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What Matters Most On Friday, October 18, 2024

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The US military deploys a THAAD missile defense system in Israel, March 2019. (US Army Europe/File)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 18: Israel reportedly asks US to send second THAAD battery before expected Iran attack

By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

IDF says 1,500 Hezbollah operatives killed * White House says no hostage talks scheduled * 5 troops seriously hurt in Lebanon, Gaza * IDF intercepts 3 rockets fired at Haifa Bay area

7:36 pm

German MP from Scholz's party in row over anti-Zionist post
7:27 pm

Prominent Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer dies at 98
7:06 pm

Harris and Trump both campaigning in Michigan as they seek Arab American vote

IDF troops at the scene of a terrorist infiltration on the Jordan-Israel border near the Dead Sea, October 18, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF troops kill two gunmen who breached Jordanian border; 2 soldiers injured

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

Army rules out possible 3rd assailant after searches; one soldier moderately hurt, another lightly injured; Muslim Brotherhood says the assailants were members

Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Hamas terror group, hosts a meeting with members of Palestinian factions, at the Hamas president's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)

Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar killed by IDF troops in Gaza

By ToI Staff and Agencies

IDF confirms terror chief was shot dead in Rafah firefight Wednesday; troops spotted body Thursday and Sinwar’s identity was formally confirmed after tests; no hostages at location

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)

IDF recovered Sinwar’s DNA in tunnel complex where 6 hostages were executed

By Lazar Berman and Jessica Steinberg

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar holds the child of an Al-Qassam Brigades fighter with a Kalashnikov rifle in his hand during a rally in Gaza City on May 24, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

Yahya Sinwar: Radical Islamist ideologue utterly committed to Israel’s destruction

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Promoted Web EventNorthwestern Israel Innovation Project

Live webinar featuring David Horovitz, editor of The Times of Israel

Northwestern’s Israel Innovation Project invites you to this live discussion on the impact and ramifications of October 7 on Israel, the Middle East, and worldwide. Register now!

Analysis

PM sees opportunity in Sinwar’s death. Does that mean escalation in fighting or a deal?

Netanyahu says Hamas leader’s demise is ‘the beginning of the end’ in Gaza, but it’s unclear who will now call the shots in hostage talks and whether a diplomatic push could work

IDF soldiers carry the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar from the building where he was killed in Rafah, Gaza on October 17, 2024. (Courtesy)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a video statement on the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on October 17, 2024. (Screen capture)

Israeli leaders rejoice in Sinwar’s death; PM: ‘The beginning of the day after Hamas’

By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a video statement on the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on October 17, 2024. (Screen capture)

Full text of Netanyahu’s address after killing of Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's leader in Gaza, gestures on stage during a rally in Gaza City, on May 24, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/File)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 17: Day 377 – Special report: Hamas head Yahya Sinwar is dead

Editor David Horovitz debriefs on the killing of the October 7 architect, how his identification was secured and what may be the repercussions of his removal

IDF troops stand over the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza on October 17, 2024. (Courtesy)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 18: Day 378 – With Sinwar dead, US looks to renew hostage talks

US President Joe Biden walks out of the White House, October 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

World leaders welcome Sinwar’s death, hope it will precipitate hostage deal, end to war

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Reuters

Biden says it’s ‘a good day’ for the world, calls Netanyahu to congratulate him; German, British, NATO officials say Hamas leader, architect of October 7 attack, will not be missed

US President Joe Biden speaks after arriving at Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Germany, October 17, 2024. (Ben Curtis/AP)

At Berlin summit, Biden, allies expected to renew call to end war after Sinwar killed

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he disembarks from his plane in Tel Aviv on August 18, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt / Pool / AFP)

Blinken weighing visit as US seeks to renew talks, end war, after Sinwar killed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

(From L-R) Maj. Ofek Bachar, Cpt. Elad Siman Tov, Staff Sgt. Elyashiv Eitan Wieder, Staff Sgt. Yakov Hillel, Staff Sgt. Yehudah Dror Yahalom, whose deaths in south Lebanon were announced on October 17, 2024 (IDF)

5 soldiers killed, several more hurt amid fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

Slain troops were members of Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit; IDF spokesman says terror operatives captured during same battle; Hezbollah declares new ‘escalatory phase’

People walk past a billboard showing a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (top) next to Palestine Square in Tehran on August 12, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Hezbollah vows escalation after Sinwar’s death, Iran says ‘resistance will endure’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Tehran shares image of Hamas chief’s last moments, glorifies him as ‘facing the enemy’; Hamas officially mum but senior member appears to admit leader is indeed dead

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammed Ghalibaf (C) gives a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri (R) in Beirut on October 12, 2024. (AFP)

Iran says open to working with France on truce in Lebanon; Beirut slams ‘interference’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar gestures on stage after greeting supporters at a rally in Gaza City, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

Who’s next? Speculation swirls on who will take over Hamas from slain Sinwar

ToI podcast

What Matters Now: A post-October 7 women’s prayer book

Editors of ‘Az Nashir – We Will Sing Again: Women’s Prayers for Our Time of Need’ discuss their push to tap into the tradition of female prayer during this intense national moment

Joanie Terrizzi

After Hurricane Helene pummeled my city, I couldn’t build a sukkah

How could I put up a temporary, symbolic dwelling when people need those building materials for non-symbolic structures where their homes used to be?

This is not 1930s Germany; it’s the Soviet Union

Anti-Jewish discrimination doesn’t have to be lethal to be debilitating

Israelis protest in Tel Aviv, calling for a deal to secure the release of hostages held by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, September 1, 2024. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

East Jerusalem resident charged with plot to attack hostage families’ protest

Ibrahim Al Ramadi, 22, from Sheikh Jarrah, contacted terror operatives in the West Bank with intent to kill demonstrators at weekly Tel Aviv rally, was arrested September 17

Demonstrators call for the release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip at a protest outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2024, soon after Israel confirmed the killing by the IDF in Gaza of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Israel said to view Sinwar’s death as singular opportunity to advance hostage deal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Detail from an illustration from 'Qohelet: Searching for a Life Worth Living,' by Israeli philosopher Menachem Fisch and American artist Debra Band. (Courtesy)

Interview'Not all is vanity of vanities; this is a different reading'

This Sukkot, a new book gives a daring – and beautiful – reassessment of Ecclesiastes

By Rich Tenorio

In ‘Qohelet: Searching for a Life Worth Living,’ Israeli philosopher Menachem Fisch and American artist Debra Band paint the ancient eponymous text in a more optimistic light

Palestinians evacuate patients from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for the area on August 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

High Court tells state to draw up formal procedure for Gaza medical evacuations

By Jeremy Sharon

Human rights groups noted in a June petition that 14,000 Gazan civilians are in need of medical treatment outside Gaza; only 225 have since been evacuated

Journalists film in front of destroyed buildings in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

UN rights chief claims IDF evacuation orders in northern Gaza may be ‘war crime’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Palestinians react to a fire after an Israeli strike on Hamas targets at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, October 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Gaza family recounts seeing mother, son burn after Israeli strike on Hamas targets

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Mourners lower the body of Hanan Abdel Rahman Abu Salama, 59, into a grave, after she was reportedly killed by Israeli fire as she was picking olives in the West Bank village of Faqoua near Jenin, on October 17, 2024. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)

Palestinian woman killed by alleged IDF gunfire while picking olives; officer suspended

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Military says it’s investigating death of Hanan Abdel Rahman Abu Salama, 59, who was shot near West Bank village of Faqoua; officials say harvesting was fully coordinated

At left, the book cover of Mark and Matthew Jacob's Abe Saperstein biography (Courtesy). At right, Saperstein, far left, in the earliest known team photo of the Globetrotters, from the 1930–1931 season. (Berkley Family Collection via JTA)

How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped basketball as we know it today

By jacob gurvis

58 years after his death, new book ‘Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports’ looks at proudly Jewish executive’s innovations that boosted game’s popularity

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference after an EU summit in Brussels on October 17, 2024. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)

Macron slams his ministers, media over leaked remarks on Israel’s establishment

By Reuters and ToI Staff

French president insists he didn’t tell cabinet meeting Israel was created by UN, stresses France supports the Jewish state, after his comments drew angry rebuke from Netanyahu

NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

From Negev to Mars: Inhayle wins startup program to shoot for NASA-led space mission

By Sharon Wrobel

Israeli developer of air and surface disinfection tech wins grant from space accelerator program that helps place it in the Artemis program to land astronauts on the moon and Mars

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