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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 17, 2024

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A video shows a man, left, just before he was injured by an explosion in a market in Beirut on September 17, 2024, as pagers used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon. (Screen capture: X)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 17: Fellow Iran proxies line up behind Hezbollah, as Arab states vow aid to Lebanon

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

US didn’t know in advance of pager attack that hit thousands * Airlines nix Israel flights amid terror group’s expected reprisal * Devices replaced cellphones at Nasrallah’s order

9:00 pm

WHO chief claims Israeli tanks fired on Gaza aid convoy last weekend
8:48 pm

Hezbollah announces 7 more deaths at Israel's hands, following pager blasts
8:40 pm

Lebanon's health ministry lowers death toll back to 9, tally of injured down to 2,750

An explosive device that an alleged Hezbollah cell planned to use in an attack against a former senior Israeli security official revealed on September 17, 2024. (Shin Bet)

Shin Bet says it foiled Hezbollah attempt to kill former top Israeli security official

By Emanuel Fabian

Bomb would have been used in coming days, using remote detonation system from Lebanon; agency says same network was behind attack in Hayarkon Park in September 2023

US envoy Amos Hochstein (left) meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on September 16, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

Gallant tells US envoy only ‘military action’ can return Israelis to homes in north

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Residents of the northern Israeli town of Shlomi who were evacuated from their homes demand the government enable them to return to their homes, in Jerusalem, August 15, 2024. Banner reads 'The north is abandoned.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Return of displaced northern residents to their homes becomes an official war goal

Amid escalation fears, overcoming near-daily Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon added to objectives of destroying Hamas, eliminating the threat from Gaza, and freeing hostages

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

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 17: Day 347 – What does the new official war goal mean for Israel?

Old and new buildings around the Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on September 8, 2021 (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Promoted Podcast

Israel’s Wartime Economy: Navigating Crisis and Beyond

The past 11 months have pushed Israel’s economic resilience to the limit. David Makovsky is joined by former Bank of Israel governor Karnit Flug to discuss.

New Hope party leader Gideon Sa'ar leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu said preparing to fire Defense Minister Gallant, replace him with Sa’ar

Members of government have been calling for Gallant’s ouster for months, with Ben Gvir saying he must be fired ‘immediately’; both PM and Sa’ar deny reports

MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a faction meeting of the National Unity Party at the Knesset, July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

If he joins government, Sa’ar could get veto over judicial overhaul, choice of IDF chief

Op-ed: Day 346 of the war

Netanyahu, don’t fire Gallant again: The first was a tragedy, the second could be worse

Booting the defense minister amid Israel’s gravest crisis, with conflict on multiple fronts, is reckless and dangerous. It would delight Israel’s enemies, deepen division at home

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a vote at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nechama Shaina Langer, center, organizer of a healing day retreat in Majdal Shams. From left, Chayals Angels founder Tasha Cohen; Megan Sellway; Naela Fakher Eldin, mother of Alma Fakher Eldin, who was killed in the July 27 Hezbollah attack; and Naela's mother, Adele Abu Jabal on September 13, 2024. (Diana Bletter/The Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'You never get over losing a child'

Women travel to Majdal Shams to help mothers of children killed in Hezbollah attack

By Diana Bletter

Aware of the need for mental health support in the Druze town that lost 12 children, volunteers cross a cultural divide, offering alternative treatments to ease grief

Demonstrators attend an anti-government protest calling for action to release the Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza, in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, September 12, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Working on fresh hostage-ceasefire deal, US urges Israel to ‘give talks time to succeed’

By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff

Negotiators said to be revising framework, as May 27 outline ‘no longer working’; US ambassador says they’re unsure what Hamas will accept, but goal is to ‘force a decision’

Screen capture from video of Health Minister Uriel Buso at the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper health conference, September 16, 2024. (Ynet. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Health minister defends medical care for October 7 terrorists as intelligence asset

This undated family photo provided by the International Solidarity Movement on September 6, 2024, shows Aysenur Ezgi Eygi of Seattle. (Courtesy of the Eygi family/International Solidarity Movement via AP)

Initial probe into US citizen’s killing does not exonerate Israeli forces, US says

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Supporters of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels gather for a rally in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on September 15, 2024, to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, known in Arabic as 'al-Mawlid al-Nabawi.' (Abdallah Adel/AFP)

Houthis claim US offered to recognize its government if it stopped maritime attacks

By Reuters and ToI Staff

US official says statement — which comes a day after a ballistic missile launched by the group reached central Israel — is ‘total fabrication’

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's Gaza Strip chief, waves to supporters in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Sinwar congratulates Houthi leader on missile attack, says Hamas ready for long war

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian holds a press conference in Tehran, on September 16, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran’s president defends missile program; denies supplying them to Russia, Houthis

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Ban Rome’s October pro-Palestinian march! It glorifies the massacre of Israelis

Using democracy’s hallowed ’freedom of assembly’ to honor heinous acts of terror is simply unacceptable

‘Us against the world’ isn’t true and it’s not a winning strategy

Despite Hamas’s false claims, Jews have allies in this global religious conflict and the path to victory is through unity and alliance

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, in a composite image. (Flash90)

AG asks court to end government inquiry into allegations of police spyware abuse

By Jeremy Sharon

Chief concern is that the commission is being used as a platform to discredit the handling of aspects of Netanyahu’s criminal investigation

Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee hearing, September 16, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bill would let police probe suspected incitement to terrorism without State Attorney’s okay

By Jeremy Sharon

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks during her arrival at the NATO summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

EU’s hawkish new leadership announced, without Israel critic Borrell

By Lazar Berman and AFP

Former Estonian PM Kaja Kallas expected to take over for European Union foreign policy chief, whom Israel’s FM has called ‘antisemitic’

UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights Situation in the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland, March 27, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)

UN experts assail Western nations for supporting Israel in Gaza war

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Husni Abdel Wahed, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to Spain, at the PA's mission headquarters in Madrid, on May 28, 2024. (Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP)

First official Palestinian ambassador to Spain submits his credentials

By AFP

A handout image released on September 16 by the Martin County Sheriff's Offfice shows Ryan Wesley Routh following his arrest in Martin County, Florida on September 15, 2024. (Handout via AFP)

Police release body cam footage of arrest

Suspect in apparent assassination attempt on Trump charged with federal gun crimes

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US Justice Department says Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, lay in wait almost 12 hours for former president before getting noticed, does not allege he fired any shots

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Republican presidential nominee former US president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, September 12, 2024, in Tucson, Arizona. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump points finger at Biden and Harris ‘rhetoric’ for assassination attempts

By Gianrigo Marletta and Sebastian Smith

Palestinians lift their national flag on a fence across from Israelis lifting theirs at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem, as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day, on May 29, 2022. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

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By Gianluca Pacchiani

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Israeli soldiers on guard while students arrive to their first day of school at Lev Ha'Emek School in Neot Mordechai, northern Israel, on Septmber 1, 2024.(Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

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By Gavriel Fiske

Settlers attack a school in the Palestinian village of Mu'arrajat East in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank on September 16, 2024. (Sceen capture/X)

Settlers assault Palestinian villagers and Israeli activists in Jordan Valley

By Jeremy Sharon

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Israeli-Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden speaks at a We Are Freyda talk in the Netherlands, November 17, 2021. (YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

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Aerial view of hotel complexes in Ein Bokek, at the Dead Sea, in March 2021. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

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Israeli startup REE Automotive is a provider of a flat and modular chassis for electric vehicles, including trucks. (Courtesy)

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By Sharon Wrobel

The artist Mark Podwal in his studio in 2007; at right, his illustration "Munich Massacre," drawn in memory of Israeli athletes killed by Black September terrorists during Summer Olympics in Munich, was published in the New York Times in 1972. (Wikipedia via JTA)

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By Barbara Ortutay

Jewish student attacked in Michigan after being asked his ethnicity

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian gestures as he speaks to reporters during his press conference in Tehran on September 16, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran’s new president vows to ensure morality police don’t ‘bother’ women

By AFP and ToI Staff

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, pictured in 2016, was recently arrested in France. (Manuel Blondeau/AOP.Press/Corbis)

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By Josh Axelrod

FILE: A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during an anti-Israel rally in front of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, on October 9, 2023. (Luis Robayo/AFP)

Argentina posts 44% increase in reported antisemitic acts in 2023, most after Oct. 7

By Juan Melamed

A man was rushed to the hospital with severe burn wounds after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Boston (pictured) on September 11, in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)

Boston man suffering from severe burns after self-immolating outside Israeli consulate

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Police officers stand guard by a forensic team tent at Ashley Close in Bushey in the borough of Hertfordshire, north of London, on July 10, 2024 after a triple 'crossbow attack' murder. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

Man charged with crossbow homicide of mother and two daughters near London

By AP

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