PM says won’t leave Gaza-Egypt border even for 42 days of hostage deal * Families, opposition slam him * ’My sweet boy Hersh’: A mother’s eulogy * Iran’s wayward missiles

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, September 3, 2024 [Netanyahu: If we leave Philadelphi, Hamas will be able to rearm, revive, repeat Oct. 7]( By Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol PM rejects even 42-day IDF withdrawal from Gaza-Egypt border for sake of hostage deal, claims Israel’s entire future at stake; Lapid: He wants war forever, will never make a deal [Hamas hints six slain hostages extracted by IDF were murdered because troops were near]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies [Biden says US close to presenting final ceasefire offer, PM not doing enough for deal]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid Netanyahu says he doesn’t believe Biden would ask for Israeli concessions after Hamas murdered 6 hostages; Hamas official claims US president’s comments prove Israel stymying talks [Official says Netanyahu’s press briefing ‘torpedoed’ hostage deal efforts – report]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [‘Don’t you dare’: Herzog warns against reviving judicial overhaul, pleads for unity]( By Lazar Berman In speech to Israel Bar Association, president warns against fractures in society that weaken country’s resolve A mother's eulogy [‘My sweet boy Hersh, we tried so desperately to save you’]( The full text of Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s speech at the funeral of her son Hersh, abducted, held captive and murdered by Hamas in Gaza, laid to rest in Jerusalem [Slain hostage Lobanov’s widow refuses to meet Netanyahu as he visits family home]( By ToI Staff Michal Lobanov also reportedly shuns phone call from prime minister, though murdered hostage’s parents accept condolence visit [Released hostage Erez Calderon, 12, issues video plea for captive dad’s return]( By ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [‘We all failed you’: Heartbreak at funeral for Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem]( By Jessica Steinberg and Agencies Thousands attend burial of dual US-Israeli citizen who became a symbol in the battle for the hostages, and was executed by his Hamas captors along with five others [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 3: Day 333 – Saying goodbye to Hersh as the PM explains his strategy]( By ToI Staff [Police use considerable force near PM’s home to disperse protesters urging hostage deal]( By Iddo Schejter, Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff At least 12 arrests, ToI reporter grabbed by the throat, in Jerusalem; demos also held outside Netanyahu’s Caesarea residence and in Tel Aviv, where Ayalon Freeway blocked Top Ops Yehuda Halper [The government fiddles while Israel burns]( This ruling group of factional interests is too busy with political patronage and fighting the courts to put out the fires Hugh Taylor [This isn’t a war, really]( For Hamas, it’s a publicity stunt, a large-scale suicide mission. And, it’s working out amazingly well for them Live updates [LIVE: Tugs abandon bid to salvage burning tanker hit by Houthis over safety issues as disaster looms]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff EU says alternatives sought to stop oil from inundating Red Sea * Slain hostage’s widow refuses to meet PM as he visits family home * IDF says it razed kilometer-long Gaza tunnel [IDF says it killed Hamas commander who murdered father in front of his kids on Oct. 7]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Terrorist who led onslaught on moshav Netiv Ha’asara was filmed drinking Coca-Cola from fridge of family home, moments after killing Gil Taasa in front of his two youngest sons [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Comptroller blasts political, IDF chiefs for failing to ‘bear responsibility’ for Oct. 7]( By Jeremy Sharon Speaking at Bar Association conference, Matanyahu Englman accuses the military of building ‘high and impassable walls’ to stymie his probe into its failures surrounding the attack Reporter's notebook Emanuel Fabian [In longest West Bank raid in 20 years, IDF aims to set stage for future, smaller ops]( Military shifts focus to Jenin, where troops rip up roads to find bombs, work to establish ‘operational control’; army says 14 gunmen killed, over 25 suspects detained [Hamas claims responsibility for dual car bombing in West Bank last week]( By Emanuel Fabian [Netanyahu says ‘shameful’ suspension of UK arms licenses will embolden Hamas]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff After foreign secretary announces decision to suspend 30 of 350 permits, insisting it is not an embargo, PM vows Israel will prevail in Gaza war ‘with or without British arms’ [UK chief rabbi slams government’s decision to suspend arms licenses to Israel]( By ToI Staff [UK suspends 30 of 350 arms export licenses to Israel, insists it’s not an embargo]( By Agencies and Lazar Berman [Day 333 – Saying goodbye to Hersh as the PM explains his strategy]( [listen to the podcast]( [Turkey arrests Kosovar man suspected of acting as ‘financier’ for Mossad]( By Lazar Berman and Agencies Since January, Turkish authorities have detained dozens suspected of collecting data for Israel as Ankara-Jerusalem relations continue to deteriorate [Two Israelis indicted in Egypt over hotel brawl that injured six]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Report doubts accuracy of Iran’s advanced Emad missile, used to attack Israel in April]( By AP and ToI Staff Analysts say missiles that targeted Nevatim base had a much larger ‘error circle’ than Tehran has claimed [UN experts express alarm as they say Iran executed more than 400 people this year]( By AFP Interview [Nature meets divine in New York exhibit by Tobi Kahn, son of Holocaust survivors]( By Leigh Pennington The Lower East Side’s Museum at Eldridge Street honors the US Jewish immigrant story, continued with the spiritual works in ‘Memory and Inheritance,’ on display through November 10 More Headlines [Lufthansa group to resume flights to Israel Thursday after month-long pause]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [No end in sight for high school teachers’ strike after talks end with no progress]( By Gavriel Fiske [‘The Bibi Files’: Film featuring footage from Netanyahu probes to debut in Toronto]( By ToI Staff [Zelensky vows Russia will be ‘held accountable’ for killing 41 in missile strike]( By Olena Harmash [Scholz urges German parties to avoid far-right AfD after its regional election gains]( By Agencies [Poland holds state burial for over 700 World War II victims of Nazi Germany]( By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA [Violence erupts at soccer match after fans of Arab team turn backs on national anthem]( By ToI Staff [US says Houthi rebels targeted Saudi-owned oil tanker in latest Red Sea attack]( By AP [Defying international warrant for his arrest, Putin breezes into Mongolia]( By AP [Pakistanis tried for incitement to kill Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders]( By Agencies [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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