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What Matters Most On Friday, October 3, 2025

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(L) Adrian Daulby and (R) Melvin Cravitz, killed October 2, 2025, during a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England, in undated photos. (Greater Manchester Police/Facebook)

Neighbor: Cravitz was 'lovely bloke, one of my best friends'

UK synagogue terror victims named as Adrian Daulby, Melvin Cravitz; 1 likely shot by cops

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman

One of the dead was apparently accidentally shot while barricading synagogue door; minister pledges to ‘redouble’ efforts against antisemitism, calls anti-Israel protests held after attack ‘un-British’

Members of the media gather by the police cordon next to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025, following a terrorist attack at the synagogue. (Oli Scarff / AFP)

Manchester terrorist named; Starmer: Suspect ‘attacked Jews because they are Jews’

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman

This handout image released by the Hamas Media Office on January 30, 2025, shows hostage Gadi Mozes during his handover to a Red Cross team in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. (Hamas Media Office/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 3: Hamas says yes with caveats to Trump plan; senior leader says 72-hour window to free hostages ‘unrealistic’

Statement from terror group welcomes US effort, but also includes some caveats that may hold up efforts to finalize an agreement * Trump calls on civilians to flee to ‘safer areas of Gaza’ in latest ‘final warning’ ultimatum to Hamas

8:44 pm

Senior Hamas official: US plan's 72 hour window for releasing hostages 'unrealistic'
8:15 pm

Hamas welcomes parts of US proposal for ending Gaza war, says it's prepared to free all hostages, but seeks follow-up talks
7:44 pm

US shutdown to stretch into next week after failed Senate vote

Rabbi Daniel Walker (3L) stands among armed police officers as they talk with members of the Jewish community outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following a deadly terrorist attack at the synagogue. (Paul Currie / AFP)

‘An unrelenting wave of Jew hatred’: UK Jews say terror attack was only a matter of time

After Syrian-born UK citizen kills two at Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, chief rabbi and other Jewish leaders urge authorities to take more aggressive action against antisemitism

Members of the community comfort each other near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, after a deadly terrorist attack on October 2, 2025 (Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Days before Manchester attack, Herzog warned King Charles over rising antisemitism

By ToI Staff and AFP

A protester is carried away by police officers at a demonstration in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action calling for the recently imposed ban to be lifted, in Parliament Square, central London, on July 19, 2025 (Carlos Jasso / AFP)

Anti-Israel rally organizers spurn UK police’s plea to shelve it after synagogue attack

By ToI Staff and Reuters

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Rebuilding Northern Israel

When Israel’s north emptied after October 8, Nissan Zeevi of Kfar Giladi stayed. Now he wants to bring families back. A story of fear, resilience, and the fight to rebuild the Galilee.

We refuse to hide as Jews in Britain

The Manchester terror attack has made my fear as a Jewish mother in the UK very real, but I am convinced that we must remain visible, proud, and unafraid

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Make this Breast Cancer Awareness Month a reason to reach out to others (for any reason) with specific thoughtful acts of kindness – or just to say you care

Greta Thunberg, detained by Israel after trying to breach the blockade on the Gaza Strip, is seen in a photo released October 3, 2025, by the Foreign Ministry. (Foreign Ministry)

Ben Gvir: Activists should be jailed for months, not deported

Israel seizes last flotilla boat, readies to deport hundreds, as more ships set sail for Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

New 9-boat flotilla currently off coast of Greece; navy has intercepted 42 ships, detained 470 activists who tried to breach blockade, including Greta Thunberg; 4 deported so far

Shops, restaurants vandalized in many cities to protest Israel’s flotilla interception

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel draws global condemnation after intercepting would-be blockade-busting ships without major incident; Colombia expels Israeli diplomats, cancels trade deal; Turkey, Hamas condemns ‘terrorism’

Police clash with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators during a protest in Barcelona, Spain, on October 2, 2025, in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)

Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech (C) and settler activist Daniella Weiss (R) at an encampment on the border with Gaza, October 2, 2025. (Tehilla Makler/Nachala Movement)

Right-wing activists set up sukkahs on border, seek to spend festival at Gaza settlement ruins

By Jeremy Sharon

Far-right MK backs Nachala group’s camp 1 km from Gaza border, slams ‘dangerous Trump plan’ and calls for ‘immediate Jewish settlement’ of enclave

A police officer is pictured in front of the Jewish Museum Berlin building in Berlin, Germany on February 8, 2024. (Stefanie Loos/AFP)

Mossad reveals role in arrest of Hamas-linked cell in Germany said plotting to kill Jews

By Lazar Berman and Reuters

Effort to stop the cell spanned several countries, and was ‘part of an extensive Mossad effort throughout Europe’ that busted weapons caches, saw other operatives detained

Illustrative: German federal police guards at the border control station Kiefersfelden, southern Germany, May 15, 2025. (Michaela Stache / AFP)

German judge orders pretrial detention for 3 Hamas operatives in alleged plot to kill Jews

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Amendments to focus on withdrawal, disarmament terms

Hamas slated to respond ‘positively’ to Trump Gaza plan, but request changes — source

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

BBC report says terror group’s Gaza leader opposes plan; Egyptian FM says proposal has ‘a lot of holes that need to be filled’ but that Hamas has no day-after role in Gaza

Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza carrying their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza on October 1, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hamas gunmen are seen launching an attack on a rival armed group in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, October 3, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli airstrikes thwart Hamas attack on rival armed Gazan group in Strip’s south

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

IDF: 20 terror operatives who raided ‘humanitarian zone’ killed in strikes, some used kids as human shields; armed group tells ToI it foiled attack with Israeli support

In 'Antisemitism, an American Tradition,' historian Pamela Nadell chronicles how hatred of the Jews was a persistent theme in every era of US history. (W.H. Norton via JTA)

Interview'Jews, no matter where or when, encounter antisemitism'

Why a historian thinks US Jews are living through a ‘high tide’ of antisemitism

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Pamela Nadell’s new book, ‘Antisemitism, an American Tradition,’ chronicles Jew-hatred since colonial times, and asks whether the postwar years were as ‘golden’ as they seemed

Democratic New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo, left, shakes hands with Zohran Mamdani, center, as Whitney Tilson reacts after participating in a Democratic mayoral primary debate, June 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

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Daily Briefing Oct 3: Day 728 – With Adams out, Cuomo up against Mamdani in NYC race

By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress

New York reporter Luke Tress discusses city’s mayoral race, Netanyahu’s visit for UN speech, and a bereaved Israeli citizen filing an ICC case against Iran for Oct. 7 involvement

Protestors gather outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse, where Harvard University appeared to challenge $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration, July 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Trump administration to US colleges: Limit foreign enrollment, ensure viewpoint diversity

Memo promises ‘meaningful’ grants to colleges that agree to terms, including ban on race and sex-based admission policies, nixing institutions that ‘belittle’ conservative ideas

Israel supporters observe a moment of silence as they attend a vigil outside McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on October, 7, 2024, to commemorate the victims of the October 7 massacre by Hamas on Israel. (Graham Hughes / AFP)

'Now, two years later, it's about us and our community'

Events worldwide to focus on healing, unity as Jews gather to mark Oct. 7 attacks

On 2nd anniversary of devastating Hamas-led atrocities that sparked the ongoing Gaza war, Diaspora organizers say memorials will be safe spaces to mourn together, free of politics

David Zini at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on August 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

High Court declines to intervene, enabling David Zini to become Shin Bet chief on Sunday

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Watchdog groups petitioned against government’s approval of candidacy, arguing Netanyahu has a conflict of interest due to Shin Bet probes into his close aides

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View of the Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), on January 30, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Leak of patient records feared as Israeli hospital hit by cyberattack demanding ransom

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his wife Sara at a state ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

Report details Netanyahu’s maneuvers to avoid being ousted by his allies days after Oct. 7

Hostage envoy Gal Hirsch shakes hands with Mahmoud Salameh on October 1, 2025. (Prime Minister's Office)

Israeli citizen imprisoned in Jordan freed, returns home after three months

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Pier-Andre Cote from the Israel Premier Tech team rides during the eleventh stage of the Spanish Vuelta cycling race, from Bilbao to Bilbao, Spain, September 3, 2025. (AP/Miguel Oses)

Cyclists’ union head backs shortening races to deny platform to anti-Israel protests

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard as a truck loaded with weapons leaves the Palestinian refugee camp of Beddawi, near the northern city of Tripoli on September 13, 2025 (Fathi Al-Masri / AFP)

US approves $230 million for Lebanese forces amid push to disarm Hezbollah

By Reuters and Emanuel Fabian

This photo illustration shows the "Text With Jesus" chatbot app displayed on an iPhone on October 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AFP)

'Text with Jesus'Faith communities, including Jews, experiment with AI tools — to mixed feedback

By AFP

Released hostage Eli Sharabi arrives at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, wrapped in an Israeli flag, as he walks to be reunited with members of his family after 491 days in Hamas captivity, February 8, 2025. (Haim Tsach/GPO)

From the webI Spent 491 Days as a Hostage of Hamas. This Is My Story

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a deadly terror attack at Ramot Junction near the entrance to Jerusalem, September 8, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

Man charged for allegedly driving terrorists who carried out deadly Jerusalem attack

By Charlie Summers

The Israeli (2R) and Irish (R) flags flutter outside the building housing the offices of the Embassy of Ireland in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv on May 22, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Ireland said set to soften planned sanctions on Israel, under pressure from businesses

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Israeli F-35 fighter jets return to the Nevatim Airbase after carrying out an airstrike in Yemen, July 20, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Dutch court orders government to reconsider its halt in supply of F-35 parts to Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

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