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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 1, 2024

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Oct. 1: Home Front Command eases restrictions after Iran missile attack

Palestinian killed by shrapnel in West Bank * IDF chief says Israel ‘will choose’ when to retaliate * Biden says US in ‘active discussion’ with Israel on how to respond to Tehran

12:26 am

Japan's new PM slams 'unacceptable' Iranian attacks on Israel
12:23 am

Macron condemns Iran missile strike, says Hezbollah must 'cease terrorist action' against Israel
11:16 pm

UK defense secretary says British forces 'played their part' in preventing further escalation with Iran

Israeli troops near the northern border, in a still from footage released by the IDF on October 1, 2024 (IDF Spokesman)

US: 'Serious consequences' for Iran if it attacks Israel

Israel sends ground forces into south Lebanon to attack Hezbollah sites near border

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

‘Localized, targeted’ incursion aimed at removing terror group’s infrastructure in area; US official tells ToI: We understand desire for limited op, but worry about mission creep

Israeli armored vehicles seen in a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border, October 1, 2024. (AP/Baz Ratner)

Global chorus against Israeli ground op in Lebanon raises pressure for ceasefire

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with troops in northern Israel, September 30, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

Israel says ‘next phase’ beginning in Lebanon, amid global pleas against a ground op

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli security forces inspect the impact site of a rocket fired from Lebanon in central Israel on October 1, 2024. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Home Front rules tightened in center, north; beaches closed

Israelis told to stay near shelters, Lebanese urged north as troops push across border

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Bus driver moderately injured by Hezbollah barrage at Tel Aviv area; terror group claims Israel lying about soldiers entering Lebanon, but says it’s ready for ‘direct confrontation’

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Daily Briefing Oct. 1: Day 361 – IDF ground forces enter Lebanon. What now?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on military strategy as the war enters a new phase and on the power vacuum left in Lebanon — and how it should be filled

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the media after registering his candidacy for Iran's presidential election in Tehran on June 2, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Head of Iranian unit countering Mossad was Israeli agent, says ex-president Ahmadinejad

Iran’s former leader claims secret service division tasked with rooting out Israeli spies had within its ranks 20 who were working as moles and provided nuclear information

Screen capture from unconfirmed video purportedly showing anti-regime protests in Sistan-Baluchistan, Iran, December 16, 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Gunmen kill 6, including local chief of paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, in Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a video message to the Iranian people, September 30, 2024. (Screenshot: GPO)

Once regime gone, country 'will thrive as never before'

PM to Iranians: Israel stands with you, you’ll be ‘free sooner than people think’

In direct message to the people of the Islamic Republic, Netanyahu expresses hopes for peace and prosperity for both countries

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei greets an audience during a meeting with military personnel and veterans of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, in Tehran, Iran, on September 25, 2024. (Khamenei.ir/AFP)

Shin Bet says it’s recently foiled Iranian plots to assassinate Israeli officials

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with troops in northern Israel, September 30, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

Explainer

Israel’s Third Lebanon War is underway: What you need to know

Israel seems determined to decisively tackle Hezbollah, even in face of potentially steep costs, to enable return of northern residents to their homes, create long-term stability

Four soldiers injured, one seriously, in Nablus firefight

3 other members of Duvdevan unit moderately hurt during battle, gunman killed ; terror operative slain amid series of raids across West Bank, 6 suspects arrested

Israeli forces take position near their vehicles during a raid at the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the West Bank on October 1, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows PA President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh on August 27, 2024. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP)

Ending embargo, Saudi Arabia to send $60 million to Palestinian Authority – report

Screen capture from video of an Israeli Air Force F-35 jet approaching a tanker plane during a mission to bomb Houthi rebel sites in Yemen, September 29, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF spotlights aerial refueling operations during strikes on Yemen’s Houthis

Video shows F-35 jets flying alongside tanker plane during mission to bomb Iran-backed terror group’s infrastructure; CNN journalist reports from inside refueling aircraft

Houthi supporters attend an anti-Israel and anti-American rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, August 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Ship attacked off Yemen in Red Sea, days after Israeli airstrike on Houthis

By AP and ToI Staff

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, speaks during an interview with AFP in New York on September 24, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

UNRWA chief says he did not know a suspended teacher was Hamas’s leader in Lebanon

By Reuters and ToI Staff

‘What’s obvious for you today, was not obvious yesterday,’ says Lazzarini after Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin killed in IAF raid; says Israel harming UNRWA’s reputation

Mexico's Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during Summit of the Future, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at UN headquarters. (AP/Frank Franklin II)

AnalysisAs UN parley ends, a pact for the future gives multilateralism a fighting chance

By Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz

A diplomat observes the room a the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 9, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

US opts out of running for reelection on UN Human Rights Council

By AP and ToI Staff

Clarise and Reuven Kfir in their avocado groves on Moshav Liman, September 26, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebookThere are 850 residents in the rustic community; 125 remain

Fortitude under fire: Farmers along the northern border stay planted despite the war

By Diana Bletter

Undaunted by Hezbollah’s rockets and drones, a group of war-hardened farmers refuses to evacuate from Moshav Liman, a long-standing cooperative agricultural community

New words of prayer for a year of no words

I’d always wondered why the chazan (cantor) asks God for eloquence in approaching Him. Wasn’t the holiday prayerbook all he needed? But now I get it

Gary Rosenblatt

‘And for the sin of silence’: The OU and Baruch Lanner

Will the Orthodox Union ever repent for refusing to heed the reports of abuse by victims of one of its starring rabbis?

We sued the Orthodox Union and settled; now we want it to make amends

Had it not been for the OU’s silent complicity, Baruch Lanner would not have had access to the many hundreds of trusting teens he abused

The elephant in the room

Thousands of reservists have been called up again. Yet thousands of able-bodied men don’t serve. Why do we tolerate this?

A sign for credit agency Moody's, on August 13, 2010, in New York. (AP/ Mark Lennihan)

Moody’s explains risks of deterioration of Israel’s credit rating after downgrade

By Sharon Wrobel

Rating agency worries about high level of uncertainty around Israel’s long-term security and the impact of government policies, political decisions on economic growth prospects

Illustrative: Eastech tech campus workspace in East Jerusalem. (Courtesy)

Investment in Israeli startups slows in third quarter, but is up 32% this year

By Sharon Wrobel

James Oppenheim (left), his wife and nine children stand in front of his 'Let Them Go Now' messaging billboard on Tel Aviv's Azrieli towers in April 2024 (Courtesy)

Tel Aviv restaurateur tries to change hostage message to ‘Let Them Go Now’

By Jessica Steinberg

Criticizing ‘Bring Them Home Now’ formulation, tech marketing entrepreneur says his slogan shifts accusatory finger from Israeli government and points it at Hamas, where it belongs

MK Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a discussion and vote on his inclusion as a minister in the government, at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Taunts his critics: 'What do you influence? Nothing at all'

As he officially rejoins government, Sa’ar blasts opposition for ‘living in Oct. 6’

New Hope leader delivers fiery Knesset speech to heckling from colleagues, calls opposition MKs ‘gang of liars,’ says Nasrallah would still be alive if PM had listened to Lapid

Etgar Keret and his wife Shira Geffen speak about their work in Ness Ziona, Israel, Aug. 28, 2024. (Via Facebook)

Writer Etgar Keret wants to remain useful and sane in a post-October 7 world

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Promoting his new book, author tells of his work with victims, the challenge of the ‘narcissistic’ anti-Israel far-left, and his internal barriers brought down by the massacre

More Headlines

Craig Berko, director of membership at Temple Beth Sholom, prepares to hand out prayer books during a Shabbat service, September 27, 2024, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

US Jews report ‘difficult time’ as High Holidays and October 7 anniversary coincide

By AP and ToI Staff

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Turkey’s Erdogan urges UN to endorse use of force against Israel

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Interior view of the new National Library of Israel, 2023. (Iwan Baan)

The pen is mightierNational Library counts 169 publications so far about Oct. 7

By Jessica Steinberg

Palestinian children salvage items from garbage in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, September 30, 2024. (Eyad Baba / AFP)

UNICEF says war has deprived Gazan children of education, food

By AFP and ToI Staff

Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 51 days after she was kidnapped with her husband on Oct. 7, poses for a portrait in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A year on, ex-hostage Aviva Siegel fights to keep hope alive for husband still in Gaza

By Tia Goldenberg

Kinori Rosnow (Courtesy of Rosnow/via JTA)

Meet Kinori Sugihara Rosnow: The Jewish player on Japan’s national lacrosse team

By jacob gurvis

Herbert Kickl, leader and top candidate of right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe), takes part in a TV debate at the parliament after exit poll numbers were announced in Vienna on September 29, 2024. (Alex HALADA / AFP)

After election win, Austrian far right seeks path to power through rivals’ blockade

By Francois Murphy

The Cathedral of Learning towers over the University of Pittsburgh campus in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, September 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Police, FBI probing second antisemitic assault at University of Pittsburgh in weeks

By JTA and ToI Staff

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