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What Matters Most On Friday, October 25, 2024

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IDF reservists killed during fighting in southern Lebanon on October 25, 2024: (L-R) top: Maj. (res.) Dan Maori, 43; Warrant Officer (res.) Omri Lotan, 47; bottom: Warrant Officer (res.) Guy Idan, 51; Cpt. (res.) Alon Safrai, 28; and Master Sgt. (res.) Tom Segal, 28.

Five IDF reservists killed in rocket attack on troops in southern Lebanon; 19 injured

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

IDF says Hezbollah elite force regional commander killed in recent strike, tunnels demolished in south Lebanon; 3 journalists from pro-Hezbollah news outlets killed overnight

Soldiers killed during fighting in southern Lebanon on October 23 and 24, 2024: (L-R) Sgt. First Class Gai Ben-Haroosh, Warrant Officer (res.) Mordechai Haim Amoyal, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Shmuel Harari, Master Sgt. (res.) Shlomo Aviad Nayman, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Shuvael Ben-Natan.

5 soldiers killed in south Lebanon; IDF: 3,200 Hezbollah targets struck in past month

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Participants at an international conference in support of Lebanon, in Paris on October 24, 2024. (Alain Jocard/AFP)

Countries pledge $1 billion to aid Lebanese, bolster army amid calls for ceasefire

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 25, 2024 (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 25: Fresh Israeli strikes reported in Beirut suburbs after IDF issues evacuation warning

Report: Israel offered Hamas leaders safe passage to free hostages, they refused * US sends F-16s to Middle East as region braces for Israeli strike on Iran

8:39 pm

Hamas claims two children die in north Gaza hospital amid Israeli raid
8:25 pm

Army says 65 rockets were launched by Hezbollah at northern Israel today
7:58 pm

Woman in her 30s found dead in West Bank settlement home

ToI in southern Lebanon

After clearing Lebanese village, IDF troops say weapons found in nearly every home

‘They were completely ready for another October 7. It’s not hard to imagine that they would have done it,’ says IDF reservist. ‘We also found Nazi flags and Hitler statues’

The commander of the Etzioni Brigade's 8103rd Battalion, Lt. Col. Elishama Jacobs, stands in a ruined village in southern Lebanon on October 21, following a sweep by members of the Etzioni brigade. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

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

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Hamas terrorist and UNRWA staffer Muhammad Abu Attawi during the attack on a bomb shelter near Kibbutz Re'im on October 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF demands UNRWA carry out 'an urgent investigation'

UNRWA confirms terrorist killed by IDF who led Re’im shelter massacre was a staffer

By Agencies and ToI Staff

UN agency also acknowledges Hamas Nukhba force commander Attawi was on list of names that Israel gave it, claims no action taken because its request for more info went unanswered

A public bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered in the October 7 massacre, on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border, January 6, 2024 (Flash90)

IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist who led massacre at Re’im shelter – an UNRWA worker

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Days after Re'im shelter killer shown to be UNRWA staffer

Israel set to pass laws Monday that will heavily restrict UNRWA in Gaza, West Bank

MKs set to prevent UN’s Palestinian refugee agency from operating in Israel, close Gaza and West Bank access points to it, radically complicating its work there; US, UN, EU object

A man carries a humanitarian aid package provided by UNRWA in central Gaza City on August 27, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

A document released by the IDF on October 24, 2024 in which Hamas describes how it provided Al Jazeera with clear instructions on covering a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch in Jabaliya. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF releases more documents it says show cooperation between Hamas and Al Jazeera

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Iranian army soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in Tehran on September 21, 2024. (Atta Kenare / AFP)

Iran readying for war with Israel as it braces for response to missile attack — NYT

Strike on oil or nuclear sites could lead Tehran to take drastic measures for fear of seeming weak, but attack on weapons depots or military bases may not warrant further response

F-35i fighter jets are seen at the Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel, in an undated handout photo. (Israel Defense Forces)

Alleged spy ring that took pictures for Iran charged with aiding enemy in wartime

Neighbors attempt to douse fires after a rocket attack on a house in Netiv Hashayara on October 24, 2024. (Margalit Boyarsky)

Reporter's notebook'It warmed my heart seeing everyone run to help'

Resolutely rooted war-time farmers work together to douse Hezbollah rocket flames

By Diana Bletter

At an agricultural village 15km from the Lebanon border, after a Soviet Grad directly hits a Western Galilee house, residents race to put out fires — and replant avocado orchards

Protesters stand with portraits of Israeli hostages during a demonstration by the families of the hostages outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence on October 24, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Mossad head, Egyptian spy chief said to meet in Cairo ahead of Doha hostage talks

By ToI Staff and Gianluca Pacchiani

Meeting described as productive, counterparts stress importance of security cooperation; documents allegedly written by Sinwar with instructions for hostage captors come to light

Demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 25: Day 385 – Israel heads back to Qatar, first time in 2 months

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Anti-Zionists misusing Jewish rituals in protests

ToI’s senior analyst on how anti-Israel groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace are gutting Judaism of meaning when they put up an unkosher sukkah as a prop in protest of the war

Illustrative image: A sukkah reportedly put up by Jewish Voice for Peace on a US campus that caused a social media storm, October 2024. (Social media/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Stacie Rojas Stufflebeam

‘I have a funny story to tell you’

My lone soldier sons have long been exposed to danger, but that exposure never included the word ’shrapnel’ before

Is Israel making war safer for ordinary people?

Targeting the terror leaders may reduce the burden of warfare on helpless civilians, especially if the people stand against the policies that harm them

The longest year

The weeks blur, so I count my time away from my kibbutz in coffee jars used, now knowing that we from Nirim will go home and close the circle of grief

Jewish pride is not enough

We American Jews need to internalize what our forebears clung to: An extraordinary heritage that sets us apart by design (Bereishit)

Pro-Trump ‘bubbies’ ad nudging Jews on Israel, antisemitism fears serves up backlash

RJC spot in battleground states with large Jewish populations denounced for trafficking in tropes, as some vow to boycott Jewish deli near Philly where it was filmed

A screen capture from ad aired by the Republican Jewish Coalition starting October 20, 2024, showing three actors portraying Jewish women talking about supporting GOP nominee Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. (screen capture: RJC/ YouTube)

Robert Jenrick attends a commemoration of the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas atrocities, in Hyde Park in London, October 6, 2024. (REUTERS/Hollie Adams)

'How would we feel if we had Hamas and Hezbollah next door?'

Hopeful for UK’s Conservative Party leadership runs on a firmly pro-Israel platform

By Robert Philpot

Married to an Israeli, ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick pledges he’ll bring the Tories back to power – and the UK embassy to Jerusalem – if he becomes party chief next week

Jewish men carrying Torah scrolls dance by Israeli protesters calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, during the Simhat Torah holiday, on October 24, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israelis mark Simhat Torah in Tel Aviv with dueling protests and celebrations

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Hostage protesters, ultra-Orthodox revelers both gather to mark the holiday and Hebrew anniversary of Oct. 7; demonstrators also march near PM’s homes in Jerusalem and Caesarea

ICC chief seeking arrest warrant for Netanyahu facing sexual misconduct accusations

By Joshua Goodman and Molly Quell

Karim Khan denies trying to coerce female aide into relationship, groping her; court officials assert Israeli smear campaign, others claim his focus on Israel was attempt at distraction

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan at the Cour d'Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on February 7, 2024. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)

Footage shows a wounded boy in northern Gaza on October 18, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

Gaza video shows apparent airstrike hitting group of men trying to help wounded boy

Greek flags torn down by a woman who mistook them for Israeli flags at Efi's Gyro in Montclair , New Jersey, in March 2024 (Screen grab/Tiktok used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

TikToker charged for tearing down Greek flags she thought were Israeli at NJ eatery

Restaurant owner had filed a complaint after the incident in March, but police only acted after Amber Matthews, 23, incriminated herself by posting vandalism video that went viral

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the scene of a terror attack in Ra'anana on January 15, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)

Bennett urges state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7, slams ‘pathetic’ leadership

Ex-PM, who is eyeing comeback, says IDF wasted vital hours gearing up for war instead of sending troops to south immediately as Hamas slaughtered; praises ‘lions’ who rushed to scene

More Headlines

Police investigator Yoav Talem arrives for a court hearing in the trial against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on February 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Lead investigator in Netanyahu fraud case resigns from police

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on state, foreign operations, and related programs hearing on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images/AFP)

GOP senator says Israel-Saudi normalization deal possible before year’s end

By Andrea Shalal

A fire in Kochav Yair, central Israel, on October 24, 2024. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Fire in central town of Kochav Yair destroys several homes

A handout picture obtained from Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center shows what they say is their targeting of CHIOS LION, a Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker, by unmanned surface vessels in the Red Sea on July 15, 2024. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)

Russia provided Houthis with tracking data to target ships in Red Sea — report

By Agencies and ToI Staff

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a special session of parliament marking the first anniversary of the Hamas assault on Israel, at the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, October 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany approves over $100 million in arms exports to Israel, angering rights groups

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meets with US presidential adviser Jared Kushner in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 1, 2020. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Democrats urge probe of Kushner for speaking to MBS about Israel-Saudi normalization

By Aram Roston and Alexandra Ulmer

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