50 rockets fired at south * ’Antisemites’: Gov’t tells doctors to boycott UN panel probing Oct. 7 atrocities * Iran says it hit ’Mossad’ site in Iraq * The Amalek libel

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, January 16, 2024 [50 rockets fired at south Israel, largest barrage in weeks; 2 more soldiers killed]( By Emanuel Fabian IDF ground offensive toll rises to 190; military carries out targeted operations in northern Gaza, locates more than 100 rocket launchers, battles Hamas gunmen [Gallant: Intense fighting is over in northern Gaza, will soon end in Khan Younis too]( By Emanuel Fabian [Anticipating long war, IDF pulls one of four divisions out of Gaza for R&R, training]( By Emanuel Fabian [Government forbids doctors from speaking to UN group investigating Oct. 7 atrocities]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Israel says commission of inquiry formed by UN Human Rights Council in 2021 is led by three people with antisemitic and anti-Israel views [Israel says it fears for lives of two hostages after latest Hamas propaganda video]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff IDF rejects terror group’s claim Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi were killed when the military targeted a building where they were being held; Noa Argamani believed to be alive [Gilad Shalit met hostages’ families, shared how he endured Hamas captivity — report]( By ToI Staff [‘Voice from the tunnels’: London exhibit aims to recreate reality of Hamas hostages]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Live updates [IDF carries out waves of air, artillery strikes on Hezbollah sites in key Lebanon valley]( By ToI Staff Barrage of 50 rockets at southern Israel, impacts in Netivot, Givolim; no injuries * 1 soldier killed in Gaza fighting, another dies of wounds as ground op toll reaches 190 [Iraq recalls envoy to Iran after IRGC claims to fire missiles at Mossad site in Erbil]( By Agencies Tehran’s chargé d’affaires in Baghdad summoned in protest after Revolutionary Guard fires projectiles at what it claimed was Israeli ‘spy headquarters,’ killing several civilians [Houthi missile hits US-owned vessel off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden]( By AP and ToI Staff [Accusing Israel of carpet-bombing Gaza, Qatar PM calls for ‘time-bound’ peace process]( By Lazar Berman and Agencies Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warns regional woes will escalate without end to war in Gaza and two-state solution, criticizes strikes on Houthis as ineffective [EU adds Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar to terror blacklist]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Saudi FM urges ceasefire, says Riyadh interested in Israel normalization]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff Top Ops Elchanan Poupko [The Amalek blood libelÂ]( The biblical story of the slaughter of innocents always has always stood as a mandate to remember and not a call for revenge Sarah Tuttle-Singer [‘Heart and soul’ and why I ghosted my dad]( I could never read music, but I could play, and oh, the memories I made at the piano with my mom Nancy Katz [Antisemitism at Harvard started long before Claudine Gay]( Offensive slurs, blindness to Jews’ history of oppression and anti-Israel bias aren’t new, but one thing is different today Eylon Levy [Fight for the living buried alive]( We fight not because we want to, but because we must, because the forces that rise up in every generation have risen up in ours [Report: IDF chief worried Gaza battle gains will erode without a ‘day after’ strategy]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Halevi said to tell Netanyahu and Gallant army may need to return to previously conquered areas, with no plans in place as fighting winds down [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jan. 16: Day 102 – PM seeks to cut dependence on imported munitions]( By ToI Staff Op-ed Jeremy Sharon [The dizzying malevolence of two days in The Hague]( Israel is charged with the gravest crime a country can commit, in cynical misrepresentation of reality designed to deny it the right to self-defense against a truly genocidal enemy [PM’s office says it’s ‘preposterous’ to say his invoking Amalek was a genocide call]( By Jeremy Sharon [Bangladesh backs South Africa’s genocide claims against Israel]( By ToI Staff [Cabinet approves 2024 budget, making cuts to offset massive wartime defense boost]( By Sam Sokol One Likud and five National Unity ministers vote against wartime budget to protest across-the-board reductions and failure to curb extraneous ministries [Lapid accuses PM of playing politics with budget while ‘businesses are collapsing’]( By Sam Sokol [Government approves stimulus package to assist vital hi-tech industry during wartime]( By Sharon Wrobel [Day 102 – PM seeks to cut dependence on imported munitions]( [listen to the podcast]( [Iran’s IRGC claims to target Mossad spy center in missile attack on Iraqi Kurdistan]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Iraqi officials report 4 civilians killed in strikes that the Revolutionary Guards describe as a response to Israel recently ‘martyring IRGC and resistance commanders’ Reporter's notebook [Commemorating Supernova victims, electronic music scene attempts a low-key comeback]( By Canaan Lidor One of the country’s first major rave parties after the October 7 massacre features no commercial activity and plenty of symbolism [Bagging Iowa, Trump vows to solve Israel and Ukraine wars ‘very fast’ if reelected]( By ToI Staff and AFP Former US president claims Russia and Hamas would not have attacked if he were still in office; doesn’t provide details on plans to resolve crises [Trump notches commanding win in Iowa caucuses; DeSantis edges out Haley for 2nd place]( By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont and HANNAH FINGERHUT Inside story Sue Surkes [Amid swarm of stakeholders, planners begin brainstorming how to rebuild south]( Officials, architects, environmentalists, academics and others start looking at ways to bring back devastated region, with some asking whether array of groups can work together [Israeli soccer star returns home after Turkey detained him for gesture to hostages]( By Michael Bachner and Lazar Berman Sagiv Jehezkel lands in Israel, with FM Katz blasting Ankara as ‘dark dictatorship’; Gallant: Ungrateful Turks acting as ‘executive arm’ of Hamas [Second Israeli soccer player runs foul of Turkish feelings with support for hostages]( By ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( More Headlines [Teacher reinstated after dismissal for posts appearing to justify Oct. 7 atrocities]( By ToI Staff [Soldier lightly hurt after firefight with suspected drug smugglers along Egypt border]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies [Bat Yam man sentenced to 12.5 years for 2021 mob assault on Arab driver]( By ToI Staff [Prosecutors close case against anti-overhaul protester allegedly beaten by cops]( By ToI Staff [Rabbinate delays divorce of a woman it helped wed but now says may not be Jewish]( By Canaan Lidor [UK to ban Sunni Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir for antisemitism and promoting terror]( By AFP and ToI Staff [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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