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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 18, 2025

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Eliyahu Margalit (Courtesy)

Family: 'Our beloved Eli has returned'; the others must too

Hamas returns body of Kibbutz Nir Oz’s Eliyahu Margalit; 18 slain hostages still held

By Emanuel Fabian

Margalit, 75, oversaw cattle at kibbutz for decades; was murdered at the stables; Hamas claims remains only retrieved Friday; PM urges Hamas to abide by deal, release remaining bodies

A Red Cross vehicle arrives at the site where Hamas operatives work on searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Remains of apparent hostage to be ID’d after Israeli troops retrieve casket from Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Israeli soldiers carry bodies of Israelis in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Palestinian who participated in Oct. 7 attack arrested in US, feds say

Trucks loaded with aid supplies move from the Egyptian side of Rafah, en route to the Kerem Shalom crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, early on October 15, 2025. (AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 18: Hamas claims closure of Rafah Crossing delaying return of further hostages’ bodies

Terror group hands over two bodies it said are of captives * Ex-hostage’s mom tells rally rehabilitation incomplete until all bodies returned, PM faces justice for Oct. 7 failures

9:23 pm

Hamas says closure of Rafah Crossing will delay return of further hostages' bodies
8:49 pm

Heckler at Tommy Robinson event says attendees hit, spat on, doused him with beer
8:41 pm

Red Cross has collected two caskets from Hamas, said to contain slain hostages - IDF

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (left) and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner speak with CBS in an excerpt from an interview released on October 17, 2025. (CBS screenshot)

Lapid: interview is an 'earthquake'

Witkoff says he and Kushner ‘felt a little bit betrayed’ by Israeli strike in Qatar

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Botched assassination attempt on Hamas leaders convinced Trump ‘Israelis were getting a little bit out of control,’ Kushner says in Gaza dealmakers’ upcoming ’60 Minutes’ interview

Buildings that were destroyed during the fighting between Israel and Hamas are seen in the northern Gaza Strip during the sunrise, as seen from southern Israel, October 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

World Bank, UN and EU raise estimated cost of Gaza reconstruction to $70 billion

By Reuters and ToI Staff

As 2015 deal fizzles out, Iran says it’s no longer bound by ‘restrictions’ on nuclear program

By AFP and ToI Staff

Islamic Republic slams European powers for reimposing UN sanctions, pledges ‘commitment to diplomacy,’ as much-maligned Obama deal reaches expiry date

An Iranian man holds an anti-Israeli placard during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Tehran, on October 2, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Hostages Square in Tel Aviv fills with crowds who came to support the families of the slain hostages who had not yet been released from Gaza by Hamas, October 14, 2025. (Adir Stup / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

‘Our struggle is not yet over’: Families of slain hostages to speak at Saturday rallies

Families accuse Hamas of violating truce by failing to return all the bodies; right-wing protest to demand Jewish terrorists go free after Palestinians were released under the 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)

Ex-hostage says Ben Gvir’s comments on prisoners led captors to beat them unconscious

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third from left, convenes a cabinet meeting on September 21, 2025. (Maayan Taof/GPO)

‘War of Revival’: Cabinet to vote on Netanyahu proposal to rename Gaza war

By Ariela Karmel

Senior Hamas official: Terror group can’t commit to disarm, is open to 3-5 year truce

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Doha-based politburo member says Hamas intends to maintain control of Gaza for ‘transitional phase,’ defends summary executions; PM’s office: ‘No ifs, no buts’ on disarmament

Members of the Hamas military wing stand guard before handing over the hostages on October 13, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians sits adjacent to destroyed homes and buildings in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, October 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

11 Palestinians said killed by IDF after crossing ceasefire line in Gaza City

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Gazans attend Friday prayers amidst the rubble of the destroyed Albaani Mosque in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2025. (Omar AL-Qatta / AFP)

Following ceasefire, Gazans hold first mass Friday prayers in damaged mosques

By AFP and ToI Staff

Four probable futures for Trump’s peace

Is this fragile moment the opening of a new chapter? Or will it lead to just more of the same?

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Gaza runs red: Hamas’s bloody purge

The spate of executions unmasks Hamas’s doctrine: it will never self-disarm, never enter power-sharing, never concede control

The renewed plenum of the Knesset Museum, open since August 2025 (Courtesy)

Jerusalem’s new Knesset Museum aims to tell the story of Israel’s democracy

By Jessica Steinberg

Restoration, preservation and politics join in new downtown museum, established in historic Froumine House

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (left) Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong); Then-defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

ICC rejects Israeli appeal against arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

By AFP

Judges declare that ‘the issue, as framed by Israel, is not appealable,’ as they weigh separate challenge by Jerusalem over jurisdiction

Interview

As Arab-led bloc mulls reunion, Hadash MK Touma-Sliman sees chance for ‘real change’

Buoyed by public turning against war and global support for Palestinians, lawmaker hopeful that with enough support, Arab MKs can force Israel to look beyond recovering hostages and replacing Netanyahu

Joint Arab List MK Aida Touma-Sliman in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Illustrative: People look at electronic devices while relaxing in Tel Aviv on June 4, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

'Be suspicious of all the content on your feed'

AI tools supercharge foreign influence campaigns targeting Israelis on social media

By Stav Levaton

Mimicking popular Facebook groups, a shadowy network used AI-generated content to target voters — revealing the country’s growing vulnerability to digital manipulation

People attend a Holocaust memorial ceremony held a block away from Columbia University amid rallies for and against Israel in New York, May 6, 2024.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images via JTA)

US Jewish group publishes ‘Shofar Report,’ a liberal alternative to Trump’s antisemitism strategy

By Andrew Lapin

Group says ‘Project Esther’ and administration’s crackdown on antisemitism on campuses ‘weaponize’ anti-Jewish activity to advance US president’s wider agenda against universities

Illustrative: People wrapped in an American flag attend a New York Young Republicans Club vigil for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Madison Square Park in New York, September 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)

NY State Young Republicans chapter dissolved amid racist, antisemitic chat scandal

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Shutdown follows similar move in Kansas after leaked chat showed Young Republican officials in those and other states joking about gas chambers and praising Hitler

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the Jewish community at the Community Security Trust (CST) in London on October 16, 2025. (Carlos Jasso / AFP)

UK authorities seeking to reverse soccer club’s ban on Israeli fans

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Culture secretary to meet Home Office ‘to see if there’s way’ around ‘unacceptable’ ban, but it may not be possible if it becomes ‘operational issue’ for cops, cabinet member says

Brogan Stewart, Marco Pitzettu, and Christopher Ringrose (UK Counter Terrorism Policing North East)

3 UK neo-Nazis jailed for planning attacks on mosques, synagogues to incite ‘race war’

Israel's Pavel Gulidov competes on the pommel horse during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, October 5, 2023. (AP Photo/ Geert vanden Wijngaert/ File)

IOC expresses ‘great concern’ over Indonesian ban on Israeli gymnasts

By Agencies and ToI Staff

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Poll gives Trump approval bump over Gaza truce, but Americans still unhappy at home

By AP

More US adults back Trump’s handling of Israel-Hamas conflict, yet his ratings on economy, health care, and immigration remain deeply underwater, survey indicates

Demonstrators take part in a 'No Kings' protest in Portland, Oregon, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

‘No Kings’ anti-Trump protests planned across US as GOP slams ‘hate America’ rallies

By LISA MASCARO, SAFIYAH RIDDLE and KEVIN FREKING

Then-Rep. George Santos, a New York Republican since sentenced to seven years in jail for fraud, waits for the start of a session in the US House chamber in Washington, January 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump commutes sentence of disgraced former US Rep. George Santos in fraud case

By Philip Marcelo

Prince Andrew arrives for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London, Sept. 16, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool via AP)

One Epstein scandal too many forces UK monarchy to sideline Prince Andrew

By DANICA KIRKA

Andrew gives up his titles as the King Charles works to ensure the long-term stability of the monarchy under his son and heir Prince William

National Public Radio broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg holds up a replica of her new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame following a ceremony, in Los Angeles, California, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Obituary

Susan Stamberg, groundbreaking Jewish ‘founding mother’ of NPR, dies at 87

By Andrew Lapin

First woman to anchor a US broadcast news program initially caused concern among NPR board members that she sounded ‘too New York’

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