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What Matters Most On Monday, September 30, 2024

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An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from northern Israel toward Lebanon, in a position near the Israel-Lebanon border, September 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 30: IDF launches limited ground raids of Hezbollah sites across Lebanon border

By Michael Bachner, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Incursion said aimed at removing terror group’s infrastructure along Blue Line * US official tells ToI: We understand desire for limited op, but are concerned about mission creep

11:05 pm

IDF says troops launched limited ground raids of Hezbollah sites across northern border
9:35 pm

Israeli strikes killed 95 people in Lebanon on Monday — country's health ministry
9:19 pm

Hezbollah claims it targeted Israeli troop movements near Lebanese border towns

An Israeli soldier stands inside a Hezbollah tunnel that crosses from Lebanon to Israel, on the border between Israel and Lebanon in northern Israel, on May 29, 2019. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Gallant tells ground forces they are 'part of this effort'

Troops said to enter Hezbollah tunnels with pre-invasion forays into Lebanon

Wall Street Journal report latest to indicate soldiers making small-scale incursions across border as IDF readies for possibility of wider offensive

Sheikh Naim Qassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, gives first speech since the killing of Hassan Nasrallah on September 30, 2024. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Hezbollah’s deputy leader, sweating, says group ready to face potential IDF ground op

By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar after the latter announces his reentry into government, September 29, 2024. (Chaim Tzach/GPO)

PM also says Israel changing Middle East 'strategic reality'

Sa’ar rejoins government, bolstering Netanyahu; longtime rivals both say rifts mended

Sa’ar: It’s the patriotic thing to do; PM: Grudges are ‘behind us’; Gallant keeps defense portfolio, but future uncertain; New Hope has voting freedom on some controversial bills

FILE - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz address a press conference at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Likud polls as largest party but would be unable to form gov’t if elections called

New Hope MKs Gideon Saar and Ze'ev Elkin in the Knesset, September 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers say Sa’ar joining coalition boosts national unity crucial for winning war

Promoted Content

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The new Jerusalem residence invites residents to participate in the art of living, whether that includes a quiet residential experience, hotel amenities, or cultural immersion in the holy city

Hamas leader and UNRWA teacher Fateh Sherif abu el-Amin speaks at a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, on Mar. 27, 2024 after he was suspended, sparking protests. (Collin Mayfield/Sipa USA)

IDF strike kills Hamas’s Lebanon chief, an UNRWA teacher; 3 PFLP men killed in Beirut

By Emanuel Fabian, Joshua Davidovich and Jacob Magid

UN agency says Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, hit in southern Lebanon, was put on leave due to his ‘alleged political activities’; attack on PFLP appears to be first in heart of capital

from the blogs

Turning the tide of war: Israel’s ‘Midway’ moment

An inconclusive ceasefire will keep Israel from restoring its devastated deterrence power and regaining regional preeminence

Analysis

Gianluca Pacchiani

Inside Nasrallah’s ‘Hezbollahland’: Life and death in and under Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb

The ‘linchpin of Iran’s axis of resistance’ operated most but not all of the time from a network of underground bunkers, surrounded by a loyal few. He thought he was safe there

Then-Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during what the office said was an 'exclusive discussion' with members of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's office at an unknown date and location, September 28, 2019. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

A hole in the ground near the site of the assassination of Hezbollah terror group leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs, September 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Photo essaySmoke and ruins: A look at the wreckage at the site of Nasrallah’s assassination

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Op-ed: Day 360 of the war

Netanyahu never went away after October 7. But now, courtesy of Sa’ar, he’s truly back

A bitter critic’s latest political zigzag stabilizes the coalition, leaves Gallant more vulnerable, and means Netanyahu need not worry about elections for the foreseeable future

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar, right. (Flash90)

President Isaac Herzog gives a TV interview on September 29, 2024. (Kan screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Breaking with PM, Herzog stresses need for launch of state probe into Oct. 7

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd right) attends a dinner at a New York City Hotel with billionaire benefactor Simon Falic, September 27, 2024. (YouTube video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

PM attended event with billionaire friend in NYC hours after Nasrallah killing

By Michael Horovitz

How to kill an idea

Removing a movement’s leaders and its funding won’t end its influence, but a vision of something better can (Israel already has most of the pieces in place)

Even God created worlds and destroyed them

We enter Rosh Hashanah, after this terrible year of loss, and set aside our sins, errors and missed opportunities, to begin – for it is day the world is conceived

Fire and smoke can be seen rising in the distance in a video captured in Yemen following an Israeli strike on the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port, September 29, 2024. (Screenshot, X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Only second time Israel has hit Yemen, 1,800-km away

Dozens of Israeli planes strike port, power plants in Yemen after Houthi missile attacks

By Emanuel Fabian

Day after Houthis claim missile targeted PM’s plane at Ben Gurion Airport, IAF hits Hodeidah, Ras Isa port, where Iran-backed group said to receive arms, oil; Houthis say 4 killed

A US MQ-9 Reaper drone in an exercise over Texas, November 3, 2019. (Air National Guard/Technical Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez)

Houthi rebels say US-made drone shot down over Yemen

By AP and ToI Staff

A large fire and plume of smoke is visible in the port city of Hodeida, Yemen, September 29, 2024, after Israeli strikes on the Houthi-controlled city. (AP Photo/ File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 30: Day 360 – After Yemen port airstrikes, Israel tells Iran, ‘Don’t’

Air defense fire interceptors during a drone and missile attack by Iran as seen over Jerusalem, April 14, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

US said to fear attack on Israel by Iran, which vows to respond to ‘criminal acts’

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Official says military preparing for joint defense after assassination of Nasrallah as Tehran says it will make Israel regret its actions

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, September 17, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US hikes readiness to deploy in Mideast, boosts air support, warns Iran not to attack

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian meeting with Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu (L) in Tehran on September 17, 2024. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)

Russian PM to meet Iran’s Pezeshkian in Tehran in wake of Nasrallah killing

By AFP and ToI Staff

Children play inside a bomb shelter at a kindergarden in central Israel, during the war against Hamas, November 5, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Young kids, parents still face heightened stress a year into the war, think tank says

By Diana Bletter

Taub Center for Social Policy Studies urges more support for spouses and kids of reservists, displaced families and Arab parents of young kids, amid rise in distress since Oct. 7

Explainer

Moody’s drastic downgrade will have ripple effect on war-torn consumers and taxpayers

A lower rating raises credit costs for the government, businesses and households; translates into higher taxes and prices, reduced disposable income; also impacts public savings

The site where a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a house and cars in the northern city of Safed, September 25, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures after speaking during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 27, 2024 (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

Analysis

Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel-UN relations grow more fraught as world body piles on criticism of Gaza war

Sides have escalated rhetoric post-Oct. 7: Netanyahu lobs accusations of antisemitism at global organization, as its expert on Palestinians suggests Jewish state should be expelled

Pope Francis talks to journalists on the flight back to Rome at the end of his four-day visit to Belgium and Luxembourg, Semtember 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Pope Francis, asked about IDF strikes, says use of force must not be ‘over the top’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah in 'Nobody Wants This.' (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)

'I did my best to make sure it was done with respect'

Real-life rabbi coached the ‘overtly Jewish’ scenes on Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’

By Shira Li Bartov

Series about interfaith relationships is based on filmmaker’s own conversion to Judaism before marrying her Jewish husband. She enlisted her rabbi to make it real on screen

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Head of the Freedom Party (FPOE) Herbert Kickl gestures during his speech at a final election campaign event at St. Stephen's square in Vienna, Austria, Friday, September 27, 2024, ahead of the country's national election two days later. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party set for historic win, but chance to govern unclear

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN

Son of late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi David Yosef, leaves after giving a Torah lesson during a visit to Safed, November 16, 2017. (David Cohen/Flash90)

David Yosef elected as Sephardic chief rabbi, the third from his family in the role

By Gavriel Fiske

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a swearing in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Judiciary adviser: Levin’s tactic to delay Supreme Court president vote ‘ridiculous’

By Jeremy Sharon

This combination of photos shows Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, at the DNC on August 21, 2024, in Chicago, and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, on September 25, 2024, in Traverse City, Michigan. (AP Photo)

Vance and Walz set to prop up their bosses at Tuesday’s US vice presidential debate

Law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, in Martin County, Florida, September 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Man who allegedly tried to assassinate Trump at golf course goes on trial

By Andrew Goudsward

Sigal Yana Itzkovich, accused of murdering her 6-year-old son, Liam, arrives for a court hearing at the
Tel Aviv District Court on August 18, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Woman charged with aggravated murder of 6-year-old son found fit to stand trial

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