jewish prayer at holy site; security heads warn issue could spike anti-Israel violence

Noa Goldenberg, suspected of throwing sand at National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on the beach in Tel Aviv, is seen after a police investigation in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Woman indicted for throwing wet sand at Ben Gvir, refusing to cooperate with police

Noa Goldenberg, 27, charged with assaulting elected official on Tel Aviv beach; she denies charges, mother decries ‘farce’; prosecution to potentially seek sentence of time served

Burnt cars are left behind at the site of the massacre three days earlier by Palestinian terrorists on the Supernova desert music festival near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert in southern Israel, on October 10, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Report shows IDF’s silence on fears ahead of Nova, failure to react as massacre unfolded

Army officials say they didn’t prioritize deploying forces to rave because police said area had been cleared out; soldiers only arrived in large numbers by middle of afternoon

Israeli Paralympic gold medalists (from left) Ami Dadaon, Asaf Yasur and Moran Samuel celebrate their wins at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. (Composite image; Lilach Weiss Rosenberg/Israeli Paralympic Committee)

2024 Paris Paralympics

Israel celebrates its best Paralympic showing in 20 years with 10-medal haul

Closing ceremony delegation to be led by flag bearers Ami Dadaon, who won four medals, and Gal Hamrani, captain of the women’s goalball team, which took a historic silver

Residents of the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta tend to their sheep with their homes in the background, following their return to the dwelling after they fled settler violence last year, August 21, 2024. (Hamdan Ballal / Haqel)

Israel warns Palestinian village will be demolished if residents refuse to relocate

By Jeremy Sharon

State revives 2007 demolition orders against Khirbet Zanuta, after High Court ruling last month allowed Palestinian residents who fled settler violence to return

Foreign Minister Israel Katz waits for the arrival of his British counterpart, David Lammy, and his French counterpart, Stephane Sejourne, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, August 16, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Katz threatens to ‘break and dissolve’ PA if it pushes UN resolution against Israel

By Lazar Berman

Free food pantry at JCC Krakow for Ukrainian refugees in 2022. (Courtesy)

Reporter's notebook'We started this sprint and we never stopped'

With a world weary of war, donations dry up for Ukrainian refugees at JCC Krakow

By Matt Lebovic

Jewish Community Center in city adjacent to Auschwitz raised $12m for Ukrainian refugees since 2022. But as money runs out, the new residents may lose yet another port in their storm

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Left: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, August 20, 2024. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin); Right: Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump, August 21, 2024. (AP/Chuck Burton)

68% of Jewish voters favor Harris, 25% plan to vote for Trump, according to new poll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on his corruption trial, June 26, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)

Court denies Netanyahu bid to block Canadian screening of leaked interrogation footage

A Bedouin child is brought to the emergency room at Soroka hospital in Beersheba, after his family home, a shed in an unrecognized Bedouin village near Dimona, was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, on July 19, 2014. (Dudu Greenspan/ Flash90/ File)

Government signs permits for new Beersheba hospital after 10-year delay

By Diana Bletter

Illustrative: A school built for children and teens who were evacuated from their homes due to the security situation, in the northern Israeli town of Rosh Pina, on August 26, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Reports of disarray as high schools reopen after abrupt halt to teachers’ strike

By Gavriel Fiske

The empty Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, at a time of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, on October 8, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/ Flash90)

Israel faces a looming financial crisis if it fails to act, former chief economist warns

By Sharon Wrobel

Screen capture from undated video showing a test launch of Iran's Kheibar ballistic missile. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran denies reports of missile transfer to Russia; Moscow doesn’t explicitly deny

Chile's Palestino soccer team and their jerseys, which replace the numeral 1 with an outline of the entirety of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. (photo credit: Facebook/Club Deportivo Palestino)

Chile’s ‘Palestino’ soccer team wears its anti-Israel politics on its sleeve — and jersey

By AP and ToI Staff

Arlanda International Airport is seen in this screen capture from a tour of the airport on YouTube, uploaded March 24, 2019. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Air traffic at Sweden airport briefly halted as 4 suspicious drones enter airspace

By AFP

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