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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

October 7 Hamas atrocities

Stephen Smith in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2024. (Shoshanna Solomon)
Interview
To build empathy around Oct. 7, former USC Shoah Foundation head pushes new VR project
By Shoshanna Solomon
Holocaust expert Stephen Smith believes disseminating augmented first-person accounts from a freed hostage and Nova survivors will help combat denial on US college campuses
14 months after hostage son was freed, father says family still held captive by trauma
By Jessica Steinberg
On Tel Aviv’s once-bustling Dizengoff, business owners lament another casualty of war
By Jennifer Korn
Israeli soldiers walk next to bodies of people murdered by Hamas terrorists in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 7, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 6:42 pm
Knesset passes law mandating five years in jail for denial of October 7 massacre
Modeled after 1986 law banning Holocaust denial, legislation requires five-year prison term for denying the atrocities ‘with the intention of defending or identifying with Hamas’
By Sam Sokol
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi meets troops in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, April 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 21, 2025, 4:44 pm
IDF chief Halevi’s resignation letter: Oct. 7 failure will stay with me for rest of my life
‘This decision was made long ago. Now, with the IDF holding the upper hand in all theaters of combat and with another hostage return agreement underway, the time has come’
By ToI Staff
Pictures of five female Israeli soldiers who are held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are displayed ahead of a weekly protest by families to demand their release, in Tel Aviv, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
January 21, 2025, 3:13 pm
Hamas confirms 4 female hostages to be released on Saturday, without naming them
IDF says displaced Palestinians can return to north Gaza next week if Hamas upholds truce; Mossad, Shin Bet chiefs in Cairo for talks with Egyptian intel chief
By AFP, Amy Spiro, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Ofir Engel, center, as he was released home from Gaza captivity on November 29, 2023 with his parents Yoav, left, and Sharon Engel (Courtesy)
January 19, 2025, 3:15 pm
14 months after hostage son was freed, father says family still held captive by trauma
Ahead of the ceasefire and first phase of hostage deal, Yoav Engel gives a glimpse into the world of a family shaken by their child’s Oct. 7 kidnapping to Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Stephen Smith in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2024. (Shoshanna Solomon)
January 19, 2025, 3:08 pm
To build empathy around Oct. 7, former USC Shoah Foundation head pushes new VR project
Holocaust expert Stephen Smith believes disseminating augmented first-person accounts from a freed hostage and Nova survivors will help combat denial on US college campuses
By Shoshanna Solomon
Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya gives a televised speech about the hostage-ceasefire deal between the Palestinian terror group and Israel, in the Qatari capital of Doha on January 15, 2025. (YouTube screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 16, 2025, 5:03 am
Hamas leader touts ceasefire as a defeat for Israel while hailing Oct. 7 atrocities
Khalil al-Hayya praises deadliest massacre of Jews since Holocaust as ‘a source of pride for our people’; Islamic Jihad calls deal ‘an honorable agreement to stop the aggression’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prof. Derek Penslar, right, and Prof. Magda Teter, Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies and professor of history at Fordham University speak during a panel at Harvard Yard, December 10, 2024. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2025, 4:57 am
Harvard antisemitism task force co-chair talks about post-Oct. 7 ‘petrified anger’
Prof. Derek Penslar recently spoke at the Divinity School about his book ‘Zionism: An Emotional State,’ and the passions motivating Zionists and anti-Zionists, now and in the past
By Rich Tenorio
An undated picture of four IDF surveillance soldiers held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, that was made public by their families on July 16, 2024. Behind them is a framed picture of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. From left: Liri Albag, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, and Karina Ariev. (Courtesy)
January 14, 2025, 9:24 pm
Amid emerging deal, medical experts warn released hostages face complex issues
‘Everyone needs to understand that they are not going back to what they used to be,’ says captive released from Gaza in November 2023 deal
By Diana Bletter
IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on August 20, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 13, 2025, 6:36 am
‘We don’t talk about feelings’: IDF officers said to deny mental health help to soldiers
Servicemembers detail to Haaretz how some commanders have warned soldiers in distress not to get out of wartime duties, with many troops afraid of stigma if they seek treatment
By Michael Bachner
People attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Central Park in New York City, on January 12, 2025. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 11:00 pm
Biden stresses ‘immediate need’ for hostage-truce deal in call with Netanyahu
PM said to meet with far-right coalition members to gauge support for agreement; negotiators reportedly believe next two days critical to determine if deal is achievable
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Tomer Arava Eliaz and his mother Dikla Arava, who were killed, likely by IDF fire, during Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre on Kibbutz Nahal Oz. (Courtesy)
January 10, 2025, 4:39 pm
IDF probe: Dikla Arava and son Tomer were likely killed by Israeli fire on Oct. 7
Investigation based on testimonies from soldiers, officers, civilians finds both were apparently shot by mistake by IDF troops in two separate incidents during Kibbutz Nahal Oz battles
By Emanuel Fabian
Filmmaker Leslie Gelrubin Benitah sees the devastation wrought on Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas assault of October 7, 2023, in this still from 'Milk and Honey, Blood and Tears.' (Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 2:51 am
Some Jewish film festivals tiptoe around Oct. 7. A Miami festival is leaning into it
Running from Jan. 9-23, the Miami Jewish Film Festival features 13 films dealing with the Hamas atrocities, to help combat denial of the tragedy and make victims’ voices heard
By Rich Tenorio
Relatives and friends of Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza, gather at the family home in the southern Israel city of Rahat, on January 8, 2025, after the IDF said it had recovered Youssef's body and had 'grave concerns' for Hamza's life. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
January 9, 2025, 1:02 am
Family and friends mourn death of hostage Youssef Ziyadne, blame government inaction
Relatives say they had held out hope the 53-year-old father of 19 would be freed alive in an imminent deal; released hostage Farhan al-Qadi eulogizes his childhood friend
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and members of the General Staff Forum at the Defense Ministry, November 11, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
January 8, 2025, 6:20 pm
Amid growing spat, Katz orders Halevi to ‘fully cooperate’ with Oct. 7 probe
IDF hits back, says issues shouldn’t be resolved via the media, military already cooperating with state comptroller; defense minister’s spokesman threatens army spokesman Hagari
By Emanuel Fabian
MK Nissim Vaturi (left) attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on August 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); The Democrats party leader Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2025, 4:15 pm
Likud MK Vaturi suggests Democrats leader Golan betrayed country on Oct. 7
Right-wing lawmaker amplifies conspiracy theory, says opposition party chief would do anything to bring down Netanyahu; Golan demands apology, threatens to sue
By ToI Staff
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