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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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Ofir Tzarfati (Courtesy)

Hamas fakes ‘unearthing’ partial remains of hostage whose body IDF recovered in 2023, Israel says

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol

Casket returned overnight contained partial remains of Ofir Tzarfati, rather than the promised body of one of 13 deceased hostages still in Gaza; drone video shows Hamas staging the ‘discovery’; Netanyahu convenes emergency meeting to discuss response

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)

Hamas hands over body, apparently of hostage; Israel working to identify

By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Nava Freiberg

Civilians and members of the press inspect the damage following an Israeli strike that reportedly struck a house used by journalists in the al-Zawayda city near Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2025, (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

German broadcaster says Gazan producer killed in Israeli airstrike was Hamas operative

By Michael Horovitz

Egyptian machinery and workers search for the bodies of hostages near a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 28: PM reportedly sought to strike Gaza before latest attack on IDF troops, but US objected

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

IDF strikes across Gaza, with Netanyahu informing US after attacks were ordered but before they were carried out * Terror group claims it’s not behind attack on IDF troops, which prompted the strikes * Red Cross condemns ‘unacceptable’ Hamas staging of recovery of hostage’s remains

8:23 pm

At Hostages Square, released captive Bar Kuperstein thanks Israelis for their support
8:18 pm

Hamas claims to mediators that it hasn't violated the ceasefire while Israel has repeatedly -- source
8:11 pm

'Unacceptable': Red Cross criticizes Hamas for staged recovery of hostage's remains

In first interview, released hostage says he convinced Hamas captors not to kill him

Yosef-Haim Ohana recalls captor putting gun to his head, asking hostages to choose who among them would be killed or hurt; describes beatings in tunnels

Released hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana speaks in an interview aired October 28, 2025. (Channel 12 news)

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An excavator operates in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City on October 27, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Israeli official: Reconstruction of Gaza can begin immediately in areas held by IDF

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Current ‘Yellow Line’ sees Israel in control of around 53% of Strip; Smotrich insists ‘war is not over yet’ and rehabilitation cannot begin until Hamas is ‘completely dismantled’

US Marine soldiers walk past a mural of a coffee shop near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 28: Day 753 – US and ceasefire partners debate what’s next in Gaza

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

Jordan's King Abdullah II looks on during a reception by the deputy speaker of the Hungarian Parliament at the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest on October 16, 2025. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Jordan’s king says international forces in Gaza should ‘keep,’ but not ‘enforce,’ peace

By Lazar Berman

Visiting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with US troops at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat on October 24, 2025 (Marco Rubio via X)

Mayor: 'They haven’t asked for a hamburger yet'

US troops in Kiryat Gat overseeing Gaza truce turn sleepy city into unexpected hotspot

By Deborah Danan

Food delivery services working around the clock to accommodate new foreign guests as online chatter picks up about whether romances might bloom between American soldiers and locals

Trump said to withdraw nominee for State Department Middle East role

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

‘Belated justice’: After two years, hostage Yossi Sharabi laid to rest in Be’eri

Ofir Engel, who was kidnapped alongside Sharabi on Oct. 7 and held with him for months in captivity, recalls kibbutznik surfer sharing scraps of food and taking care of him

Former hostage Eli Sharabi participates in the opening night of Tel Aviv Fashion Week on October 26, 2025 (Courtesy)

Darkness to lime-lightEli Sharabi, relatives of ex-hostages strut runway at TLV Fashion Week

By Jessica Steinberg

Former hostage Eli Sharabi pictured in Herzliya, on October 20, 2025. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Eli Sharabi: Living with trauma and mourning

By Jessica Steinberg

The former hostage speaks about reuniting with fellow captive Alon Ohel, how being recognized has helped him recover, and his hopes for the future

Only the Arab world can defeat Hamas

The terror group’s jihadist victory presents an opportunity for Israel to ally with the modern Mideast states to defeat Islamic imperialism

Trump’s green light to Al Jazeera

The US administration could shut down incitement against America and Israel; instead, it appeases Qatar

An Israeli airstrike is seen in the West Bank village of Kafr Qud, October 28, 2025. (Screenshot: X)

3 terror operatives are killed by snipers, airstrike in West Bank, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian

Police’s Yamam counter-terror unit acts on intelligence provided by Shin Bet; military carries out rare airstrike against cave in Kafr Qud, from which the operatives had emerged

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, on October 27, 2025. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Sa’ar insists PA still paying terrorists in ‘pay-for-slay’ policy, despite promises

By Nava Freiberg

Construction in the southern city of Sderot, July 28, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

With rebuild in full swing, Gaza border region looks toward growth and upgrades

Unveiling revised strategic plan, officials tasked with reviving Sderot and nearby communities say they are spending now to rehabilitate area, though future funding is uncertain

Builders renovate a house in Israel's northern kibbutz of Hanita near the border with Lebanon on March 3, 2025 (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Plans underway to merge staff overseeing recovery of towns bordering Gaza, Lebanon

A house hit from missiles fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Metula, on the Israeli border with Lebanon, November 20, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Knesset panel approves NIS 1.2 billion to rehabilitate north after months-long delay

By Ariela Karmel

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition set to advance bill that would deprive attorneys general of all authority

By Jeremy Sharon

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid chairs a meeting of his Yesh Atid party in the Knesset, October 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid says he’ll push for revoking ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers’ right to vote

Liberman welcomes opposition leader’s threat, while Gantz derides ‘illegal’ and undemocratic proposal

Explainer

The new political parties that could shape Israel’s next elections

A crowded field of new parties, some led by prominent former officials, could influence whether the opposition unseats Netanyahu or he again wins reelection

Lawmakers in the Knesset plenum, September 10, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at a Shurat HaDin conference in New York City, October 27, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen says he’s not entering politics, for now

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at the Tel Aviv District Court ahead of his testimony in the corruption trial against him, October 15, 2025. (Reuven Kastro/POOL)

Netanyahu’s lawyers threaten to quit if number of his weekly trial hearings not reduced

By Jeremy Sharon

A picture of Theodor Herzl on August 29, 2022, during celebrations of the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress at the historic Stadtcasino in Basel, where Herzl convened the first congress that paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel. (Fabrice Cofrinni / AFP)

Delegates descend on World Zionist Congress for largest-ever plenum on Jewish future

Some 2,500 reps from 42 countries set to debate hot-button issues like West Bank annexation and IDF conscription, pick leaders for institutions controlling over $1 billion

This image grab taken from a UGC video posted on social media on April 13, 2024, shows Iran's Revolutionary Guards rappelling down onto a container ship, MSC Aries, near the Strait of Hormuz. (Video screenshot)

Iran demands Israel’s richest man pay $170m fine after it seized cargo ship linked to him

By AFP and ToI Staff

Tehran, which intercepted Aries in April 2024, charges shipping magnate Eyal Ofer with ‘financing terrorism’ over connection to firm that holds title to vessel operated by Geneva-based MSC

Dr. Karma Ben-Johanan, a researcher on Jewish-Christian relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hartman Institute. (Courtesy of Assaf Feldman)

Interview'This is one of the most significant crises in decades'

As Nostra Aetate turns 60, Oct. 7 has pushed Jewish-Catholic ties to new ‘crossroads’

By Rossella Tercatin

Amid events in Vatican celebrating document that reshaped relations with Jews, Israeli expert Karma Ben-Johanan says ties are affected by Church’s shifting focus to Global South

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Muhammad Marazqa, a 17-year-old who was stabbed to death by his classmate in Kafr Qara on October 27, 2025. (Courtesy)

17-year-old boy stabbed to death by classmate at school

By Charlie Summers

A woman holds up a photo of 4-year-old Rafael Adana, during a protest in Tel Aviv on August 30, 2023, calling for justice after he was killed in a hit-and-run in Netanya in May. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Woman convicted for fleeing scene of 2023 hit-and-run that killed 4-year-old boy

This handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Presidency Press Office on October 27, 2025, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shaking hands with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) during a meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. (TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)

Starmer, in Turkey, closes $11B fighter jet deal, the ‘biggest in a generation’

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te waves during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan president, citing David and Goliath, tells AIPAC Israel is a model for defense

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A man walks in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP/Matias Delacroix)

Hurricane Melissa set to pummel Jamaica as its strongest storm on record

By JOHN MYERS JR. and DANICA COTO

Israel's defense firm Controp Precision Technologies develops electro-optical surveillance systems deployed across land, airborne, and naval domains. (Courtesy)

Israeli defense tech firm Controp gets go-ahead to set up regional arm in Abu Dhabi

By Sharon Wrobel

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the in New York City on June 18, 2025 (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Nearly 600 Israeli companies have created 27,000 jobs in NYC, survey finds

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's influential sovereign wealth fund, addresses the opening ceremony of the Future Investment Initiative, in Riyadh on October 28, 2025. (Fayez Nureldine / AFP)

Saudi ‘Davos in the Desert’ kicks off, with focus on AI, urban megaprojects

By AFP and ToI Staff

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