In Israel, Biden blames hospital blast on ’other team’ * IDF shows Gaza rocket to blame * Op-ed: Hamas exposed * US firefighters worry for Be’eri * Those we are missing

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, October 18, 2023 [In Tel Aviv, Biden pins blame for Gaza hospital blast on ‘the other team’]( By Lazar Berman Visiting president says Hamas makes ISIS look ‘more rational,’ praises Israelis for ‘their courage, their commitment, their bravery’ before meeting with first responders [Summit with Arab leaders called off as Biden heads to Israel for solidarity visit]( By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid [Biden to ask ‘tough questions as a friend’ on Israel visit overshadowed by Gaza blast]( By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff [IDF presents evidence misfired Gazan rocket caused hospital blast, slams Hamas ‘lies’]( By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner Military airs intercepted call in which Hamas members discuss failed Islamic Jihad launch that landed in Al-Ahli parking lot, says lack of crater proves not caused by IDF ordnance [Israel says Islamic Jihad rocket misfire caused blast near Gaza hospital]( By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Agencies Op-ed David Horovitz [Haters won’t be swayed, but Hamas lies about Gaza hospital blast are being exposed]( The Arab street won’t believe anything the IDF Spokesman has revealed about what happened, and our Arab allies are too fearful. But Biden now has the evidence to sustain his support [Hamas urges attacks on Israelis; Arab world ignores Israeli claims on hospital blast]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Protests across region after Gaza hospital strike blamed on IDF, despite Israel denial]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Live updates [LIVE: US has your back, Biden assures Israel as Gazan rockets launched at Beersheba, south]( By Joshua Davidovich President sits with war cabinet, says ‘other team’ hit Gaza hospital, ‘not you’ * PM: Israel working to minimize harm to civilians * IDF: More Gaza rockets misfiring than in past [Visiting Chancellor Scholz says Germany’s place in hard times is ‘alongside Israel’]( By ToI Staff Netanyahu says ‘Hamas are the new Nazis’; top security official: Israel will allow humanitarian aid to south Gaza as long as it doesn’t reach terrorists [Berlin synagogue firebombed, with antisemitism spiking as Gaza war rages]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Family members of the missing with German citizenship thank Scholz, demand action]( By Jessica Steinberg [Hamas launched unique terror tactic: Livestreaming horrors on victims’ social media]( By ToI Staff ‘We are not psychologically prepared for this,’ says expert, as New York Times highlights multiple cases in which distraught relatives saw gruesome updates via loved ones’ accounts [Israel eliminates top Hamas commander; 14 said killed as Haniyeh’s family home bombed]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [IDF intel chief says he ‘bears full responsibility’ for not warning of Hamas attack]( By Emanuel Fabian and 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 [British spy chief says Gaza war raises risk of terror in UK, fears Iran on the move]( By Agencies [French government wants hard-left lawmaker probed for backing Hamas]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Four soldiers lightly hurt in latest Hezbollah missile attack on Lebanon border]( By Emanuel Fabian Israel responds to repeated anti-tank fire by shelling southern Lebanon; IDF chief: Terror group will face ‘destruction’; fighter jets strike sites in response to earlier attacks [Bomb shelters in north ‘do not provide required protection,’ says state comptroller]( By Jeremy Sharon [Analysis / Arab leaders say region paying price of Biden deemphasizing Israel, Palestinians]( By AP and ToI Staff Top Ops Douglas Feith [Hamas uses not human shields, but human sacrifice]( The terror group engineered the bombing of schools, hospitals, and mosques – making those who blame Israel for it complicit in the very cruelty they mean to condemn Jack Levy [To Tom Friedman and the NY Times: Stop trusting Hamas’s propaganda]( When a hospital explodes in Gaza, ask: Who is happy, who is relieved, and who is upset? (Spoiler alert: It’s Hamas and its partners that benefit) Raphael Benaroya [The free world should support Israel out of self-interest, not sympathy]( The ripples go far beyond the region, burdening US resources and benefiting adversaries, including Russia and China Mary Grossman [From Wyoming to Tel Aviv, in the wake of atrocities]( The sadness of the Jewish people is crushing and complex – don’t turn from our pain too quickly [Those We Are Missing]( The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown Explainer Jeremy Sharon [Stay safe: The best places to go in the event of a rocket attack]( A residential or communal saferoom is best, then a building shelter or public shelter. If those aren’t available, head for an internal stairwell or a room without external walls [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct 18: Day 12 of war – Biden in Israel & truth about the Gaza strike]( By ToI Staff [Young dad of 6 absorbed blast to protect family in attack on Kibbutz Kerem Shalom]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Amichai Shindler, whose older brother was killed in 2010 terror shooting, was severely injured as Hamas terrorists blasted open saferoom door as he held it closed [Citizens, including an MK, helped repel Hamas attack in Ofakim]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [US firefighters in Israel worried about fate of Be’eri families who hosted them]( By Lazar Berman Emergency Volunteers Project members in Ashkelon bolster rescue services during war, but unable to visit kibbutz that lost over 100 members in Hamas attack [Those We Call Heroes / Ex-IDF deputy chief of staff Yair Golan wins plaudits for saving partygoers]( By Sue Surkes [Israeli doctors pressure WHO, Red Cross and others to protect hostages in Gaza]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [Taibe bike shop torched after Arab Israeli owner donates bikes to Jewish kids]( By Gavriel Fiske Shopkeeper Alaa Amara has received over NIS 550,000 in donations after arsonists target him for his gift of 50 bicycles to Jews who evacuated their homes due to the Hamas onslaught [CRM]( [Global task force against antisemitism warns of danger ahead due to Israel-Hamas war]( By Stuart Winer ADL-partnered J7 says international spike in antisemitic incidents following massive terror onslaught likely a harbinger of more ‘worrying reports’ from world’s Jewish communities [Jews again faced most hate crimes of any religious group in 2022, FBI reports]( By Ron Kampeas [These Israelis are fighting Hamas on the war’s emerging ‘deepfake’ cyberfront]( By Matt Lebovic Generated by artificial intelligence, false footage of the Israel-Gaza war has been inundating media outlets around the world since the October 7 Hamas massacres More Headlines [Shekel falls as Fitch puts Israel on rating watch negative amid Gaza escalation risk]( By Sharon Wrobel [Jack Lew, US ex-treasury secretary and Israel envoy pick, to face Senate hearing]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Jewish students cover Paris walls with photos of French hostages in Gaza]( By Agencies [Knesset approves wartime prison crowding, among other emergency measures]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Lapid urges Smotrich to use coalition discretionary fund to help southern communities]( By ToI Staff [UN Security Council to vote on condemning Hamas, attacks on civilians in Gaza war]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Nepalis mourn relatives and broken dreams in wake of devastating Hamas massacre]( By Agencies [Tech leaders boycott Europe’s biggest tech confab over criticism of Israeli response]( By Sharon Wrobel [Interview / Baltic MPs: Hamas is in Iran-Russia ‘axis of evil,’ Europe must reevaluate its policy]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Portugal moves to end Sephardic Jewish citizenship law]( By Orge Castellano [At campaign rally, Trump vows to bar Hamas sympathizers, Gazan refugees if elected]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Hevenu Shalom Aleichem / Students in small Austrian town sing message of peace]( By Sharon Wrobel [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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