At Haniyeh funeral event, Iran leader vows revenge * Nasrallah theatens * PM: Heavy price for any attack on us * Airlines cancel * Analysis: Iran-led joint attack likely

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, August 1, 2024 [Iran, Hamas leaders vow revenge on Israel at Haniyeh’s Tehran funeral procession]( By AFP and ToI Staff Parliament speaker pledges to carry out supreme leader’s order to exact ‘harsh punishment’ on Jewish state, which has neither confirmed nor denied assassination [Khamenei said to order direct strike on Israel after Haniyeh killed in Tehran]( By ToI Staff [Blinken calls on ‘all parties’ to ‘stop escalatory actions,’ reach ceasefire in Gaza]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE -- NYT: Haniyeh killed by bomb smuggled into guesthouse; Nasrallah: War entered new phase]( By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff Device that killed Hamas leader in Tehran planted months ago, report says; US ‘assesses’ Israel responsible * Iran meeting proxies in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen on retaliation [New precautions ordered for Netanyahu, ministers as Iran attack looms – report]( By ToI Staff Shin Bet chief said to insist on approving all travel plans, with PM and ministers only allowed to attend events near shelters; Israeli representatives abroad said told to lower profile [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Aug. 1: Day 300 – Hamas head Haniyeh is mourned in the heart of Iran]( By ToI Staff [Netanyahu: ‘Challenging days ahead,’ Israel will exact heavy price for any attack]( By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies Israel says ready for every scenario as it braces for reaction by Iran and proxies to the killings of Hamas’s Haniyeh, Hezbollah’s Shukr; Iranian adviser was also killed in Beirut [Nasrallah to speak Thursday as Hezbollah confirms military chief killed in Israeli strike]( By Reuters and ToI Staff Analysis Lazar Berman [Iran-led axis likely to launch joint attack, but can’t reverse Israeli gains in Gaza]( After strikes in Beirut and Tehran – and a US attack in Iraq – Tehran will look to retaliate. Hamas, meanwhile, seems unable to do much, with hostage deal its best shot at survival [Reports: Haniyeh bodyguard was in cell that killed 5 IDF troops in 2014 Nahal Oz raid]( By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies [Analysis / For Iran and Hezbollah, little room for error in response to Israeli strikes]( By AP and ToI Staff [In wake of Haniyeh killing, Austin says US will ‘help defend Israel’ if it’s attacked]( By ToI Staff and Agencies ‘Hard to speculate’ how hostage talks will be affected, Blinken says; Germany cautions all parties to ‘prevent regional conflagration,’ Russia warns of ‘dangerous consequences’ [Explainer / Who are the potential next leaders of Hamas after Haniyeh’s death?]( By AP and ToI Staff Top Ops Tuvia Book [Now is the time to scrap the awful and racist ‘Nation State’ law]( How dare we insult our Druze brethren, who pay for their loyalty to Israel with their children’s lives? Alexandria Fanjoy Silver [The posthumous death of Anne Frank]( Whether it’s vandalizing her image or claiming her as a Hamas supporter, the inversion of Holocaust history is profound and grotesque Joy Levitt [Jerusalem has lost its best friend]( Shai Doron, the Jerusalem Foundation president who died suddenly at 63, was a visionary leader who worked tirelessly to transform the city Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll [Paying my respects in Majdal Shams]( Despite the long drive and my worried family, I went to mourn with the Druze, expanding my Israeli community: Those kids could have been my kids [Hamas military wing commander Deif killed in Gaza strike last month, IDF confirms]( By Emanuel Fabian Military releases footage of July 13 airstrike on compound in Khan Younis, which also killed brigade commander Rafa’a Salameh [Al Jazeera says two of its Gaza-based journalists killed in an Israeli strike]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Abbas declares day of mourning for Haniyeh as he blasts ‘cowardly’ killing]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [Day 300 – Hamas head Haniyeh is mourned in the heart of Iran]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israel said to boost security for Olympic athletes after killings of terror leaders]( By ToI Staff Additional security personnel stationed around Israeli delegation in Paris at Olympic Village amid fears of retaliation [2024 Paris Olympics / Israeli windsurfers steer toward Olympic medals; triathlete powers through delayed race]( By Amy Spiro [United, Delta cancel flights to Israel amid fears of attacks]( By ToI Staff More airlines may follow as country braces for Hezbollah, Iranian retaliation over assassinations of top terror officials [Lufthansa flight to Tel Aviv lands in Cyprus, returns to Munich amid Iran tensions]( By ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Security Council holds urgent meeting on Mideast tensions after terror chiefs killed]( By Agencies and ToI Staff US urges UN members with influence over Tehran ‘to increase pressure on it to stop escalating its proxy conflict against Israel and other actors’; Iran envoy calls to punish Israel [Turkey blocking NATO cooperation with Israel over Gaza ‘massacre,’ officials say]( By Reuters and ToI Staff Since October, Ankara has thwarted all collaboration with Israel, which holds partner status in military alliance, sources say, adding Turkey will maintain stance until war ends [Pro-Hamas march held in Istanbul after Erdogan slams ‘perfidious’ killing of Haniyeh]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Dr. Nope / Falling for Hebrew pun, Turkish media names ‘Haniyeh’s killer’]( By ToI Staff [CRM]( [Meet JD Vance’s Jewish chief of staff, Jacob Reses]( By Asaf Elia-Shalev Modern Orthodox day school alum, 33, quietly becomes one of most influential conservatives in US after his boss was chosen as Trump’s running mate; interned for Hillary Clinton [Trump says Harris ‘happened to turn Black’ after years of identifying as Indian]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [AG says army must also draft full-time yeshiva students, not just working Haredim]( By Sam Sokol IDF’s decision to begin ultra-Orthodox draft with those not studying Torah full-time is legally problematic and constitutes ‘selective enforcement,’ argues deputy Gil Limon [Controversial commander Barak Hiram named next Gaza Division chief]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Move comes after IDF clears him of blame in Be’eri battle; promotion, announced before Oct. 7, was frozen amid probe of his approval to shell kibbutz home where hostages were held Analysis [Torture, abuse, unfit conditions: The allegations over Sde Teiman and its guards]( By Jeremy Sharon Military prosecutors are investigating multiple allegations made by whistleblowers and former detainees of mistreatment of inmates at southern facility amid Gaza war [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Israeli scientist proposes massive space sunshade to cut global temperatures by 1.5ºC]( By Sue Surkes Yoram Rozen, head of Technion’s Space Research Institute, seeks $15 million to launch prototype; ‘If we can’t show that it can work technologically, then nobody else will do it” More Headlines [Archaeology / Massive Second Temple-era stone quarry uncovered in Jerusalem industrial area]( By Gavriel Fiske [9/11 mastermind and 2 accomplices cut plea agreement with US, avoiding death penalty]( By W.G. Dunlop [Major Russia-US prisoner swap, including Evan Gershkovich, could be underway]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [Swiss ski store fined over antisemitic discrimination]( By AFP [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved