Biden heads to Israel * Mother’s plea as Hamas posts hostage video * Horovitz op-ed: Take Hamas by surprise * Forensic institute shows atrocities * Those We Are Missing

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, October 17, 2023 [Biden to make wartime solidarity visit to Israel on Wednesday]( By Jacob Magid Blinken: President will back Israel’s obligation to tackle Hamas; Israel to develop plan with US for humanitarian aid for Gazans; White House: No conditions on Israel military aid [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct 17: Day 11 of war – Biden to visit Israel, as some US citizens leave]( By ToI Staff [Opening Knesset amid rocket fire, PM warns Iran and Hezbollah against 2nd front]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Live updates [LIVE: Bombardment from Lebanon, Gaza continues as world leaders head to Israel in solidarity]( By ToI Staff Anti-tank missile fire in north, rockets in south * Romania PM meets with Netanyahu * IDF says Gaza hostage video is ‘psychological terror’ * Jordan’s Abdullah: Mideast ‘on the brink of abyss’ [Begging world to ‘return my baby,’ mother says video of hostage daughter a good sign]( By Jessica Steinberg Keren Schem describes rollercoaster of emotions, says footage released by Hamas terror group Monday night was first confirmation that daughter survived rave massacre [Hamas releases propaganda clip of hostage seized in Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel]( By Emanuel Fabian and Gianluca Pacchiani [IDF says it expects more Hamas clips of hostages, brands them ‘psychological terror’]( By Emanuel Fabian, Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff Inside story [US pressing Israel to devise strategy for scenario of Hamas’s rule being toppled]( By Jacob Magid PM’s inner circle has indicated that it hasn’t thought that far ahead, leading US officials to warn that failing to do so could result in IDF being bogged down in Gaza indefinitely [Israel at war / Shin Bet head says ‘responsibility mine’ for Gaza failure; rockets fired at Tel Aviv]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [Monday Live updates (closed) / Day 10 of war: Hamas says holding 200 hostages; foreign nationals will be freed when conditions allow]( By Michael Bachner, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid Op-ed David Horovitz [Hamas is more dangerous, utterly inhumane: Israel must not underestimate it again]( The terrorist army that came to kill our people must be vanquished, with no more illusions about its capabilities and goals; and this time, we have to be taking Hamas by surprise [Still split over nation’s leadership, gutted Israelis unite around war against Hamas]( By Julia Frankel Top Ops Neomit Dekel-Chen [I decided to play dead. My son is still missing]( A survivor’s account from Kibbutz Nir Oz, where Hamas terrorists murdered dozens of residents and took dozens more hostage David Lehrer [What we have lost]( As the nightmare continues, it may be too much to ask that we have sympathy for innocent Palestinians in Gaza. But I do. Jack Levy [A plea for moral clarity and leadership at Harvard]( The president of America’s premier university should speak forcefully and unambiguously against terror – or what’s an education for? Chavi Feldman [Plans I never thought I’d have to make]( At the dinner table. my husband casually announced what we’d do if terrorists broke into our home. I was incredulous Warning: Graphic images [Foreign media given unprecedented access to forensic institute to witness atrocities]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Staff at Abu Kabir work 24/7 along with colleagues in IDF and police to identify victims of mass butchery by Hamas terrorists; in some cases identification likely impossible [Gaza’s medics work under Israeli strikes, lack of supplies in battle to save lives]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Metula missile attack injures 3; IDF kills cell trying to blow through Lebanon border]( By Emanuel Fabian Israel responds to repeated anti-tank fire by shelling southern Lebanon; military says drone struck suspects as they attempted to plant bomb near border fence with front heating up [Hezbollah shoots at IDF posts, fires missile at tank in fresh Lebanon border clashes]( By Emanuel Fabian From the blogs Yossi Klein Halevi [What this war is about]( On October 7, Israel became the most dangerous country in the world for Jews. The atrocity Hamas inflicted was literally unbearable Reporter's notebook Canaan Lidor [In Netivot, poverty compounds the problems of a battered border city]( Thousands of the frontline city’s residents are riding out incessant Hamas artillery, citing faith, defiance — and lack of better options [Their mental health tested by Hamas onslaught, Israeli teens turn to volunteering]( By Ella Bilu [Bank of Israel sets out plan to freeze mortgage, loan payments for 3 months]( By Sharon Wrobel [Jordanian king warns Mideast ‘on brink of abyss,’ refuses refuge for fleeing Gazans]( By AFP and ToI Staff Abdullah II meets German chancellor ahead of Scholz’s trip to Israel, says humanitarian crisis in Strip ‘has to be dealt with inside Gaza and the West Bank,’ not in Jordan or Egypt [Iran’s Khamenei says ‘no one’ can stop resistance if Israel continues Gaza offensive]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Iran says ‘time running out’ for solution to Gaza war, threatens ‘expanding’ conflict]( By Agencies and Gianluca Pacchiani [Day 11 of war – Biden to visit Israel, as some US citizens leave]( [listen to the podcast]( [In Kfar Aza, French MPs say gruesome scenes recall 2015 Paris massacre]( By Lazar Berman Lawmakers from delegation, which includes former prime minister, say Paris won’t tie Israel’s hands and will support Jerusalem for as long as it needs to topple Hamas [Unhappy with unequivocal support for Israel, EU heads to seek consensus on Gaza war]( By Agencies [Those We Are Missing]( The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown Analysis Gianluca Pacchiani [Far from Gaza hardships, Hamas chief and family enjoy easy life in Qatar]( Thanks to Doha’s sponsorship and the wealth he accumulated as Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh and his children today live a life of wealth and privileges denied to other Gazans [UNRWA indicates Hamas stole supplies from its Gaza premises, then walks back claim]( By ToI Staff [Macron: Talks to free Gaza hostages progressing, Turkey also involved]( By Agencies, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff Turkish FM says matter being discussed with Hamas, touts efforts to forge peace; French embassy says president wants to come to Israel soon; China’s Mideast envoy also set to visit [French government wants hard-left lawmaker probed for backing Hamas]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Security Council rejects Russian resolution on Gaza war that made no mention of Hamas]( By AFP and Jacob Magid Reporter's notebook [New immigrants who fled strife in Ethiopia now face war in Israel]( By Sue Surkes Just months after reaching the Jewish state, a group of new arrivals was evacuated from an absorption center near the Gaza border town of Sderot, a target of heavy rocket fire [CRM]( Testimony [From his hospital bed, injured kibbutznik recounts how his community fended off Hamas]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Civil defense team member Nadav talks of harrowing battle with terrorists, his wife’s terrible wait to hear if he was alive and the long recovery ahead [Those We Have Lost]( Portraits of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas’s onslaught on southern Israel More Headlines [‘Sickened’ by silence on Hamas atrocities, Wexner Foundation cuts ties with Harvard]( By Michael Bachner [Police shoot dead suspect in killing of 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street]( By Agencies [Chicago-area Palestinians mourn Muslim boy, 6, allegedly killed over Gaza war]( By Agencies [Vote on plan to shutter Al Jazeera delayed as legal concerns surface]( By Jeremy Sharon [Nearly 100 probes launched into Israelis suspected of praising Hamas killings]( By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff [‘It was very difficult’: Yael Arad departs war horrors to get Olympic honor in India]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Shekel drops to 4 against the dollar, in first since 2015]( By Sharon Wrobel [Sweet singer of Israel / Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy offers Jewish prayer for healing amid Israel-Hamas war]( By Shira Li Bartov [Obituary / Jewish poet Louise Glück, who won Nobel literature prize, dies at 80]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll [Colombia tells Israel envoy to leave as diplomatic feud over Gaza war deepens]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Bad blood / Taylor Swift’s Israeli bodyguard heads home to fight in Gaza war]( By jacob gurvis [Obituary / Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll [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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