Blinken: Hamas wants unworkable changes to deal * Hezbollah fires 170 rockets after top officer killed * UN accuses Israel of extermination * Terror banners on NY streets

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Live updates [LIVE: Blinken says Hamas seeking ‘unworkable’ changes to hostage deal proposal]( By ToI Staff Secretary not sure gaps will be bridged; says offer was ‘virtually identical’ to previous Hamas terms: They could’ve just said ‘yes’ * US, allies soon to present Gaza post-war plan [170 rockets fired at north after IDF killing of ‘most senior’ Hezbollah officer yet]( By Emanuel Fabian No injuries in barrages, but Hezbollah vows to ramp up attacks; military says Taleb Abdullah commanded key regional division in south Lebanon, behind numerous attacks on Israel [Top Hezbollah commander, 3 operatives killed in south Lebanon strike]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies [All four rescued hostages released from hospital as UN raises possible ‘war crimes’]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv clear post-captivity medical tests; rights body says Israel, Hamas may both be responsible for civilian deaths in rescue raid [US dismisses claims that Gaza aid pier was used in IDF hostage rescue mission]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Hostages Ziv, Kozlov and Meir Jan’s ordeal ‘beyond anything you can imagine’]( By ToI Staff In fresh testimony, doctors and relatives detail how they were held in the dark, locked in bathrooms and repeatedly threatened with death [UN reports accuse Israel of ‘extermination,’ crimes against humanity; Hamas of war crimes]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Israel rejects findings that ‘outrageously and repugnantly attempt to draw a false equivalence between IDF soldiers and Hamas terrorists,’ accuses UN commission of systematic bias [UN publishes report with IDF, Hamas, PIJ added to ‘list of shame’ for first time]( By Jacob Magid and AP Guterres says he’s ‘appalled by dramatic increase and unprecedented scale and intensity of grave violations’ against children in Gaza, Israel and West Bank over past year ToI podcast [Daily Briefing June 12: Day 250 – A political psychologist takes Israel’s temperature]( By ToI Staff Nimrod Nir’s findings from eight months of war include how conspiracy theories affect public opinion and whether or not the Israeli people with be ‘together’ in victory [Hamas issues response to Israeli hostage deal proposal, saying it made ‘amendments’]( By Jacob Magid Israel says terror group made drastic changes that amount to a rejection of its offer; official from mediating country says Hamas proposed new timeline for ceasefire, IDF withdrawal [Blinken says Sinwar’s word ‘what counts’ after ‘hopeful’ Hamas response to UN vote]( By Jacob Magid [White House slams ‘heartbreaking’ anti-Israel protest of Nova massacre exhibit in NYC]( By Jacob Magid ‘Banners of terror groups shouldn’t be flown anywhere, especially not on US streets,’ Biden aide says; Congress’s biggest Israel critics join condemnations, angering some followers [UCLA police arrest 25 at anti-Israel protest; rabbi accosted, called a ‘pedophile’]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [U of Minnesota backtracks on Holocaust studies hire who accused Israel of genocide]( By Andrew Lapin [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [A yeshiva that preps Haredi men for IDF service mourns first graduate to fall in battle]( By Mati Wagner As Israeli society debates mandatory ultra-Orthodox enlistment amid war, Staff Sgt. Bezalel Kovacs’s life and death present a new view of what it means to belong to the community Top Ops Adele Raemer [Shavuot? I’ll have to give you a rain check]( I can’t celebrate this harvest holiday if I’m not home on my kibbutz rejoicing with those brutally torn from us on Oct. 7 Menachem Rosensaft [How to destroy a Holocaust studies center]( Simply do what UMN did: Appoint a new head of the center who spews widely discredited theories and accuses Israel of genocide [International survey finds 60% don’t have confidence in Biden’s handling of Gaza war]( By ToI Staff and AP Poll conducted in 34 countries finds that US president still engenders greater faith than rival Trump; 54% of Israelis trust Republican candidate [German court rejects Palestinian groups’ request to block arms exports to Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Obituary [Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll Markoff became an avid blogger and author after turning 100; leaves exceptionally lucid brain to science; wife Betty died in 2019 after 81 years of marriage Interview [To fight anti-Zionism, NY philanthropist showcases artifacts that tie Jews to Israel]( By Gavriel Fiske Antiquities buff George S. Blumenthal talks about his latest project, which offers ‘bite-sized’ pieces of evidence to counter claims that Jews are not indigenous to the Holy Land Israel Story [Wartime Diaries: Moriah Cohen]( After being stabbed on the street, a woman prepares for her attacker to return to their shared neighborhood. [CRM]( [6 Palestinian gunmen killed as heavy clashes erupt near Jenin during IDF raid]( By Emanuel Fabian Army says it used ‘pressure cooker’ tactic to force suspects from building they holed up in, called in attack helicopter to strike compound [French conservative leader embraces far-right party founded by Nazi apologist]( By Shira Li Bartov Les Republicains lawmakers furious as leader Eric Ciotti breaks longtime boycott of Le Pen’s faction after snap elections called amid establishment’s dismal showing in EU elections [‘Time now to take action’: Macron exhorts French moderates to coalesce for snap vote]( By Sylvie Corbet [Day 250 – A political psychologist takes Israel’s temperature]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Security firm: Merchant ship hit in Red Sea off Yemen in apparent Houthi attack]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Germany returns items to descendants of Poles killed at Nazi camps]( By AFP [Manhattan DA moves to dismiss hate crime charges in attack on Israeli student]( By Luke Tress [Hunter Biden found guilty of all 3 felony gun charges in federal trial]( By Randall Chase, CLAUDIA LAUER, Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER [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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