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What Matters Most On Monday, August 18, 2025

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People gather at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, during a rally calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza, August 17, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Hostage's dad: He's suffering so gov't can build settlements

Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv at end of nationwide day of hostage protests

By Ariela Karmel, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Hostages forum says 500,000 attended rally, over 1 million protested across the country Sunday; at rally, ex-captives urge Trump to push Israel to ‘end the suffering, make peace’

Ilana Gritzewsky (center), John Polin (left), and Einav Zangauker (right) stage a mock wedding between Gritzewsky and her boyfriend Matan Zangauker who is still being held captive in Gaza, on August 17, 2025, in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv (Paulina Patimer / Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Families stage mock wedding for hostage Matan Zangauker and ex-captive partner

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

MK Simcha Rothman leads a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on July 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Australia bans far-right MK Rothman hours before trip, sparking Israeli backlash

By ToI Staff, AFP and Nava Freiberg

Religious Zionism lawmaker calls decision to cancel his visa ‘a surrender to terrorism, antisemitism’; Canberra vows ‘hard line on people who seek to come and spread division”

Israeli security forces stand guard at the Israeli border fence with Syria, near the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, July 19, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 18: IDF returns activists who crossed Syria border aiming to establish settlement there

Two soldiers hurt by Hamas gunfire during fighting in north Gaza * Smotrich, Ben Gvir voice opposition to potential partial ceasefire deal * IDF chief: Israel at ‘turning point’ in war

11:04 pm

US denies intervening in case of Israeli official accused of Nevada sex crime
10:27 pm

Trump says arrangements being made for Zelensky-Putin meeting
9:46 pm

Trump paused meeting with Europeans to call Putin -- source

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (C-L) listens as Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (C) speaks at a press conference on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing in Rafah on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Hamas received Gaza truce proposal, Palestinian official confirms, as Egypt talks intensify

By AFP, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

Official says plan would see 60-day truce, hostage release in two phases; Qatari PM said to travel to Egypt to meet Egyptian, Hamas officials; PA forming committee to govern Gaza

Palestinian children and their families evacuated from Gaza for medical care arrive at Rome's Ciampino military airport, August 14, 2025. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Gaza evacuee, 20, who died in Italian hospital had cancer, Israel says

By Emanuel Fabian

Sigal Manzuri, who lost two of her daughters in the October 7 massacre, seen calling for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza outside of Education Minister Yoav Kisch's residence on August 18, 2025. (Video screenshot/Benny Meshy via X)

Education minister defends blasting music as bereaved mom protested outside his home

Kisch says he didn’t know Sigal Manzuri, who lost 2 daughters on Oct. 7, was speaking, says protesters slur his family; ex-hostage’s dad calls the minister ‘scum of the human race’

Hamas hostage Matan Zangauker seen in an undated video released by his family on August 17, 2025. (Screenshot/ X)

‘Go out and make noise’: Family releases video of hostage Matan Zangauker in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

(L-R) Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel, Nimrod Cohen and Tsipora Halfon, the volunteer chair of the Association for the Welfare of Israeli Soldiers, in footage taken at the so-called 'White House' IDF post next to Kibbutz Nirim days before the former three were attacked and taken hostage on October 7, 2023, with Neutra and Daniel killed. (Screenshot: Tsipora Halfon/courtesy)

Families of troops abducted from burning tank find footage of them from days before Oct. 7

Dr. David Hasan (right) performs surgery in the Gaza Strip, January 2024.(Courtesy)

Interview‘The goal is to create a culture of hope’

The American neurosurgeon who seeks to tackle hunger, bring hope in Gaza

By Omer Sharvit

Born in Kuwait to a family from the West Bank, David Hasan of Duke U. is determined to expand response to malnutrition in Strip, establish schools with Israel-friendly curriculum

Robbie Michaelson

The sound and fury of Israel’s protests

Mass protests may fill the streets with moral force, but without real leverage, they leave Netanyahu’s grip on power intact

The prime minister of Denmark gets Israel all wrong

You rebuke Netanyahu, but he’s the one standing between Iran’s jihadist coalition and the rest of the free world – including Denmark

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir is seen in the Gaza Strip, August 17, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Zamir says IDF approving plans for war’s next stage ahead of Gaza City offensive

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

‘We will continue to strike until Hamas is defeated,’ says IDF chief during visit to Gaza; Hamas: Relocation of Gaza City residents is ‘new wave of genocide’

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (left) and Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor are seen in the Gaza Strip, August 17, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 18: Day 682 – IDF approves plan to take over Gaza City

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, on August 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Meeting during recess, Knesset panel votes narrowly to extend emergency reservist call-up

By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Newsmax event in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2025. (Shalev Shalom/POOL)

Netanyahu said to mull satellite party in next election, as poll shows Likud slipping

PM, worried about right-wing rivals, reportedly holding more political consultations since Haredi parties left government; survey indicates Gantz failing to make it into Knesset

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, in a composite image. (Flash90)

Levin tells High Court the office he locked AG out of is his private space

US envoy: Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon ‘next step’ as Beirut agrees to disarm Hezbollah

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hezbollah is refusing to give up its arms, but Barrack says he expects to see Israel fully withdraw from 5 strategic points it has held inside Lebanon since November ceasefire

US Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack speaks during a joint press conference following his meeting with Lebanon's president at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on August 18, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

People sit on the ground and cover their heads as a sirens warn of an incoming missile fired from Yemen during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, August. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)

IDF intercepts missile from Yemen, hours after Israeli Navy hit Houthi power plant

By Emanuel Fabian

Senior Adviser to Supreme Leader in Military Affairs Yahya Rahim Safavi at an inaugural ceremony marking the opening of the 4th international general assembly of the Shiite Ahlul-Bayt in Tehran, Iran, August 18, 2007. (AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian/File)

‘No ceasefire’: Khamenei military adviser warns war with Israel could restart at any time

Ultra-Orthodox soldiers are drafted into the military at an induction center, April 28, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF offers one-time amnesty to thousands of draft dodgers, citing manpower shortage

By Emanuel Fabian

Those facing jail time for desertion allowed to register in next 5 days to enlist without facing punishment; IDF says it will ramp up enforcement

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Israel’s economy slumps 3.5%, as Iran war squeezes consumer spending and business

By Sharon Wrobel

Economy suffers first contraction since outbreak of war in Oct. 2023, as private consumption, investments, and exports fall, given massive reservist call-up and business closures

Dressed for the part: Wearing an African shirt, Ambassador Gideon Behar enjoys homegrown produce in his garden. (Courtesy)

Interview'Israel is a living example of survival in harsh conditions'

Off to Africa, outgoing climate change envoy aims to spread gospel of Israel’s green tech

Taking his environmental message with him as he becomes Ambassador to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and the Seychelles, Gideon Behar believes Israeli innovation can change the world

Green groups petition High Court to enforce NIS 11 million government funding pledge

1,600 years of care: Archaeologists in northern Israel uncover world’s earliest home for elderly

University of Haifa researchers discover mosaic medallion bearing inscription ‘Peace be with the elders’ in Byzantine city of Hippos

From left: Jonatan Urich, Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Composite: Flash90)

Qatargate

Qatar said to have paid Israeli officials, including Netanyahu aides, total of $10 million

Report says Doha gave firm owned by PM associate Einhorn $45,000 per month for 2 years, of which $18,000 went to Netanyahu spokesman Urich; separately, adviser Feldstein got $11,000

Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich attends a hearing at the Lod District Court on May 22, 2025. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Police appeal court decision to allow Urich to return to work in Netanyahu’s office

Presidential candidate George Simion speaks to media after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

'In Romania, our antisemitism has historical roots'

After a contentious election, Romania’s few Jews remain on guard against antisemitism

By Larry Luxner

While Jewish communities in Western Europe are on edge due to the Gaza War, their Romanian counterparts worry over a rising far-right fueled in part by lack of Holocaust awareness

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Israeli singer Idan Amedi reunites with Tuvia Book, the combat medic who administered emergency treatment when he was injured during fighting in Gaza last year, at the Hutzot Hayotzer music festival in Jerusalem, August 16, 2025. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Emotional reunionSinger Idan Amedi reunites with combat medic who saved him

Gal Gadot, in a scene from 'Snow White.' (Disney via AP)

Box office bluesGal Gadot softens claim anti-Israel rhetoric doomed ‘Snow White’

A handout picture released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization on November 4, 2019, shows the atomic enrichment facilities Natanz nuclear research center, some 300 kilometers south of capital Tehran. (HO / Atomic Energy Organization of Iran / AFP)

Iran says it will continue talks with IAEA despite curbing access to nuclear sites

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo)

With backing from European leaders, Zelensky arrives in US for meeting with Trump

By AFP

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