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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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Screenshot from a video shows violence on the streets of Amsterdam in which Israelis were attacked by anti-Israel gangs on November 8, 2024. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Gaza-born man accused of murder attempt to undergo evaluation

Dutch court sentences 5 in Amsterdam ‘Jew hunt,’ topping out at 6 months in prison

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prosecutors have said at least some of the violence against Israeli soccer fans was motivated by ‘the situation in Gaza,’ not antisemitism; 6 more suspects yet to appear at court

A Palestinian man walks with children in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 24: After Israel confirms killing Haniyeh, Iran tells UN its October missile attack was justified

PM: Hostage negotiators returning from Qatar for ‘internal deliberations’ * US calls report asserting Gaza famine ‘outdated and inaccurate’ * Israel vows to target Houthi chiefs

12:22 am

IDF says it struck Hamas operative in Khan Younis humanitarian zone
11:53 pm

Student government leader at University of Michigan impeached over Israel divestment
11:19 pm

Brigade commander lightly injured by bomb during West Bank operation

Former Hamas hostage Hanna Katzir, whose health declined in captivity, dies at 78

‘Her heart could not withstand the terrible suffering since October 7,’ says daughter; Katzir’s husband was killed in terror onslaught, and her son was abducted and later killed in Gaza

Hanna Katzir (Courtesy)

Female officers at the Border Defense Corps (Photo by IDF)

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Families of Israeli surveillance soldiers who were killed by Hamas terrorists at the Nahal Oz surveillance outpost on October 7, 2023, hold up photographs of the soldiers and speak to the press after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Army denies trying to conceal info, searches for more tapes

As IDF releases audio of lookout troops on Oct. 7, families complain footage edited

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

After long legal struggle, relatives get recordings of loved ones hours before they were killed or abducted from Nahal Oz base; but some of the soldiers aren’t heard in them

Netanyahu tells Knesset: ‘Some progress’ achieved in hostage deal talks with Hamas

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

PM doesn’t reveal details, but says negotiation efforts are ‘significant’; says those who think Arab-Israeli peace depends on Palestinians ‘have no idea’ what they’re talking about

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset on December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

People protest for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the home of Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel still hasn’t received list of living hostages from Hamas, official says

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

The interception of a Houthi missile over Tel Aviv on December 24, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

Israel intercepts Houthi missile as sirens wail across central Israel

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

No reports of injuries due to falling fragments, though woman in serious condition after falling while running to shelter; Houthis say attacks will continue until Gaza war ends

Leader of the National Unity Party MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting of the party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Gantz says Israel must directly target Iran to deter ongoing Houthi attacks

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Julani, speaks at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)

Syria’s new leadership to consolidate all armed rebel factions into defense ministry

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Ahmed al-Sharaa says no weapons to be allowed in Syria outside of state control, including among Kurdish groups in north; US said encouraging Israel to develop ties with new leaders

Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, picks roses during the Damascene Rose Harvest Festival in the village of al-Marah in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Russia denies reports that Bashar al-Assad’s wife, Asma, filed for divorce

A handout picture released by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry shows Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (center left) being received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani) (center right) in Damascus on December 23, 2024. (Jordanian Foreign Ministry / AFP)

Arab diplomats flock to Damascus for meetings with new Syrian leader

Satellite pics show all 19K of Jabalia's buildings destroyed

Three soldiers killed fighting in northern Gaza, airstrike hits Hamas security chief

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Kfir Brigade’s Cpt. Ilay Gavriel Atedgi, 22, Staff Sgt. Netanel Pessach, 21, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Hillel Diener, 21, killed by explosion during operation in Beit Hanoun area

Soldiers killed in the northern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2024: (L-R) Cpt. Ilay Gavriel Atedgi, Staff Sgt. Netanel Pessach, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Hillel Diener. (Israel Defense Forces)

An IDF tank is seen in northern Gaza's Jabalia, in a handout photo issued on December 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Report suggests IDF logistics road in north Gaza may become new corridor, buffer zone

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (C) poses for a picture with people and children at the Holy Family Church in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 22, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

Latin patriarch visits Catholic community in Gaza for second time since war’s start

Don’t Let Haredi leadership block the way of Haredim who want to enlist

More than a few ultra-Orthodox young men feel pangs of conscience pushing them to help shoulder Israel’s defense burden – they need encouragement

There is no consensus against a Palestinian state

Proposed legislation would block a two-state solution, but surveys don’t support the claim that it’s what ’most Israelis’ deeply want

Aaron 'Ari' Rosenfeld, the IDF reservist charged in the Prime Minister’s Office security documents theft and leak scandal, in an undated photo released to the media on December 23, 2024. (Courtesy: Family)

With gag order lifted, reservist charged in PM’s office leak case named as Ari Rosenfeld

Court lifts order at Rosenfeld’s request, as he says he hopes he can now ‘fight for his good name’ publicly; details on his military past remain barred from publication

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition leaders said to agree on plan for axing AG, but put off public announcement

By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) is seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Knesset approves 2024 budget expansion to pay for wartime costs

Police said checking TV claims of dirty deeds by PM's wife

Sara Netanyahu sues networks for defamation over reports she leaked security secrets

By Jeremy Sharon, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Fallout continues after report that PM’s wife sought to intimidate his political opponents, trial witnesses; police commissioner admits lengthy friendship with late Netanyahu aide

Sara Netanyahu attends a prayer for the return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by the Hamas terror group , at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with aide Hanni Bleiweiss. (Channel 12 'Uvda' screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Family of PM’s late aide Bleiweiss to sue Netanyahus, claiming harassment and abuse

Iranians follow a truck carrying the coffins of Hamas terror group leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard, who were killed in an assassination, during their funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2024. (AP Photo/ Vahid Salemi)

Defense minister confirms Israel was behind killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Israel Katz, speaking at event honoring security officers, says Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen will be decapitated, ‘just as [Israel] did to Haniyeh, Sinwar, and Nasrallah’

Security forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Yemen hit near a playground in Jaffa on December 21, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 24: Day 445 – IDF rethinks ballistic missiles for long-range attacks

By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes

Yossi Farro, center, finds himself between Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz, left, and actor Michael Rapaport, while facilitating the donning of tefillin. (Courtesy)

Interview

This Chabadnik is on a mission to wrap tefillin for US Jewish celebrities

20-year-old Yossi Farro has facilitated prayer for public figures from Lil Dicky to Bill Ackman, saying they can inspire others to embrace mitzvahs

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut speaks at Haifa University, where she was awarded an honorary doctorate, on December 23, 2024. (Haifa University Youtube screenshot)

Former chief justice decries ‘disastrous’ government plans that ‘threaten’ democracy

Critiquing judicial overhaul, Esther Hayut slams those who are ‘cynically exploiting democratic tools’ in their efforts to destroy Israel’s system of checks and balances

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consults with his defense lawyer Attorney Amit Hadad in a courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his testimony, December 23, 2024. (Reuven Kastro/POOL)

PM claims he didn’t check before signing papers benefitting businessman in bribery case

By Jeremy Sharon

Protesters call for ultra-Orthodox draft in Bnei Brak on December 21, 2024 (AFP/AFPTV)

Religious women mobilize against ultra-Orthodox military exemptions

By AFP and ToI Staff

Partners for Bearing the Burden demonstrates near Bnei Brak, demanding military ‘conscription for all,’ amid frustration over burden of reserve duty that falls on rest of population

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 23 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Lapid accuses Katz of buying Haredi vote for budget with secret IDF draft proposal

By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

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Airline pilots, crews voice concerns about Middle East routes

By Joanna Plucinska and Lisa Barrington

Pro-Palestinian protesters at a high school walkout near Bryant Park in New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress via JTA)

More than a third of US parents report classroom antisemitism — ADL survey

Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90/ File)

Government backs bill restricting teachers educated in Palestinian universities

On a misty day, gray cranes feed on a field not yet sown just outside the Hula Lake Park in northern Israel, December 22, 2024. Alex Kolomoisky/KKL-JNF)

Pioneering KKL-JNF laser beam tech aims to keep wild cranes off farmers’ fields

Sen. JD Vance, Republican of Ohio, the US vice president-elect, leaves the Senate chamber as lawmakers work on an interim spending bill to avoid a shutdown of federal agencies, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party

File: In this May 30, 2023, photo, Col. Ami Biton, the incoming commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, is seen in a handover ceremony (Israel Defense Forces)

Paratroopers commander reprimanded for humiliating treatment of subordinates

By Emanuel Fabian

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (2nd from right), Lebanese army commander -- and now President -- General Joseph Aoun (to Mikati's left), and Major General Aroldo Lazaro, Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) (R) visit the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on December 23, 2024, after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. (AFP)

Lebanese PM, UNIFIL call for Israel to withdraw troops faster than ceasefire demands

By AFP and ToI Staff

Demonstrators shut down the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge in conjunction with the APEC Summit taking place Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Bay Area plaintiffs allege reps’ votes for Israel aid caused them emotional distress

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

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