2 stabbed in J’lem * Sissi hosts PM * Assailant tries to cut MK’s beard * UK Muslim doctor helped separate Israeli twins * Holon building collapses day after evacuated

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, September 13, 2021 Presented by Leket Israel [2 moderately hurt in terror stabbing in Jerusalem; attacker shot]( By [TOI staff]( [Incident follows attempted stabbing of 2 soldiers in the West Bank earlier in the day; police say stabber a 17-year-old Palestinian]( [IDF: Palestinian man attempts to stab soldiers at Gush Etzion junction]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett meets with Egypt president in Sinai, in first such visit in decade]( By [Amy Spiro and Aaron Boxerman]( [Sissi’s office confirmed Monday meeting in Sharm el Sheikh, which comes amid heightened tensions in Gaza and as EgyptAir is set to publicly fly Tel Aviv-Cairo route]( [Lapid proposes ‘new vision’ for Gaza, promises economic steps for Hamas quiet]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Exclusive / EgyptAir to launch direct Tel Aviv-Cairo flights next month]( By [Tal Schneider]( Live updates [LIVE: Bennett-Sissi meeting: Egypt to offer to host peace summit — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Al Arabiya report follows statement issued by Egyptian president’s office saying the two leaders were expected to discuss peace process during their parley in Sharm el-Sheikh]( [Terrorists fire one rocket from Gaza, then another as IDF strikes Hamas targets]( By [Aaron Boxerman, Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Both rockets, fired hours apart, intercepted by Iron Dome; 3 injured running to bomb shelter; third successive night of rocket fire amid increase in tensions]( [UN to begin dispensing Qatari cash to needy Gazan families Monday under new deal]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Palestinians said to shoot at IDF troops searching for fugitives in West Bank]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian escapees begged for ride from Arab town to West Bank but were denied]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Searches for final 2 fugitives focus on Jezreel Valley and Jenin; officials concerned West Bank raid would complicate efforts to capture them alive, possibly provoke escalation]( [Prisons chief: We’ve foiled 300 escape attempts in the past decade]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Israeli security forces said to arrest brother, cousin of fugitive Palestinian]( By [TOI staff]( Sponsored [Ensure that no Israeli family goes hungry this holiday season]( [Open your heart and donate a hot meal through Leket Israel.]( [Ultra-Orthodox MK attacked in Jerusalem; assailant tries to cut his beard]( By [Stuart Winer]( [United Torah Judaism’s Meir Porush, 66, unharmed in the incident outside his home; police search for 2 attackers who fled on scooter]( [Tens of thousands of IDF soldiers flock to Jerusalem for ‘introspection’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Over the course of a month, during the penitential period ahead of Yom Kippur, over 30,000 troops visiting the capital for ‘Selichot tours,’ Education Corps officer says]( Top Ops [Shira Lankin Sheps]( [A change of heart]( [It took an unwanted cardiac exam to make me realize that I needed to be kind to myself, to forgive myself, and to reach out to God with this new repentance]( [Ari Shishler]( [Stand on your head this Yom Kippur]( [Those who come to synagogue on the Day of Atonement because they ’have to’ are doing something truly difficult. Now that’s dedication!]( [Judy Krasna]( [Bringing suicide out of the dark]( [Those who think of suicide have a better chance of staying alive when they connect to others, which is reason enough for each one of us to let them know we care]( [Naomi Chazan]( [Security without hope is no security at all]( [The post 9/11 world, Israel included, found that military superiority alone does not lead to victory. The question is how each of us can help build a society worth living in]( [UK Muslim doctor delights in helping separate Jewish Israeli conjoined twins]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Kashmir-born Dr. Noor Ul Owase Jeelani, a world authority on conjoined twins, says he worked for months with Israeli team: ‘All children are the same, whatever color or religion’]( [‘A miracle’: Holon apartment building collapses a day after it was evacuated]( By [TOI staff]( [Residents hail rescue service, complain of insufficient aid from municipality, as 36 families are saved from jeopardized condo after reporting sound of blast and cracks in walls]( [‘We have nowhere to go’: Residents of collapsed Holon building left destitute]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Sept. 13 – Can Israel change the Gaza dynamic? Does it want to?]( By [TOI staff]( [Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross and political reporter Tal Schneider discuss Gaza, the Israeli attitude to Iran and a dramatic, secret Iraqi mission]( [Bennett says Israel to genetically scan all arrivals for the coronavirus]( By [Stuart Winer]( [No details of program immediately available; PM says patience running out for the unvaccinated; cabinet backs proposal for classmates of infected kids to avoid automatic quarantine]( [For 1st time in 3 weeks, key measure of virus spread suggests wave still growing]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Health minister on hot mic: Some COVID restrictions are to incentivize vaccines]( By [TOI staff]( [Rapid COVID test results reportedly to be accepted for 48 hours, instead of day]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli firm unveils autonomous armed robot to patrol battle zones, borders]( By [Agencies]( [But life-or-death decision to open fire will remain in the hands of human controllers for the time being, Israel Aerospace Industries says of its ‘REX MKII’ vehicle]( [Israel ranks 4th in world for digital quality of life]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Indie rocker Ezra Furman sings about God – now she’s going to rabbinical school]( By [Ella Rockart]( [The ‘transfeminine psalmist’ strives to combine music and spirituality. 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