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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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People mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted, near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel marks 3 years since Oct. 7 with memorial ceremonies, anti-government protests

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Bereaved families return to destroyed communities, sites of deadly battles; minute of silence held at noon; Dizengoff Square fountain dyed red; protesters gather at homes of ministers

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2026. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)

World leaders solemnly mark 3 years since Oct. 7, as Hamas and Iran celebrate anniversary

By Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan, Luke Tress, Agencies and ToI Staff

Israelis visit a memorial site for those killed in the October 7 attack at the former Sderot Police Station in southern Israel, November 5, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

The October 7 battle for Sderot still rages in the minds of its survivors

By Michele Chabin

Analysis

Three years on, Israelis stand at a crossroads of memory and metamorphosis

On the first anniversary since the hostages came back, the legacy of what the day means remains unsettled. In 3 weeks, Israelis will have their first chance to take a step toward deciding

Raz Zarfati, sister of Ron Zarfati who was killed in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, attends a memorial marking the third anniversary of the attack at the Nova music festival site near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, October 7, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Or Ben-Yehuda in April 2024. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Oct. 7: Book excerpt'We created a defensive line that cut off Hamas's attack'

‘We’re not breaking’: The untold heroics of the female fighters who held off Hamas at Sufa

By Tal Schneider

In her new book, ‘Israel’s Women Warriors,’ ToI correspondent Tal Schneider tells the stories of women who played an outsized yet largely unsung role in defending Israel during the October 7, 2023, terrorist onslaught. In this exclusive excerpt translated into English, Or Ben-Yehuda of the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion takes control as an army outpost is overrun, with the fates of fellow soldiers, and several communities, on the line

Newly released recordings shed light on final hours of Amit Mann, hero paramedic killed on Oct. 7

Man jailed for 7 years for stealing equipment of slain soundman from Nova festival site

By Noam Lehmann

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Ships are anchored off the coast of Khasab in Oman’s Musandam Governorate, near the Strait of Hormuz, on October 2, 2026. (AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 7: Tanker off Qatar reports hits from multiple projectiles, says maritime agency

Pentagon chief visits carrier returning from tough Iran war deployment * Report: PM repeatedly warned before Oct. 7 by Halevi, Bar, Gallant that internal rift was emboldening enemies

8:41 pm

Pentagon chief visits carrier returning from tough Iran war deployment
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Groups demand boycott of Andrea Bocelli's Jordan concert over his Israel support
8:12 pm

Tanker off Qatar reports hits from multiple projectiles, says maritime agency

Activists post stickers showing victims of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre, in New York City, October 6, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

'The world forgot and I'm not going to let them forget'

Activists put photos of Oct. 7 victims on NYC streets as city’s Jews mourn anniversary

Grassroots group places stickers of deceased in message to the community and the public, while Jewish groups hold events around city marking 3 years since Hamas attack

Protesters rally in support of the hostages in Central Park, New York City, June 8, 2025. (Luke Tress/ Times of Israel)

Where New Yorkers will commemorate the anniversary of October 7 and its aftermath

By Joseph Strauss

L: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 24, 2026. R: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to the press in July 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

AnalysisIs Netanyahu’s beef with Mamdani helping him politically?

By Eliav Breuer

An oasis of unity and comfort in Hostages Square

Amidst the post-October 7th discord and divisiveness, the Masorti Movement’s daily singing and prayer circle was a safe place of comfort and unity for all

Israel needs repair, not a return to normal

My generation stepped up when the government failed. Now we deserve a country where service is shared, sacrifice is honored and leaders are held accountable

We studied American Jews’ mental health after Oct. 7. They’re not OK

From fear of antisemitic attacks to being demonized by institutions where they’d felt at home, Diaspora Jews are in pain

To Israel, from your Christian allies: We stand beside you

In the past, our community persecuted the Jews, but now some of us are grateful and celebrate the light you bring to the world. Evil does not get the final word

3 years of war: Data shows IDF hit 100,000 targets as 31,500 projectiles fired at Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

In Gaza, military says it has killed 4 Hamas chiefs, established 40 new outposts; reserve army expands by 36%; 30,000 security personnel treated by Defense Ministry rehab center

Troops of the IDF's Givati Brigade operate in the Yabna camp of southern Gaza's Rafah, June 18, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 7 – 3 years to Hamas attack, Israel is both more secure and more vulnerable

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, October 6, 2026. (GPO/Screenshot)

Netanyahu claims Hamas will try to attack Israel to influence upcoming election

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Right-wing media personality Yinon Magal attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu ally slams ‘despicable’ Bibas family, others who contributed to book blaming PM for hostage deaths

Media personality Yinon Magal rails against people who contributed to the book ‘Mr. Abandonment,’ also singles out widow of downed navigator Ron Arad

Former hostage Yocheved Lifshitz joins families of former hostages, hostages who were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip, and victims of the October 7 attack at the Families’ Sukkah at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, September 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Poll finds Oct. 7 a central factor in most Israelis’ election decision-making

Passengers at the arrival hall in the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on May 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud inks compromise with Israeli expat voter effort; 53,000 said planning to fly in for election

Volunteers sit under a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei while attending a military training course at a camp set up in Imam Hussein Square in Tehran, Iran, on October 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

National Security Council warns Iran could attack Israel, Jews on Oct. 7 anniversary

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Israelis abroad urged not to speak Hebrew in crowded places or approach demonstrations; heads of IDF, Shin Bet and police discuss plans to keep Oct. 27 election ‘orderly and safe’

A satellite image of the Minzadehei nuclear site near Tehran, with annotations denoting IDF strikes and subsequent reconstruction. (Institute for Science and International Security/Vantor Technologies)

Satellite photos show ‘significant’ renewed activity at Iranian nuclear site bombed by IDF — report

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

US President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, October 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House denies Trump suggested Iran should ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego

By AFP

Book now for Wednesday's event in Jerusalem

ToI Presents: Israel’s most fateful election?

Join us in Jerusalem on Wednesday for an interactive live recording of our Daily Briefing podcast, hosted by ToI’s deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan

Inside story

Israeli airlines often lease foreign planes and crew, while leaving extra security behind

Loophole means passengers who think they are flying with an Israeli carrier can end up on another company’s plane, with no special screenings of pilots or stringent procedures meant to avoid situation like the flydubai attack

Travelers disembark an Electra plane at Ben Gurion International Airport. September 8, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Police said to probe 2 senior Transportation Ministry officials over flydubai failures

By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg

Dvir Rubinstein reportedly advised airlines, including flydubai, while also issuing their permits; Amir Cohen worked for Israeli carriers abroad, allegedly without approval

Passengers wait in line to check in their luggage with flydubai at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Illustrative: Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, August 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israelis could lose US visa waiver after flydubai attack revealed security lapses — report

By Stav Levaton, ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Sharon Wrobel

The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens joins ToI deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's A Mandatory Listen podcast. (ToI)

ToI podcast

A Mandatory Listen – Bret Stephens: Israel regained deterrence. The US lost it

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Bret Stephens

In the third episode of our new podcast series, The New York Times columnist presents a different framing for Israel’s losses — and gains — since October 7, 2023

Portraits of Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai are shown on the screen as they are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 7, 2026. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

French Jewish chemist Henri Kagan, Japan’s Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize for solving ‘mirror image’ mystery

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Chemistry award committee member calls work ‘coolest experiment’ in organic chemistry, a discovery hugely important for pharmaceutical manufacturing

Settlers reportedly open fire on Palestinians, beat journalist, try to take over home

By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan, AFP and Jeremy Sharon

Several wounded by gunfire during the olive harvest near village of Aqraba, as Palestinian tells ToI that settlers have been laying siege to his home since attacking it last night

Agence France-Presse’s (AFP) photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh is carried by Palestinian first responders to seek medical assistance after being beaten by several Israelis in Aqraba in the West Bank on October 6, 2026. (JOHN WESSELS/AFP)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the inauguration ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 9, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinian Authority claims Israel blocked election officials from Jerusalem, Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) meeting with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Ramallah on March 24, 2025. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP) /

EU ‘ready to deploy’ observers for November Palestinian legislative election, envoy says

By AFP and Jacob Magid

Bar Ilan University professor Shahar Nevo. (Bar Ilan University: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Mathematician accused of plotting to murder hundreds of Arabs named as Shahar Nevo

By Noam Lehmann

Bar Ilan University professor, 60, a resident of Petah Tikva, reportedly told court his attorney suggested he act a bit crazy to get lighter sentence, but he insisted on his sanity

Raz Shifer of Ramat Gan, a Nova Festival survivor, performs at LA's Viper Room in a scene from 'The Bridge,' a documentary about Israeli trauma survivors and their week at Rock ’n Roll Fantasy Camp. (Courtesy Rockcamp.com via JTA)

Documentary chronicles how Oct. 7 survivors found new life at LA’s Rock Camp

Founder of Rock ’n Roll Fantasy Camp was inspired by musical funeral of slain hostage to bring 10 others to California retreat; ‘The Bridge’ shows music as pathway from trauma to healing

Philadelphia teacher who pretended to be Palestinian was infamous among local Jews

By Andrew Lapin

Some PA Jewish groups didn’t know Hannah Gann was claiming to be from the Middle East, but they knew she praised Oct. 7 and brought anti-Israel bias into her high school classroom

Hannah Gann, a Jewish public school teacher and activist in Philadelphia who pretended to be Palestinian for years, addresses a meeting of the Philadelphia Board of Education, Dec. 4, 2025.(Screenshot via JTA)

More Headlines

A Green Party political sign put up by the householder to show support ahead of local council elections in London, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

In UK, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party over ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion

By Shira Li Bartov

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Nof air base in a picture distributed on September 29, 2026. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)

Netanyahu ordered to remove video filmed at IDF airbase from his personal social media

French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan speaks during a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on October 6, 2026. (Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN/AFP)

Far-left EU lawmaker under fire after throwing Israeli flag on floor at Oct. 7 memorial

By AFP and ToI Staff

An undated photo showing Mali (left) and Liel Yahalomi, an Israeli mother and daughter who went missing in Vienna on August 7, 2026, and were found alive and well in Argentina on August 14, 2026. (Israel's Embassy in Austria)

Iranians arrested in Namibia with fake passports misidentified as Mali and Liel Yahalomi

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. (AP/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

By AP

A picture taken on May 10, 2023 shows Aden airport in the Yemeni Red Sea port city which is controlled by the internationally recognised government. (Saleh Al-OBEIDI/AFP)

Houthis attack Aden airport with missiles and drones, amid Yemen government counteroffensive

By Enas Alashray and Mohammed Ghobari

A forensics officer points towards a police vehicle at the scene of a shooting the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. (Nick Lachance/Toronto Star via JTA)

Antisemitic flyers found in Ontario neighborhood where synagogue targeted on Yom Kippur

This combination of photos released by the US Army taken on May 16, 2025, shows from top left, Sgt. Declan Coady, Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, Maj. Cody Khork, Master Sgt. Noah Tietjens, Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, after they were killed in an Iranian drone strike on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait on March 1, 2026. (US Army via AP)

Most families of victims of deadliest Iran strike on US base weren’t at White House event

By Jack Brook and JULIE WATSON

Actress Eva Marie Saint attends the 20th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence In Production Design Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 31, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘Exodus,’ dies at 102

By AP

People gather on and around the statue in the center of the Place de la Republic square at the end of a demonstration part of a nationwide day of actions called by high-school students, joined by unions and teachers, who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations in Paris on October 6, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP)

French riot police fire tear gas as masses rally nationwide for school funding

By Nicolas Garriga and OLEG CETINIC

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