Hezbollah fires over 300 rockets at Israel over Yom Kippur * Iran bans pagers on planes * Shiri Artzi’s antidote for despair * Blogs: Not your grandparents’ antisemitism

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, October 12, 2024 Live updates [LIVE: Hezbollah fires over 300 rockets on Yom Kippur as Israeli troops battle in Lebanon, Gaza]( By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff Pair lightly injured near Acre * Herzliya retirement home hit by UAV Friday evening; none hurt * Nicaragua breaks ties with Israel * IDF Staff Sgt. Ittai Fogel killed in Strip [Medics treat 2,842 for injuries on Yom Kippur, including three wounded by rocket blast]( By ToI Staff 12 hurt running to bomb shelters; 286 suffer effects of fasting; 283 injured in car accidents or biking; 146 women in labor taken to hospital, with one baby delivered in ambulance [IDF soldier killed in southern Gaza as fighting intensifies around Jabaliya]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Military calls for civilians to evacuate northern Gaza amid latest offensive, but Hamas urges them to ignore warnings and stay put; rockets fired at Ashkelon during Yom Kippur [Iran bans pagers, walkie talkies on planes after blasts targeting Hezbollah members]( By AFP and ToI Staff Move comes almost a month since Lebanese terror group members’ pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in attack blamed on Israel [Iran’s parliament speaker meets with Hezbollah officials, Lebanese PM]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Putin meets with Iran’s Pezeshkian, calling for ‘new world order’ of Russian allies]( By AP [Hezbollah fires rockets, drones throughout Yom Kippur; Herzliya retirement home hit by UAV]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Drone strikes retirement home in coastal town, no injuries; IDF orders more south Lebanon villages evacuated, faces rising world criticism for hitting UN position amid fighting [Israel, on high alert, marks Yom Kippur amid war for first time since 1973]( By ToI Staff [Live updates (closed) / October 11: Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur with troops in combat, alerts in place]( By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff [Harris to Jewish voters: ‘All options on the table’ to stop Iran from going nuclear]( By Ron Kampeas In pre-election High Holidays call, US vice president says diplomatic solution still preferable to keep Islamic Republic from the bomb, charges Trump won’t stand by Israel [US slaps sanctions on Iran’s ‘ghost fleet’ of oil tankers, citing attacks on Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Top Ops Philip Gross [This ain’t your grandparents’ antisemitism]( Social media trolls and campus anti-Israel protests are unpleasant, but they’re no direct trajectory to gas chambers, or even Nuremberg laws Sarah Tuttle-Singer [This Yom Kippur, it may be God’s turn to confess]( In the fullness of our grief and anger, we can make room for a dialogue with the Divine, in which God takes responsibility for what we have endured Anne Bayefsky [A shocking new UN report gaslights for Hamas]( The report urges Palestinians to investigate themselves for killing Jews, when their stated goal is killing Jews Varda Morell [Remembering Maoz]( We had been given a gift. We had the opportunity to hold our son’s hand and hug him. We had the chance to say goodbye [UN says Lebanon peacekeeper injured by fire of unknown origin, the 5th hurt in 2 days]( By Agencies and ToI Staff UNIFIL says troop underwent surgery to remove the bullet and is stable; force says buildings at position in Ramyah sustained ‘significant damage’ due to blasts from nearby shelling [IDF says two UN peacekeepers hurt when soldiers fired at ‘immediate threat’ to troops]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Nicaragua severs ties with Israel over Gaza war, calls it ‘enemy of humanity’]( By AFP and ToI Staff Managua says Israeli government is ‘fascist and genocidal,’ however move is essentially symbolic as diplomatic ties between the countries are virtually nonexistent [CRM]( Interview [Israeli author Shiri Artzi reflects on her antidote for despair after the Oct. 7 horrors]( By Tamar Mor Sela The novelist and screenwriter discusses writing an obituary for a massacre victim whom she never met, leading a workshop for evacuees, and the power of love in times of adversity [Palestinian cafe in California offers ‘Sweet Sinwar’ drink for October 7 anniversary]( By Jackie Hajdenberg New menu at Oakland eatery also features ‘iced in tea fada’ celebrating ‘intifada’, inverted red triangles; Jewish groups decry glorification of Hamas terror group, deadly massacre [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Erdogan: Russia, Iran, Syria must take measures against Israel after alleged Damascus strike]( By Reuters and ToI Staff Turkish president says Israel ‘most concrete threat to regional, global peace’ after airstrike targeted top Hezbollah official from unit tasked with delivering weapons from Iran [In 1965, Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur. But did he go to shul?]( By jacob gurvis Daniel Schloff, 17 at the time, recalls the Dodgers star pitcher sitting in front of him at Temple of Aaron synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota: ‘He was there 100% and I sat behind him 100%’ [Croatia moves to protect 52 Jewish cemeteries after decades of neglect, destruction]( By Lajla Veselica Law stipulated that graves could be reassigned if fee not paid, meaning remains of over 3,000 Jews were exhumed because families decimated by Holocaust had nobody left to pay [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo group wins Nobel Peace Prize for work against nuclear weapons]( By Mike Corder and Elena Becatoros Award comes as Russia has signaled it is lowering its threshold for using atomic weapons; committee says ‘taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure’ More Headlines [Norway introduces temporary border checks amid threats to Jewish, Israeli targets]( By AP and ToI Staff [Israel’s Teva agrees to pay $450m in settlements in US kickback, price-fixing cases]( By Reuters [UN says administering 2nd dose of polio vaccine in Gaza will be ‘more complicated’]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Australian police sergeant likely to be charged over Nazi salute in front of recruits]( By Rod McGuirk [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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