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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 9, 2025

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Jan. 9: IDF says it killed Hamas battalion commander for Gaza City in recent strike

By Jacob Magid and Michael Bachner

PM’s hostage envoy declines to tell families gov’t prepared to end war, but says deal under discussion is multiple phases * Ryanair plans to fly full summer schedule from Tel Aviv

9:25 pm

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado freed
9:23 pm

Tlaib dons keffiyeh at Carter funeral to thank him for 'speaking out against apartheid'
8:43 pm

IDF releases footage of Houthi drone interception over Mediterranean Sea

IDF says body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne found in Gaza, ‘grave concerns’ for son’s life

By Emanuel Fabian

The body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne, 53, who was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, was recovered by the Israeli military from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday. Members of Ziyadne's family said that the... Continue Reading

Hamza Ziyadne (left) and his father Youssef Ziyadne (Courtesy)

Relatives and friends of Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza, gather at the family home in the southern Israel city of Rahat, on January 8, 2025, after the IDF said it had recovered Youssef's body and had 'grave concerns' for Hamza's life. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Family and friends mourn death of hostage Youssef Ziyadne, blame government inaction

Demonstrators protest outside the prime minister's Jerusalem residence after the IDF recovered the body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne from a Gaza tunnel, January 8, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 9: Day 461 – As hostage’s body found in Gaza, Blinken says deal close

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

Says Iran still hopes to 'form resistance cells' in Syria

Iranian general says Assad blocked Tehran’s effort to open Syrian front against Israel

Iran’s former top general in Syria has revealed that Tehran pushed the since-deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to open an additional front against Israel as it battled terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah over the past 15 months. In a recording cited by the New York Times on Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati said... Continue Reading

A rebel fighter walks past a portrait of toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad at the 4th Division barracks of the dismantled Syrian army, in the town of Dummar near Damascus, on December 23, 2024. (Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

An Israeli soldier stands guard at the Hermon ski resort, bordering Syria and Lebanon, during a media tour organized by the IDF, January 8, 2025. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

IDF detains, then releases, French journalist in southern Syria buffer zone

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Members of staff prepare the main chamber of the Parliament and set up a ballot box, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president in Beirut on January 8, 2025. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

ExplainerAfter 2-year vacuum, in shadow of war, Lebanon tries for 13th time to elect a president

By AP and ToI Staff

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From left: Staff Sgt. Nevo Fisher, Staff Sgt. Kanaoo Kasa and Staff Sgt. Matityahu Ya'akov Perel (IDF)

3 soldiers killed in northern Gaza fighting, raising ground offensive toll to 398

By Emanuel Fabian

3 other troops seriously wounded alongside Staff Sergeants Matityahu Ya’akov Perel, Kanaoo Kasa and Nevo Fisher; IDF intercepts rocket fired from southern Gaza at Kerem Shalom

Beach front homes are destroyed by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, January 8, 2025. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

Devastated Jewish communities rally to support members as California wildfires rage on

By Kelly Hartog and Agencies

Leaders strive to bring comfort as many families lose homes; among wider population, five die, 1,900 buildings destroyed; some hydrants run dry as emergency services overwhelmed

Trees sway in high winds as the Eaton Fire burns structures Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Thousands flee as Los Angeles wildfires burn out of control, destroy homes

By jaimie ding, Christopher Weber and JULIE WATSON

'Yes, occupation, we don't need to be afraid of this word'

Smotrich calls for Israel to run civil affairs in Gaza, stay there ‘for very long time’

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday called for Israel to take over "the entire civil management of the Gaza Strip," and warned that humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the coastal enclave will be cut to the minimum required under humanitarian law when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office later this month. "Yes, occupation,... Continue Reading

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in a Facebook live broadcast on January 8, 2025. (Facebook screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen attends a meeting of the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Otzma Yehudit rebel Almog Cohen abstains from vote to delay key budget bill

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot prepare to deliver remarks at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, on January 8, 2025. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

Dermer meets with Trump envoy who's heading to Doha

Blinken: We’re very close to hostage deal, it’ll be handed to Trump if not finalized

Secretary says Biden to hand off near-finished Gaza ‘Day After’ and Saudi normalization plans; US officials warn Trump aide of Gaza ‘catastrophe’ when anti-UNRWA laws implemented

US President-elect Donald Trump flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Families of American-Israeli hostages to attend Trump inauguration

Megaprojects for a post-traumatic Golden Age

Two ambitious initiatives could flip this crisis into a chance to transform Israel’s scientific R&D ecosystem and rebuild Jewish resilience

Clinton Bailey, friend of Ben-Gurion and the Bedouin

The prolific researcher, who died this week, was revered by the people whose lives he documented with loving respect

Illustrative: A caveman holds a stone-tipped spear, ready to hunt animal preys. (iStock/Getty Images)

Archaeology'We can say for sure they ate carbohydrates'

Early man ate carbs and processed food 780,000 years ago, northern Israel site shows

By Gavriel Fiske

Analysis of basalt tools from the Hula Valley shows that Stone Age humans gathered, extracted and crushed starches from acorns, cereals, legumes and aquatic plants

A display showcases a stele and multiple artifacts during a media event to announce new discoveries by an Egyptian archaeological mission at Queen Hatshepsut's Valley Temple in Deir El-Bahari on the Nile's west bank in Luxor on January 8, 2025. (Khaled Desouk/AFP)

Egypt unveils new discoveries near Luxor, including 3,600-year-old burial shafts

By AP

Illustrative: People take part in an anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ebrahim Noroozi)

Reporter's notebook'Our German neighbors are very friendly, as they should be'

With antisemitism in Berlin at a post-WWII high, Israeli expats explain why they stay

The police chief says Jews shouldn’t enter certain neighborhoods and some Muslim immigrants in the city can be hostile to Israel. But it still offers unbeatable perks, Israelis say

Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and members of the General Staff Forum at the Defense Ministry, November 11, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

Amid growing spat, Katz orders Halevi to ‘fully cooperate’ with Oct. 7 probe

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF hits back, says issues shouldn’t be resolved via the media, military already cooperating with state comptroller; defense minister’s spokesman threatens army spokesman Hagari

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks at a Knesset session, December 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Right-wing activists blast Supreme Court Justice Amit, at justice minister’s invitation

By Jeremy Sharon

Filmmaker Leslie Gelrubin Benitah sees the devastation wrought on Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas assault of October 7, 2023, in this still from 'Milk and Honey, Blood and Tears.' (Courtesy)

'The decision to choose these films was not made lightly'

Some Jewish film festivals tiptoe around Oct. 7. A Miami festival is leaning into it

By Rich Tenorio

Running from Jan. 9-23, the Miami Jewish Film Festival features 13 films dealing with the Hamas atrocities, to help combat denial of the tragedy and make victims’ voices heard

Eric Trager is interviewed on C-SPAN on April 4, 2015. (Screen capture/C-SPAN)

Hawkish Muslim Brotherhood expert to fill Mideast slot on Trump’s National Security Council

By Jacob Magid and JTA

GOP Senate staffer Eric Trager joins crowded field of Mideast-related appointees; will take over White House post from Brett McGurk, who played large role in shaping Mideast policy

Republican presidential candidate former US president Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate, July 26, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump posts clip of prof calling Netanyahu ‘obsessive’ about getting US to fight Iran

US President Joe Biden walks after speaking during an interfaith prayer service for the victims of the deadly New Years truck attack, at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, January 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Days before term ends, Biden casts doubt on his fitness to serve another four years

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Protesters at a Jewish solidarity march in New York City on January 5, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images via JTA)

'There's very low tolerance right now for a lack of solutions'

Realizing old tactics aren’t enough, US Jewish groups use science to fight antisemitism

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Organizations such as the ADL are finding that calling attention to Jew hatred isn’t working to stem it, as the focus shifts to actively reversing the alarmingly growing trend

Troops of the Kfir Brigade operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 7, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Amid efforts abroad to prosecute combat soldiers, IDF to try to conceal their identities

By Emanuel Fabian

Troops under rank of brigadier general to have faces blurred, names hidden when interviewed, but no action taken against core source of info — social media posts by soldiers themselves

The opening of a new exhibit at Haifa's Tikotin Museum on December 31, 2024 (Courtesy Keren Avni)

Haifa Film Festival runs through January 11

With Hezbollah rockets halted, Haifa’s cultural scene experiences post-ceasefire boom

By Jessica Steinberg

Long-delayed Haifa Film Festival finally marks 40th year, as Tikotin Museum celebrates iconic Japanese wave print and Haifa City Museum waxes nostalgic about Israel’s homegrown car

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Palestinians at the site of an Israeli drone strike in the village of Tamun in the northern West Bank, January 8, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Two children among 3 killed in West Bank drone strike IDF says targeted terror cell

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir meets with senior police offcers at a handover ceremony at the National Security Ministry in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police data confirms Arab homicide rate more than doubled in 2023

By Charlie Summers

Screen capture of the Amnesty Israel webpage, January 8, 2025. (Amnesty Israel. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Amnesty International suspends defiant Israel branch for ‘undermining’ its mission

Israeli startup Endostream Medical develops a medical device for the treatment of brain aneurysms. (Courtesy)

Japan’s Kaneka buys Israeli medical device startup in $100 millon deal

By Sharon Wrobel

Man stabbed on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2025. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man badly wounded in Tel Aviv stabbing following row over an electric scooter

By Charlie Summers

Pope Francis addresses the audience during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on January 8, 2025. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Addressing diplomats, pope says humanitarian situation in Gaza is ‘shameful’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An illustration showing the boundaries of the biblical kingdoms of Israel and Judah in 928 BC, published by the Israel Arabic account on X on January 6, 2025. (Israel Arabic via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Violation of international norms’: Biblical map of Israel sparks outrage from Jordan

Ultra-Orthodox men dance during a special celebration marking the end of Hanukkah, in Meron, northern Israel, on January 2, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Haredi men’s employment growth stalls, income gap with mainstream Israel widens – study

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

Report: Family of PM’s late aide fail to cede phone to cops in probe of Sara Netanyahu

An anti-Israel activist destroys a wax figure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 7, 2025. (Screenshot, X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli embassy slams destruction of Netanyahu wax figure in Mexico museum

By AFP

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an Apple event announcing new products in Cupertino, California, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

OpenAI head Sam Altman accused by sister of raping her, family says claim untrue

By Sarah Young and Jonathan Stempel

Gal Gadot arrives at the 82nd Golden Globes, January 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Pinning blameGal Gadot denies she was forbidden to wear hostage pin at Golden Globes

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