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What Matters Most On Friday, October 9, 2026

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023. At right is his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Avi Gil. At left is his chief of staff Tzachi Braverman. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

PM’s ex-military secretary: Netanyahu prioritized political survival when he could have saved hostages’ lives

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

In bombshell interview, Avi Gil, who was in post on Oct. 7, alleges PM’s chief of staff falsified his phone records from that day; PM issues denial; opposition leaders call for criminal probe

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, October 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Treason’: Opposition demands criminal probe of PM, after ex-military aide’s Oct.7 revelations

Former Prime Minister and B'Yachad party leader Naftali Bennett speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, September 26, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Bennett accuses Netanyahu of asking October 7 victims to ‘kiss’ his hand

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, sits at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany, October 9, 2026, following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)

Israel: Goebbels is certainly applauding from hell

Navi Pillay, head of UN commission that accused Israel of genocide, wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Choice seen as rebuke to Israel and US; Israel denounces ‘grotesque weaponization of award, to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice’; committee chair hails Pillay’s work as ‘inspiration to those who seek more peaceful world’

Palestinian children sit in their classroom on the first day of the new academic year at a UN-run school in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, September 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for ‘hateful’ speech

Seven IDF widows have become friends and a support system for one another (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)

'It's about a desire to still enjoy things'

Together in their solitude: 7 IDF widows find friendship as they navigate life after loss

By Jessica Steinberg

Their husbands were killed in the line of reserve duty. Now a group of young Jerusalemite mothers who speak the same language of grief lean on each other for support — and laughs

IDF launches review of heroic acts by soldiers on Oct. 7 to select honors recipients

By Stav Levaton

Promoted Livestream

October 7, Three Years Later: Inside Israel’s War Room

Three years after October 7, Yaakov talks to Yonah Jeremy Bob, co-author of In the War Room, for a behind-the-scenes look at how Israel’s war has been managed at the highest levels.

US President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, October 7, 2026. (AP/Eric Gay)

US said preparing options to renew Iran war, including plan for 3 days of intense strikes

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Trump has rejected five proposals for attacks on Iran or the Houthis in recent months, but officials mull latest plans, which focus on missiles and drones, according to NYT report

US President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, October 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump says US won’t hit Iran this month, as Zamir said to warn strike could delay Israel’s election

By Agencies and Lazar Berman

Motorists and street vendors pass by billboards bearing images of Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, right, and the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Sanaa, Yemen, October 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Houthis claim new attack against airport in Riyadh, as airlines suspend flights

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

Reporter's notebook

Ofer Winter talks like he’s the opposition, but won’t walk away from Netanyahu

Railing against government failures, People of Israel leader promises political overhaul yet rules out any alternative to the current prime minister; the dissonance is not lost on right-wing voters he’s trying to win over

People of Israel party leader Ofer Winter holds a press conference near Ben Gurion airport, October 05, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

An election campaign poster featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot is displayed on a bus in Jerusalem, October 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI poll: Anti-Netanyahu bloc regains lead but both camps short of majority 19 days ahead of vote

Israel’s far-right influencer Mordechai David speaks during an interview with AFP in Bnei Brak on September 3, 2026. (Jack Guez/AFP)

ProfileFar-right online agitator Mordechai David, the new face of Israel’s toxic political discourse

By Yaelle Ifrah

Anti-Israel Greens’ chief Polanski loses UK parliamentary election to Labour candidate

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Jewish politician gets only 33% of vote for seat vacated by former prime minister Keir Starmer in central London, days after his party declared ‘Zionism is racism’ and Israel should disappear

Britain’s leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, campaigns in London on September 12, 2026, ahead of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to determine who will replace former prime minister Keir Starmer as local MP. (Toby Shepheard/AFP)

A photo Dan Levene posted after reporting that he was assaulted by anti-Israel graffiti artists, October 7, 2026. (Dan Levene/X)

Jewish man says he was beaten after confronting anti-Israel vandals in London

A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers man a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, England September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Two men arrested after breaking into UK airbase used by US — counterterrorism police

By William James

IDF soldier killed, 3 others wounded after Humvee overturned in southern Lebanon

By Stav Levaton, AFP and ToI Staff

Cpt. Eliav Haim Tzapalamus named as fallen officer; military opens investigation; EU foreign policy chief urges extension of UNIFIL mandate to prevent security vacuum

Capt. Eliav Haim Tzapalamus (Israel Defense Forces)

LiveUpdated 1wk ago

Oct. 9: UAE says Omani copilot of flydubai flight met ‘security requirements’ for employment

Foreign Ministry warns Israelis abroad to be ‘vigilant’ ahead of expected anti-Israel rallies tomorrow * Trump says Iran war will ‘be over soon, one way or the other’

11:36 pm

Zelensky slams Trump for accepting Russia's offer to supply oil to US, world markets
10:33 pm

Lebanon says 6 wounded in attack that Israel says targeted pro-Iran Syrian operative
10:12 pm

Trump says Putin agrees to major release of diesel to help soaring costs amid Iran war

Prakash Bishunke

Nepal may have forgotten October 7. I cannot

We young Nepalis came to Israel to learn how to farm. Three years later, our own country doesn’t care about the losses we suffered there

We must be the Israel of October 8

The solidarity that emerged after October 7 was no illusion. It showed us another Israel is possible — and that we need not accept division as our fate

Thoughts about home from my army cot

It’s where we take off our shoes and put down some of the weight we’ve been carrying, out in the field or around the kitchen table, holding the country together

Mordechai Soskil

‘Ayeka’ is already too late

What if Adam had had the spiritual awareness to seek out God to apologize before God pushed him to own up to his sin? (Bereishit)

Lazar Focus podcast

Elizabeth Tsurkov: Sharaa’s Syria is no threat to Israel

By Lazar Berman

The former jihadists ruling Damascus are keen to stay in power, says Middle East scholar, adding that Lebanon’s government is trying to avoid civil war, not take on Hezbollah

Abdul El-Sayed won’t say Iran is bigger threat than Israel, in first Michigan debate

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Lightning-rod Senate candidate claims Israel dragged US into Mideast war so it could annex southern Lebanon, as Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, says IDF committed war crimes in Gaza

Democratic nominee for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed, left, looks over to Republican nominee for US Senate Mike Rogers during a televised debate at WOOD-TV, on October 8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks to AI executives backstage before delivering a keynote speech during the AI Horizons Summit at Bakery Square on September 17, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

In TV debate, both Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates agree only on Israel

By Sharon Udasin

Democratic nominee for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed talks during a televised debate with Republican nominee for US Senate Mike Rogers at WOOD-TV, on October 8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP/Paul Sancya, Pool)

Trump misnames Muslim Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as ‘Mohammed’

By AFP and ToI Staff

David Milstein, senior adviser to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaks at a CPAC conference, October 30, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/CPAC)

Huckabee aide tried quashing US embassy reports to protect Israeli government — NYT

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Report citing over a dozen sources says David Milstein undermining diplomatic work on settlements, settler violence and Gaza’s rebuilding; Huckabee rejects allegations

Israel Day on Fifth parade in New York City, May 31, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

‘Surge’ in US Jewish life has continued three years since October 7, survey finds

View of the southern Israeli town of Ofakim, April 19, 2015. (FLASH90)

School in Oct. 7-scarred Ofakim shocks kids with terror drill on attack’s anniversary

Parents protest unannounced simulated infiltration for elementary-aged children, some of whom were recognized as victims of hostile acts during the 2023 onslaught

Haredi anti-enlistment protesters clash with cops, block highways in Bnei Brak, Jerusalem

By Noam Lehmann

At least 3 arrested for attacking police, encircling soldier; police escort two Shas MKs out of event crashed by rioters; PM reportedly wary of riots’ political fallout

Haredi protesters block cars during an anti-enlistment demonstration in Jerusalem on October 8, 2026. The two protesters on the right hold a sign reading, 'either Haredi or military.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Katz reportedly seeking to ban pro-Palestinian activists from West Bank during olive harvest

By Jeremy Sharon

Settlement umbrella group says defense minister taking action at its request; IDF, police address illegal outpost farmers; NGO records 109 acts of violence during harvest season

Israeli security forces remove Palestinians and left-wing activists from olive groves during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus, October 2, 2026. (Flash90)

Illustrative: Israeli security forces raid the southern Bedouin town of Rahat on May 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Shin Bet details alleged plot to form ‘terror battalion’ in Bedouin town in southern Israel

Illustrative: A man is seen in handcuffs after an arrest operation (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

East Jerusalem student charged with plotting terror attacks in revenge for parking tickets

By Noam Lehmann

At the October 3, 2026 opening of 'The Space That Remains,' an October 7 exhibit at the Peres Center through October 15, 2026 (Courtesy)

Anchors in Time

Exhibit of October 7 victims’ belongings touches the soul

By Jessica Steinberg

‘The Space That Remains,’ at the Peres Center, includes Ariel Bibas’s balance bike, and his baby brother Kfir’s bouncy seat

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Shoppers walk through the Mall of America, October 7, 2026, in Bloomington, Minnesota. (AP/Ellen Schmidt)

Minnesota teen charged with ISIS-inspired plot on Jewish-owned Mall of America

Screenshot from a video posted by an Egyptian pilot on Instagram on October 7, 2026 showing an EgyptAir plane pulling up next to an El Al jet. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

EgyptAir pilot sparks fear after posting El Al plane video with threatening speech on Oct. 7

Israel’s national pavilion at Marrakech Airshow, the first since normalizing ties with Morocco in 2020, October 8, 2026. (Defense Ministry)

Israel opens its first national pavilion at Morocco’s Marrakech Airshow

By Stav Levaton

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)

Pentagon says it will live-stream execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan

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