Freed hostage: There are no innocent Gazans * ’Genocide’: S Africa takes Israel to ICJ * US students tour Israel; cite violent antismitism on campus *The rush to buy guns

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, December 30, 2023 [Freed hostage Mia Schem: ‘I experienced hell. There are no innocent civilians in Gaza’]( By Amy Spiro and Michael Horovitz French-Israeli says she was instructed on what to say in videos; was held by a family that played mind games, withheld food, taunted her; man who operated on her arm told her ‘You’re not going home alive’ Live updates [LIVE: IDF strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah rocket fire, reportedly targets Aleppo airport]( By Jacob Magid Army says forces eliminated dozens of gunmen in Gaza City, destroyed infrastructure * Gaza ground op toll at 168 * Israeli wounded in car-ramming at military post near Hebron [‘Blood libel’: Israel slams South Africa for filing ICJ genocide motion over Gaza war]( By ToI Staff and Reuters Pretoria bids for an order declaring Israel in breach of 1948 Genocide Convention; Jerusalem accuses South Africa of ‘collaborating with terror group’ that seeks Israel’s destruction [Argentine President Milei expresses solidarity with Israel at Jewish sports event]( By Juan Melamed Inside Story [US students touring Israel: Campus antisemitism is palpable, violent — and inescapable]( By Canaan Lidor Jews from top-tier American universities describe their experiences with hatred unleashed by the war with Hamas and its galvanizing effect on their communities [‘This was not about freeing Palestine’: Former Miss Iraq tours decimated southern towns]( By ToI Staff Running for US Congress, Sarah Idan, whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked in 2019 after she backed Israel at the UN, says she plans to be an ‘anti-squad’ Democrat [IDF says it carried out strikes in Syria after two rockets fired at Golan Heights]( By AFP and ToI Staff Israeli targeting of Syrian sites comes less than two days after it struck area around Damascus airport and four days after IDF reportedly killed IRGC general [IDF repeatedly strikes south Lebanon after several rounds of Hezbollah rockets]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies Top Ops Julie Fishman Rayman [The Jewish community’s first line of defense]( US Law enforcement must rebuild trust by facing the menace of antisemitism and cultivating relationships with Jewish communities Henry Greenspan [Sleeping with Kafka]( There is nothing I can do. It doesn’t matter what sin I committed. Or didn’t. It has been decided. I have to leave. [US bypasses congressional review for month’s second fast-tracked arms sale to Israel]( By Jacob Magid and Agencies Move suggests that growing discomfort in Washington with Israel’s prosecution of war not yet influencing its near-daily supply of weapons used by the IDF in Gaza [PM said to bar Mossad and Shin Bet heads from an operational meeting with Gallant]( By ToI Staff [Israeli wounded in car-ramming at military post near Hebron; attacker ‘neutralized’]( By Emanuel Fabian Injured man fully conscious, taken to hospital for treatment; attack takes place near site of similar assault Friday, where 5 soldiers were hurt [Israeli forces push deeper into central and southern Gaza amid airstrikes]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies Palestinian residents report heavy air and artillery fire; IDF says it killed dozens of terror operatives in strikes and gunfights, raided Hamas intelligence HQ in Khan Younis [IDF: Troops raze Gaza City hideout belonging to Sinwar, large tunnel system below it]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [Israel hoping to push UNRWA out of Gaza post-war — report]( By ToI Staff Inside story [Shocked by Oct. 7 failures, Israelis rush to buy guns, with government encouragement]( By Mati Wagner In the months since the Hamas massacre, there were 6 times as many license requests for handguns as in all of 2022, causing some to worry that untrained people will soon wield them [Hamas said to ‘agree in principle’ to resume talks with Israel on hostage deal]( By ToI Staff Hebrew media reports pile up about terror group retreating from permanent ceasefire demand, but Hamas official says Israel leaking false information to fend off domestic pressure [Senior Hamas delegation set to arrive in Cairo for Egypt-backed ceasefire talks]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [9-year-old boy and his 20-year-old uncle shot dead in Lod]( By ToI Staff Third person moderately wounded as shooting brings total number of Arab Israelis slain in violent crime so far in 2023 to 232 [IDF had no plan for responding to a Hamas attack of October 7’s magnitude – NY Times]( By ToI Staff Paper’s investigation focuses on the Israeli military’s disorganized, lackluster response to the deadly Hamas murderous invasion as it was unfolding [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Maine sect. of state who blocked Trump from ballot is past head of Holocaust center]( By Andrew Lapin Shenna Bellows has taken Trump off primary ballot – the second state, after Colorado, to rule the former president ineligible – based on 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause [CRM]( Exhibition [Resurrected exhibit provides insight into Jewish artists during, after the Holocaust]( By Bernard Dichek ‘Munich Displaced,’ at the Munich Jewish Museum through March 17, portrays the city when it was a hub for 200,000 displaced Jews who survived the war [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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