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What Matters Most On Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Soldiers killed in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun on July 7, 2025: (L-R) Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, Sgt. First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll. (Courtesy)

5 IDF soldiers killed, 14 injured by roadside bombs in northern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF probe finds three explosives detonated in succession while soldiers were on foot in Beit Hanoun; four of five slain troops served in ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion

US President Donald Trump, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Official says Israel could temporarily govern Strip

Israeli officials claim 80-90% of Gaza deal settled, but core issue of ending war unresolved

By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Following Trump-Netanyahu White House dinner, officials say majority of truce terms agreed; Qatari foreign ministry says negotiations will still ‘need time’

US President Donald Trump looks up at the American flag on the flagpole on the South Lawn as he arrives at the White House, July 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Witkoff to join hostage talks in Doha as sides told Trump wants deal by week’s end

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) hands over a letter to US President Donald Trump as they meet at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Witkoff touts 'opportunity to finally get a peace deal'

Netanyahu surprises Trump with Nobel nomination as both leaders talk of evacuating Gazans

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

At White House dinner, two hail their joint successes; Trump says he’d strike Iran again, but doesn’t think it will be necessary; PM says ‘getting close’ to finding countries to take in Gazans

Illustrative: A boy looks over a Palestinian tent city in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 6, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 8: Day 641 – In DC, official says Israel may temporarily govern Strip

By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Demonstrators argue with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest march in Bnei Brak against funding to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023. (Flash90)

Promoted PodcastFuture Tense

Can we get along? – with Donniel Hartman

The Jewish community encompasses a wide spectrum of beliefs, identities, and practices—but what happens when we try to bring all of that under one roof?

Analysis

Trump lets Netanyahu have his say on Hamas, even as he pushes for a deal to end the war

At White House meet, rather than publicly trying to force Netanyahu’s hand, the president allows the PM to explain why Hamas must not be allowed to survive. That leaves Witkoff trying to square the circle

US President Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, with their respective teams, as the White House press corps watches, July 7, 2025. (GPO)

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks during a cabinet meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on July 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

July 8: Qatari team discusses Gaza talks with Witkoff at White House ahead of Trump-Netanyahu meet

Meeting lasted 3 hours, source says * US more optimistic than Qatar, Egypt that truce deal can be reached this week * Hezbollah chief admits group wildly underestimated Israel’s capabilities

9:22 pm

Qatari team met Witkoff at White House for 3 hours today to discuss Gaza talks -- source
9:12 pm

UK maritime firm official confirms Liberian-flagged vessel sunk after Houthi attack
9:01 pm

Hezbollah chief admits group wildly underestimated Israel's surveillance capabilities ahead of pager operation

Illustrative: A masked rebel fighter from the opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham waves a jihadist flag in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, on December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)

US revokes terror label for Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which toppled Assad

By AFP and ToI Staff

Measure comes amid warming ties between Damascus and Washington, which seeks to reintegrate war-battered country into global economy

Charles E. Savenor

Is Superman still relevant?

Devoid of Batman’s inner turmoil and Ironman’s arrogance, the superhero’s moral clarity feels outdated – but it’s just what’s needed

Hats off to Israel’s volunteer-heroes

The country’s everyday angels are building something extraordinary: a culture of showing up. An ecosystem of empathy. A network of hope.

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a state memorial ceremony for Operation Protective Edge at the National Memorial Hall at the entrance to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl on July 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Katz calls for confining all Gazans in ‘humanitarian city’ built over Rafah’s ruins

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

Palestinians would be barred from exiting the zone, run by international organizations and secured by IDF from a distance, defense minister says

Gazan detainees seen in a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Three IDF reservists said summoned for questioning over abuse of Hamas detainees

Palestinians carry boxes containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Proposal outlines massive camps for Gazans in bid to advance Trump’s ‘vision’ – report

By Reuters and ToI Staff

The authors of the Dinah Project's report on sexual violence on and since October 7 are pictured with First Lady Michal Herzog (center) at the President's Residence, Jerusalem, July 8, 2025. (Itzik Biran)

'This report tells the truth — shocking, painful, necessary'

Rape as weapon of war: Report lays groundwork for prosecuting Oct 7. sexual violence

By Ariela Karmel

Dinah Project findings confirm Hamas systematically weaponized sexual assault as part of a broader campaign to terrorize, humiliate and dehumanize Israelis

Bipin Joshi (Courtesy)

Family of Nepalese hostage to be represented in Israeli delegation to London

Ex-captive Keith Siegel and families of hostages attend a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, July 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘They held a gun to her head’: Released hostage shares new details of Hamas abuse

Analysis

‘We didn’t wipe them out’: Why Iran is still dangerous even after key strikes

Despite weakening of Tehran’s nuclear program and its terror proxies, experts warn that a credible threat of force is still needed to complement diplomatic efforts

A devotee holds portraits of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) and Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani (left) in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, on July 6, 2025. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets fly over Israel en route to carry out strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on June 25, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel said to expect US backing for future strikes on Iran if it revives nuclear program

By Nava Freiberg and Jacob Magid

American commentator Tucker Carlson (left) speaks with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, in an interview published on July 7, 2025. (Tucker Carlson Show screenshot)

Iran’s president claims Israel tried to kill him, says open to new nuke talks with US

By Nava Freiberg, AFP and ToI Staff

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C is seen in Split, Croatia, January 30, 2023. (Sinisa Aljinovic via AP)

Four killed in attack by Yemen’s Houthis on Greek-owned ship in Red Sea

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Eternity C targeted by sea drones and RPGs fired from speedboats, say maritime security sources; Iran-backed rebels don’t claim assault, but are accused by US, EU, exiled government

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Magic Seas is seen in Ambelakia Bay, Salamis Island, Greece, August 9, 2022. (Nektarios Papadakis via AP/File)

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim cargo ship they attacked Sunday has sunk

By AP, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’

By Rossella Tercatin

Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of October 7

A delegation of imams and Muslim community leaders from France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK meet with President Isaac Herzog at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on July 7, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)

Left: Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/ Flash90)

AG says government’s new method for firing her is ‘fundamentally illegal’

By Jeremy Sharon

Baharav-Miara tells High Court any hearing on her dismissal by new ministerial committee would be a sham; Justice Minister Levin retorts: Israel ‘deserves impartial AG’

Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, speaks with United Torah Judaism No. 2 MK Moshe Gafni during a Knesset plenum session in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition pulls all legislation after Haredi parties mutiny over conscription bill

United Torah Judaism party says it ‘will not vote with the coalition’ until presented with an updated draft of a law exempting yeshiva students from military service

Chaim Rotter, arrested on suspicion of numerous sex offenses, at a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2025 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Confidant to Haredi patrol chief suspected of sexual assault to be kept in custody

By Charlie Summers

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A Lufthansa airlines Airbus-A320-271N comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in west London on April 29, 2024. (Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Lufthansa carrier group to resume flying to Israel starting August 1

By Sharon Wrobel

Tel Aviv's cityscape. February 11, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Tel Aviv ranked 8th most expensive place to buy home in report on world’s key cities

By Michael Horovitz

Ultra Orthodox girls at their seminary in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prominent Haredi school to operate separate program for Sephardi girls – report

By Rossella Tercatin

An abandoned lifesavers' station at the Kiryat Hayyim beach in northern Israel. (Courtesy, Zalul)

Environmental groups appeal against ‘outdated’ breakwater project on Haifa beach

The home of Moody's credit rating agency, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, on Oct. 9, 2011. (AP/Henny Ray Abrams)

Moody’s keeps Israel outlook negative, citing defense costs, fragile Iran ceasefire

By Sharon Wrobel

Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

New York’s Barnard College settles antisemitism lawsuit filed by Jewish students

An Arrow anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile during Israel's 12-day conflict with Iran, in am image cleared for publication on July 1, 2025. (Defense Ministry)

Wartime innovation boosts Israeli defense tech growth, drawing global interest

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Fans of Croatian nationalist singer Marko Perkovic Thompson gather at the Zagreb hippodrome during a concert by the singer, who is known for his sympathies for the country's World War II Nazi-allied regime, to an expected crowd of some 450,000 people on July 5, 2025. (Damir Sencar/AFP)

Croatian right-wing singer joins hundreds of thousands of fans in pro-Nazi salute

By Grace Gilson

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