Hostage talks focus on Palestinian security prisoners * Sen. Fetterman’s Israel support * ToI in Gaza with an officer who said too much * Rethinking the Bible, and Purim

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, March 24, 2024 Presented by [Movinglife]( Live updates [LIVE: Mossad, Shin Bet, CIA envoys depart Qatar hostage deal talks to brief teams at home]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Soldier killed in Gaza fighting, ground op toll at 252 * Gallant says he won’t back Haredi draft proposal being submitted this week * Lebanese media report alleged Israeli strike on vehicle [Israel and Hamas continue indirect hostage talks in Qatar, amid reports of wide gaps]( By ToI Staff Hamas wants 30 security prisoners for every female soldier, Israel offering 5, says Al Jazeera; Sinwar’s deputy reportedly present; Barnea said set to fly home shortly [Thousands attend weekly anti-government, hostage protests with Purim themes]( By Iddo Schejter, Canaan Lidor and Charlie Summers [IDF: Soldier killed amid raid at Gaza’s Shifa hospital; 480 terror operatives nabbed]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Military announces death of Sgt. First Class Lior Raviv, 21, says more than half of those detained so far at medical center confirmed as members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad [IDF names soldier killed in West Bank sniper attack; battalion chief seriously hurt]( By Emanuel Fabian from our sponsor [The ATTO will change your opinion on mobility scooters]( A clunky sort of golf-cart for old people? Not anymore. People with mobility issues can now ride around in style! [Democrat John Fetterman’s Israel support brings fans on the right, critics on the left]( By Luke Tress Many US progressives feel stunned and betrayed by the Democratic senator’s outspoken backing of the Jewish state since Oct. 7, while Republicans are also surprised – pleasantly ToI in Gaza Lazar Berman [As Rafah waiting game continues, 82nd Battalion expands long fight in Khan Younis]( The Times of Israel joins engineers demolishing homes as armored forces move into new neighborhoods; unit commander forced to retract statements about Gaza settlements [Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at northern Israel as IDF strikes deep in Lebanon]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies Military says 50 projectiles launched, several intercepted, rest struck open areas, no reports of injuries; Lebanon reports three injured in Israeli attack on Baalbek [Hezbollah claims it targeted Iron Dome battery near Kfar Blum with armed UAVs]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [CRM]( Top Ops Frederick L. Klein [Purim(s): The battles we wage]( If you don’t like the megillah’s 9th chapter, remember that the Jews battle not to kill for the sake of it, but to defeat evil and the very possibility of Haman James Spiro [Cancer is cruel; Princess Kate needs us not to be]( When a mother of young kids needs to go public with her diagnosis to shut down internet speculation, the armchair observers have gone too far [Gallant: I won’t support Netanyahu’s Haredi draft bill without coalition consensus]( By ToI Staff Proposed outline of legislation reportedly does not include enlistment quota for ultra-Orthodox community or criminal sanctions for those who don’t serve [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Mar. 24: Day 170 – All fronts active as Gallant heads to DC]( By ToI Staff [Gallant to leave for Washington Sunday at invitation of US defense chief]( By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman [UN chief blames Israeli ‘obstacles, chokepoints’ for looming famine in Gaza Strip]( By Agencies and ToI Staff In Egypt, Secretary General Antonio Guterres says only effective way to deliver humanitarian resources is by road, but ‘arteries are clogged’ [‘A moral outrage’: At Gaza border, UN chief decries blocked trucks, inadequate aid flow]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Mar. 23: Day 169 – UN’s Gaza aid head: Situation slightly less desperate]( By ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Interview [How the Bible – and the Purim story – helped form a nation from an exiled people]( By Rich Tenorio In his bestseller ‘Why the Bible Began,’ theology Prof. Jacob L. Wright challenges conventional thought on the holy book’s history, positing that it was not all about religion [ADL partners with NCSY to help US Jewish teens deal with post-Oct. 7 antisemitism]( By Cathryn J. Prince Advocacy group and Orthodox youth movement aim to provide tools to push back against Jew hatred and be a safe space for high schoolers across the country to celebrate their Judaism [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [US academics from Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth latest group to make Israel pilgrimage]( By Gavriel Fiske Mindful of an informal boycott of Israeli academics since Oct. 7, faculty from three prestigious US schools come to tour massacre sites and take home the lessons learned [British medical NGO sets up field hospital near southern Gaza city of Rafah]( By ToI Staff UK-Med field hospital already treating over 200 patients a day and will soon include an emergency medical department with surgical facilities, organization says [Day 170 – All fronts active as Gallant heads to DC]( [listen to the podcast]( [As Russia mourns deadly terror attack, some still don’t know if loved ones are alive]( By AP Cultural events canceled, flags lowered, and TV suspended; Islamic State affiliate claims assault, but Putin continues to blame Ukraine [Zelensky says Putin seeking ways to divert blame for concert massacre near Moscow]( By Agencies More Headlines [Woman shot dead, two people wounded in suspected Ashdod gangland hit]( By ToI Staff [US military: Chinese-owned tanker hit by Houthi missile in Red Sea, 5 drones downed]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Palestinian climbers defy wartime obstacles to scale West Bank cliffs]( By AFP [200 kidnapped Nigerian students and staff released from captivity]( By Agencies [The daily edition]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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