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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 19, 2024

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Moti Maman, accused of being recruited by Iran to advance an assassination plot of Israel's prime minister, defense minister, or the head of the Shin Bet, is seen in a court in Beersheba on September 19, 2024. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Suspect said to tell investigators: It's good you arrested me

Israeli Jew recruited by Iran in plot to kill Netanyahu, Gallant or Shin Bet head Bar

By Emanuel Fabian

Moti Maman, 73, was allegedly smuggled into Iran twice for meetings with intelligence officials who tried to task him with assassinations, other missions; Lawyer: Error of judgment

Protesters call for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, and the end of the war, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, September 19, 2024 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli official describes proposal as secondary track

Israel offers to end war, let Sinwar leave if all hostages freed at once, Gaza disarmed

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Proposal, discussed in Washington recently, also stipulates new regime for Strip; hostages’ relatives hail plan, but Hamas official swiftly rejects it as ‘ridiculous’

Japanese firm: Compromised 2-way radios discontinued in 2014

Israel didn’t tamper with Hezbollah’s exploding pagers, it made them – New York Times

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli spies are behind Hungarian firm BAC Consulting that supplied the devices, NYT reports; other shell companies mask ownership; Bulgaria probing another firm linked to saga

The headquarters of a Hungarian company that allegedly manufactured pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria, in Budapest, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP/Denes Erdos)

In Beirut's southern suburbs, the remains of exploded pagers used by Hezbollah on display at an undisclosed location, on September 18, 2024, in a stealth attack blamed on Israel. (AFP)

Hezbollah pager explosions put spotlight on Israel’s cyber warfare Unit 8200

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An undated file catalog image of an Apollo pager, similar to the ones that exploded on September 17, 2024, in various cities of Lebanon and Syria, in an unprecedented attack on Hezbollah personnel. (Balkis Press / ABACAPRESS.COM / Reuters)

Hungary: Exploding pagers weren’t made here, linked firm acted as trade intermediary

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Israeli fighter jets take off at an undisclosed airbase for airstrikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, September 19, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 19: US says that if Hezbollah ends attacks, it’d tell Israel to halt counter-strikes

Nasrallah says pager attacks crossed ‘all red lines,’ vows revenge * MDA station reported hit in Metulla rocket attack, no injuries * IDF presents Netanyahu with operational plans

8:52 pm

IDF says warplanes hit more than 100 loaded Hezbollah rocket launchers
8:47 pm

Democrat VP candidate Walz meets families of US hostages held in Gaza
8:37 pm

IDF tells residents of several cities and communities in north to remain close to bomb shelters

Maj. (res.) Nael Fwarsy, 43, left, and Sgt. Tomer Keren, 20 who were killed in Hezbollah strikes on the northern border on September 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Two IDF soldiers killed, nine hurt in Hezbollah attacks on Galilee

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Injured soldiers evacuated for medical treatment after anti-tank missiles, drones fired at north; Lebanese terror group says 37 members killed in portable device blasts, strikes

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to Israeli Air Force personnel at the Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel, September 18, 2024. (Ariel Heremoni/ Defense Ministry)

Gallant says IDF diverting resources to northern border in ‘new phase’ of war

By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

As troops move north amid rising tensions with Hezbollah, after two days of mysterious explosions in Lebanon, IDF chief says Israel has ‘many capabilities’ it can yet deploy

IDF troops carry out a drill in northern Israel, in a handout photo published September 18, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Senior IDF officers were ordered to keep low profile after Fuad Shukr killing – report

People gather as firefighters put out the flames at the scene of a device explosion in Saida in southern Lebanon on September 18, 2024, a day after thousands of Hezbollah pagers exploded in an attack blamed on Israel. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Report: Israel believes deaths in attacks higher than reported

20 killed, 450 wounded as Lebanon hit by 2nd wave of Hezbollah device explosions

By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

Walkie-talkies blow up around country; one explosion witnessed at funeral for victim of Tuesday’s pager attack; some solar energy systems said to also detonate

An IDF tank seen on top of a truck in traffic, on their way to the northern border with Lebanon, September 18, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

AnalysisA war with Hezbollah may be looming. Is Israel prepared?

By AP and ToI Staff

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US: ‘Additional military ops’ not the best way to prevent Israel-Hezbollah escalation

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

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Daily Briefing Sept. 19: Day 349 – North heats up with 2nd wave of exploding devices

ToI editor David Horovitz with the latest on Hezbollah, the arrest of an Israeli for plotting assassinations with Iran, hostage dealings and PM’s plans to swap defense ministers

An undated file catalog image of an Apollo pager, similar to the ones that exploded on September 17, 2024, in various cities of Lebanon and Syria, in an unprecedented attack on Hezbollah personnel. (Balkis Press / ABACAPRESS.COM / Reuters)

Taiwan, Hungary deny making Hezbollah pagers, deepening mystery of their origin

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location. The pagers were used by Hezbollah and the attack has been blamed on Israel. (AFP)

Iran’s Guard Corps denies report 19 members killed in Syria by exploding pager attack

By ToI Staff and Agencies

If Israel did explode Hezbollah’s devices… what’s next?

The answer depends on whether the terror group in Lebanon is still willing to pay the price of attacking the Jewish state to support Hamas

When a song is an anchor and a source of hope

I offer ’The Lord is my light’ as a balm for our Elul reflections on an impossible year – the tune is mine, the music recorded with my family and friends

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Palestinian representative Ryad Mansour applauds the result of a vote during the emergency session on the legal consequences of Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 18, 2024. (Bryan Smith / AFP)

UN General Assembly demands Israeli pullout from Palestinian areas within 12 months

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

Resolution put forward by Palestinians urges embargo on arms that might be used in territories; Foreign Ministry says ‘cynical’ motion harms peace, encourages terror

A handout picture shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on September 11, 2024. (Saudi Press Agency via AFP)

Saudi crown prince says Riyadh won’t recognize Israel without Palestinian state

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Troops of the 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade operate in the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, in a handout image published September 16, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with rescued hostage Noa Argamani, her father Yaakov and family at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, June 8, 2024. (GPO)

Report: Nov. truce collapsed because Hamas falsely claimed women set for release were dead

By Lazar Berman

Revelation comes in Channel 12 report that claims Netanyahu keeps ‘torpedoing’ 2nd hostage deal for political reasons; PM’s office says ‘false claims… echo Hamas propaganda’

MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, September 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘They turned the hostages into currency’: Edelstein blasts anti-government protests

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers his speech on the opening day of the 77th World Health Assembly, in Geneva on May 27, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

IDF denies WHO chief’s claim tanks fired toward Gaza aid convoy over weekend

By ToI Staff and AFP

'Uncommitted' protest group won't back Harris over Gaza

Muslim Americans moving to anti-Israel Jill Stein in potential blow to Kamala Harris

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Green Party candidate, who is Jewish, leads among Muslim voters in swing states of Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin amid anger at Democrats for support of Israel in war against Hamas

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks during an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian rally at Union Park during the Democratic National Convention August 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, on August 20, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

Bernie Sanders pushing longshot bid to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

A Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrator holds a UAW sign at the University of California Los Angeles campus on May 23, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Groups repping tens of millions of Americans call to end war

As US unions take on Israel, some Jewish members can feel attacked instead of protected

By Cathryn J. Prince

With a tight presidential race, left-leaning labor unions are doubling down on a Gaza ceasefire, while some supported an Israeli general strike after Hamas murder of six hostages

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Illustrative: Police stationed outside a synagogue in New York City, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Man pleads guilty to planning terror shooting on NYC synagogue in 2022

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Playtika co-founder and CEO Robert Antokal. (Photo: Ohad Romano)

Israel’s Playtika to snap up Tel Aviv gaming startup rival for up to $1.95 billion

By Sharon Wrobel

Blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel, winter 2023. (Breaking The Silence via AP)

High Court declines to shutter Sde Teiman, orders state to abide by law for detainees

By Jeremy Sharon

Robert Malley, the Biden's administration special envoy for Iran, waits to testify about the Iran nuclear deal during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 25, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/File)

US suspension of security clearance for Iran envoy didn’t follow protocol – watchdog

By Matthew Lee and Farnoush Amiri

US Senator John Kennedy, July 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

US senator accuses Muslim activist of supporting Hamas, Hezbollah

By Kanishka Singh

Inside the Sorek A Desalination Plant, November 2015. (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)

Study shows magnesium deficiency in desalinated water could lead to diseases

By Diana Bletter

Harvey Weinstein, center, appears in criminal court in New York, September 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein faces new sex crime charge while waiting retrial

By Philip Marcelo and Jennifer Peltz

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, center, joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, the ranking member, at a hearing on how to stem the rise in hate crimes in America, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US senators spar over approach to tackling antisemitism in combative committee hearing

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