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[The daily edition]( Friday, March 18, 2022 [130 rescued from Mariupol theater but 1,300 remain trapped, says Ukrainian official](
By [TOI staff and Agencies](
[Ukraine’s human rights commissioner says rescue work is ongoing after building destroyed in Russian airstrike; Moscow claims troops are fighting on streets in city center](
[Russian missiles hit plane repair plant near Lviv airport; no casualties reported](
By [Carrie Keller-Lynn and Agencies](
[Smell of death, bodies in the streets: Fleeing Ukrainians recount ‘hell’ in Mariupol](
By [Liz Cookman](
[LIVE: 1 dead in Kyiv from missile debris; concerns fighting is spreading to west Ukraine](
By [TOI staff](
[Downed rocket shrapnel hits residential building in capital; cruise missiles hit Lviv airfield; armed forces say 2 projectiles intercepted; Biden calls Putin ‘murderous dictator’](
[To avoid attack, Israel said to coordinate on its Ukraine field hospital with Russia](
By [TOI staff](
[Jerusalem reportedly notifies Moscow of plans, giving exact coordinates in effort to ensure medical base is not hit; UN says Russia has carried out 43 attacks on hospitals](
[17 tons of equipment for Israeli field hospital en route to Ukraine](
By [TOI staff](
[Israel Police sending delegation to Poland to assist refugees fleeing Ukraine](
By [Emanuel Fabian](
[Dozens of Jewish families manage to flee besieged city of Mariupol](
By [Sue Surkes](
[‘Mariupol looks like Chernobyl,’ says Vika Korotkova, who spent 2 weeks in shelters with husband, daughter; Viktoria Smyrnova makes contact after two weeks without internet](
[âJewish soupâ is keeping soldiers and refugees warm at the Romanian-Ukrainian border](
By [MARCEL GASCÃN BARBERÃ](
[Moscow accused of war crimes as its deliberate attacks on Ukraine’s civilians mount](
By [Danny Kemp and Dmytro Gorshkov]( From the blogs
[Evan Gottesman](
[Iron Dome may not be Ukraineâs silver bullet, but Israel can still help Kyiv](
[While the US and parts of Europe have started providing lethal aid, Jerusalem is framing even the transfer of Israeli tech to Ukraine via a third party as too risky](
[US adds $800m in military aid to Ukraine, including drones, anti-tank weapons](
By [Agencies and TOI staff](
[Batch includes 800 Stingers, 2,000 Javelin missiles, 100 tactical drones, 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition and 25,000 helmets](
[Analysis / Calling opponents ‘gnats,’ Putin signals repression using Stalin show trial language](
By [AP](
[‘We didn’t see any Nazis’: Russian POWs speak on fighting a war they claim to oppose](
By [TOI staff](
[Over 12,000 Ukrainians have fled to Israel, 8,000 of them ineligible for citizenship](
By [TOI staff](
[According to Shaked, 3,650 are eligible to immigrate under Law of Return; 1,000 have left by choice or been refused entry since start of Russian invasion](
[Horowitz slams Shaked for refusing medical insurance for Ukraine refugees](
By [TOI staff](
[13 Holocaust survivors, wounded Ukrainians rescued and airlifted to Israel](
By [TOI staff]( [PM, Lapid urge US not to delist IRGC as terror group: ‘Don’t abandon closest allies’](
By [TOI staff and Agencies](
[Bennett, foreign minister say they ‘have a hard time believing’ the Biden administration will follow through with reported move amid nuclear deal, saying it’s ‘insult to victims’](
[Warning against Iran deal, Israel marks 30 years since attack on Argentina embassy](
By [TOI staff](
[At least 280 people executed in Iran in 2021, including 3 children, UN expert says](
By [AFP](
ToI investigates
[Israel has opened its arms to Ukrainian immigrants. But will they have equal rights?](
By [Amy Spiro](
[Many new immigrants expected to join the ranks of those with ‘no religion,’ leaving them unable to be married in Israel; rabbinate suspicion of Jewish status will only grow sharper](
[Israel jumps to 9th in World Happiness index, its highest-ever ranking](
By [AFP and TOI staff](
[Finland again tops the UN-sponsored list, with the US in 16th, Britain 17th, France 20th; research was completed before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine](
[Preparations underway for Zelensky Knesset speech, amid fears of low MK turnout](
By [TOI staff](
[Tech personnel are working to ensure a secure connection and allow lawmakers to connect remotely; speech will also be broadcast live in central Tel Aviv square](
[Ukraine embassy: While Russia commits genocide, Israel nitpicking over each refugee](
By [TOI staff](
[Report: Bennett’s political partners warned him Ukraine mediation could backfire](
By [TOI staff]( Times Will Tell
[TOI staff](
[Podcast: Grandma’s gefilte fish — or chraime — comes to forefront at Foodish](
[A chat with Merav Oren, CEO at the culinary arm of Anu â Museum of the Jewish People, which aims to map the food of the Jewish people](
Obituary
[Slain Broadway vocal coach and âhonorary Jewâ is mourned by the cantors she nurtured](
By [Jacob Henry](
[Barbara Maier Gustern, 87, died March 16 after an unprovoked attack. Her students recall her knowledge of Jewish music, which she picked up working for years in a synagogue]( Top Ops
[Joanne Greenaway](
[What we miss when we ignore the music](
[Parshat Tzav is at risk of seeming humdrum, given its list of sacrifices, but the cantillation reveals one of the most dramatic moments in Mosesâ leadership](
[Sarah Tuttle-Singer](
[On Purim, we reach the sea](
[We met near the shuk and we took a walk, drunk, stumbling over our own four feet, and she kissed me and no one noticed, because everyone was dancing and everyone was drunk]( [4 East Jerusalem residents charged with Hamas ties, planning attacks during Ramadan](
By [Emanuel Fabian](
[Prosecutors accuse Sur Baher man of contact with terror group officials, conducting weapons training in Turkey; orphan charity allegedly funneled money for terror purposes](
[Can Hamas use Turkey’s rapprochement with Israel to its advantage?](
By [Agencies](
[Two Palestinians arrested for shooting at IDF troops in West Bank](
By [Emanuel Fabian]( Inside Story
[Ron Kampeas](
[AIPAC hates the Iran deal, but itâs backing 27 Dems who supported the 2015 accord](
[Endorsements raise eyebrows among Jewish Republicans, but sources say pro-Israel lobby wishes to maintain a bipartisan reputation by not alienating the Democratic party](
[Nuclear talks, Ukraine war helped secure release of British-Iranians — analysts](
By [Charles ONIANS]( [Israel moves forward on laser-based rocket defense, will begin initial procurement](
By [Emanuel Fabian](
[While PM Bennett previously said system would be deployed in trial on Gaza border within the year, officials say such a step is at least a few years off](
[CRM]( [Amid centuries of squabbles, Christians unify to restore holiest Jerusalem church](
By [Areej Hazboun and Joseph Krauss](
[Ties improve among the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches as they take on large-scale project at the Holy Sepulchre](
More Headlines
[12-year-old Bedouin boy seriously hurt after grenade explodes in backyard](
By [TOI staff](
[British regulator revokes UK license of Russian state-funded broadcaster RT](
By [AP](
[Four more Saudi Arabia executions brings total to 100 since start of year](
By [AFP](
[Failure to launch: Russian-European Mars mission suspended over Ukraine invasion](
By [AFP]( [The daily edition]()
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