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What Matters Most On Sunday, January 5, 2025

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Family members of Liri Albag, held hostage by Hamas, demonstrate in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025, after the terror group released a video showing signs of life of Albag (Jack Guez / AFP)

Officials acknowledge slow progress in hostage talks, but warn obstacles remain

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli, Saudi reports quote sources saying agreement could be clinched on key issues before Trump takes office, but Israel sees low chance for comprehensive deal

Police clash with protesters during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)

Clashes break out in Tel Aviv for first time in weeks

Restive protesters demand Gaza deal, look to Trump after video shows hostage alive

By Noam Lehmann, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem call on incoming US president to ‘end war’ and bring captives home, accusing Biden of dropping ball; at least five arrested

Hostage Liri Albag seen in an image taken from a video published by Hamas on January 4, 2025 (Hostage Family Forum)

Hamas releases video of hostage Liri Albag, 19. Parents: ‘This is not the Liri we know’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF soldier who survived Nova massacre escapes war crimes investigation in Brazil

An Israel Defense Forces soldier who survived Hamas's attack at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, hurriedly ended his vacation in Brazil on Sunday morning after the country's Federal Court ordered police to open a war crimes investigation on him, according to Brazilian media. Hours before he left the South American... Continue Reading

Illustrative: Troops of the Kfir Brigade operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 4, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset on December 31, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg / Flash 90)

Israelis attend a protest calling for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 4, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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Jan. 5: Hamas says it approved list of 34 hostages for release in deal; Israel denies claim

Levin signals intent to quickly pass highly contentious law giving government control over most judicial appointments * IDF says it struck Hamas fighters in Gaza humanitarian zone

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Syrian chief rabbi in Israel writes to Syria's new leader asking to restore, preserve Jewish community
6:56 pm

12 war crime complaints said opened abroad against IDF soldiers since October 7, 2023
6:40 pm

Levin signals intent to quickly pass highly contentious law giving government control over most judicial appointments

Attorney Roi Kahlon (Shelly Padan)

Netanyahu appoints Roi Kahlon acting civil service commissioner in defiance of AG

Prime Minister’s Office praises new commissioner’s ‘extensive experience in senior management,’ dismisses claims he is unqualified for the position

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives testimony in his trial on corruption charges in a courtroom of the Tel Aviv District Court, December 18, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Judges agree to postpone Netanyahu testimony for two weeks as he recovers from surgery

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Defense Minister Israel Katz inspects an IDF display of captured Hezbollah weapons at an army base in northern Israel, January 5, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Katz warns ceasefire in jeopardy if Hezbollah doesn’t withdraw from south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Defense minister says if terror group doesn’t remove operatives and weapons as stipulated in truce, ‘there will be no agreement, and Israel will be forced to act independently’

IDF troops with the 769th "Hiram" Regional Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on December 31, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Reports: IDF may extend south Lebanon presence for 30 more days as Hezbollah regroups

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

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Daily Briefing Jan. 5: Day 457 – IDF raids Iranian site in Syria in complex commando op

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on testing the Lebanon truce, rockets from Houthis and Gaza Strip, IDF operations on the ground in Gaza, and details from a daring September raid

I am from there: Unpolished songs for a raw nation

A new album from beloved singer Yehudit Ravitz forgoes perfect vocals for a sound that’s in perfect sync with a painfully sober Israel

How raising my kids made me question – and rediscover – my Judaism

When I left my secular past for an Orthodox future, I thought I had all the answers for a fulfilling life. I was wrong

A man carries a mock missile during a rally by university students and faculty denouncing strikes on Yemen and in solidarity with Palestinians, in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 1, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

Houthis claim to have targeted power plant near Hadera

Late-night Houthi ballistic missile attack thwarted by IDF, without widespread sirens

By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff

No injuries or damage reported; in contrast with other recent attacks, warnings sound only in a single town

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian foreign minister warns of ‘large-scale war’ if Israel attacks again

Palestinians ride on an Israeli military vehicle taken from an army base inside Israel overrun by Hamas, in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. (AP/Abed Abu Reash)

Officer’s warning of Hamas onslaught plans was kept from top IDF brass in Aug. 2023 – report

Channel 12 cites ‘Maj. Nun’ as writing that while IDF was preparing for worst-case scenario of 4 simultaneous incursions from Gaza, Hamas was planning a far more significant attack

Rachel Laser, the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, speaks at an event the organization held at St John's Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles on November 21, 2024. (Courtesy of Evan Clark, Atheists United)

'Church-state separation is like kryptonite for them'

The Jewish woman leading the fight against American Christian nationalism

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Since 2018, Rachel Laser, the first Jew to lead Americans United for Separation of Church and State, has worked with Christian allies to keep religion from influencing US laws

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Illustrative - In this photo taken in January 2015, an African elephant crosses a road made for Safari vehicles as tourists take photos in Tarangire National Park on the outskirts of Arusha, northern Tanzania. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Israeli woman killed, five family members injured in jeep accident in Tanzania

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US surgeon general urges cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger delivers remarks during a press preview of the use of drones in humanitarian work in Avully near Geneva, on June 7, 2023. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Red Cross says locating missing Syrians after Assad’s downfall likely to take years

By Maher Al Mounes

Jeff Baena arrives at the premiere of "Spin Me Round," August 17, 2022, at The London in West Hollywood, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Director Jeff Baena found dead in his home at 47

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