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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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Israel demolishes a structure inside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem on January 20, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel demolishes UNRWA’s East Jerusalem headquarters; UN agency: ‘Unprecedented attack’

By Noam Lehmann, Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel, which has banned the agency, says compound doesn’t enjoy immunity as UNRWA had ceased operations there; Ben Gvir celebrates at scene: ‘Terror supporters being kicked out’

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing wait to cross into the Gaza Strip, early on October 15, 2025. (AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 20: Ministers reportedly decide to keep Rafah crossing shut, bucking US pressure

AG: Government decision to shutter Army Radio part of process to ‘restrict free press’ * Report: Eisenkot proposes merger with Lapid, Bennett for mega-slate ahead of next election

9:42 pm

EU vows 'unflinching' response to Trump's Greenland gambit
8:47 pm

IDF denies issuing new evacuation orders for Gazans
8:38 pm

Trump: Iran canceled 837 hangings after we warned it would be 'very bad day for them'

President Donald Trump at the Gaza International Peace Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. (Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)

Ministers decide against reopening Rafah amid anger at US

Trump to hold Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos, but participants may be limited

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Only handful of the dozens of countries invited have announced that their head of state has accepted offer to join panel, amid discomfort with apparent US plan to use body to usurp UN

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stand before a group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Monday, August 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump fumes at Macron over Greenland, Gaza peace board snub, threatens French wine tariff

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Netanyahu invited to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace alongside European, Mideast leaders

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

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Haredi leaders blame babies’ deaths on state’s push to draft ultra-Orthodox men

By Rossella Tercatin and Sam Sokol

Shas, UTJ link tragedy at overcrowded, illegal daycare to attorney general’s instruction to cut childcare subsidies for draft evaders; hundreds protest babies’ autopsy

Medics at the scene of an incident at an unlicensed daycare in the ultra-Orthodox Romema neighborhood in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest sparked by the deaths of two babies in an unauthorized daycare in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 20: Day 837 – Tragic deaths of 2 Haredi babies fuels fury against IDF draft

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of two babies who died in an unlicensed daycare, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Haredi extremists riot against autopsies of babies who died at unlicensed Jerusalem daycare

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

PM vows no Qatari, Turkish troops in Gaza after countries given role on oversight body

By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

At Knesset debate, Netanyahu acknowledges argument with US, insists Hamas will be disarmed; Lapid: Either you have cut a secret deal or ‘Trump doesn’t give a damn about you’

Personnel work at the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), in the southern town of Kiryat Gat, on November 19, 2025. (Ahikam Seri / AFP)

Some European countries rethink participation at US-led Gaza coordination center

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) attends a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, in Tehran, Iran, on January 18, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP); President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Iran’s FM blames Israel after Davos speech nixed over deadly crackdown; Herzog hits back

By AFP and ToI Staff

Tehran’s top diplomat posts video saying anti-regime protests were a ‘terror operation’ by Mossad; Israeli president says regime in ‘no position to lecture others on morality’

Iranian police chief General Ahmad-Reza Radan attends a military parade marking the Iran's annual army day in the capital Tehran, on April 18, 2023. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran warns protesters who joined ‘riots’ to surrender within three days

By AFP

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP/Vahid Salemi, File)

AnalysisIran-US crisis over Tehran’s protest crackdown carries nuclear risks, experts warn

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN

Sarit Silverman

When no one is in charge of our babies

Israel’s fragmented oversight of early childhood education leaves infants unprotected — and makes tragedies inevitable

We’re good enough to die for our country – but not to marry in it

Resisting this government’s radical agenda also means correcting long-standing injustices, starting with the denial of civil marriage

Bereaved families of the October 7 massacre, opposition lawmakers, and supporters hold an alternative committee session calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attacks, January 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Bereaved families boycott Knesset panel on political Oct 7 probe, form own committee

By Ariela Karmel

Hundreds of relatives, opposition lawmakers hold alternative session in parallel to Knesset Constitution panel on political probe in live split-screen

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at the 'Leaders on the Home Front' conference in central Israel, January 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief warns PM, Katz that manpower shortage harming army’s preparedness

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Analysis

Israel is approaching elections in a new era. There aren’t many new faces

The country has undergone seismic changes over the past two-plus years, but many of the politicians vying for votes are the same ones who ran more than a decade ago

Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting following the death of minister Uri Orbach, who passed away at the age of 54. February 16, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Mourners gather in front of tributes laid in memory of victims of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 20, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Month after Bondi Hanukkah attack, Australian MPs pass stricter gun, hate crime laws

By AFP and ToI Staff

PM Albanese says his leadership is ‘tackling antisemitism, tackling hate, and getting dangerous guns off our streets,’ as parliament votes in favor of both reforms

Illustrative: Members of the UK Jewish community hold placards mourning the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney during a Hanukkah celebration, in Trafalgar Square, London, December 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Trump lawyer claims US may grant asylum to UK Jews, though no such plan seems in the works

By JTA and ToI Staff

Israeli settlers attack journalists during the olive-picking season in the village of Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, November 8, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

IDF: Settler violence rose by 27% in 2025, severe attacks spiked by over 50%

By Emanuel Fabian

Military officials say they feel a sense of failure for not managing to curb attacks by some 300 Jewish extremists against West Bank Palestinians

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

Court upholds police request to ban Netanyahu’s chief of staff from PM’s office

By Jeremy Sharon

Overturning lower court’s ruling, judge bars Braverman from entering PMO amid leaked document scandal, says ban on him contacting others connected to the case is ‘necessary’

Cyclist Lukáš Klement's 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) bike route in Poland spells the words "Never again" (Zaka Search and Rescue)

Trails of testimony

Cyclist completes 47-hour trek to write ‘Never Again’ around Auschwitz

Czech cyclist Lukáš Klement rides through snow, winds and freezing temperatures for 1,000 kilometers to create his message ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day next week

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija (8) is fouled by Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwa (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, January 18, 2026, in Sacramento, California. (AP Photo/Justine Willard)

Avdija falls short of NBA All-Star starting lineup, still has hope to be a reserve

While fans rate Israeli hoopster in top 5, players and media rank him lower, putting him 7th overall; coaches will now select the 7 non-starters for Feb. 12 game

The facade of the Kehillat Harlem storefront location on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in New York City. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

'I felt like I had a place to go as soon as I moved here'

At a former driving school, Kehillat Harlem plants roots for Jewish life in uptown NYC

By Grace Gilson

The non-denominational ‘shul community’ is building Jewish infrastructure in a reemerging neighborhood that once had one of the largest Jewish populations in the world

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Police Commissioner Daniel Levy seen during the annual LGBTQ Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police scrap appointment of man with history of anti-LGBTQ incitement, race crimes

By Noam Lehmann

Greece's Defence Minister Nikos Dendias (R) and Defense Minister Israel Katz attend a joint press conference in Athens on January 20, 2026. (Aggelos NAKKAS / AFP)

Katz issues veiled warning to Turkey as he meets Greek defense minister in Athens

By Lazar Berman

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck the hillsides near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Katrani on January 11, 2026. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

IDF targets Hezbollah tunnels, rocket launch sites in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Shas MK Yinon Azoulay attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 8, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2 minors nabbed for alleged attack on Shas MK’s son over Haredi draft exemption bill

Screenshots from a mock video tour of Gaza created by Israeli comedian Guy Hochman, uploaded in November 2023. (YouTube)

Israeli comedian said held for 6 hours at Toronto airport after Hind Rajab complaint

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative: Delek Israel gas station in Haifa. (Livinus/iStock)

Delek Israel makes $594 million bid for Hot Mobile

By Sharon Wrobel

People gather outside of an Iranian diplomat's residence to denounce the Iranian government and the recent execution of a protester on December 10, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Soaring Iran executions appear to be a ‘tool of state intimidation,’ UN warns

By AFP and ToI Staff

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) soldiers deploy with armored military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison which houses men accused of being an Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, January 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Syria’s ceasefire with Kurds appears to crumble as clashes resume, ISIS prisoners escape

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