Hamas ’doesn’t know’ which hostages alive * Harris hosting Gantz * Border residents who no longer see conciliation * Jewish actress told not safe to leave London theater

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, March 4, 2024 Presented by [The Jewish Quarterly]( Live updates [LIVE: Hamas claims it doesn’t know which hostages are alive, so can’t hand Israel a list]( By ToI Staff Smotrich slams Gantz for pushing US Palestinian statehood agenda * 1 dead, 7 wounded in anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon * Troops raze home of terrorist in Dee family killing [Urging 6-week ‘ceasefire,’ US VP Harris says Israel not doing enough to get aid to Gaza]( By Reuters and ToI Staff ‘People are starving. Conditions are inhumane’: In harshest comments by administration, vice president slams ‘unnecessary restrictions’ on relief, tells Hamas to accept truce terms [Netanyahu’s office denies report Biden wouldn’t take phone call after Gaza aid chaos]( By Lazar Berman [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Mar 4: Day 150 – Israel pushes aid into Gaza. So why isn’t it delivered?]( By ToI Staff [Foreign national killed, 7 hurt in anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon]( By Emanuel Fabian Two victims listed in serious condition following strike on Thai laborers working in orchard near border community of Margaliot from our sponsor [New essay on Musk and the Jews]( Why was Elon Musk, the unorthodox visionary, flirting with white nationalists and Holocaust deniers on X? Read the Jewish Quarterly’s February 2024 edition. 50% off for ToI readers. Inside story [Their dovish hopes clipped, some Gaza border residents make peace with becoming hawks]( By Canaan Lidor Civilians who followed Hamas into Israel to loot and vandalize communities on October 7 showed their true faces, says one Nir Oz survivor who no longer sees conciliation as possible Top Ops Tova Herzl [Who does Bibi think he’s hurting when he tells the embassy not to help Gantz?]( I used to work at the Israeli DC embassy, so I can tell you how impossible it is for the diplomatic corps to do its job when it’s cut out of the loop Benjamin Porat [Not by might or power, but by defunding the draft dodgers]( There is no legal basis for sending tax shekels to yeshivas filled with students who are required by law to report for army duty [Egypt claims progress in hostage talks with Hamas as Sinwar said to go silent]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies IDF says it eliminated the Palestinian Islamic Jihad cell responsible for firing rockets at Be’eri and Hatzerim; efforts to send aid to northern Gaza continue with unclear results [Gaza airstrike takes out senior Hamas recruiter as IDF raises troop death toll to 246]( By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff Sgt. 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Dennis Yekimov, 33, killed in Khan Younis Saturday; military wraps up 2-week operation to retake previously conquered Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City [Israel says 50 incubators for hospitals enter Gaza Strip]( By ToI Staff [UNRWA said to accuse Israel of abusing Gazan detainees]( By ToI Staff [Jewish actress told not to leave London theater due to pro-Palestinian rallies]( By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff Tracy-Ann Oberman, who campaigns against antisemitism, reveals she was advised to stay indoors after performance; security has already been boosted due to death threats against her [IDF guts Nablus home of Hamas terrorist accused in killing of Dee family]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff As troops operate in West Bank city, Jewish pilgrims try to reach shrine without military coordination; Palestinian teen killed, Border Police officer hurt in clashes near Ramallah [A week before Ramadan, IDF and police meet to hash out Temple Mount security plan]( By ToI Staff [Calls mount to investigate killing of San Diego Jewish dentist as a hate crime]( By JTA and ToI Staff Benjamin Harouni allegedly shot dead by 29-year-old Mohammed Abdulkareem; multiple Jewish advocacy groups demand police look at antisemitism as motive; mayor vows to ‘get to truth’ [Canada man arrested for threatening pro-Palestinian activists with nail gun]( By Maya Zanger-Nadis [Jewish man attacked outside Paris synagogue; another stabbed in Zurich]( By Agencies [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Reporter's notebook [No longer a ghost town, Sderot welcomes returnees and a renewed sense of normalcy]( By Canaan Lidor Traumatized but determined, thousands have moved back to a city scarred by rocket fire and full of painful memories, where they hope to rebuild their lives Reporter's Notebook [In Sderot, a first day of school for ‘the second time’]( By Gavriel Fiske [Audio aired of hostage calling for help days before mistaken IDF killing]( By ToI Staff Canine-mounted camera captures Alon Shamriz yelling ‘please help’ between bursts of gunfire, and trying to alert troops to save him and fellow hostages Yotam Haim and Samar Talalka [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [‘We will die and not enlist’: Extremist Haredim block major highway for hours]( By ToI Staff Policewoman caught on video violently kicking demonstrator, as issue of ultra-Orthodox draft exemption returns to limelight [Gallant on ultra-Orthodox draft: ‘We need manpower now — it’s math, not politics’]( By ToI Staff Analysis Renee Ghert-Zand [Equal but different: The specific health considerations of female combat soldiers]( While serving on the front lines against Hamas alongside their male IDF comrades, women must contend with the medical realities of their biology [Day 150 – Israel pushes aid into Gaza. So why isn’t it delivered?]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Man shot dead in northern village, in third Arab Israeli homicide in a day]( By ToI Staff [Hardline conservatives secure bulk of parliamentary seats in Iran election]( By AP [Israel Prize nominee accuses Netanyahu associate of sabotaging his award]( By ToI Staff [Rare coin engraved with the name ‘Eleazar the Priest’ found in Judean Desert]( By Gavriel Fiske [Haley snags DC primary, notching symbolic first win ahead of Super Tuesday]( By Gram Slattery [Iran claims it executed Mossad ‘terrorist’ for drone attack on Isfahan arms facility]( 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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved