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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza along the coastal road toward the south, after Israel's military says its expanded operation in Gaza City has begun and warns residents to leave, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Defense Minister Katz: 'Gaza is burning'

IDF begins major Gaza City ground offensive targeting Hamas; dozens of Gazans said killed

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Nurit Yohanan

Thousands flee amid intensive airstrikes; army uses explosive-laden remote-controlled APCs to hit infrastructure; Rubio: ‘Very short window of time’ for hostage-ceasefire deal

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, September 15, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Ben Gvir calls for ‘luxury neighborhood’ for police to be built over Gaza’s ruins

By Charlie Summers

This picture taken from a position at Israel's border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing amid Israeli strikes on September 16, 2025 (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)

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Sept. 16: Netanyahu says he ordered stepped up efforts to evacuate civilians from Gaza City

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8:23 pm

Netanyahu blames Muslim immigration for Europe's anti-Israel policies
8:18 pm

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7:59 pm

Netanyahu slams leaks of disagreements with military brass over course of war

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers his speech at the opening of the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on September 8, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

UN, EU decry ‘unacceptable’ new Gaza City offensive; UK calls it ‘appalling’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Diplomats fume after Israel launches controversial new effort to capture city in the north of the Strip that Jerusalem says is one of Hamas’s last strongholds

UN commissioners Chris Sidoti, left, Navi Pillay, center, and Miloon Kothari, right, discuss their probe into Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations in New York, October 27, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

UN panel claims genocide underway in Gaza; Israel blasts members as ‘Hamas proxies’

By Ariela Karmel, Agencies and ToI Staff

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories, speaks to journalists in Rome, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia)

IDF using ‘unconventional weapons’ to make Gaza City ‘unlivable,’ says UN’s Albanese

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‘Take the deal!’ IDF chief said to yell at ministers, urges Mossad head to go seal it

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

In latest heated exchange, Dermer reportedly retorts that Zamir’s assessment was wrong on US involvement in Iran war; Netanyahu said to scold him over alleged army leaks to media

Families of hostages held in Gaza and their supporters protest outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, calling for an end to the war, and the hostages' release, on September 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) give a press statement after their meeting at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden arrives to attend the European Council in Brussels on June 26, 2025. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks alongside US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)

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US President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

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Arab, Muslim leaders urge review of Israel ties after attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the inauguration of Pilgrims' Road, in the City of David archeological park in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2025. (Koby Harati/City of David)

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By Nava Freiberg, Reuters and Jacob Magid

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Spain cancels major arms deal with Israel amid Gaza backlash

By AFP and ToI Staff

$800 million contract was for 12 SILAM rocket launchers derived from Elbit Systems design, which reportedly would have made $176 million from project

Screen capture from video of a SILAM rocket launcher system. (YouTube)

Vuelta a Espana director Javier Guillen gives a press conference in Madrid on September 15, 2025. (Thomas COEX / AFP)

After Spanish PM lauds bike race disruptions, organizers defend Israelis’ inclusion

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Protesters hold a banner and Palestinian flags as they take part in a demonstration against Israel's candidate during the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 opening ceremony in Basel, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. (Stefan Wermuth / AFP)

Spain to quit 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participates

By Reuters and Amy Spiro

Protesters inside an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian students and activists wrap scarves on their faces as they demonstrate on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, on May 1, 2024. (Etienne Laurent/AFP)

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By Grace Gilson

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21 US state AGs back lawsuit filed by Oct. 7 victims against NYC anti-Israel activists

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Former New York State governor Andrew Cuomo at Israel Day on 5th, May 18, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

In tone shift, pro-Israel NYC mayoral candidate Cuomo says Gaza ‘carnage’ must end

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Social Equality Minister May Golan seen outside a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on September 15, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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Former Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov is greeted by family and friends at Sheba Medical Center on September 10, 2025. (Yuval Yosef/GPO)

Elizabeth Tsurkov leaves hospital days after release from captivity in Iraq

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff Tzachi Braverman at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

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Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) addresses delegates during the 69th regular plenary session of the IAEA at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 15, 2025. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

UN nuclear watchdog urges implementation of new deal with Iran

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, September 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump sues NY Times, Penguin Random House for $15 billion alleging defamation and libel

Two paintings believed to be by Ambrosius Bosschaert recovered by the Monuments Men and Women Foundation. (Courtesy Monuments Men and Women Foundation via JTA)

Ohio auction house halts sale of ‘unclaimed’ paintings Nazis took from Jewish owner

By Grace Gilson

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