Deadly gun battles in Beirut streets * Hospital still offline day after cyberattack * Norway: 5 die in bow-and-arrow terror * Shatner in space * Velvet Underground docu

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, October 14, 2021 Presented by [Telus International]( [6 killed, 20 wounded by gunfire at Beirut protest over port blast probe]( By [AFP]( [As deadly clashes erupt at Hezbollah rally, PM Mikati calls for calm and warns against attempts to drag Lebanon into violence]( [Lebanon court dismisses Hezbollah bid to remove Beirut blast judge]( By [AFP]( Live updates [LIVE: Relative calm returns to Beirut after hours of deadly factional fighting]( By [TOI staff]( [It is still not clear who exactly fired on whom, how the clashes broke out and why; Hezbollah, Amal say their protesters were fired upon by snipers on roofs]( [Hadera hospital still offline a day after cyberattack]( By [Amy Spiro and Emanuel Fabian]( [Health Ministry says top experts working ‘around the clock’ to restore full functionality at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center]( [Israel on heightened alert after hospital hit with ransomware attack]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Norway says bow-and-arrow attack that killed 5 was act of terrorism]( By [Agencies]( [Danish national suspected of assault in small town is a Muslim convert flagged as radical who had raised concerns in the past, say police]( From our sponsor [Join Telus International as a part-time Independent Contractor]( [If you live in Israel and are fluent in Hebrew and English, this work from home role could be for you. Role of Personalized Internet Assessor in Israel]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Oct. 14 – Tech successes notched, including beer-carrying drones]( [ToI editor David Horovitz and Startup Israel editor Ricky Ben-David discuss a WWII diplomat’s courage, massive capital-raising rounds, cybersecurity threats and drones that deliver]( [Israeli travel tech company TripActions raises $275m at $7.25b valuation]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Israel’s Vintage Investment Partners raises $812m for two new funds]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( Exclusive [Praise of Israel may dent Iran asylum hopes for anti-Zionist Haredi cult]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Clip shows Lev Tahor spokesman lauding IDF efforts to minimize civilian casualties, months before group, which includes Israelis, began heading from Guatemala toward Tehran]( Film review [Velvet Underground documentary omits band’s Jewish roots, but is still very cool]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Out on Apple TV+ October 15, ‘The Velvet Underground’ dives into the countercultural phenomenon started by gay Jewish musician Lou Reed and rocketed to fame by Andy Warhol]( [Border Police officer seriously hurt in suspected ramming at West Bank crossing]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Cops open fire at Palestinian suspect, moderately injuring him, and arrest him after he strikes officer operating near Qalandiya checkpoint]( [Gilboa Prison fugitives sought help from PA prime minister, were rebuffed — TV]( By [TOI staff]( [Islamic Jihad threatens Israel over prisoner conditions]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [250 Islamic Jihad prisoners in Israel set to launch hunger strike]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( Top Ops [Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler]( [Facebook is toxic in Hebrew too — Israelis must be protected]( [It’s up to lawmakers to enact privacy protection, outlaw predatory marketing and hold social media providers in Israel accountable for the harm they do]( [Efraim Zuroff]( [Too many Nazi criminals are convicted and sentenced, but do no time]( [Even if Irmgard Furchner is convicted of being an ’accessory to murder,’ she probably won’t see the walls of a prison cell, but running away got her a week in jail]( [IDF Intel chief: Iran enriching ever more nuke material, but we’ll constrain it]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Maj. Gen. Haliva tells intelligence officers Tehran is looking to challenge Israel’s military superiority, as Washington, Jerusalem consider how to confront its nuclear ambitions]( [Iran warns Israel against ‘military adventure’ in letter to UN]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Blinken and Lapid talk publicly of ‘other options’ to stop Iran nuke program]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Pro-Iran militias vow harsh response against Israel over alleged Syria strike]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [‘Syria Allies Operations Room’ says several killed, injured in overnight attack near Palmyra, which it says was conducted by Israel, US; Israel closes Golan airspace as precaution]( [US rules out normalization with Syria while Assad in power]( By [Agencies]( [Israeli planes said to strike in central Syria, killing 1, injuring three others]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Kirk crosses final frontier: Shatner hails ‘most profound experience’ in space]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [After flying on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, becoming oldest man ever to leave Earth, Jewish actor who taught many to dream of the stars tears up over his ‘unbelievable’ trip]( [Smotrich at Knesset: Ben-Gurion should have ‘finished the job,’ thrown out Arabs]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman decries the ‘fascist filth’ to which she says Arabs are regularly subjected]( [While Lapid in Washington, panel advances expropriation of East Jerusalem land]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [81 years later, Chiune Sugihara’s humanity continues to enable new lives]( [A Jerusalem ceremony highlights the ever-widening impact of the only Japanese citizen honored as Righteous Among the Nations… and the folly of obtuse adherence to bureaucracy]( [Prosecution appeals acquittal of minors accused in infamous ‘hate wedding’]( By [TOI staff]( [In objecting to ruling on 4 out of 5 defendants in celebration of the murder of a Palestinian baby., state argues judge misunderstood nature of crimes]( [IDF troops maced by settlers while responding to alleged attack on Palestinians]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [IDF soldier fires in air during brawl with Arab men in Mitzpe Ramon]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [To fight childhood obesity, Israeli docs prescribe app that gamifies weight loss]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [The pandemic has accentuated the problem; with kids struggling to follow health advice between doctor appointments, prize-driven software could help keep them committed]( Shock of her life [After ‘heart attack,’ woman laughs off $913,123 electric bill]( By [TOI staff]( [Yafit from Rosh Ha’ayin jokes that massive amount must’ve been from leaving on the AC for too long; electric company admits to ‘human error’]( [CRM]( More Headlines [‘Didn’t even own a shredder’: Stern’s wife says he used ‘metaphor,’ got raw deal]( By [TOI staff]( [UAE foreign minister says he plans to visit Israel soon]( By [Amy Spiro and Lazar Berman]( [Netanyahu seeking millions for 2nd office granted to former PMs]( By [TOI staff]( [Talking trash / A Jerusalem garbage can thanks you for not littering]( By [AP]( [DC councilmember who said Rothschilds control the weather to run for mayor]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Number of seriously ill COVID cases drops to lowest level in 2 months]( By [Stuart Winer]( [US Jewish groups blasts GOP for stalling nomination of Muslim man]( By [MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARIAM FAM]( [Knesset gives preliminary okay to bill to make medical cannabis more available]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Former minister Asaf Zamir takes up new role as consul general in New York]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Coalition fells opposition’s immigration legislation in preliminary vote]( By [TOI staff]( [Pandora Papers: Teddy Sagi, Idan and Eyal Ofer named in latest documents]( By [TOI staff]( [Texas Jewish death row inmate granted new trial due to judge’s antisemitism]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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