PM: War won’t end with Hamas in power * Israel boosts Gaza’s electricity * Why aren’t Israeli startups helping win war? * Eve of victory: How Starmer shed Corbyn’s legacy

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Live updates [LIVE: Report says IDF brass backing ceasefire even if Hamas remains in power; PM: Won’t happen]( By ToI Staff Army responds it is committed to all war goals * Two soldiers killed in Gaza combat as army strikes in Khan Younis * Mother of rescued hostage Noa Argamani dies of cancer [Israel boosts power to Gaza desalination plant in bid to avert humanitarian crisis]( By Emanuel Fabian Security officials say electric work critical for Israeli campaign against Hamas; vast majority of Gaza population now in humanitarian zone, where facility’s water will be sent [Two soldiers killed in Gaza combat as IDF strikes terror targets in Khan Younis]( By Emanuel Fabian [IDF tells Gazans to evacuate some Khan Younis neighborhoods in wake of rocket attack]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies Analysis Amir Mizroch [In war with low-tech foe, startups could prevent costly failings – so why don’t they?]( On Oct. 7, Israel’s $1 billion border fence sensors were blinded by cheap Hamas drones. Companies developing solutions claim they still face resistance from the defense establishment Inside story [Netanyahu privately showing openness to PA involvement in postwar Gaza — officials]( By Jacob Magid Premier still publicly opposes Palestinian Authority rule over enclave, but his office no longer rejects role for lower-level PA employees in managing Strip once fighting ends [PM says ‘grave mistake’ to free Gaza hospital head; panel to oversee future releases]( By Lazar Berman and AFP [Israel to reportedly try creating Hamas-free ‘bubble’ zones in northern Gaza]( By Lazar Berman [Mother of hostage Noa Argamani dies of cancer three weeks after daughter’s rescue]( By ToI Staff Hospital says Liora Argamani spent her final days with her daughter, who was freed from captivity in Gaza last month in an IDF raid [Opposition, hostage families press coalition to nix upcoming 3-month Knesset recess]( By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff Analysis Robert Philpot [How UK’s Starmer shook off predecessor Corbyn’s far-left legacy — and unpopularity]( On the verge of a sweeping win, the Labour Party is very different from the one pummeled at the polls in 2019, and Jewish Brits are as pleased as any about it [UK campaigners seek to harness anger at Gaza war among Muslim voters]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Gallant: IDF needs flexible regulations on Haredi draft, not a law setting quotas]( By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff Defense minister slams government for failing to provide army with enough manpower, notes 10,000 new troops needed but IDF can only accommodate 3,000 ultra-Orthodox this year [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing July 2: Day 270 – How the IDF could conscript Haredi yeshiva students]( By ToI Staff [Iranian general says itching to carry out another direct missile attack on Israel]( By ToI Staff Revolutionary Guard aerospace chief Amir Ali Hajizadeh says he doesn’t know how many rockets would be used, but is ‘hopeful’ for opportunity to follow up April barrage of hundreds [Hezbollah member killed as IDF strikes in Lebanon after latest rocket fire at north]( By Emanuel Fabian [October 7 victims sue Iran, Syria, North Korea for billions in US court]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Top Ops Gary Gilbert [What Acre can teach US student protesters]( Though I was within easy range of Hezbollah rockets, I felt less under attack in the mixed Arab-Jewish city than on my American college campus Michael Oren [The brutal syllogism of this war is a deathtrap for Israel]( Hezbollah won’t accept a ceasefire unless Hamas does. Hamas will not agree to a ceasefire. Hence, Israel will go to war against Hezbollah. [CRM]( Analysis Jeremy Sharon [New Gaza famine report reveals grim March predictions were vastly exaggerated]( Study appears to emphasize outlying malnutrition results, does not disclose mortality data, leading some experts to question the basis of its new projections [At Tel Aviv confab, Israel’s embattled peace camp seeks to revive itself post-Oct. 7]( By Charlie Summers Bringing together Jewish and Arab activists under slogan ‘only peace can bring security,’ event features historian Yuval Noah Harari and Hadash chair Ayman Odeh as keynote speakers [Soldier killed, another seriously hurt by roadside bomb in West Bank’s Nur Shams]( By Emanuel Fabian Two Palestinians killed during attempt to extract troops from refugee camp near Tulkarem, including woman reportedly hit by shrapnel when gunmen set off unexploded missile [Far-right Le Pen would be ‘excellent’ as French president, says Likud minister]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Amichai Chikli claims Netanyahu shares his opinion that anti-immigration politician, who wants to limit public expressions of religion, is good for Israel [French centrists, left wing rush to build front against victorious far right]( By Tassilo Hummel and Sudip Kar-Gupta [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Prof. who called ICJ ‘unworthy of any trust’ tapped as Israel’s judge in genocide case]( By ToI Staff Ron Shapira, who will replace Aharon Barak as Israel’s ad hoc judge, has said The Hague-based court ’embodies and takes to the extreme all the flaws of legal discourse’ Explainer Tani Goldstein [Israel’s economy seems to be doing okay, but is everything as it seems?]( How Israel’s war in Gaza has affected employment, quality of life, and private and public spending, and how this is expressed in the data [Food and beverage prices in Israel are 52% higher than OECD average]( By ToI Staff Data shows consumer prices in Israel second only to South Korea among 38 developed countries; telecom prices are the only bright spot, at 30% cheaper than average [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Interview [Yad Vashem’s Int’l Holocaust Educators’ conference wrestles with new reality]( By Gavriel Fiske 150 educators from around the world arrive in Jerusalem for the biannual meet-up in an Israel reeling from the October 7 massacre – and a Jewish world facing renewed antisemitism [US Holocaust museums slam vandalism in Seattle after police say it’s not a hate crime]( By Andrew Lapin [In Israeli first, doctor uses metal detector to find shrapnel in wounded soldiers]( By Diana Bletter Low-tech innovation resulting in far quicker treatment earns surgeon Eyal Sela praise from Galilee Medical Center head, who hails initiative as ‘thinking outside the box’ [Day 270 – How the IDF could conscript Haredi yeshiva students]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Lapid says Netanyahu orchestrating attorney general’s ouster to revive overhaul]( By Sam Sokol [Yemen’s Houthis claim to attack Israeli, US, UK vessels across 4 bodies of water]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [‘The President is now a king’: US Supreme Court grants Trump near-total immunity]( By Mark Sherman [Kentucky court rejects Jewish women’s challenge to state’s abortion laws]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [Poll: Over 1 in 10 US Jews feel mistreated, 60% uncomfortable being openly Jewish]( By Ron Kampeas [Holon man gets 16 years for stabbing man to death in 2022 road rage incident]( By ToI Staff [Six athletes, including one woman, in Palestinian team for Paris Olympics]( By AP and ToI Staff [Israeli app developer cuts 12% of its workforce to focus on AI tools to create movies]( 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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