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Following the October 7, 2023, attacks, Jews around the world are connecting
more and more to their Jewish identities, particularly by wearing the iconic
Star of David.
Hostages’ families file Hamas war crimes claim at ICC: ‘Genocide can’t go
unpunished’
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
A delegation of family members of Israeli hostages being held by terrorists in
Gaza filed complaints of war crimes against Hamas leaders at the International
Criminal Court in The Hague on Wednesday, demanding that the atrocities not go
unpunished. The ICC is separate from the International Court of Justice (ICJ),
where Israel has... Continue Reading

Captive audienceHoping to jar world leaders, hostage’s cousin rebuilds captivity
in virtual reality
By Jessica Steinberg
‘Hamas is Hitler’s successor’: Hostages’ families head to The Hague to file
complaint
By Jeremy Sharon
US says it nabbed vessel carrying arms from Iran to Yemeni rebels
By AFP and ToI Staff
CENTCOM reveals January raid on ship found ‘advanced conventional weapons and
other lethal aid,’ calls it example of Iranian ‘malign activity in the region’
After months taking on Houthi missiles, US carrier faces new maritime menace
By Bernat Armangue and TARA COPP
As avian flu rises in Hula Valley cranes, authorities spar over who collects
carcasses
By Sue Surkes
While Agriculture Ministry, Nature and Parks Authority argue, farmers see more
crane corpses in fields; Hula reserve closed; fears that virus could spiral into
epidemic, as in 2021
Top European rights court upholds bans on halal, kosher slaughter in Belgium
By JTA and Canaan Lidor
Rabbi slams ‘a black day for Europe’ amid fears other countries will follow
suit; critics say the bans infringe on religious practice
Data suggests rise a reflection of praise for Hamas attack
UK Jewish group records all-time high in antisemitic incidents after October 7
By Agencies
LONDON — Britain recorded thousands of antisemitic incidents after the outbreak
of war between Israel and Hamas in October, making 2023 the worst year for UK
antisemitism since 1984, when Jewish advisory body CST began recording such
data, it said Thursday. The number of antisemitic incidents across the country
reached 4,103, more than... Continue Reading

UK Labour suspends 2nd parliamentary candidate in 24 hours over anti-Israel
rhetoric
By ToI Staff and Agencies
‘Get the f*ck out of here’: Comedian berates Israeli at UK show, some in crowd
join in
By Jackie Hajdenberg
'If she didn't save others, her life would have no value'
A Polish ‘countess’ saved thousands from the Nazis. No one knew she was a Jew
By Shira Li Bartov
Nearly lost to history, the incredible story of mathematician Janina Spinner
Mehlberg is retold in ‘The Counterfeit Countess’ by historians Elizabeth B.
White and Joanna Sliwa
ToI Event
ToI Presents: English screening of Israel’s Oscar pick ‘7 Blessings’ plus
discussion
By ToI Staff
Join us on Feb. 28 in Jerusalem for an English-subtitled showing of
award-winning drama and a conversation between screenwriter/lead actress and
ToI’s Jessica Steinberg
Those We Have Lost
Rony Levy, 80: Great-grandfather who never stopped riding his bike
By ToI Staff
Murdered in his home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7
Those We Have LostArik Kraunik, 54: Be’eri security chief who set out first on
Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Authorities name 571 soldiers, 61 police officers killed in Gaza war
By Emanuel Fabian
More Headlines
FBI arrests Indiana man who threatened to ‘kill every Jew’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Hailing Hitler, mocking Anne Frank: Italy probes 24 over racist event in Jewish
area
By AP and ToI Staff
Israeli deepfake detection startup raises first $16 million in seed funding
By Sharon Wrobel
Palestinian artist who exhibited with Ai Weiwei arrested during IDF West Bank
search
By Jeremy Sharon
Left-wing Zionist groups Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu to merge
By Ron Kampeas
Far from war, Yair Netanyahu spied loafing in luxe south Florida digs
By ToI Staff
Berlin Film Festival brings Israeli-Palestinian tensions into the spotlight
By AP
Swedish foreign minister confronts Iran over murder plot against Jews in his
country
By AFP
After credit downgrade, Moody’s lowers deposit ratings of Israel’s five largest
banks
By Sharon Wrobel
Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber among stars condemning calls for Israel Eurovision
ban
By Amy Spiro
MIT suspends anti-Israel student group for holding unauthorized demonstration
By Agencies
Netanyahu said seeking to outlaw publication of security cabinet leaks
By ToI Staff
Top Ops
Michael Oren
The US charge of ‘indiscriminate bombing’ is over the top
Washington should know that the Gaza civilian death toll is relatively low – its
accusations endanger Israel’s security
Nadav Tamir
The­ scorpion
Netanyahu pushed Qatar to support Hamas, unfairly targeted the Red Cross and is
fighting a war with no exit plan – so who’s to blame?
Sara Stein
Since when do Australian Jews talk in whispers?!
From license plates that celebrate October 7 to doxxing a Jewish MP,
antisemitism is rising dramatically Down Under
Cat Korren
I was a tour guide on Birthright’s first trip back to Israel
My sense of Israel crumbled on October 7, but introducing this beautiful, broken
place to my group made me fall in love with it all over again
Daniel G. Saunders
The Jewish state as effigy
Claiming Israel is colonialist, white supremacist, genocidal is how protestors
cleanse their own middle class white guilt
Gidi Grinstein
How to do Palestinian statehood right
Handled properly, US recognition of the PA as a nascent state could turn the
current breakdown into a breakthrough toward peace
Ksenia Svetlova
Beyond Israel’s Borders: Is Iran actually able to control its proxies?
This week in the region: Sudan loses internet connection, America continues to
target Shiite Iraqi militias, and Turkey and Syria still feel heavy damage from
last year’s earthquake
Jonathan Lipow
To defeat Hamas, we must use our words
The terror group must be confronted ideologically, and for this, the most
important battleground is in Israel’s prisons
Cheryl Levi
When the battlefield is the basketball court
The Irish women’s team refused to shake hands with the Israel’s team, leaving
the Israelis no choice but to win a decisive victory
Shayna Abramson
How to be pro-ceasefire without being antisemitic
Too many worldwide are calling for a unilateral Israeli surrender to Hamas
rather than for both sides to lay down arms
Ellen Ginsberg Simon
A university president with a principled stand on BDS
Brown University President Christina Paxson could have hid behind policy when
she rejected students’ divestment demands
Samantha Kahn
To Taylor Swift on supporting Israel
As a Swiftie, I know you have the ability to go visit, to learn, to see for
yourself. Please don’t close your eyes to the truth
Popular
 * 1
   Feb. 14: Germany says it is pushing EU bloc to weigh imposing sanctions on
   extremist settlers
   
 * 2
   After call with Biden, PM says Israel won’t be pressured into accepting
   Palestinian state
   
 * 3
   Terrorist ‘sexually assaulted hostage at gunpoint’: Freed captive recounts
   testimony
   
 * 4
   Feb. 13: Report says PM dismissed hostage release outline put together by
   Mossad, Shin Bet, IDF
   
 * 5
   IDF airs footage of Hamas leader Sinwar in Gaza tunnel: ‘We’ll catch him,
   dead or alive’
   

Those we have lost
Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

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   Those We Have Lost
   Yohai Ben Zecharia, 23: Partygoer loved animals and ‘was all heart’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Sgt. Nativ Kuzaro, 21: Iron Dome operator’s ‘smile always led the way’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Raz Mizrahi, 21: Wounded in 2021 attack, recovered and slain at party
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Lt. Col. Meidan Israel, 35: Proud father and dedicated IDF officer
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Shlomo Alsheikh, 28: Ex-Haredi partygoer who ‘always had a smile’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Staff Sgt. Daniel Kasvachuk, 21: Off-duty soldier was a ‘happy soul’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Rony Levy, 80: Great-grandfather who never stopped riding his bike
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Liron Barda, 26: Rave bartender stayed behind to treat wounded
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Guy Azar, 23: Had a ‘beautiful smile’ and dreams of a fashion label
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Staff Sgt. Shahaf Nissani, 20: ‘Angel’ lookout soldier set to be released
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Arik Kraunik, 54: Be’eri security chief who set out first on Oct. 7
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Shlomi Sividia, 37: Software engineer with music ‘flowing in his veins’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Shahar Gindi, 25: Giving soul with the ‘biggest heart in the world’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Cpl. Yonatan Elazari, 19: Unarmed trainee went to fight back invasion
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Shifra Noy, 71: ‘Mythological’ preschool teacher soothed every toddler
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Staff Sgt. Adi Tzur, 20: Quietly assertive ‘hero’ soldier
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Sgt. Binyamin Airley, 21: Had a ‘love affair’ with the Land of Israel
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Keshet Casarotti-Kalfa, 21: Pirate-loving partygoer ‘a ball of light’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Noy Aviv, 29: English teacher and singer with an ‘incredible voice’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Police Commander Jayar Davidov, 44: ‘Always had a sparkle in his eye’
   By ToI Staff


Those we are missing
The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Devoted uncle and Nir Oz resident Yair Horn
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Shiri Bibas and her redheaded babies
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Arbel Yehud, third generation on Kibbutz Nir Oz
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Hamza Ziyadne, Rahat resident working in Kibbutz Holit
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Gali Berman, from Kfar Aza’s ‘young neighborhood’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Presumed captive: Eli Sharabi from Kibbutz Be’eri
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Thai field hand Sriaoun Watchara
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Surasak Lamnau, Thai worker abducted with employer
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Daniel Perez, absence felt at brother’s wedding
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Presumed captive: Ohad Yahalomi, shot in the leg by terrorists
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Ofer Calderon, initially escaped through window
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Tal Shoham, held captive separately from family
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Matan Zangauker, ‘is a survivor’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Youssef Hamis Ziyadne from Rahat
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: US citizen Keith Siegel, driven to Gaza in his own car
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Elad Katzir, farmer and social activist
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Edan Alexander, told mother he was safe
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Nadav Popplewell, held in tunnel under Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Avraham Munder, forced to kneel in front of terrorists
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Ohad Ben Ami, dual Israeli-German citizen
   By ToI Staff


Those We Call Heroes
People saving others and making lives better

 * The 81-year-old woman who climbed out the window to escape Hamas
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Inside story
   How a Druze mom fooled Hamas into revealing its attack plans on Oct. 7,
   saving her town
   By Sue Surkes
 * A month after his son fell in battle, a father stages a one-man play about
   October 7
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * Under fire in Gaza, hero paramedic saved life of tank crew member
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Inside story
   Something is afoot: Volunteers fit IDF soldiers with US military boots amid
   Hamas war
   By Sharon Wrobel
 * Undeterred by Oct. 7 massacre, foreign interns keep Gaza-periphery dairy
   farms afloat
   By Bernard Dichek
 * The Persian-Jewish grandma who wants to feed the entire IDF from her
   apartment
   By Gavriel Fiske
 * Family of fallen Oct. 7 hero Tomer Nagar commissions line of beers in his
   honor
   By Stuart Winer
 * Fixing up old tanks and recruiting old reservists, a tech VP creates a new
   battalion
   By Sue Surkes
 * Officer tasked with arranging constant IDF funerals nearly died after heart
   gave way
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * Dad launches ‘Project Menorah’ to support Jews fearful of displaying Hanukkah
   lights
   By Matt Lebovic
 * 
   Interview
   ‘Life under Hamas is like under ISIS,’ says Syria-born journalist deported
   from Gaza
   By Gianluca Pacchiani
 * 
   Reporter's notebook
   Resurrecting Gaza border communities will take a lot more than sowing winter
   wheat
   By Canaan Lidor
 * 96-year-old woman escaped October 7 massacre at Be’eri; grandson held in Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Interview
   Lebanese Israeli advocate on US colleges post-Oct. 7: ‘Many don’t see
   Israelis as humans’
   By Gianluca Pacchiani
 * First wave out of 7,000 foreign doctors wanting to help amid war have come to
   Israel
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * 
   Inside story
   Archaeologists sift through devastation to help families of Oct. 7 victims
   gain closure
   By Melanie Lidman
 * Truck dashcam footage shows farmer dodging bullets as he saved 120 from music
   festival
   By Sue Surkes
 * Shepherding life into the world following catastrophe brings hope to Israeli
   midwives
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * Israeli charity aims to provide it all for soldiers, including mobile laundry
   and spas
   By Gavriel Fiske


Tales of the Times
The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

 * 
   A meaning of life
   Resilience via absurdity: Israeli orchestra launches Monty Python show
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Bad rap
   Ozzy Osbourne slams ‘antisemitic’ Kanye after unapproved sample use
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   High note
   Israeli Opera original ‘Theodor’ named one of world’s best for 2023
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   It stinks
   Likud minister, MK face off over vodka breath, blather
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Ballsy move
   Pro-Palestinian porn star from US visits Tehran, sparking questions
   By AP and ToI Staff
 * 
   King David
   ‘Curb’ season premiere raises question: Will Larry go to Israel?
   By Ben Sales
 * 
   Crossover episode
   ‘Somebody had to do it’: Larry David attacks Elmo on morning show
   By Michael Horovitz
 * 
   Escar-no
   Airport inspectors seize 5 kg of Asian snails from Thai workers
   By Sue Surkes
 * 
   Mass marker
   Designer 3D-prints tens of thousands of yellow ribbon pins for hostages
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Pittfalls of aging
   Tarantino reunites with Brad Pitt for director’s final film – report
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Nature's resurgence
   Red anemones carpet south as annual festival, muted this year, celebrates
   them
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Soldiers of the book
   Unhooked from phones, troops in Gaza turn to reading to pass time
   By Tal Schneider
 * 
   Pyramid scheme
   Egyptian pyramid undergoes renovation, drawing anger, ridicule
   By AFP
 * 
   Undercover
   Police minister turns up at Jaffa station in fake beard and wig
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   She's a Fighter
   Luxembourg taps Israeli singer as Eurovision song entry
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Miss Lieser returns
   Gustav Klimt painting resurfaces in Austria after almost 100 years
   By AFP
 * 
   Called up for service
   Jon Stewart to return as part-time host of ‘The Daily Show’
   By jacob gurvis
 * 
   Time bomb
   Gaza war among fears as ‘Doomsday Clock’ stays close to midnight
   By Reuters and ToI Staff
 * 
   Loafing around
   35-foot challah in NYC attempts to break Guinness record
   By julia GERGELY
 * 
   Infonomicon
   What’s information? Yuval Noah Harari gives answer in new book
   By Hillel Italie




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