IDF on alert as Lebanon deal recedes * Gay Palestinian, living in Israel, beheaded in Hebron * Iran ducks blame for 3 women’s deaths * Invoking Judaism to sue on abortion

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, October 7, 2022 Presented by [Chabad Poland]( [Gantz puts IDF on alert in north as Lebanese maritime border talks falter]( By [TOI staff]( [US says it is continuing ‘robust engagement’ to reach deal after Israel rejects Lebanon’s proposed changes; Hezbollah has threatened Israel for months over disputed gas]( [Mossad head said to warn of face-saving Hezbollah strike on gas field as deal wavers]( By [TOI staff]( [Lebanon sticks to guns on maritime deal amid reported US pressure to drop demands]( By [Ash Obel]( [Gay Palestinian living under asylum in Israel murdered, beheaded in Hebron]( By [Jack Mukand]( [Suspect uploaded footage of murder to social media; unclear how the victim ended up in the West Bank, with some claiming he was kidnapped]( [Iranian medical report claims Mahsa Amini died from illness, not beatings in custody]( By [AFP]( [Source quoted by state TV says death of Amini, who fell into a coma after being arrested by morality police, related to ‘surgery for a brain tumor at the age of eight’]( [Iran: 16-year-old protester jumped off a roof, wasn’t killed by security forces]( By [AFP]( [Iranian mother accuses authorities of murdering her 16-year-old daughter at protests]( By [AFP]( from our sponsor [Inflation is taking a heavy toll on support for Ukrainian Refugees]( [Jewish Ukrainian refugees in Poland need your support now more than any time since the first weeks of the war. 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