Hezbollah drone strike hurts 18 * Cameron in J’lem: Israel will respond to Iran * Top ex-general’s radical strategy * USC scraps anti-Israel Muslim valedictorian’s speech

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Presented by [Project Mobility]( [18 hurt, 1 critically, as Hezbollah drone hits community center in northern Israel]( By Emanuel Fabian Footage shows projectile slamming into building in Arab al-Aramshe, in attack Lebanese terror group calls a response to the killing of three of its members a day earlier [Commando seriously hurt as Israeli tanks said to push back into northern Gaza]( By Emanuel Fabian, Reuters and ToI Staff [2 Hezbollah commanders killed in IDF strikes as attack drones injure 3 in north]( By Emanuel Fabian [After meeting Herzog, UK’s Cameron says it’s clear Israel will respond to Iran attack]( By Agencies and ToI Staff British FM hopes retaliation will not further escalate tensions, calls for G7 countries to sanction Iran; visiting German FM says all parties must act ‘prudently and responsibly’ [Response to Iranian attack a must, but Israel will be smart about it, officials say]( By ToI Staff and Reuters [Poll: 74% of Israelis oppose counterstrike on Iran if it harms security alliances]( By Stuart Winer Live updates [LIVE: Israel will decide Iran response itself, Netanyahu says after talks with UK, German FMs]( By ToI Staff Visiting European diplomats urge restraint and caution * Iran parades military equipment, threatens deadlier arms will be used against Israel * Airstrikes target Hamas, Hezbollah from our sponsor [Project Mobility: Healing Israel’s Wounded Warriors – With Fun]( Project Mobility aims to help wounded IDF soldiers recover with proven VR physiotherapy game-play technology. 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[IDF shows remains of Iranian ballistic missile that fell in Dead Sea]( By ToI Staff Military estimates rocket carried a 500-kilogram warhead; spokesperson says that when Iran fired at Israel it knew it would be a ‘dangerous escalation’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Apr. 17: Day 194 – Tension on 3 fronts; climate bill advances in Knesset]( By ToI Staff [UK budget carrier EasyJet extends suspension of flights to Israel until late October]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Iranian president: ‘Tiniest invasion’ by Israel will be met with a massive response]( By Agencies and ToI Staff At annual military showcase, Ebrahim Raisi hails ‘success’ of country’s weekend missile and drone strike on Israel, as Tehran’s navy commander pledges greater presence in Red Sea [Explainer / From proxies to gas pumps, Israel’s retaliation could hit Iran in myriad ways]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Raisi, Iranian leaders warn Israel against ‘slightest’ response to weekend attack]( By Agencies Analysis Amir Bar Shalom [With attack, Iran breathes life into nascent US-led alliance from Qatar to Israel]( Israeli official calls joint air defense operation run out of war room near Doha a real breakthrough, marking first time coalition has actively banded together against Tehran Interview [A top ex-general’s radical strategy for tackling Iran, saving the hostages, calming the north]( By David Horovitz Giora Eiland, a former national security adviser and ex-IDF operations chief, has been bitterly critical of Israel’s response to October 7; here he sets out an alternative approach [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Schools and students displaced in the north learn to deal with chaos sown by war]( By Diana Bletter Finding new, safer locations with bomb shelters and operating short-staffed are just some of the challenges school administrators face under Hezbollah missile threat after Oct. 7 Top Ops Chavi Feldman [What is resilience?]( Another country coming under a massive missile attack would descend into utter chaos, but Israel just keeps on keeping on Avi Kahn [I am a father and a soldier. I have a message for our enemies]( To those who sacrifice their own families in order to destroy ours: Fear us. Fear the men who value peace, but are dragged to war [US, Europe to up Iran sanctions as Israel pressed to ditch threatened retaliation]( By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman EU foreign police chief says request to add IRGC to blacklist impossible without evidence of terror activity; top German, UK diplomats head to Israel to discuss lowering tensions [Turkish president says Netanyahu to blame for Iran’s attack on Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [BBC urges UN experts to condemn Iran’s ‘harassment’ of its journalists]( By AFP [California university cancels Muslim valedictorian’s speech, citing safety concerns]( By steve gorman, Julia Harte and Kanishka Singh Asna Tabassum, a student of ‘genocide resistance’ who has advocated for Israel’s eradication, says institution ‘caving to fear’; Jewish groups say she’s espoused antisemitic views [USC Shoah foundation distances itself from canceled pro-Palestinian valedictorian]( By Andrew Lapin [US bill on fighting antisemitism draws rare bipartisan support in Congress]( By Ron Kampeas [CRM]( [UN Security Council committee unable to agree on Palestinian bid for full membership]( By Reuters Palestinian Authority still expected to push 15-member Council to vote on draft resolution in coming days, though the motion is unlikely to pass [European Parliament condemns incitement in Palestinian, UNRWA textbooks]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [Qatari PM says Israel-Hamas talks on Gaza truce, hostage deal are ‘stalling’]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani says Cairo-based negotiations are at ‘sensitive stage,’ urges international community to work toward ending war [Pakistan and Saudi Arabia call for Gaza ceasefire, lament efforts so far]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [UN to launch $2.8 billion global ‘flash appeal’ for Gaza and West Bank]( By AFP and ToI Staff Money will go toward 3 million Palestinians across territories; original request for $4 billion lowered, citing limited ability to deliver all aid to areas of need [Government tells High Court it has taken action to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza]( By Jeremy Sharon [Israeli aid group helping to provide thousands of tents for Gazans – report]( By ToI Staff [Ben Gvir reportedly makes it a ministry policy to change Temple Mount status quo]( By ToI Staff Far-right minister, who advocates Jewish prayer at Old City compound, said to include ‘preventing discrimination and racism’ in ministry’s work plan, wants to boost police control [Ben Gvir forms police team targeting left-wing activists in the West Bank – report]( By ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [As anxiety surges during war, Israeli GenAI platform can ease psychiatrists’ workload]( By Renee Ghert-Zand A new cutting-edge platform, developed at Sheba Hospital in the wake of October 7, substantially streamlines intake of patients for mental healthcare [Food writer Joan Nathan’s life and recipes combine in new hybrid cookbook-memoir]( By Jessica Steinberg ‘My Life in Recipes, Food, Family, and Memories’ is the author’s most personal work yet, a reflection on her 80 years [Nature org urges opposition to ‘draconian’ proposals for rebuilding Gaza border area]( By Sue Surkes Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel holds emergency meeting to warn that new committees proposed in draft law memorandum will empower government, at expense of residents [Day 194 – Tension on 3 fronts; climate bill advances in Knesset]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Ultra-Orthodox parties to head Jerusalem’s most powerful municipal committees]( By ToI Staff [At least one dead as heavy rains set off flash floods in UAE]( By Agencies [Sydney Muslim leader: Teenage church stabber’s dad saw no sign of son’s extremism]( By mark baker and Rod McGuirk [Members of US anti-government group ‘God’s Misfits’ held in killings of 2 Kansas women]( By Sean Murphy and Heather Hollingsworth [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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