Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

Learn more

English
Français
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
- Sign in
- Join our Community

Open Search form

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners

Input search

English
Français
עברית

Latest Articles
Latest Alerts
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Download our App
  - For IOS users
  - For Android users
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
- © 2026 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy

Input search

The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Friday, July 11, 2025

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

Smoke and fire rise to the sky following an IDF strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates (closed)

July 11: IDF says it killed 6 top members of Hamas naval commando forces in recent Gaza strikes

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Doctors Without Borders warns that acute malnutrition soaring in Strip * Military reports killing prominent terror operative in south Lebanon

7:50 pm

US agency approves potential sale of multimission aircraft sustainment to Lebanon
7:45 pm

US appeals court scraps 9/11 mastermind's plea deal
7:42 pm

US State Department begins laying off more than 1,300 employees

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, center, meet with families of hostages held in Gaza, in Washington, DC, July 9, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

No Gaza deal after two meets with Trump, ongoing Doha talks

Ending US trip without hostage-ceasefire deal, Netanyahu hopes it can be done in days

By Lazar Berman

In US interview, PM says Israel will use 60-day Gaza ceasefire ‘to try to negotiate an end to this,’ pledges to both ‘defeat these monsters and get our hostages back’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his testimony in his corruption trial, on April 2, 2025.

From the webThe inside story of how Netanyahu prolonged the Gaza war to stay in power

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, center, meet with families of hostages held in Gaza, in Washington, DC, July 9, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Netanyahu tells hostage families Hamas will pick which captives go free in deal

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Beth Joseph Synagogue in Tupper Lake, New York, July 28, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'All the full-time Jews are pretty much gone'

NY’s rural 120-year-old ‘Peddlers’ Synagogue’ charts new path — without a congregation

Beth Joseph in the Adirondack Mountains is a monument to Jews’ role on the American frontier. Those with ties to its former Jewish community will gather on July 13 to honor its birthday

Promoted CampaignTen Gav

Want to help give Israeli children a summer after this war?

Ten Gav is funding day camps and pool time for over 1,200 children from low-income families in 11 cities —kids who would otherwise be stuck at home, anxious and alone.

Cpt. Reei Biran (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF officer killed in apparent accidental explosion in southern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Cpt. Reei Biran, 21, served as a team commander in reconnaissance unit; he is remembered as ‘a child of light, a brave fighter’; 2 troops injured by anti-tank fire in Strip’s north

This screenshot from a Hamas video published July 10, 2025, shows terror operatives attacking Israeli troops carrying out demolition work in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, on July 9, 2025. (Hamas, via Telegram)

Hamas clip of killing, attempted abduction of soldier seems to contradict IDF account

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

A Palestinian vegetable merchant shows worn-out Israeli currency, July 9, 2025, in Gaza City. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

Ongoing war sees Gaza residents paying middlemen 40% cut to get their own cash

By AP and ToI Staff

People place flowers and an Israeli flag at the site of a deadly attack outside the Boulder County Courthouse on June 2, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado. (Chet Strange / Getty Images via AFP)

ADL survey: 1 in 4 Americans believe recent attacks on US Jews are ‘understandable’

By Grace Gilson

38% believe attacks against US Jews will stop if Israel halts war against Hamas in Gaza; 24% believe attacks are meant to increase support for Israel

EU says taking Musk’s AI chatbot’s antisemitism ‘extremely seriously,’ is in touch with X

By AFP

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil poses for a portrait during an interview, July 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump administration for $20m over imprisonment

By AP and ToI Staff

Analysis

NYC hopeful Mamdani’s vow to arrest Netanyahu likely oversteps what US mayors can do

US federal law largely handcuffs local authorities when it comes to cooperating with the ICC. ‘It would be akin to a publicity stunt,’ says expert

New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani is seen speaking through the viewfinder of a camera during a press conference on July 9, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

ToI podcast

Friday Focus: Former hostage Keith Siegel wants to have hope

By Jessica Steinberg

Israeli-American speaks about the hostages with whom he was held captive in Gaza, and his need to speak out for those who are still there

Aviva and Keith Siegel, after Keith's release home from Hamas captivity on February 1, 2025 (Courtesy)

ToI podcastEx-hostage Keith Siegel hopes for the war’s end and the return home of all hostages

By Jessica Steinberg

Gaza has been Palestined

What does global support for Hamas’s rejection of Trump’s ceasefire terms tell us about the fate of the Palestinians?

William Kolbrener

What Rembrandt saw in Balaam

In the rabbinic imagination, messengers from nature convey God’s truth – whether stones, trees, or a donkey – when the people themselves don’t see clearly (Balak)

The Trondheim Synagogue in Norway, one of the northernmost synagogues in the world, marks its 100-year anniversary in October 2025. (Dan Fellner/ JTA)

'You probably won't find a community like ours anywhere else'

Just south of the Arctic, 100-year-old Norwegian synagogue has unique approach to Shabbat

Now celebrating its centennial, the Trondheim Synagogue has so far survived the Nazis, modern antisemitism, geographical isolation — and some particular halachic challenges

Matan Angrest was taken hostage on October 7, 2023 from his tank unit at the Nahal Oz army base. (Courtesy)

Bag belonging to hostage Matan Angrest found in Gaza, returned to his mother

Anat Angrest recounts receiving the item, which bears Matan’s name in her handwriting; says she’d rather receive her son than ‘objects that attest to his condition’

Former hostage Romi Gonen before her release from Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, July 10, 2025. (Instagram)

Freed hostage Romi Gonen released from hospital: ‘Another step toward my freedom’

By Michael Horovitz

This handout picture released by Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Centre on July 8, 2025 reportedly shows the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity sinking C after it was attacked by the Houthis at sea. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)

‘All Crew Muslim’: Red Sea ships broadcast messages in bid to avert Houthi attacks

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Iran-backed rebels have stepped up attacks against international shipping in recent days after a months-long lull, sinking two ships they say are linked to Israel

Yemenis brandish their rifles and chant slogans during an anti-Israel, anti-US rally in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa on July 4, 2025. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP)

Israel urging US to resume strikes on Yemen’s Houthis, form broad coalition — report

By Nava Freiberg and Agencies

In this April 9, 2019, photo, pedestrians walk on the campus at Stanford University in Stanford, California (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Israeli postdoc sues Stanford for discrimination; university denies it

Researcher says lab tampered with his findings, falsely accused him of sexual harassment; Stanford says investigation found claims ‘unsubstantiated’

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey stands in the governor's office after being sworn in, January 13, 2025, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (AP/Jeff Roberson)

Missouri AG threatens lawsuits after AI chatbots give Trump low marks on antisemitism

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)

Trump team used Canary Mission site to target anti-Israel activists for deportation

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, May 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox demand immediate progress on exemption from IDF service as vote postponed

Goldknopf calls on Netanyahu to honor his agreements and ‘complete the settlement of the status of Torah students in the Land of Israel’

Alina Plahti, who was killed at the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023, was buried separately from other Jews at a cemetery in her home city of Beit She’an. (Courtesy)

Knesset rejects bill to let all terror victims be buried in Jewish cemeteries

By Rossella Tercatin

MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation from the Knesset and departure from the National Unity party, in Tel Aviv on July 1, 2025. (Erik Marmor/ Flash90)

ToI poll: Gadi Eisenkot could lead anti-Netanyahu bloc, but it lacks majority

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg at a court hearing over government plans regarding ultra-Orthodox military service, February 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After missed deadline, High Court threatens to issue injunction against new method to fire AG

Judge gives gov’t until 10 a.m. Sunday to file response to petition, after it failed to do so by noon Thursday and didn’t appoint alternate legal representation to attorney general

In this photo provided by the Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, convenes his security cabinet to vote on a ceasefire deal in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Koby Gideon/Israeli Government Press Office via AP)

New bill would let next government summarily fire AG, IDF chief, other top officials

By Jeremy Sharon

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset on April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG postpones investigation into journalist who allegedly shoved Sara Netanyahu aide

Join The Times of Israel Community!

Help support our journalism and enjoy the site ADS FREE - for as little as $6 a month

JOIN US

Aviad Friedman, head of the Tekuma Directorate, explains a funding plan to enable Gaza border communities to attract new residents by increasing their housing portfolios. The meeting was held at Kibbutz Alumim, southern Israel, July 10, 2025. (Tekuma Directorate)

Government unveils plans to double population of Israeli communities along Gaza border

Flexible financial package to increase housing includes NIS 560 million of state funds, guarantees for NIS 1 billion in loans to be raised by Jewish Agency

For illustration: Workers in a startup.(Vadim_Key; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel’s Cyberstarts launches $300 million fund to help startups retain top talent

By Sharon Wrobel

Founded by tech veteran Gili Raanan, the VC firm says it will allow employees to cash out some of their vested shares without leaving the company; the fund was an early investor in Wiz

More Headlines

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after an Iranian attack at the Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar, June 25, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran destroyed dome in Qatar used by US for communications, satellite images suggest

By Jon Gambrell

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) chats with her foreign policy adviser Christoph Heusgen before the opening session of the North Atlantic Council during the NATO Summit on May 20, 2012, at McCormick Place in Chicago. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Report: PM tried to get Merkel adviser fired 13 years ago over pro-Palestinian demands

Jews from Poland and abroad gather for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of a massacre of Jews in Jedwabne, Poland, on July 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Michal Kosc)

Yad Vashem slams new plaques blaming German unit for Polish massacre of Jews in 1941

By AFP

A damaged grave is seen in a cemetery near the Old City of Jerusalem, after two teens were arrested on suspicion of vandalizing and damaging the graveyard, on July 11, 2025. (Israel Police)

Two 14-year-olds arrested for vandalism at Muslim cemetery near Jerusalem’s Old City

Participants in the Nativ pre-college gap year program, which is affiliated with the Conservative movement, historically divided their time between study in Jerusalem and volunteering elsewhere in Israel. (Courtesy of Nativ via JTA)

Conservative Judaism relaunches Israel gap-year program with Tel Aviv internships

By Grace Gilson

A man takes a picture of a woman in front of the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, on April 4, 2024. (JOHN THYS / AFP)

New AI-guided tour shows visitors occupied Amsterdam through Anne Frank’s eyes

By Stéphanie HAMEL

This screen grab taken from an Instagram post from June 24, 2025, shows Lennart Monterlos in a photo taken at an unknown location. (Instagram screenshot/AFP)

Iran confirms it arrested 16-year-old French-German biker last month

By AFP

Actor and comedian Larry David leaves Madison Square Garden after an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics, February 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Curbing 250 yearsLarry David teams up with the Obamas on US history comedy series

By Grace Gilson

View Edition by Date

June	July 2025					August
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

The Times of Israel

Daily Edition

Free to Your Inbox

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
podcasts
video

terms and conditions
privacy policy
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us

Community

Join our community
Sign in

Get the Daily Edition

Enter your email address

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Whatsapp Follow us on X Follow us on Youtube Follow us on Telegram Follow us on Threads Follow us on Bluesky

© 2026 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Developed by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.