Rescued hostage urges Israelis to rally tonight for deal * US sanctions far-right group attacking Gaza aid convoys * Escalation in the North * ’Hamas tunnel’ in The Hague

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, June 15, 2024 [After rescue op, freed hostage urges Israelis to attend Tel Aviv rally calling for deal]( By ToI Staff Andrey Kozlov: ‘I’m home from Gaza; lots of hostages still there’; many protests to urge truce-hostage deal, others want early elections, amid anger at Haredi draft exemption vote [Citing rescued hostage, captive soldier’s mom says women were held as slaves]( By ToI Staff [New details on hostage rescue indicate operation was nearly canceled at the last minute]( By ToI Staff Conditions at one of the locations housing hostages were seen as suboptimal, but a decision was made to proceed; IDF issues footage of troops in Gaza during the extraction [Report: US army in October planned, shelved, potential op to rescue American hostages]( By ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: Hezbollah operative targeted in Israeli strike on motorcycle in southern Lebanon]( By ToI Staff US officials worried intensifying Israel-Hezbollah clashes will lead to war * US says it destroyed Houthi vessels and radars * Poll shows public split on who should lead opposition Top Ops Gershon Baskin [An open letter to Palestinians: You can break this cycle]( It is time to make clear that you seek to build your own country with honor and dignity – not in place of Israel, but next to it Gary Epstein [Caitlin Clark is the Israel of women’s basketball]( It’s almost as if we’ve met those ignorant haters spewing vitriol against a WNBA star who has done nothing to harm them [Gallant rejects Macron’s proposed trilateral task force to defuse Hezbollah tensions]( By Reuters, Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian Defense chief slams France’s ‘hostile policies’ toward Israel amid war, prompting spat with Foreign Ministry; homes damaged as Lebanese terror group keeps attacking northern towns [US sanctions far-right Israeli group behind attacks on aid convoys bound for Gaza]( By Jacob Magid Blacklisting Tzav 9 for disrupting aid deliveries, State Department vows no tolerance for ‘acts of sabotage and violence targeting this essential humanitarian assistance’ [US to temporarily remove aid pier from Gaza coast again due to bad weather]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [G7 calls on Israel to stop hobbling PA; says UNRWA must operate unhindered in Gaza]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Joint communique welcomes new Palestinian Authority cabinet, singles out withholding PA tax revenue a day after Smotrich rerouted funds to Israeli victims of terrorism Reporter's notebook [At The Hague, Israelis brave protests to present a portable ‘Hamas tunnel’ exhibit]( By Canaan Lidor A gallery owner from Israel and her allies shepherd visitors into a cramped replica fitted into the box of a truck so they can get some sense of what Hamas’s hostages endure [UN watchdog says Iran has activated new advanced centrifuges, plans to install more]( By Agencies US slams Tehran for ‘expanding nuclear program in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose,’ threatens to respond ‘accordingly’; Khamenei adviser: Iran ‘won’t bow to pressure’ [Modern Robin Hood with a social justice mandate helps returnees on path of renewal]( By Sharon Wrobel During war, Social Delivery collects unwanted surplus from retailers and offices of tech firms and disperses the goods ranging from clothes to furniture to Gaza border communities [Cal State LA chief: Anti-Israel protesters unwelcome on campus after building takeover]( By AP and ToI Staff Spokesperson for university says demonstrators caused ‘significant damage’ when they occupied and trashed building while president was inside, though no arrests carried out [With a new leader and revamped strategy, it’s a second coming for Jews for Jesus]( By Asaf Elia-Shalev This month, Aaron Abramson becomes the third to hold the title – and the first Israeli – since the controversial organization was founded in San Francisco some five decades ago Heavenly humor [Pope Francis tells visiting comedians it’s okay to ‘laugh at God’]( By Giada Zampano Pontiff hosts group of comic actors, including many prominent names, for reception at Vatican hailing the importance of humor: ‘You also make God smile’ [Stephen Fry, Lena Dunham take father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’]( By Toby Axelrod Now in US theaters, the film based on the 2000 novel ‘Too Many Men’ sees two grieving family members take a roots trip to Poland in the post-Soviet 1990s More Headlines [Two young men shot to death in northern Arab town]( By ToI Staff [El Al scraps post-Oct. 7 discount for shipping donated gear, quadrupling cost]( By Asaf Elia-Shalev [Barclays bank pulls out of UK music festivals after boycotts over Israel ties]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Swiss museum to remove five paintings linked to Nazi looting]( By AFP [Sailor missing as crew evacuated from cargo ship struck in Houthi missile attack]( By Reuters [Court: Argentina failed to prevent or properly probe 1994 Jewish center bombing]( By Alberto PEÑA [South Africa’s Ramaphosa reelected for 2nd term after last minute coalition deal]( By Gerald Imray and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME [Kafr Qasim couple, 6-month-old daughter killed in car crash in Sinai]( By ToI Staff [Kate, UK’s Princess of Wales, appears publicly for first time since cancer diagnosis]( By David MILLIKIN [Obituary / Heather Conn Hendel, pillar of Toronto, NYC Jewish communities, dies at 48]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [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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