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What Matters Most On Monday, April 14, 2025

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Tzvika Mor in an undated photo with his son Eitan, who is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza. (Courtesy)

Hostage's mom: PM told me Israel knows location of captives

Netanyahu tells parents of hostage Israel is working on deal to free 10 captives

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hostages Forum, Tikva Forum say all hostages must be released in one go; Egyptian source says Hamas asked for more time to respond to latest hostage-truce proposal

Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza and their supporters protest outside the home of Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer in Jerusalem on April 13, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hamas said willing to free a larger number of hostages under potential deal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pauses during a news conference at the governor's official residence discussing the alleged arson that forced him, his family and guests to flee in the middle of the night on Passover, Apr. 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (AP/Marc Levy)

Vance: Thanks be to God that Shapiro, family were unharmed

After Passover arson attack, PA’s Jewish governor vows to keep ‘proudly celebrating’ faith

Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro says suspect arrested but motive unknown, following attack on room where he had held Seder with community members hours earlier

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro attends a meeting of governors at the White House on February 21, 2025 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)

Pennsylvania governor’s residence targeted in arson attack after Passover Seder

Hamas gunmen, wearing captured IDF uniforms and brandishing Israeli weapons, stand in formation in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025. (AP Photo/ Abdel Kareem Hana)

Live updates (closed)

April 14: Hamas official: We refuse disarmament as part of negotiations for Gaza ceasefire

Harvard defies Trump demands for antisemitism policy changes, risking funding * Netanyahu said looking into visiting Kibbutz Nir Oz after criticism for not coming

7:46 pm

Netanyahu said looking into visiting Kibbutz Nir Oz after criticism for not coming
6:25 pm

Lebanon's PM visits Syrian president to discuss border demarcation and security
6:12 pm

Thousands of educators call to return hostages even at cost of ending war

Graduates of elite IDF program sign onto similar letter

Ex-Mossad members, paratroopers, medics join call for hostage deal even if it ends war

By ToI Staff and Stav Levaton

3 former security service leaders join wave of statements started by pilots’ letter calling to prioritize captives over fighting: ‘Every day that passes puts their lives at risk’

Demonstrators gather with placards during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023, attacks by Gazan Palestinian terrorists, outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, on April 5, 2025. (Hazem Bader / AFP)

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, during the flight from Palm Beach to Joint Base Andrews, as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC, April 13, 2025. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Report: Witkoff and Araghchi spoke for 45 minutes Saturday

Trump says he expects to make a decision on Iran’s nuclear program ‘very quickly’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Next round of talks set for April 19 in Rome, after first round summed up as ‘substantive, excellent’; UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Iran this week; Witkoff briefs Dermer

‘Why am I not home?’ Edan Alexander’s family okays publication of Hamas propaganda video

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

In anguished clip, US-Israeli hostage soldier says ‘we’re losing hope’; aunt says family couldn’t celebrate Passover Seder: ‘What is freedom when he is kept underground?’

Hostage soldier Edan Alexander is seen in a propaganda video released by the Hamas terror group on April 12, 2025. (Courtesy)

From '#Nova,' the 52-minute documentary for Yes Studios about what took place at the Supernova desert rave on October 7, 2023, Nehorai Levi, left, Yarden Vaknin, center and Jonathan Cohen (Courtesy)

Real-time footage‘#Nova’ film, about Oct. 7 atrocities, arrives on Prime Video

By Jessica Steinberg

Liberate yourself from the political definitions of yesterday

More than 70% of Israelis, both Left and Right, don’t want power concentrated in the hands of the few; it’s time for a new paradigm and new leadership

Adele Stowe-Lindner

Why I was at yoga bright and early after a late-night Seder

My teacher’s words apply equally to my yoga practice and to my Jewish identity: With a strong foundation, you can take risks and go farther

ToI podcast

Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Daily Briefing Apr. 14: Day 556 – With Rafah encircled, IDF preps to empty Gazan city

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on a recent propaganda video of US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, flurry of IDF reservists’ protest letters and joint aerial exercises with Qatar

Members of the Palestinian Red Crescent and other emergency services pray by the bodies of fellow rescuers killed a week earlier by Israeli forces, during a funeral procession at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 31, 2025. Israel has said at least six were Hamas operatives. (Eyad Baba/AFP)

Red Crescent: Medic who’s been missing since ambulances fired upon is held by Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

101-year-old Hilbert Margol, a World War II veteran who served in the US Army's 42nd Infantry Division, which liberated Dachau. (Benjamin Mack-Jackson)

Interview'Going into Dachau, we had no idea what we were seeing'

101-year-old WWII veteran recalls US Army’s seder night, weeks before liberating Dachau

By Benjamin Mack-Jackson

Hilbert Margol still regularly speaks about the atrocities he saw firsthand at the notorious Nazi concentration camp as a young US soldier: ‘We didn’t understand what we were seeing’

Aliza Magen, the first and only female deputy director of the Mossad spy agency, appears on an episode of the Kan public broadcaster's 'Real Time,' May 23, 2018 (screenshot/KAN)

Aliza Magen, Mossad’s only female deputy director, dies at 88

By Stav Levaton

A key figure in landmark missions by the spy agency, Magen redefined what women could achieve in Israeli intelligence

IDF says Houthi missile intercepted; shrapnel falls in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Terror group claims to fire two projectiles and a drone; 5 reported killed, dozens injured in US strikes on Yemen

Interceptor trails are seen in the sky above southern Israel as a Houthi missile is fired at Israel, April 13, 2025. (Social media / used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Demonstrators shout slogans and raise their assault rifles during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and in condemnation of US strikes, outside Sanaa's Saleh Grand Mosque in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital on April 11, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

US airstrikes said to kill at least 6 in Yemen; Houthis claim to down American drone

By Agencies and ToI Staff

This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah drone intercepted by Israeli air defense over north Israel on August 25, 2024 (Jalaa Marey / AFP)

Hezbollah-linked drone smuggling ring uncovered in Europe – report

By Stav Levaton

French paper reveals security agencies in Spain, Germany, France, and the UK thwarted massive smuggling operation targeting Israeli civilians and military

‘Screw you!’: Netanyahu’s son lashes out at Macron; PM objects to language, echoes critique

By AFP and ToI Staff

Yair Netanyahu assails president for saying France would soon unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state; PM rejects his son’s turn of phrase, but endorses the message

Yair Netanyahu (Left) in Tel Aviv on January 23, 2020 (Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File); Emmanuel Macron in Paris on April 3, 2025 (Mohammed Badra, Pool via AP).

This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) meeting with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Ramallah on March 24, 2025. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP) /

European Union to boost PA funding with $1.8 billion over three years

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A protest made out of pita bread outside the house of Environment Minister Idit Silman on the festival of Passover on April 14, 2025 (Idit Silman/X)

Anti-government protesters spark anger with Passover pita display at minister’s home

‘One pita a day,’ spelled out with bread, references meager rations given to hostages; Idit Silman condemns ‘scum,’ other ministers say protesters don’t represent hostage families

A sports car drives along the Place de l'Etoile, in front of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, February 18, 2025. (AP/Aurelien Morissard)

'Our success is revealing a huge problem in France'

A French taxi app for visiting Israelis is gaining popularity amid rising antisemitism

By Romain Chauvet

Monite, an application similar to Uber designed specifically for Hebrew speakers, is catching on beyond its intended audience, as unprecedented levels of hate threaten local Jews

This 2024 photo provided by John Santoro shows, from left, Dr. Michael Groff, Karenna Groff, Dr. Joy Saini, and James Santoro. (Courtesy John Santoro via AP)

NY plane crash victims named as family heading to Passover, birthday celebrations

By Jake Offenhartz

Karenna Groff, who received 2022 prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award, killed along with her partner, physician parents, brother and his partner as they headed to the Catskills

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Illustrative: Police officers patrol in front of Scotland Yard, central London, on February 14, 2022. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

London cop who worked in hate crimes unit sacked for antisemitic posts after Oct. 7

Israel's men's marathon team, gold medal winners at the European Athletics Championships in Brussels, April 13, 2025. Gashau Ayale, Maru Teferl and Haimro Alame finished second, third and fourth, respectively, in the men's competition, securing first place overall for the Israeli squad. (Israeli Athletic association)

Israel’s marathon runners win four medals, including a gold, at European Championships

Protesters condemn Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip, at a rally in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh renews ‘except for Israel’ inscription on passports

By Agencies and ToI Staff

French actor Mélanie Laurent will join the cast of 'Fauda' for the fifth season of the Israeli drama, slated to premiere in Israel in early 2026, followed by a worldwide launch on Netflix (Laurent pic credit Marcel Hartmann/Courtesy)

FrancoFaudaFifth season of ‘Fauda’ to star award-winning French actress

By Jessica Steinberg

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