Hamas wants Fatah terror chief freed * The 81-year-old woman who climbed out the window to escape Hamas * US sanctions settler extremists * ’Digital pen pals’ links teens

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, February 2, 2024 Live updates [LIVE: Hamas official says it wants Barghouti freed in hostage deal, seeks permanent ceasefire]( By ToI Staff Israeli official: 50/50 on a deal * IDF fights gunmen across Gaza, raids underground Hamas bank vault * IRGC adviser dies in Syria strike * Rocket fire on towns near Lebanon border [The 81-year-old woman who climbed out the window to escape Hamas]( By ToI Staff Jaqueline Glicksman visits her ruined house at Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, describes her harrowing escape from terrorists who burned down her house [‘Digital pen pals’ program connects North American and Israeli teens during wartime]( By Gavriel Fiske Now in its fourth year, the One2One initiative facilitates English conversations and cultural exchange between thousands of Jewish high schoolers on opposite sides of the world [Defense minister vows IDF will push south to Rafah as Khan Younis offensive wraps up]( By Emanuel Fabian Gallant tells troops operations are aiding cause of freeing hostages; IDF battles gunmen across enclave, strikes rocket launchers [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Feb 2: Day 119 – ToI on the ground in Gaza with the IDF in Khan Younis]( By ToI Staff [IDF: 82% of soldiers treated for mental health since Oct. 7 are returning to duty]( By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff [Hamas says truce proposal ‘still being studied’ as Israeli war cabinet meets on deal]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Qatar ‘optimistic’ after receiving ‘initial positive confirmation’ from terror group on hostage agreement, but source close to Hamas says Qatari statement was ‘rushed and not true’ [In Cairo, senior Hamas officials discuss hostage deal with Egyptian intelligence chief]( By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman [Updated protocols for freed hostages include training to address sexual abuse, torture]( By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff [With unprecedented executive order, US sanctions settlers behind ‘intolerable’ violence]( By Jacob Magid First series of financial penalties, travel ban slapped on 4 violent Israeli extremists; move creates tool that could be used to cut off entire settler movement from US financing Top Ops Danielle Abraham [Destroying Israeli agriculture was part of Hamas’s evil plan]( It didn’t quite work: Israelis are resilient and, knowing how important the crops are for the country, they went back to tend the fields under fire Erel Margalit [An empty north will go bankrupt: Residents and businesses should return now]( With their innovation and collaboration, Galilee industries will still inspire the nation, perhaps none so effectively as the pioneering ’Galiladies’ Interview [To stand up for Israel, Mideast expert agrees to be ‘punching bag’ for Arab media]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Since Oct. 7, Idit Bar has engaged in intensive public diplomacy on BBC Arabic and social media. In the process, she has learned to hit the ‘soft belly’ of a hostile audience [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Top UK diplomat Cameron: No recognition of Palestinian state until Hamas out of Gaza]( By AP and ToI Staff ‘You can’t have 2-state solution with Gaza still controlled by those responsible for Oct. 7,’ foreign secretary says on trip to Lebanon; ‘need to give Palestinian people a horizon’ [Biden visits Michigan as Arab-American anger over Gaza threatens to cost him state]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [UK’s Sunak says attacks that led pro-Israel MP to step down ‘an attack on democracy’]( By AFP and ToI Staff Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green Mike Freer says he won’t seek reelection after threats the prime minister calls ‘deeply distressing’ [Senior BBC employee accused of repeated antisemitic posts, Holocaust denial]( By ToI Staff [Gaza cobblers work by roadsides to mend shoes of Palestinians displaced by war]( By Reuters and ToI Staff With most of Gaza’s population homeless and few new goods arriving in the coastal enclave, menders are busy repairing shoes for people unable to find or buy new footwear [Satellite photos show new demolition within Israeli buffer zone in Gaza]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [UNRWA nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, amid allegations workers took part in Oct. 7]( By AFP and ToI Staff ToI podcast [What Matters Now to author Shlomo Brody: Jewish ethics and the Israel-Hamas War]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan When the imperative of self-defense brushes up against terrorists using innocent civilians as hostages and human shields, what should the most moral army in the world do? [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Iranian Revolutionary Guard adviser said killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria]( By Agencies and ToI Staff State news agency SANA cites Syrian military as saying it shot down Israeli missiles launched at south Damascus from Golan Heights overnight; no immediate comment from IDF [US defense chief Austin hints major strike on Iranian proxies imminent]( By TARA COPP, Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell [UN experts: Al-Qaeda messaging increasingly focusing on Al-Aqsa in wake of Oct. 7]( By AP and ToI Staff [7 detained in Turkey for allegedly selling intel to Mossad via private detectives]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Turkish security official says arrests made in connection with tracking and monitoring local targets, after Erdogan warned Israel against hunting down Hamas members abroad [Turkey frees seven hostages taken by pro-Gaza gunman at factory near Istanbul]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Protest leader sues Likud MK for libel over ‘disgusting lies’ linking her to Oct. 7]( By ToI Staff Bressler demands NIS 2.6 million in damages as Gotliv, other social media influencers continue to spread unfounded claims of links between activists, security personnel and Hamas [State attorney closes cases against Walla, Yedioth; Netanyahu trial not affected]( By Jeremy Sharon [Feds probe: Can US students be suspended for chanting ‘From the river to the sea’?]( By JTA and ToI Staff Latest Title VI investigation relating to the Israel-Hamas war weighs whether it’s Islamophobic to discipline pupils for chanting ‘From the river to the sea,’ or antisemitic not to [Video shows California imams voice hatred for Jews, praise or deny October 7]( By ToI Staff [Day 119 – ToI on the ground in Gaza with the IDF in Khan Younis]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin launch online educational toolkit]( By Maya Zanger-Nadis [New Jersey man pleads guilty to badly injuring 3 in series of violent antisemitic attacks]( By ToI Staff [Schumer schedules crucial test vote on bill that includes aid for Israel]( By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO [Lindsey Graham grills TikTok CEO on resignation of Israel representative]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Sweden investigating ‘dangerous object’ found at Israeli Embassy as terrorism]( By AP [Israel-bound livestock ship back in Australia after 25 days at sea due to Houthi strikes]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Israeli green thermal storage company signs 7-year deal with Wolfson Hospital]( By Sue Surkes [US cyber firm Proofpoint to lay off Israeli employees as part of global job cuts]( 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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