Hamas kills 6 hostages * Netanyahu castigated, blames Hamas for failure to reach deal that could have saved them * National strike tomorrow * 3 cops shot dead in W. Bank

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, September 1, 2024 Live updates [LIVE - National labor union announces strike: ‘Deal to free hostages more important than anything else’]( By ToI Staff Arnon Bar-David says hostage release stuck due to ‘political considerations,’ most of labor market will strike as of 6 a.m. Monday [Castigated after hostages killed, Netanyahu blames Hamas for failure to reach deal]( By Sam Sokol Families Forum says deaths ‘direct result’ of PM ‘torpedoing’ agreement; Lapid slams ‘cabinet of death,’ urges general strike; far-right claims Gallant, opposition embolden Hamas [‘Mr. Death’: Hostage families say Netanyahu has condemned their loved ones to die]( By ToI Staff [Bodies of 6 hostages, murdered by Hamas just days ago, found in Rafah – IDF]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubnov, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi discovered in Gaza tunnel; families forum urges protests; autopsy said to find all 6 had gunshot wounds [Hersh, Carmel, Alex, Eden, Or, Almog: The 6 hostages murdered by Hamas just days ago]( By ToI Staff [IDF finds bodies in Gaza that may be of hostages; identification process underway]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Op-ed: Day 331 of the war David Horovitz [Netanyahu’s so-called ‘supreme effort’ for a hostage-ceasefire deal has been skewed, inadequate]( Could Hamas’s latest act of barbarism, murdering six more of the hostages, have been prevented? Possibly. Could the PM and his government have done more to try to avert it? Yes [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Sept. 1: Day 331 – Israel shattered as 6 murdered hostages’ bodies recovered]( By ToI Staff Military reporter Emanuel Fabian describes the IDF operations in Gaza and updates us on a wave of terror attacks in the West Bank that saw 3 police officers killed this morning [Hostage families vow to bring country to a halt after several bodies found in Gaza]( By Jessica Steinberg, Michael Bachner, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Forum urges major disruptions Sunday to protest government ‘abandonment,’ after thousands rally for ceasefire deal; sister of hostage injured by mounted police in Tel Aviv clashes Top Ops Pamela Peled [Cry, the once-beloved country]( Once, we knew that no matter how we voted, Israel would bring her captives home. That was before this coalition of lunacy came to power Shawn Zelig Aster [Preventing tomorrow’s hostages]( As long as Hamas can attack, Israel must ask how it can prevent future hostage-taking, even if doing so would mean not freeing current hostages [3 cops killed in southern West Bank shooting attack; gunman later killed]( By Emanuel Fabian Officers named as Arik Ben Eliyahu, Hadas Branch, and Roni Shakuri, whose daughter was killed on Oct 7; Palestinian attacker flees scene near Tarqumiyah, is killed in Hebron [Ben Gvir blames West Bank shooting on Gallant for easing Palestinians’ travel]( By ToI Staff [Soldier killed in fierce clashes in Jenin as IDF presses major West Bank operation]( By Emanuel Fabian and AFP [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Polio vaccine drive gets underway in Gaza amid fears of outbreak]( By Jeremy Sharon Campaign led by the World Health Organization aims to inoculate 640,000 children, after first case of the disease in 25 years was reported in the territory [Report: New IDF assessment shows some 6,000 Gazans invaded Israel on Oct. 7]( By ToI Staff Reporter's notebook [While Israeli kids near Gaza rejoice at return to school, parents remain ambivalent]( By Sue Surkes More than 550 children start new school year at the Gil Rabin School in Sderot, where soldiers and police stand guard outside while staff and students dress in yellow for hostages [School year starts with half a million children stuck at home amid teachers’ strike]( By ToI Staff Over 2.5 million K-12 students in total registered for the new year, with 179,300 starting first grade; special security measures in place in north and south due to war [High school teachers go on strike Sunday after talks founder on eve of school year]( By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff [Day 331 – Israel shattered as 6 murdered hostages’ bodies recovered]( [listen to the podcast]( 2024 Paris Paralympics [Rowers take gold, bronze as Israel continues to rack up Paralympic medals]( By Amy Spiro Champ Moran Samuel says the day, like the year, held mixed emotions; Druze rower Saleh Shahin, wounded in 2005 Gaza border terror attack, says he wanted to bring some ‘light’ to nation [2024 Paris Paralympics / Israeli swimmer clinches bronze at Paris Paralympics, nation’s third medal so far]( By Amy Spiro Interview [A literary critic on why the ‘settler colonial’ framing is bad for Israel and Palestine]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll Struck by the number of activists and thinkers who cheered the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities, Adam Kirsch has written a book on the misguided idealism that’s fostered Jew-hatred More Headlines [Man who burned his young children to death in 1999 dies in prison]( By ToI Staff [Harris’s director of Arab-American outreach once said ‘Zionists’ control politics]( By ToI Staff [Israel’s NewMed and partners submit $4b plan for Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus]( By Sharon Wrobel [Man arrested after attacking Jewish students at University of Pittsburgh]( By AP [Germany’s leaders pay tribute to victims of ‘horrifying’ Solingen knife attack]( By AP and ToI Staff [Polls open with far-right set for historic wins in two German state elections]( By Agencies [Palestinians say Gaza Tik Tok star, known for videos on life amid war, killed in strike]( By AP and ToI Staff [Now fearing Russia, Poland marks 85 years since German invasion of World War II]( By AP [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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