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What Matters Most On Monday, January 26, 2026

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Jan. 26: Impromptu gatherings across Israel mark first time since 2014 without hostages in Gaza

By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

With Ran Gvili’s body back in Israel, Trump says now is the time to disarm Hamas * Turkish FM meets Hamas delegation in Ankara as sides looks to next stage of ceasefire

8:31 pm

IDF: Hezbollah artillery commander killed in strike on Lebanon's Tyre
8:09 pm

Impromptu gatherings across Israel mark first time since 2014 without hostages in Gaza
7:51 pm

IDF says it struck two Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon

Talik Gvili, mother of the deceased hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, December 10, 2025. Ran Gvili's body was located by the IDF and returned to Israel on January 26, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Interview'Ran isn't just our son, but everyone's son'

Speaking days before his body was found, Ran Gvili’s mother said she trusts Israel to bring him home

By Jessica Steinberg

Talik Gvili believes the US and Israeli governments are doing all they can to secure release of Ran’s body before Gaza ceasefire moves into second phase

Israel says Rafah Crossing to reopen when IDF finishes search for last hostage body

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

No timeline given by Netanyahu’s office on search for Ran Gvili, but US official says operation expected to last several days, allowing crossing to open by end of week

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)

Posters bearing the image of final hostage Ran Gvili are displayed on chairs at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 16, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

IDF confirms searching for body of Ran Gvili at cemetery in northern Gaza Strip

By Emanuel Fabian, Noam Lehmann and Stav Levaton

A photo of slain hostage Ran Gvili, whose remains are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is displayed during a rally calling for the return of the deceased hostages held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 26: Day 843 – IDF forensics search Gaza cemetery for final hostage

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside the IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem on November 12, 2025 (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu holds urgent talks as Smotrich calls for elections over budget vote delay

Holdup caused by ultra-Orthodox objections to proposed amendments to controversial draft bill; Haredi politicians, finance minister meet with Netanyahu to resolve issue

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and former prime minister Naftali Bennett (right) attend the funeral of Rabbi Haim Drukman, at Merkaz Shapira, near Kiryat Malachi, on December 26, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/ AFP)

Bennett files complaint against Likud over fake image of him with Arab party leaders

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Interview

Hosting Europe’s far-right again, minister says Diaspora criticism ‘just a disagreement’

As now-annual conference on fighting antisemitism kicks off, Amichai Chikli insists nationalists should be embraced as partners in fighting the main antisemitic threat, from radical Islam

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli speaks at a conference on antisemitism in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli airlines ease cancellation terms amid jitters over possible war with Iran

El Al and Arkia offering full credit refund for cancellations up to 48 hours before departure; Israir ‘cancellation shield’ customers can cancel up to 3 days before flight

Illustrative: Airplanes at Ben Gurion Airport. February 11, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) and Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo (left) are seen at a drill in northern Israel, October 21, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Northern Command chief: IDF ready on all fronts if US attack on Iran sparks retaliation

By Stav Levaton

A billboard depicting a damaged US aircraft carrier with disabled fighter jets on its deck and a sign reading in Farsi and English, "If you sow the wind, you'll reap the whirlwind," at Enghelab Square Square in Tehran, Iran, January 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

With mural of wrecked US aircraft carrier, Iran threatens retaliation in case of strike

By AP and ToI Staff

Bodies lie in body bags on the ground as people stand amid the scene outside Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre in Tehran, Iran, in this screen capture from a video obtained from social media, January 11, 2026. (Social Media/via REUTERS)

Iran opposition outlet says regime killed over 36,000 people on January 8-9

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran International cites witnesses, victims’ families and internal reports; NY Times reports Khamenei ordered authorities to crush protests using ‘any means necessary’

Submarine affair probe finds ‘systemic failings’ endangered state security

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

State commission on decade-old scandal says government acted ‘in chaos and without clear direction’; findings on personal liability to be issued after High Court hearings

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exits a submarine during a visit to the military port of Haifa on November 17, 2009. (GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 4, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Government moves to circumvent advice of AG, whose office warns of ‘abuse of power’

By Jeremy Sharon

Left: Jonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing in the so-called Qatargate investigation at the Central District Court in Lod, January 6, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40-signatures debate in the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Judge bars Netanyahu aide Urich from PM’s office until March over Qatargate, Bild suspicions

By Jeremy Sharon

Giovanni Giacalone

If Trump is serious about the Muslim Brotherhood, how about Qatar and Turkey?

Both states have provided material support to a movement outlawed for promoting terrorism. Both were invited to help oversee Gaza’s postwar management,

Anton van Schijndel

Erasing the Amsterdam ‘Jew hunt’

Preserving video evidence of possible police failures on the night Israeli soccer fans were attacked is a prerequisite for accountability and public confidence

Strollers outside the building where two babies died and dozens of others were injured in an unlicensed private daycare in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

79% of kids under 3 in Jerusalem are in unsupervised daycares, Knesset panel hears

Grim figures shown to joint meeting of several committees, after 2 babies died and dozens were hurt in unlicensed center in the capital; MK: ‘Why are the babies being neglected?’

A National Insurance Institute worker feeds a baby found abandoned in a stairwell in Hadera, January 26, 2026. (National Insurance Institute spokesperson)

Abandoned newborn found in Hadera stairwell, authorities search for parents

By Stuart Winer

Rapper and reservist Noam Tsuriely in Gaza in December 2024. (Courtesy)

'If I was afraid, I wouldn't be a musician or a fighter'

Farewell, tour? Wary Israeli entertainers increasingly reluctant to face BDS abroad

By Jessica Steinberg

As stonewalling from colleagues, protests outside performances and even threats of arrest aim to prevent the show from going on, some artists think it may be better to sit out 2026

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

‘It was wrong’: US theater apologizes for nixing show by Israeli comedian

Entertainment company says it received death threats for booking Guy Hochman, whose US tour has been plagued by protests from anti-Zionist activists

More Headlines

Screen captures from video of police counting cash as they arrest suspects in an alleged soccer match-fixing case, January 26, 2026. (Israel Police)

17 suspects linked to Israeli soccer team arrested in match-fixing probe

Gen. Zhang Youxia, then-vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission attends the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s top general accused of leaking nuclear weapons secrets to US – report

By ToI Staff and AP

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for Washington, January 22, 2026. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Waddle he do next?Trump causes flap with AI image of ‘Greenland penguin’

A general view of Barcelona, Spain, on July 7, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Over 20 Jewish graves desecrated in Barcelona cemetery

By AFP and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)

Voter registration closes for West Bank municipal elections

By AFP and ToI Staff

A sign for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a US Border Patrol officer earlier in the day, is displayed during a vigil, January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Republican voices grow for thorough probe into officers’ killing of man in Minnesota

By STEVEN SLOAN

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