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What Matters Most On Friday, February 28, 2025

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Hapoel Tel Aviv fans, friends and family members gather to pay respects to slain Israeli hostage Tsahi Idan during his funeral service at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, February 28, 2025. (Avshalom Sasson / Flash90)

‘Sorry we didn’t bring you back alive’: Hostage Tsahi Idan buried beside murdered daughter

By ToI Staff and JTA

18-year-old Maayan was killed in front of her father on Oct. 7, he was slain in Gaza; family eulogizes him, slams government at memorial held at his favorite team’s home field

Maayan Gabai, right, and Dr. Pieter Jan Van-Balen reach the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on January 28, 2025. (Courtesy)

'There was no rational reason why I should continue'

The sky is no limit: Reserve soldier with cerebral palsy summits Mt. Kilimanjaro

By Diana Bletter

Walking with crutches through the ice and snow, Maayan Gabai ascends Africa’s tallest mountain with a group of 30 Israelis, helps raise NIS 1 million for Shalva, a non-profit for people with disabilities

Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's "Uvda" program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Channel 12/screenshot)

He lost 40% of his weight; Hamas beat, chained, humiliated

Recently freed hostage recounts extreme hunger, gut-wrenching farewell to still-held captive

Eli Sharabi, whose wife and daughters were slain on Oct. 7, says he’s ‘not angry’; he ‘adopted’ Alon Ohel, who was inconsolable ahead of Sharabi’s release; Hamas worsened abuse based on Israeli leaders’ remarks

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For the 7th consecutive year, Sheba Medical Center has been named a World’s Best Hospital! This recognition highlights Sheba’s unwavering commitment to excellence.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves the White House after meeting with US President Donald Trump, in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 28: Zelensky expresses gratitude to Trump, US people after being berated at White House

PM holds rare Friday night consultations as Hamas reported to reject extending Gaza deal’s 1st phase * UN chief says truce ‘must hold’

10:01 pm

Deputy AG: Any move to fire Shin Bet chief necessitates legal review by attorney general
9:17 pm

EU top diplomat says 'free world needs new leader' after Trump-Zelensky clash
8:51 pm

Illinois man found guilty of murder, hate crime for killing 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy in wake of Oct. 7

Pages from Eduard Pernkopf's 'Atlas of Topographical & Applied Human Anatomy' (used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Go-to’ anatomy atlas featuring corpses of Nazi victims revamped by UCLA cardiologist

By Matt Lebovic

Inspired by his Jewish teachers, Indian-born physician Kalyanam Shivkumar wants Nazi-made anatomy atlas to become obsolete. But not everyone agrees ‘Pernkopf Atlas’ should be tossed

Trump: 'We have some pretty good talks going on'

Israel sends delegation to Cairo for Gaza talks as ceasefire’s future put in doubt

By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol and Agencies

Egypt says Israeli team meeting with counterparts from US and Qatar on next stages of agreement after Israeli official says troops will remain on Gaza-Egypt border, defying truce

International Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles arrive at the scene shortly before Hamas fighters release of three Israeli hostages as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner swap, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on February 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP)

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks at a conference of regional council heads, February 27, 2025 (Shlomi Amsalem/Defense Ministry)

Katz: Hamas plotting attacks against troops, Israeli towns during ceasefire

Demonstrators raise placards and chant slogans during a protest calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian terrorists, in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on February 22, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 28: Day 511 – As phase 1 ends, can Cairo talks get more hostages out?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

A former Palestinian prisoner, released as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange, is carried on a person's shoulders upon arrival in Ramallah on February 27, 2025. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)

ToI podcast

Friday Focus: Negotiating with terrorists, again

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

As phase 1 of hostage release deal ends, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman reviews the timeline of negotiations since Oct. 7, 2023, and weighs in on paying ransom as a Jewish value

This screenshot from the trailer for 'Gaza: How to Survive A War Zone' shows narrator Abdullah Al-Yazouri, whose father is a Hamas deputy minister. (YouTube screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)

BBC apologizes for ‘serious flaws’ in documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son

By AFP and ToI Staff

Teen in critical condition after terror suspect plows car into bus stop, injuring 13

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Attacker identified as Jamil Zayoud, a 53-year-old Palestinian from the Jenin area of the West Bank who had been living illegally in Israel with his Arab Israeli wife

Israeli police officers examine the body of a terror suspect who rammed his car into a highway bus stop near Gan Shmuel, Israel, on Thursday, February 27, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

David Ben Moshe

Looking through orange-colored glasses

This painful week, I was all set to spoil my kids with orange junk food (and I did), but my daughter’s orange shin-guards made me realize how I was missing the mark

We need a post-Birthright revolution

The future of Jewish life will not be determined by how well we market it, but by how firmly we anchor it in our sacred and greater purpose (Terumah/Purim)

Ultranationalist protesters take part in a rally for the expulsion of Palestinians and the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip in central Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Occupy, expel, settle’: Minister, MKs at far-right rally call ‘to empty Gaza of Gazans’

By Jeremy Sharon

‘We need to expel the Arabs from here,’ declares Likud lawmaker, though most speakers say they support ‘encouraging emigration,’ seemingly stopping short of forcible transfer

Finance Minister and Religious Zionism head Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 24, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In from cold, Smotrich to meet US Treasury chief in Washington next week

By AP and ToI Staff

File: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2024. (Drew Angerer/AFP)

Gallant calls on internal Likud tribunal to reject bid to boot him from party

Inside story

Feeling heat from Trump to ‘solve’ Gaza, Arab states losing patience with PA’s Abbas

Palestinian Authority president left out of Arab leadership summit in Riyadh, where Gaza was main agenda item; diplomat says regional leaders will abandon Abbas if backed into corner

PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP)

Israeli soldiers carry bodies of Israelis in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

IDF's probes into Oct. 7Yahya Sinwar was seen as 'a pragmatist' who didn't want war

IDF’s Oct. 7 probes show it misread Hamas for years, left southern Israel utterly vulnerable

By Emanuel Fabian

Investigations detail military’s decade-long ‘misperception’ of Hamas, its refusal to recognize the imminent invasion even in the last few hours, and the chaos that catastrophically slowed the fightback on the day

Israeli soldiers walking next to buildings destroyed by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 21, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Bereaved parents, opposition MKs welcome IDF’s October 7 probes, urge state inquiry

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Palestinians celebrating, near a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Hassan Eslaiah)

IDF's probes into Oct. 7Before Oct. 7, IDF probe shows, Hamas duped Israel into thinking it did not pose a major threat

By Emanuel Fabian

Gazans celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the broken Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Yousef Masoud)

IDF's probes into Oct. 7

Entire Gaza Division was overrun for hours, and IDF didn’t know it; 767 troops faced 5,000 terrorists

By Emanuel Fabian

Top command was unaware regional division was not functioning for nearly 10 hours during onslaught; army failed to build a picture of the situation, backup didn’t reach the right areas

Members of Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, patrol in Rafah, Gaza Strip, December 14, 2022. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

IDF's probes into Oct. 7The intel on Hamas attack plan was there, but IDF simply refused to believe it, probe finds

By Emanuel Fabian

Soldiers walking next to the destruction by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, in southern Israel, November 21, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

IDF's probes into Oct. 7IDF identified but ignored 5 warning signs of Hamas attack on eve of Oct. 7, its probe shows

By Emanuel Fabian

Analysis

Palestinians and Israelis brace for escalation on eve of ‘somber and tense’ Ramadan

Security personnel and Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem prepare for the holy month amid Israel’s tenuous ceasefire with Hamas and ongoing operations in the West Bank

Muslim worshippers pass through a checkpoint as Israeli police deploy in the Old City of Jerusalem ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, February 27, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

This image released by A24 shows Adrien Brody, left, and Guy Pearce in a scene from 'The Brutalist.' (Lol Crawley/A24 via AP)

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Rabbi Irena Gritsevskaya leads prayers from a new Ukrainian-language siddur. (Courtesy Midreshet Schechter, TALI, Masorti Olami via JTA)

'The main thing we have right now is our prayers'

On anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war, isolated Ukrainian Jews translate their prayers

By Shira Li Bartov

Many in the Jewish community seek translations of sacred texts as a way of fighting for their national and religious identity. A new children’s prayer book marks the latest addition

Real Estate Israel

Housing Ministry plans to encourage long-term rentals as Israelis priced out of purchasing

With more Israelis renting instead of buying homes, the Construction and Housing Ministry is working on a strategic plan to make the market serve all citizens, not only investors

An 800-unit apartment complex in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood. (Ari Cohen Architects and City Planners)

High-rise buildings near Tel Aviv's Sarona Market, January 15, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

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Cars drive by Atlantis The Royal hotel at Palm Jumeirah Island in Dubai United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

As a tax haven with affordable properties, Dubai draws Israeli investors despite war

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AG orders criminal probe into alleged ties between Netanyahu’s aides and Qatar

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Jewish and pro-Israel leaders in Brussels, February 25, 2025. (Shalev Man/Foreign Ministry)

Israel decides to establish formal ties with trio of European far-right parties

By Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg

Craig Berko, director of membership at Temple Beth Sholom, prepares to hand out prayer books during a Shabbat service, September 27, 2024, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, up 29% from a decade ago

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Syrian Christians gather for Sunday Mass at the Church of Saint George in the town of Maaloula, Syria, January 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Christian town in Syria keeps Aramaic alive, amid fears for future under new regime

By Kareem Chehayeb

MK Avraham Betzalel of Shas attends a Health Committee meeting at the Knesset on July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shas MK dismisses UTJ threat to torpedo government if no law exempting Haredim from IDF

Illustrative: A Syrian man inspects the rooms the prison of Saydnaya, north of Damascus on December 16, 2024. (Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

Over 1,000 Syrians died in airport prison under Assad, report says

By Reade Levinson and Feras Dalatey

An entry to the Skirball campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, California, October 15, 2012. (Kiddo27/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Hebrew Union College sells part of LA campus, in Reform flagship’s latest downsizing

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman speaks at the Association of Treasurers, February 27, 2025. (Courtesy State Comptroller's Office)

Comptroller accuses IDF, Shin Bet chiefs of obstructing his October 7 probe

By Jeremy Sharon

Supporters display a poster depicting jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, 75, after he called on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disarm and dissolve itself in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on February 27, 2025. (Yasin Akgul / AFP)

In major shift, Kurdish PKK founder urges group to disarm, end conflict with Turkey

By Fulya Ozerkan

Illustrative. A computer hacker. (Peshkov/ iStock)

Israel ranks second in list of countries targeted by cyberattacks in 2024 — report

By Sharon Wrobel

Members of a special police unit escort a man suspected to be responsible for the Solingen knife attack from a helicopter to the office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on August 25, 2024. (Thomas Kienzle / AFP)

Man charged over deadly 2024 knife attack in Germany that sought to ‘avenge Palestine’

By AP

Anti-government demonstrators protest against the Georgian government's postponement of European Union accession talks until 2028, outside the parliament in central Tbilisi on December 31, 2024. (Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP)

Israel’s Cellebrite to sell Georgia data extraction tech amid protester crackdown

By Lucy Papachristou

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