Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

Learn more

English
Français
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
- Sign in
- Join our Community

Open Search form

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners

Input search

English
Français
עברית

Latest Articles
Latest Alerts
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Download our App
  - For IOS users
  - For Android users
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
- © 2026 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy

Input search

The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

Damage caused to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in Caesarea in a Hezbollah drone attack on October 19, 2024. (Courtesy)

Israel said to find Iranian embassy officials involved

Bedroom window at Netanyahu’s home was hit in Saturday’s Hezbollah drone strike

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP

Military censor allows publication of image showing explosion, which cracked glass but didn’t penetrate Caesarea home; Hezbollah takes ‘full, complete and exclusive responsibility’

US President Joe Biden talks to the media before departing from the Brandenburg Airport in Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Biden ‘deeply concerned’ about Pentagon leak of Israel’s Iran attack preparation plans

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

A car allegedly set on fire by a group of East Jerusalem men suspected of carrying out espionage missions on behalf of Iran, in an image published October 22, 2024. (Israel Police)

Ringleader: I knew I was working for Iran, was proud of it

7 East Jerusalem men arrested in Iran spy plot, including bid to kill nuclear scientist

Ring of suspects aged 19-23, almost all Israeli citizens, marks fifth Iranian spy case revealed since September, and first to profess a desire to hurt Israel as the main motivation

Israeli security forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran hit a school in the town of Gedera, October 1, 2024. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

Seven Jewish Israelis arrested for spying for Iran on security figures, IDF bases

Illustrative image: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to a speaker in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 22: Day 382 – Iran infiltrates Israel to activate cells of operatives

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on October 22, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 22: Gallant tells Blinken IDF will keep targeting Hezbollah, even after ground op ends

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

After confirming killing Nasrallah’s presumed successor, IDF chief warns that Israel will reach all of its enemies * UNRWA chief calls for temporary truce in northern Gaza

8:38 pm

After confirming Safieddine killing, IDF chief warns that Israel will reach all of its enemies
8:04 pm

IDF says it has confirmed presumed Nasrallah successor Safieddine was killed in Oct. 4 strike
7:57 pm

Blinken meets with hostage families, Herzog in Tel Aviv

IDF soldiers operating in south Lebanon in a handout photo published October 10, 2024 (IDF)

Promoted CampaignSword2Shekel

Help IDF soldiers while helping struggling Israeli businesses

Your donation buys food and services from struggling Israeli small businesses and gifts them to IDF soldiers on the front.

Settler activists dance at a conference calling for the establishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza, close to the Israel-Gaza border, October 21, 2024. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)

Police bar opponents from entering the conference area

Senior ministers call for new settlements in Gaza at ultranationalist conference

By Jeremy Sharon

‘Taking territory’ from Palestinians is what ‘hurts them most,’ says Likud minister Golan, while far-right police minister Ben Gvir says Gazans should be ‘encouraged’ to emigrate

Anti-Israel demonstrators protest outside Columbia University, September 3, 2024, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)

'I'm afraid for the safety of the whole academic community'

Anti-Israel US campus groups radicalize, with no one to stop them, experts warn

By Cathryn J. Prince

Former security officials say increasingly violent rhetoric mimics that of 1960s students who pivoted to domestic terror. It’s going unhindered as students point to First Amendment

Screenshot of a video on X of anti-Israel protesters outside The University of Minnesota's Morrill Hall, October 22, 2024 (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).

Anti-Israel protesters arrested after occupying University of Minnesota building

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Two pro-Israel activists arrested for violent counterprotest at UCLA last spring

By jacob gurvis

Raanan Ram, owner of Organic Farm in Klil, Western Galilee, on October 21, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

An off-the-grid hippie hamlet in Israel’s north struggles for survival under rocket fire

By Diana Bletter

With half the residents gone and most businesses closed, residents of the alternative community Klil work hard to maintain their laid-back lifestyle under almost daily Hezbollah attacks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel, October 22, 2024 (David Azagury, US Embassy Jerusalem)

Blinken arrives in Israel as US looks to renew ceasefire talks, temper strike on Iran

Top US diplomat meets with Netanyahu, will see other Israeli leaders on his 11th visit since Oct. 7 2023; will then head to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a security cabinet meeting on July 28, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)

After Sinwar’s death, Israel pursues parallel hostage deals, one small and one broad

By Lazar Berman

Flames and smoke rise form an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah naval base struck in Lebanese capital

Air Force pounds Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold after civilians told to evacuate area

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Al-Sahel Hospital denies IDF accusation that Hezbollah storing half a billion dollars in underground bunker, but evacuates patients amid more than a dozen Israeli airstrikes

A graphic presented by IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari showing the location of a Hezbollah bunker, under the Al-Sahel Hospital, in the southern Beirut suburb known as Dahiyeh, October 21, 2024. (Screenshot: IDF)

IDF: Hezbollah hiding $500 million in gold, cash in bunker under Beirut hospital

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A British Airways flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

British Airways suspends all Israel flights until March 2025 amid escalation fears

By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff

UK airline joins a slew of foreign carriers canceling flights to Ben Gurion Airport in recent weeks; Israeli airlines continue operating, except for brief halt on Monday afternoon

An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Ben Gurion briefly halts takeoffs as drones downed over sea; rocket lands near Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Armed and masked Palestinians sit on trucks leading humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Crossing with Israel, in the Strip's south, April 3, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

'There's good chance I can get hostages out'

As Israel weighs subcontracting Gaza aid delivery, a philanthropist makes his pitch

Moti Kahana, who led extractions of Jews and others in peril from Syria, Ukraine and beyond, says his firm can ensure secure distribution of assistance, prevent Hamas taking control of it

L-R: Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90), IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90), Transportation Minister Miri Regev (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ministers blast IDF chief in ‘ambush’ over Gaza, drone attack on Netanyahu – reports

Laurence Weinbaum

Thus spake Yehuda Bauer, pioneering Holocaust scholar, true humanist

The scope and depth of Yehuda’s knowledge and curiosity regarding events past and present was truly breathtaking

Celebrating Simchat Torah with hearts weighed down by grief

It turns out that a holiday we consider as only suffused with joy for centuries had an undercurrent of mourning running through it

Inside story

Accused of meddling in war or muddling rights, High Court rankles both left and right

Liberal groups accuse the bench of being too timid and too slow to address violations of fundamental rights, while conservatives claim its interference is harming the war effort

Activists clash with police in the northern Israeli city of Haifa during a protest against the war in Gaza, May 30, 2024. (Flash90)

'For now, this is what I'm doing'

Artist who was at Nova on eve of massacre finds solace creating portraits of victims

By Jessica Steinberg

Muralist Benzi Brofman’s ‘Faces of October 7th’ — graffiti depictions of those killed and taken hostage during the October 7 attack — is exhibited in Jerusalem

Druze religious leaders look on during the funeral of Colonel Ehsan Daqsa in Daliyat al-Karmel, northern Israel, on October 21, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Thousands attend funeral in his hometown Daliyat al-Karmel

Druze IDF colonel Ehsan Daqsa, slain in Gaza, remembered as a ‘natural leader’

‘What else do you want from us, dear country?’ Druze religious leader asks, bemoaning ongoing discrimination against community, despite price its soldiers are paying in blood

The grave and headstone of IDF soldier David Bogdanovskyi at the Haifa military cemetery (Courtesy)

Family of fallen soldier told to take down headstone because it has a cross on it

Cpl. Shai Gilboa, a paramedic in the IDF's 9th Battalion, treats a Gaza woman with an injury on her lower face that she said was the result of Hamas's attempts to prevent civilians from fleeing Jabaliya in northern Gaza to designated safe zones, October 21, 2024. (Via social media, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Hamas is shooting Gazan civilians who try to evacuate Jabaliya, IDF paramedic says

Cpl. Shai Gilboa photographed providing medical assistance to a Palestinian woman injured in the face by Hamas gunfire while trying to get to a designated safe zone

US probing IDF unit for alleged abuse at detention facility, jeopardizing aid

State Dept. checking whether Force 100, tasked with guarding terror suspects at Sde Teiman base, violated human rights — if so, future aid would violate US’s ‘Leahy Law’

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers gather at the gate to the Sde Teiman military base, as people protest in support of soldiers arrested over suspicions of detainee abuse, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

A woman walks past posters depicting Yahya Sinwar (L), the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Abu Obeida (R), the masked spokesman of Hamas's Qassam Brigades, plastered on a wall in the Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburb on February 5, 2024. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Doha-based committee to lead Hamas amid war, in wake of Sinwar’s death — report

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former US president Donald Trump (left) hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

US elections

If Trump wins, Israeli officials fear clash over inability to quickly end Gaza war

Officials point to coalition’s ‘constraints’ on Netanyahu; opposition MK says it would also be an issue if Harris wins, but PM ‘campaigns’ on standing up to Democrats, not GOP

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff stumps for Kamala Harris at an event for Jewish voters in suburban Detroit, October 20, 2024. (Andrew Lapin via JTA)

Doug Emhoff, Ritchie Torres reassure Michigan Jewish voters Harris supports Israel

By Andrew Lapin

A man watches the presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a 97-year-old movie theater Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Shawnee, Kansas. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

New US election poll has Trump, Harris in dead heat with two weeks until vote

More Headlines

A bloody mattress is seen the morning after a deadly shooting attack in the city of Kafr Qasim which left two dead and one more in critical condition, October 22, 2024. (Screen capture via Ynet, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Two killed, including 10-year-old girl, in criminal shooting in Kafr Qasim

Harvey Weinstein appears in criminal court in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)

Harvey Weinstein being treated for cancer in prison

By AFP

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, on September 16, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US official: PA has met Israeli requirements for Smotrich to extend banking deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L), as they hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. (Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP)

Macron’s office denies ban on Israeli firms at defense show amounts to boycott

By Lazar Berman

A 'preliminary reconstruction' showing the ancient church discovered at Artaxata, in an image released on October 11, 2024. (courtesy Armenian-German Artaxata Project)

ArchaeologyRemains of one of the oldest churches in the world discovered in Armenia

By Gavriel Fiske

Ilan Shor at a press conference February 25, 2019, following national elections in Moldova. (Facebook: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli-born oligarch said to be behind Russian interference in Moldovan EU vote

View Edition by Date

September	October 2024					November
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

The Times of Israel

Daily Edition

Free to Your Inbox

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
podcasts
video

terms and conditions
privacy policy
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us

Community

Join our community
Sign in

Get the Daily Edition

Enter your email address

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Whatsapp Follow us on X Follow us on Youtube Follow us on Telegram Follow us on Threads Follow us on Bluesky

© 2026 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Developed by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.