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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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This frame grab from videos taken between January 9 and January 11, 2026, and circulating on social media purportedly shows images from a morgue with dozens of bodies and mourners after crackdown on the outskirts of Iran's capital, in Kahrizak, Tehran Province. (UGC via AP)

Iranian authorities say some 2,000 people killed in protests, as news trickles out

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Opposition-aligned site claims 12,000 killed, far higher than any NGO or state estimates; Tehran defends internet block, as Germany’s Merz predicts regime in ‘last days and weeks’

T frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran shows protesters once again taking to the streets of Tehran despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)

In first calls to outside world, Iranians describe heavy security and damage

Shops are closed during protests in Tehran's centuries-old main bazaar, Iran, January 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

AnalysisIran’s merchants, bankrollers of 1979 revolution, turn against clerics

By Parisa Hafezi

Trump said briefed on military, cyber, psychological options

IDF says it’s on alert for ‘surprise scenarios,’ as US mulls military strikes on Iran

By Stav Levaton, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Israel said to believe Trump will make good on threat to attack in support of anti-regime protesters; US president puts 25% tariff on countries doing business with Tehran

US President Donald Trump (left) speaks to reporters while in flight on Air Force One to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on January 11, 2026. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson); Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Left: US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Paris, France, April 17, 2025. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP); Right: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)

US says diplomacy with Iran the ‘first option’ as toll in protests said to rise to 648

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Hamas gunmen search for the remains of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, January 7, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 13: Official says Islamic Jihad knows where Ran Gvili is, Israel working day and night to bring him home

Several countries urge citizens to leave Iran * Mossad said to estimate Iran death toll at over 5,000 * Foreign Ministry severs ties with multiple UN agencies, citing anti-Israel bias

9:06 pm

Contrary to UNIFIL claim, IDF says mortars didn't hit peacekeeper position in southern Lebanon
8:24 pm

Hamas says its delegation arrived in Cairo for talks on second phase of ceasefire
8:10 pm

'Where is the respect?': Knesset committee hears plea to grant former lone soldier military burial

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition leaders urge Netanyahu to defy potential High Court ruling to fire Ben Gvir

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

In filing ahead of Thursday hearing, police minister tells judges they have no standing to rule on petitions calling for his ouster, accuses the AG of a conflict of interest

The Department of Internal Police Investigations in Jerusalem, July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Knesset advances bill subordinating police internal affairs unit to justice minister

By Jeremy Sharon

Justice Minster Yariv Levin speaks at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Levin threatens to paralyze Supreme Court, sets out plans for renewed judicial overhaul

Text does not specify if law could be applied retroactively

Coalition advances bill to cancel the criminal charge that Netanyahu faces in his trial

By Ariela Karmel

Opposition brands legislation to strike the offense of fraud and breach of trust from the law books a ‘mafia-like move’ aimed at enabling PM and his allies to evade justice

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, January 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Protesters march toward the Supreme Court in Jerusalem holding signs reading 'Power, Money, Honor, Prison' against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, and in support of the Supreme Court, January 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 13: Day 830 – Coalition’s latest attempt to rescue the PM

By Jessica Steinberg, Ariela Karmel and Sharon Wrobel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adjusts the headphones during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit, Pool, File)

Netanyahu dismisses probe of his chief of staff, accuses critics of ‘hunting’ him

Police detain an ultra-Orthodox man during a protest against Haredi enlistment to the IDF outside a military recruitment center in Jerusalem, November 12, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

AG: Government violating court order on Haredi draft, in ‘real danger’ to democracy

By Jeremy Sharon

Baharav-Miara says government has failed to take ‘first step’ in creating enforcement policies for ultra-Orthodox enlistment, ’emptying of meaning’ the principle of judicial review

A view of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Op-ed

The government isn’t just dodging the Haredi draft; it’s dodging the law

By ignoring the High Court’s ruling on military conscription, the coalition is stripping the judiciary of its power and risking a total breakdown of Israel’s democratic regime

Boards cover the charred remains of the Beth Israel Congregation library, in Jackson, Mississippi, January 12, 2026. (AP Photo / Sophie Bates)

Mississippi suspect laughed as he confessed to torching ‘Synagogue of Satan’ — FBI

By Luke Tress and Zev Stub

Stephen Spencer Pittman burned Jackson congregation due to the ‘building’s Jewish ties,’ criminal complaint says

Former NYC mayor Eric Adams announces the launch of a new cryptocurrency, "NYC Token," which he says will aid in the fight against antisemitism, January 12, 2026. (Screenshot via Fox 5 New York on YouTube)

Ex-NYC mayor Eric Adams launches cryptocurrency, says it will fight antisemitism

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a news conference as Police Chief Brian O'Hara listens, on January 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

Online ICE fundraiser calls Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a ‘Jewish traitor’

By Andrew Lapin

Palestinian-Australian Author Randa Abdel-Fattah speaking on an Australian Broadcasting Corporation panel about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on May 27, 2021. (Screenshot)

Australian writers’ festival canceled after booting Palestinian author who lauded Oct. 7

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Event falls apart as director resigns in protest against the disinviting of Randa Abdel-Fattah, who said Hamas is not a terror group and wished hell to ‘every last Zionist’

British MP Damien Egan appears on GBNews, February 16, 2024. (Screenshot via YouTube)

UK school nixed Labour MP’s civics talk, after outcry over his support for Israel

Don’t just defend Jewish life, design it

Organizations are investing so much in the battle against antisemitism that they risk losing the longer fight for Jewish connection

Sundown at Hostages Square

After more than two years, it’s time for the people of the Square to fold up the tents, stack the chairs, and move on with our lives. What are we waiting for?

Former hostage David Cunio speaks to Channel 12, in an interview aired on January 12, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Twin daughters 'learning to rely on me again'

Freed hostage David Cunio says he weighed suicide by overdosing during captivity

In interview, former captive says for a long period, he lived off of 250ml of water and half a pita a day; walked 20km through tunnel to flee fighting while in Gaza

California Democratic State Sen. Scott Wiener talks during a Senate hearing in Sacramento, California, on June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

In reversal, Jewish US House candidate Scott Wiener says Israel committed ‘genocide’

By JTA and ToI Staff

California state senator and leader of legislature’s Jewish Caucus is seeking to replace Nancy Pelosi; all 3 Democrats in the race endorse genocide charge

Palestinians inspect the damage around Gaza's Shifa Hospital after the Israeli military withdrew from the complex housing the hospital after two weeks fighting terror groups there, on April 1, 2024 (AFP)

Celebrities, NGOs sign letter accusing Israel of ‘direct attack’ on Gaza health care

An anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Northwestern University, April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Anti-Israel activists drop lawsuit against Northwestern U antisemitism training

Cameron Kasky speaks at a protest against gun violence on June 11, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. (Sarah Morris/Getty Images)

'I'm no anomaly, Jewish Americans are shifting on Israel'

Cameron Kasky embodies rising Gen Z Jewish criticism of Israel. Can it get him to Congress?

By Joseph Strauss

The 25-year-old Parkland school shooting survivor reflects a new political landscape after more than two years of war in Gaza, though his inexperience has some NY voters hesitating

Hamas terrorists attack an army base next to the Erez Crossing, on October 7, 2023, in footage released by the terror group. (Screenshot: Telegram)

Knesset advances bill establishing military tribunal to try October 7 perpetrators

Legislation would allow for death penalty and bar suspects from being released in prisoner exchange deals; hearings to be open to the public and broadcast live

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks with officers in southern Gaza's Rafah, November 16, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Zamir unveils multi-year plan for reinvigorating IDF after two years of war

By Stav Levaton

IDF has demolished over 2,500 buildings in Gaza since start of ceasefire – report

By ToI Staff, Noam Lehmann and Stav Levaton

NYT says Israel destroying buildings past Yellow Line, quotes Gazan as saying Hamas ‘militarized civilian spaces,’ gave IDF ‘pretext’; army kills 3 armed men in Khan Younis strike

Palestinians make their way through destroyed buildings in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 31, 2025. (Eyad Baba / AFP)

A composite image of five members of Hamas's leadership targeted by Israel in Qatar on September 9, 2025, L-R: Zaher Jabarin, Khaled Mashaal, Khalil al-Hayya, Muhammad Ismail Darwish, Nizar Awadallah. (Mahmud Hams/Louai Beshara/KHAMENEI.IR/AFP)

Hamas seeks to rebuild shattered leadership as it faces postwar uncertainty

By AFP and ToI Staff

Heavy flooding in a road in the village of Abu Ghosh, outside Jerusalem, January 13, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Jerusalem woman dies, teen missing, as winter storm lashes Israel with wind and rain

Shuafat camp resident apparently hit by heavy object; several people lightly injured in other locations, others rescued from flood-swamped cars

More Headlines

Ronel Fisher seen after his sentencing in a graft case at the Jerusalem District Court, January 13, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

After decade-long trial, attorney Ronel Fisher gets 9 months’ community service

Moderator Austrian singer Cesar Sampson holds a draw for Israel during the draw session for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on stage at the Vienna's city hall in Vienna, Austria, on January 12, 2026. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

Draw sets Israel’s opponents for Eurovision semifinal slated for May 12 in Vienna

By AFP and ToI Staff

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