ISRAEL AT WAR, Day 6: IDF chief: We failed; we’ll dismantle Hamas * Pogrom at Kibbutz Be’eri * Emergency gov’t formed * Entire young family murdered * Blinken in Tel Aviv

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, October 12, 2023 Presented by [Shalom Hartman Institute]( Live updates [LIVE: IDF chief admits failures, vows investigation; says military will ‘dismantle’ Hamas]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff On day 6 of war, Herzi Halevi calls terror group ‘human animals,’ says Gaza ‘won’t look the same’; army says there were ‘signs’ the night before onslaught but no major warnings [Terrorists murdered entire young family sheltering in Kibbutz Nir Oz saferoom]( By ToI Staff Wiped out: Tamar Kedem Siman Tov, her husband Yonatan (Johnny), her mother-in-law, 6-year-old daughters Shahar and Arbel, and son Omer, aged 4 [10 members of same kibbutz family believed held by Hamas, including 3 children]( By Sue Surkes [IDF says Hamas video purporting to show 3 hostages being released is propaganda]( By ToI Staff and Jessica Steinberg [Elderly couple, abducted by Hamas, tell how they refused to be taken to Gaza]( By Stuart Winer Moshe and Diana Rosen, injured by gunfire, were dragged by 5 terrorists across boundary, but then declared they would not go any further; captors eventually told them to turn back [Twins helped organize a rave in southern Israel. Neither has been seen alive since]( By AFP and ToI Staff [His parents shielded him from gunfire as Hamas attacked. He survived. They did not]( By AP and ToI Staff From The Hartman Institute [Israel at War: Living with Evil]( Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss what happens when the behavior of others descends from wrongful to outright evil, and how we might cope with it Reporter's notebook [Be’eri’s residents are gone, but their homes attest to the horrors they endured]( By Canaan Lidor Enveloped in a stench of blood, the shattered remains of the region’s flagship kibbutz show the scope and cruelty of a well-planned massacre Reporter's notebook Lazar Berman [Amid the devastation of Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel keeps pulling bodies from the rubble]( Almost 1 in 10 of the residents of this Gaza border kibbutz were slain by Hamas terrorists; IDF general who fought attackers here promises a ground invasion [Interview / ‘The Holocaust, all over again’: The Supernova festival massacre, in survivors’ words]( By Deborah Danan [‘My heart broke’: Families in dark over fate of loved ones held by terrorists in Gaza]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Blinken in Tel Aviv: As long as US exists, Israel won’t have to defend itself alone]( By Lazar Berman Secretary invokes family’s Holocaust history as he urges world to condemn Hamas massacres of Israelis; pleads to avoid harm to civilians; Netanyahu: Sanction nations that host Hamas [‘Be careful’: Biden says he warned Iran regarding Gaza war, as Blinken heads to Israel]( By Jacob Magid, JTA and AP [Inside Story / Jewish White House staffers get emotional during briefing on response to Hamas massacre]( By Ron Kampeas Israel at war [Israel girds for long war as death toll since Hamas terror onslaught passes 1,300]( By Emanuel Fabian Israel says no water, electricity or letup in siege on Gaza until hostages are freed; IDF continues to hit Hamas buildings, kill terror leaders; families of 97 hostages notified [Citing German responsibility for Israel’s security, Scholz offers military aid]( By AP and ToI Staff [Zelensky urges Western leaders to visit Israel, show country it is not ‘alone’]( By AFP and ToI Staff From the blogs Qanta A. Ahmed [Israel’s jihad remains my jihad, the IDF my soul soldiers]( For Hamas, there is only the killing, the maiming, the violations, the debasing. It was there all along, but we didn’t want to see it. The veil is fully off. [Those We Have Lost]( Portraits of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas’s onslaught on southern Israel [After Hamas onslaught, Trump appears to mock Israel, calls Gallant a ‘jerk’]( By Jacob Magid Former US president also takes aim at PM: ‘I’ll never forget that Bibi Netanyahu let us down,’ he says, accusing Israel of pulling out of effort to kill Iran’s Qassem Suleimani [Herzog blasts media for not calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ and downplaying terror threat]( By Amy Spiro [Raising travel warning, US urges citizens to rethink visiting Israel amid Gaza war]( By Jacob Magid [Families of UK citizens held hostage in Gaza beg for help: Captors ‘have no mercy’]( By ToI Staff Relatives of 17 Britons killed or missing in brutal rampage Saturday decry ‘senseless destruction,’ urge media to ‘call Hamas for what they are’ [King Charles calls Herzog to express condolences over ‘barbaric’ Hamas attack]( By Amy Spiro [UK sees huge jump in antisemitic incidents after Hamas onslaught on Israel]( By Stuart Winer [Gallant vows to ‘wipe Hamas from earth,’ after ‘the worst terror attack’ in history]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Introducing ‘national emergency government,’ Netanyahu says Hamas shot children in head, burned people alive, raped women; Gantz says partisan politics put aside to safeguard Israel [Showing explicit video of Hamas crimes, Gallant tells NATO: ‘2023 is not 1943’]( By ToI Staff [Israel at war / IAF hits Gaza on ‘unprecedented scale’; Strip’s power plant shuts down]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [90-minute panic over mass drone invasion in northern Israel proves to be false alarm]( By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro Millions sent scrambling for shelter amid warnings of 15-20 drones crossing border from Lebanon; IDF says it is checking whether it ‘was a technical fault or human error’ [Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus, Aleppo airports]( By AP and Emanuel Fabian [Iran calls on Islamic, Arab countries to confront Israel over its war on Hamas]( By AFP and ToI Staff Top Ops Rivka Ravitz [War comes to my ultra-Orthodox community]( My first thought: If the rabbi permitted my husband to ride in a car on Shabbat, something horrible must have happened Ghadir Hani [A call to Arabs everywhere]( The Arab leadership in Israel, the West Bank, and elsewhere must express its utter revulsion at this unspeakable atrocity [Day 6 of Israel at war – the 11 from one family held by Hamas]( [listen to the podcast]( [Amid outcry, wounded terrorists not being treated in Israeli civilian hospitals]( By Renee Ghert-Zand After some terrorists were initially brought to emergency rooms, sparking uproar, Health Minister Moshe Arbel instructs they be redirected to prison services’ medical facilities [Embryologists inundated with requests for sperm retrieval from the fallen and dead]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Analysis Jeremy Sharon [Gantz’s entry into government sidelines far right, with judicial overhaul’s future dim]( Former IDF chief of staff has leveraged government’s need for broader political legitimacy and military experience to achieve a role of real influence [After days of indecision, Netanyahu, Gantz agree to establish emergency war government]( By Jeremy Sharon, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Amy Spiro [Local elections to be postponed by 3 months as country likely faces long war]( By Michael Horovitz ToI podcast Amanda Borschel-Dan [What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: Vowing to stand with Israel when it fires back]( The influential thinker and author describes the nation’s cocktail of emotions following the murderous Hamas infiltration from Gaza: ‘Shock, grief, frustration, inspiration, pride’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 12: Day 6 of Israel at war – the 11 from one family held by Hamas]( By ToI Staff [CRM]( More Headlines [In first in 41 years, El Al to fly on Saturday to bring reservists back to Israel]( By Sharon Wrobel [Israeli victims’ credit cards reportedly abused by terrorists after Hamas onslaught]( By Sharon Wrobel [Countries work to evacuate their citizens from Israel as war rages with Hamas]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Arab League demands Israel undo ‘unjust decision’ to cut electricity from Gaza]( By AFP and ToI Staff [X takes down hundreds of accounts with Hamas ties, flags content]( By Agencies [In first, Saudi Arabia’s bin Salman speaks to Iran’s Raisi about Israel-Hamas war]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Three Palestinians killed in clashes with settlers in West Bank]( By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian [NYC’s Hadar Institute calls for public fast day to pray for Israeli hostages of Hamas]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [New Arab allies navigate Israel ties, pro-Palestinian public opinion as war erupts]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Tech giants from Google to Oracle condemn ‘horrific’ Hamas attack, pledge Israel aid]( By Sharon Wrobel [Explainer / How war in Israel is impacting the GOP race to elect a new speaker of the House]( By Laura Blessing [From darkness to blue-white / Rome’s Arch of Titus lit up in tribute to Israel]( By Ron Kampeas [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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