IDF targets top Hamas figures in Gaza, Lebanon * No charges against most anti-Israel students who occupied Columbia building * Bowman litmus test * Olympic terror fears

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, June 22, 2024 Live updates [LIVE: Israeli strike reportedly targets senior Hamas commander Raad Saad in Gaza]( By ToI Staff IDF says it will release details on Gaza City strikes later * Man shot dead in northern Arab town * Iran overturns death sentence of rapper who backed 2022 protests [Israeli man shot and killed in his vehicle in West Bank’s Qalqilya; troops enter city]( By ToI Staff Army and police probing if incident a terror attack or criminal; vehicle of victim, a Jewish man in his 60s, set on fire after shooting [Police say 2 Islamic Jihad members killed in West Bank raid, one was planning attack]( By Emanuel Fabian [IDF kills top Hamas man in Lebanon; US said to promise Israel full support if war erupts]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Army says operative Ayman Ghatma procured arms for terror group and an allied Lebanese faction; officials reportedly vow backing in Washington talks with Israeli counterparts [UN chief warns of catastrophe ‘beyond imagination’ if Lebanon ‘becomes another Gaza’]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Report: Canada preparing to evacuate 45,000 citizens from Lebanon as war fears grow]( By ToI Staff [DA drops charges against most anti-Israel students who occupied Columbia building]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Prosecutors partially cite lack of evidence in decision not to indict 31 of the 46 people arrested in Hamilton Hall takeover, noting they wore masks and blocked security cameras [Columbia suspends 3 administrators who belittled campus Jews’ antisemitism worries]( By Luke Tress [ICRC says 22 dead in attack that damaged its Gaza office; IDF: No sign it was us]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Red Cross doesn’t specify who carried out shelling in area of tent camp as Hamas blames Israel; army presses ahead with offensive in Rafah; rockets fired from central Strip [‘Went out to fight and didn’t come home’: Funerals held for 2 soldiers killed in Gaza]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Rachel Lester [I read the new ‘Gaza famine report’ so you don’t have to]( 5 ways the report suggests there’s no famine in Gaza Rachel Peck [Torah is for all Jews, not just the religious ones]( Israel cannot bring its light to the world while fighting an existential war, whether against Hamas or internally (Beha’alotcha) [Smotrich recorded describing ‘mega-dramatic’ plan for civilian control over West Bank]( By ToI Staff NYT report on recording says far-right minister told settlers that he’s acting in way so world ‘won’t say that we are doing annexation here,’ asserts Netanyahu is ‘with us full on’ [US point man on Israel-Palestinian conflict quits; official: ‘Should be a wake-up call’]( By Jacob Magid Senior official says Andrew Miller’s departure different from that of more junior State Department figures, but others dispute that, saying he quit for ‘purely personal reasons’ [Islamist terrorism is ‘main concern’ for upcoming Olympics, says Paris police chief]( By Reuters Despite ‘no clear-cut threat,’ Laurent Nunez says terror risk no less important than far left, environmentalist and pro-Palestinian protests; notes May arrest of would-be saboteurs [Two French teens charged over terror plot to attack Jewish targets]( By AFP [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [‘Unending day’: Hostage families, anti-government groups to hold weekly Tel Aviv rallies]( By ToI Staff Border Police recruits stationed outside Netanyahu’s private Caesarea residence after large-scale protests as part of a ‘week of disruption’ [Qatari prime minister says hostage-truce talks making progress ‘to some extent’]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Reporters notebook Charlie Summers [Eight months after Oct 7, hostage families struggle to keep loved ones in headlines]( Ahead of hostage families’ testimonies at UN, conference in Sderot spotlights public relations troubles of relatives of Hamas captives, invites journalists to give their input [In first, more Israelis think Bennett better suited to be PM than Netanyahu — poll]( By ToI Staff Former PM also beats out Gantz in head-to-head matchup; television survey indicates public backs IDF over premier, with 51% saying ‘total victory’ against Hamas is unattainable [CRM]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing June 22: Day 260 – Focus on ToI’s Those We Have Lost memorial project]( By ToI Staff News editor Amy Spiro and host Amanda Borschel-Dan highlight eight individuals’ stories from the hundreds of posts for those who have fallen in the Hamas onslaught and beyond Reporter's notebook [West Bank Palestinian laborers in despair after eight months without jobs in Israel]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Before Oct. 7, 200,000 West Bankers commuted across the border for work. Now they sit home in uncertainty, while security officials warn of the potential threat of mass unemployment [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Explainer [What is Within Our Lifetime, the group behind NY’s most extreme anti-Israel protests?]( By Luke Tress The radical organization voices support for the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities and has posted Jewish targets online encouraging supporters to take ‘autonomous action’ Analysis Ron Kampeas [New York primary emerges as a litmus test of Israel’s role in the Democratic party]( Centrist George Latimer’s challenge to incumbent and outspoken Israel critic Jamaal Bowman attracts criticism from progressives over big money from pro-Israel lobbies, GOP donors [This Pride, queer US Jews are feeling the strain — and sometimes unsafe — over Israel]( By Andrew Lapin The increasingly popular view that anti-Zionism is a cause for the LGBTQ community to align with has isolated many of its Jewish members [Day 260 – Focus on ToI’s Those We Have Lost memorial project]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Jordanian police discover, detonate explosives in Amman-area apartment]( By Reuters [Merchant ship struck in likely Houthi attack as USS Eisenhower heads home]( By Jon Gambrell [Iranians divided on presidential vote as hardships mount, want winner to ‘act humanely’]( By Payam DOOST MOHAMADI and Jérôme RIVET [High-ranking Air Force intel officer faked elements of life story for years – report]( By ToI Staff [From the web / Ben Stiller says suffering in Israel and Gaza must end, calls for hostages to be freed]( [NIS 900,000 awarded to 3 former workers at Netanyahu’s official residence in abuse case]( By ToI Staff [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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