Fresh reports show what Israel fired at Iran, why * Rally for hostages: ‘As though we’re all in Gaza’ * Jewish students ready to leave Columbia * ’Openly Jewish’ UK row

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, April 20, 2024 Presented by [Project Mobility]( [Israel used radar-evading missile to hit S-300 defenses near Natanz nuke site – report]( By ToI Staff and Agencies NYT says attack was ‘calibrated’ to show Israel’s capability to dodge Iran’s air defenses, make Tehran ‘think twice’ before another assault; Iran’s FM claims it merely faced ‘toys’ [In ‘message,’ IDF said to fire missiles at radar defense for secret Iran nuclear site]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Live updates [LIVE: PA’s Abbas threatens to reconsider ties with US after veto of UN membership bid]( By ToI Staff NYT report says damage to S-300 battery near nuclear site ‘calibrated to make Tehran think twice’ about attacking Israel again * Blast at Iraqi base used by pro-Iranian militias [‘As though we’re in Gaza’: Hostage families to rally ahead of Passover for their freedom]( By ToI Staff Highlighting loss of liberty, organizer’s adapt holiday’s theme: ‘In every generation, a person must see themselves as though they’re in Gaza’; anti-gov’t demos set for 55 locations [Hostage families block Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway; CIA chief blames Hamas for deadlock]( By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies Promoted Article [Project Mobility: Healing Israel’s Wounded Warriors]( Project Mobility aims to help wounded IDF soldiers recover with proven VR physiotherapy game-play technology. They need your support to bring this equipment to Israel. [‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia on discomfort, isolation]( By Jackie Hajdenberg Students say they feel unheard amid pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests that have rocked school since Oct. 7, which escalated Thursday with tumult that included mass arrests [USC cancels filmmaker’s keynote after dropping pro-Palestinian valedictorian speech]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Passover celebrants urged to set a seat for a hostage, use a Haggadah of hope]( By Jessica Steinberg A variety of projects have been created to help people mark this festival of freedom despite war, hostages and bereavement Top Ops Jennifer Moses [A few new plagues for Passover]( Some kosher for Pesach products should be purchased exactly zero times a year (and can a cat really eat a whole goat?) Marina Rosenberg [Colombia’s President Petro sides with evil]( The moral cowardice of Gustavo Petro’s anti-Israel obsession legitimizes Hamas and imperil’s citizens of the South American republic [CRM]( [London cops apologize for implying Jewish man’s kippa ‘provoked’ anti-Israel crowd]( By ToI Staff and Canaan Lidor Filmed incident of officer stopping man in yarmulke from approaching pro-Palestinian march, while ‘openly Jewish’ remark escalates into media blunder for police [Demonstrator unfurls Palestinian flag on stage at Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration]( By PHILISSA CRAMER Sole demonstrator places flowers then joins dignitaries at ceremony, unfurls flag and stands with his head down; police escort him away [Journalist who labels dead Palestinian terrorists ‘martyrs’ gets top Dutch award]( By Canaan Lidor [Hit by terror in 2023, Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage scaled back amid Gaza security fears]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Hamas leaders said looking at leaving Qatar amid growing pressure in hostage talks]( By ToI Staff and Agencies WSJ says terror group contacted Oman and another regional state about leaders moving there; report comes after Qatari PM said Doha reconsidering its hostage talks mediator role [IDF kills 10 Palestinian gunmen, arrests 8 in two-day West Bank raid]( By Emanuel Fabian 9 Israeli troops also hurt in clashes in Nur Shams refugee camp, adjacent to Tulkarem [After his friend was killed on Oct. 7, a 25-year-old raised millions for the war effort]( By Ariella Oldfield Gidon Hazony started Soldiers Save Lives the day after David Newman was murdered in the Supernova massacre. It continues to help soldiers and civilians in the tragedy’s wake [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Blast rocks base used by Iraqi coalition of Iran-allied militias; US denies involvement]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Iraq says one killed, no jets or drones in area at time of explosion; military official says blast was in ‘warehouses storing equipment’; Israeli official: Nothing to do with us [Macron meets with Lebanese leaders to discuss effort to quell Hezbollah, Israel clashes]( By AFP and ToI Staff Analysis Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali [US military strategy in Mideast tested as Iran-Israel warfare comes out of shadows]( Experts say DC may need to revisit regional deployment levels as reliance on surge troops may not be sufficient; say US intel was key to success in downing Iran’s missiles, drones [US House gears up to pass Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan aid in unlikely bipartisan vote]( By Agencies [South Africa Jewish leader: President used meet with us on antisemitism to attack Israel]( By Ron Kampeas SA Jewish Board of Deputies requested talks with Ramaphosa to discuss rising Jew hatred, but Wendy Kahn says he instead went on about ‘the genocide that Israel is committing’ [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Analysis [To punish Israel for Gaza war, Turkey’s citizens will gladly suffer the economic cost]( By Bartu Eken Political pressure forced Turkey’s hardline leader Erdogan to reluctantly halt the export of 54 products to the Jewish state – but much of the public still thinks that’s not enough More Headlines [‘We’re not like the Nazis’: Netanyahu said to chide German FM on Gaza ‘famine’ remark]( By ToI Staff [Top Ben Gvir ally, former MK aide among targets of latest US and EU settler sanctions]( By Jacob Magid [French police detain man claiming to wear explosive vest at Iran consulate in Paris]( By Julia Pavesi [Poll: Months into Gaza war, most US Jews feel close to Israel — not its government]( By Ron Kampeas [Man self immolates outside NYC court where Trump trial held, later dies]( By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan [Rabbi who arranged wife’s murder to pursue affair dies in New Jersey prison at 82]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll [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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