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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 23, 2025

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IDF admits Beit Hanoun commander wasn't killed in May strike

Israel said to tell Hamas it expects Arbel Yehoud to be among next freed hostages

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Yehoud is thought to be held by Islamic Jihad, leading to apparent concern that Hamas may attempt to put off her release; IDF says troops killed gunman posing threat amid ceasefire

Arbel Yehoud, who was taken hostage with her boyfriend, Ariel Cunio, from their Kibbutz Nir Oz home on October 7. (Courtesy)

Varda Ben Baruch, grandmother of Idan Alexander who is held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, holds a sign as she standing outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 23, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 23: Day 475 – Tensions grow as next release of hostages nears

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

Demonstrators raise placards during a protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 2023, in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Inside storyHow ‘the stars aligned’ after over a year to reach a hostage release-ceasefire deal

By AP and ToI Staff

High school students from France walk on the ground of the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau former concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, southern Poland, on 5 December 2024. (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Half of Americans can't name a single concentration camp

Most people believe a genocide of Jews could happen today, multi-country survey finds

Claims Conference poll exposes a global trend of fading knowledge about basic facts of the Holocaust, with almost half of French young adults saying they’ve never heard of the term

The interior of a synagogue in Rouen, France, that a man is suspected of having set on fire, May 17, 2024. The man was shot dead by French police. (AP Photo)

Antisemitic acts remain at ‘historic’ high in France, local Jewish group reports

By AFP and ToI Staff

This picture shows a general view of the destruction as displaced Palestinians return to the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, in Jabalia, on January 23, 2025 (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 23: IDF says troops in Gaza fired on several threats Thursday during ceasefire

US leader said set to appoint Steve Witkoff to manage Iran nuclear file * Delta Air Lines announces resumption of Tel Aviv flights on April 1

8:55 pm

Trump: 'Would be nice' to solve problems with Iran without Israeli strikes
8:52 pm

Man jailed for knife attack aimed at French magazine Charlie Hebdo
8:23 pm

Scholz speaks of ongoing German responsibility for Holocaust on 80th anniversary

Promoted ArticleInternational March of the Living

“We have to march this year. It might be our last chance.”

This year’s March of the Living may be the last chance for young participants to walk with survivors and bear witness to their stories. They need your help.

Yuval Raphael is crowned the winner of 'Hakochav Haba' on January 23, 2025, and will represent Israel at the 2025 Eurovision. (Ortal Dahan Ziv)

Yuval Raphael, survivor of Nova massacre, to represent Israel at 2025 Eurovision

25-year-old singer says music has been ‘one of the strongest ingredients in my healing process’; she hid for eight hours under a pile of dead bodies in a roadside bomb shelter

The US green card found on the body of Abdelaziz Kaddi, a Moroccan terrorist who stabbed four people in Tel Aviv on January 21, 2025. (X; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

‘Unclear why he’s here’: Questions mount over how Tel Aviv stabber was let into Israel

Reports say officials found Abdelaziz Kaddi had no lodging plans, little money and no obvious reason for wanting to visit, but okayed him anyway; days later he knifed four people

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

In sign of priorities, Trump’s first call with foreign leader held with Saudi prince

MBS says he plans to invest $600b in US during 2nd Trump term; Netanyahu fields first call from new Secretary of State Rubio, who vows to ‘work tirelessly’ for hostages’ freedom

Yemenis brandish rifles and chant slogans during an anti-Israel demonstration in the Houthi-controlled capital Sana'a on December 27, 2024.(Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

Trump moves to relabel Yemen’s Houthis as foreign terrorist organization

By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Elon Musk during a live discussion on the social media platform X, at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, September 18, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Netanyahu defends Elon Musk after he’s accused of giving Nazi salute

Troops of the 7th Armored Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on January 23, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel said seeking 30 more days to withdraw from Lebanon, citing Hezbollah violations

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Trump said opposed, but Israeli envoy says approval likely; as 60-day deadline looms, IDF still finding arms caches, Lebanese army not deploying to replace terror group as agreed

A rocket launcher captured by IDF troops on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, in a photo published January 22, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF seizes truce-violating weapons, including rocket launchers, in south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A handcuffed man in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi /FLASH90)

East Jerusalem resident arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Hezbollah

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Survivors attend the offical ceremony at the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau during events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2020 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Preview'This is our mission in life to be there, as Israelis'

A decade ago, 300 survivors marked their liberation at Auschwitz. This year, 50 will go

By Matt Lebovic

3,000 people expected to attend ceremony on Jan. 27 as international delegations mark 80 years since largest German death camp was liberated by Red Army during World War II

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in conversation at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. (Markus Schreiber/AP)

Top officials said already gearing up for 2nd phase hostage talks, ahead of schedule

By ToI Staff, Reuters and Jacob Magid

Qatari PM says ‘pushing for this’; Shin Beit, Mossad chiefs reportedly discussed next stage in Egypt, two weeks before start date; Trump envoy Witkoff also expected to be involved

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance Committee meeting, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Report: Smotrich held meeting to plan public campaign to resume Gaza war

Economy Minister Nir Barkat attends an Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, on January 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Economy minister says Israel wants peace in Gaza, unsure about reconstruction funding

By Reuters and ToI Staff

In Jenin, IDF kills 2 gunmen who shot 3 Israelis dead in terror attack this month

By Emanuel Fabian

Hamas confirms Qutaiba al-Shalabi and Mohammed Nazal carried out attack; defense minister says Gaza lessons being applied in West Bank amid major Jenin operation

Master Sgt. Elad Yaakov Winkelstein (left), 35, Rachel Cohen (center), 73 and Aliza Raiz (right), 70, were killed in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank village of al-Funduq on January 6, 2025. (Courtesy)

Steven Rosenberg

Harvard’s adoption of IHRA isn’t enough

Measures that were agreed in the framework of Title VI lawsuits will not change an institutional culture that tolerates antisemitism

Tamar Sternthal

CBS is determined to redraw Israel’s map, facts be damned

Why is the news outlet adopting the jargon of a group that makes no secret of its intention to annihilate the Jewish state?

Official portraits of (L-R) Maj. Gen. Amir Baram, Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir, and Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai. (Israel Defense Forces)

After Halevi’s resignation, Katz names 3 generals as candidates for next IDF chief

By Emanuel Fabian

Major generals Amir Baram, Eyal Zamir, Tamir Yadai to be interviewed by defense minister starting next week

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) attends a plenum session in the Knesset on November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90); Acting Supreme Court President Justice Isaac Amit at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Amit rebuffs Levin’s call to drop Supreme Court presidency bid over misconduct claims

By Jeremy Sharon

Acting chief justice refuses justice minister’s demand, alleging an ‘organized smear campaign’ against him against the backdrop of Levin’s 15-month effort to foil his appointment

Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 22, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)

Deputy AG: Proposed draft law doesn’t meet IDF’s needs, contravenes High Court ruling

Amit Becher, the head of the Israel Bar Association, attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 10, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Coalition passes law limiting bar association’s control of its finances

A Palestinian man lies injured after being attacked by Israeli ultranationalist extremists in the South Hebron Hills region of the West Bank, January 22, 2025. (Courtesy, Haqel - In Defense of Human Rights)

Israeli extremists attack Palestinian laborers during IDF-approved agricultural work

By Jeremy Sharon

Palestinian workers, villagers targeted while plowing West Bank land in work coordinated with the IDF; 5 Palestinians, 2 Israelis injured in clashes

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President Isaac Herzog speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)

Swiss prosecutors examine ‘incitement to genocide’ claims against Herzog

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iran's then-vice president for strategic affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, gestures as he addresses the audience during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

Top Iran official says Tehran didn’t know about Oct. 7, doesn’t control ‘proxy groups’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In '10/7,' journalist Lee Yaron profiles victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre from a wide range of communities. (Uri Bareket; St. Martin's Press via JTA)

Young journalist’s accounts of Oct. 7 assault named Jewish book of the year

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Iranians wave a national flag as they celebrate a Gaza ceasefire deal, during a rally after the Friday noon prayers in Tehran on January 17, 2025. Israel's security cabinet met on January 17 to vote on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that would go into effect on January 19, 2025. (AFP)

Iran reportedly arrests 10 Bahai women in ‘shocking’ raids

By AFP

Police stationed outside a Manhattan synagogue, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NY Jewish man arrested in 2022 synagogue shooting plot sentenced to 2.5 years

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/ Peter Dejong)

ICC’s governing body says it ‘regrets’ US steps to sanction court over Gaza warrants

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Lawmakers and ministers listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the first plenum session of the Knesset’s winter 2024 legislative session, October 28, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

Coalition votes down legislation on state Oct. 7 probe, annexation of Jordan Valley

Police cars stand near the site of a stabbing in Aschaffenburg on January 22, 2025. (Pascal HOEFIG / NEWS5 / AFP)

Afghan man stabs and kills two in Germany, including a toddler, police say

By Sebastien ASH

Magen David Adom emergency service paramedics arrive to the scene of a shooting in Acre on January 23, 2025. (Magen David Adom)

Man killed in Acre shooting potentially linked to underworld slayings

By Charlie Summers

A boy visiting the Kazerne Dossin Holocaust museum in Mechelen, Belgium, on December 22, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

No need for Belgium’s railway to pay for sending Jews to death camps, panel finds

By Shira Li Bartov

Zencity offices in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy, Zencity)

Israeli-founded Zencity buys UK tech for state agencies to listen to residents’ needs

By Sharon Wrobel

Yehudit Ravitz, right, and Gidi Gov, left, at the first reunion show of 'The 16th Sheep' on January 21, 2025 (Screengrab: YouTube)

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By Jessica Steinberg

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