ToI’s weekly deep dive: Analysis of Israel’s strike on Iran * ToI reports from inside Lebanon and Gaza * Podcast: Haviv Rettig Gur on anti-Zionists’ misuse of Judaism

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, October 27, 2024 ToI in south Lebanon [Under a Lebanese border village, IDF finds huge Hezbollah base primed for invasion]( By Emanuel Fabian ToI joins commander of 98th Division for tour of terror group’s subterranean staging ground; at 2 km long and some 40 meters deep, it is the largest tunnel network found to date Op-Ed David Horovitz [We’ve had the victory pictures; here’s how Israel is aiming to actually win the war]( Sinwar and Nasrallah are gone, but their weakened terror groups are still dangerous and Iran’s regime is untouched. The IDF, Netanyahu government and US are working, sometimes in harmony, to change that [Op-ed / Israel’s strike on Iran was ‘historic,’ but it’s not ‘the end’ of anything]( By David Horovitz [Analysis / Though limited, Israel’s highly successful attack leaves Iran more vulnerable than ever]( By Lazar Berman [ToI in southern Lebanon / After clearing Lebanese village, IDF troops say weapons found in nearly every home]( By Sam Sokol ToI in Rafah Emanuel Fabian [At the site of Sinwar’s elimination, IDF commander says incident was ‘not a fluke’]( Vigilant soldiers of Col. Sivan Bloch’s brigade tracked down and killed Hamas chief and his guards after spotting suspicious movement, and before knowing their identities [As Israel weighs subcontracting Gaza aid delivery, a philanthropist makes his pitch]( By Jacob Magid [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 27: Day 387 – IDF detonates a massive underground Hezbollah base]( By ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 26, Day 386 – Top guns: Israeli fighter jets strike across Iran]( By ToI Staff [Senior ministers call for new settlements in Gaza at ultranationalist conference]( By Jeremy Sharon ‘Taking territory’ from Palestinians is what ‘hurts them most,’ says Likud minister Golan, while far-right police minister Ben Gvir says Gazans should be ‘encouraged’ to emigrate [Inside story / Accused of meddling in war or muddling rights, High Court rankles both left and right]( By Jeremy Sharon Inside story Sue Surkes [Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites]( Elishai Young, 19, who fell in Gaza, had not yet completed the 18 months of active duty needed for him, his mother, and his special needs brother to obtain Israeli citizenship [Explainer / Knesset winter session to feature battles over budget, judiciary and Haredi enlistment]( By Sam Sokol [Assassination plots in Israel recall Iran’s long history of hit attempts on US soil]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Top Ops Michael Oren [Game-ender or game-changer?]( Israel’s retaliation against Iran leaves open the question of whether the mission secured its fundamental objective of deterring the Islamic Republic Avi Davidi [A clear message to Iran: Your nukes and oil are next]( Ayatollah Khamenei now understands the depth of Israeli intelligence capabilities and Iran’s own potential vulnerabilities Cheryl Benard [Is Israel making war safer for ordinary people?]( Targeting the terror leaders may reduce the burden of warfare on helpless civilians, especially if the people stand against the policies that harm them Stacie Rojas Stufflebeam [‘I have a funny story to tell you’]( My lone soldier sons have long been exposed to danger, but that exposure never included the word ’shrapnel’ before [Anti-Israel US campus groups radicalize, with no one to stop them, experts warn]( By Cathryn J. Prince Former security officials say increasingly violent rhetoric mimics that of 1960s students who pivoted to domestic terror. It’s going unhindered as students point to First Amendment [Interview / Spurning alma mater UPenn over response to antisemitism, benefactor pivots to Israel]( By Gavriel Fiske [Hopeful for UK’s Conservative Party leadership runs on a firmly pro-Israel platform]( By Robert Philpot [CRM]( Reporter's notebook [Resolutely rooted war-time farmers work together to douse Hezbollah rocket flames]( By Diana Bletter At an agricultural village 15km from the Lebanon border, after a Soviet Grad directly hits a Western Galilee house, residents race to put out fires — and replant avocado orchards [Reporter's notebook / An off-the-grid hippie hamlet in Israel’s north struggles for survival under rocket fire]( By Diana Bletter [In the absence of state funding, northern residents build their own shelters]( By Omer Sharvit ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Anti-Zionists misusing Jewish rituals in protests]( By ToI Staff ToI’s senior analyst on how anti-Israel groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace are gutting Judaism of meaning when they put up an unkosher sukkah as a prop in protest of the war Interview [Clinging to hope, a hostage’s mother gains a new understanding of her missing son]( By Jessica Steinberg ToI original video [In Hadera’s city center, an exhibit honors female heroes of Oct. 7 and its aftermath]( By Hadas Kuznits Those highlighted in ‘Iron Women: Lionesses of Iron Swords’ come from a variety of fields, including medicine, forensics, communications and the military [Vivid sculptures displayed in ancient Jerusalem citadel reflect post-Oct. 7 life cycle]( By Jessica Steinberg [Artist who was at Nova on eve of massacre finds solace creating portraits of victims]( By Jessica Steinberg [Israeli music guru Yoav Kutner says artists are muzzled over fears of political fallout]( By Tamar Mor Sela [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( Interview [Pioneering genocide researcher Father Desbois denounces mass murder charges against Israel]( By Matt Lebovic Culture [Poetry, philosophy and a gambling rabbi: A colorful history of Venice’s Jewish ghetto]( By Rich Tenorio In ‘Shylock’s Venice,’ UK author Harry Freedman paints a vibrant picture of an oft-overlooked side of Jewish history that goes far deeper than the famous Shakespeare character [How Israeli Jews face the Simhat Torah holiday, forever marred by Oct. 7 massacre]( By Mati Wagner Archaeology [Remains of one of the oldest churches in the world discovered in Armenia]( By Gavriel Fiske Octagonal-shaped structure dates from the mid-4th century CE, not long after the Kingdom of Armenia is thought to have become the first Christian kingdom From the Blogs [The rocket by my door]( By Romi Sussman The shrapnel reminds me daily of the miracle that on October 7, 2023, my son and his friends survived the onslaught in Sderot [Weekly Deep Dive]( [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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