ToI must-reads from 3rd month of war: A looming threat from the north * Does Netanyahu’s ’Hamas = PA’ add up? * Solidarity with Israel heard among campus voices

[Times of Israel]( Sunday, January 7, 2024 Interview [Expert: Hezbollah has built a vast tunnel network far more sophisticated than Hamas’s]( By Tal Schneider Tunnel system in south Lebanon runs hundreds of kms, up to the border and even into Israel; launchers can fire precision-guided missiles from there, then disappear, says Tal Beeri Op-ed David Horovitz [A Hamas chief’s killing, in a Hezbollah suburb, shows calculations remade post-Oct. 7]( Wanted for years by Israel, terror orchestrator Saleh al-Arouri would have figured he was untouchable in Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold. But no such assessments hold true anymore [Analysis / Despite Arouri strike in his backyard, Nasrallah is trying to avoid war with Israel]( By Lazar Berman Interview [The world’s foremost rabbinic authority on declaring death grapples with Oct. 7 horrors]( By Mati Wagner Drafted back into the army following the Hamas massacre, Rabbi Yaakov Ruzah says the terrorists’ atrocities have left even Judaism’s voluminous written tradition at a loss for words [Interview / How an unprecedented medical committee determines when a hostage held in Gaza is dead]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Inside story Jacob Magid [Israel cornering itself into postwar Gaza military occupation, Western diplomats warn]( By asserting it will maintain security control over Strip, rejecting PA return, not advancing alternate plans, Israel likely to find itself stuck in enclave, top officials tell ToI [Explainer / As politicians argue the future of Gaza, Netanyahu is in no hurry to release a plan]( By Sam Sokol [Analysis / As postwar formula for Gaza sought, does Netanyahu’s Hamas = PA equation add up?]( By Gianluca Pacchiani ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Wartime polls and unexpected conclusions]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan ToI’s senior analyst sifts through a slew of surveys on perceptions of Hamas, Israel and the day after the war. The results are often counterintuitive [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( Interview [Barnard senior, a Black-Native American Jew, has some words for pro-Palestinian peers]( By Cathryn J. Prince As a Jew of Color raised in a kosher home, Columbia University student Noa Fay feels compelled to respond to groups accusing Israel of offenses such as colonialism and apartheid Campus [UPenn faculty solidarity mission receives rock-star reception in Israel]( By Gavriel Fiske A whirlwind tour of less than three days represents the first organized visit by faculty from a US university after October 7, and Israeli academia shows its appreciation [First post-Oct. 7 Birthright Israel trip brings 17 participants; 100s more expected]( By Matt Lebovic Top Ops Michael Oren [‘Friendly fire,’ that horrific oxymoron]( Casualties in these tragic accidents are doubled: those who are killed, and those who must live with their fatal mistakes Benjamin Porat [Where was God on October 7?]( There is a path out of hopelessness and it does not go through notions of divine punishment, divine plan or divine mystery Inside story [Shocked by Oct. 7 failures, Israelis rush to buy guns, with government encouragement]( By Mati Wagner In the months since the Hamas massacre, there were 6 times as many license requests for handguns as in all of 2022, causing some to worry that untrained people will soon wield them [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [In rubble of parents’ home, scion of Be’eri founders not sure he can bear to move back]( By Jessica Steinberg Yuval Haran’s father was killed as seven family members were taken hostage; with six now freed, he battles to bring his brother-in-law home too Tech Israel [Fixing up old tanks and recruiting old reservists, a tech VP creates a new battalion]( By Sue Surkes Says one new-old recruit: ‘If there’s anyone I’d want to go to battle with, it’s these guys’; Phoenix unit initially replaced tanks on border but has since seen action inside Gaza [Israel logistics startup forges overland trade route to bypass Houthi Red Sea crisis]( By Sharon Wrobel [At group home in Nahariya, bond between Muslim and Jewish young adults survives Oct. 7]( By Diana Bletter Aya Jaber, 22, feared being ostracized after the Hamas atrocities, but connection with her friends and flatmates in northern Israel, who also have disabilities, is unbroken by war Reporter's notebook [October 7 massacre spurs massive Torah scroll writing project]( By Canaan Lidor Thousands of Israeli Jews, including President Isaac Herzog, fill in letters on parchment to commemorate the 1, 200 dead and raise awareness for the 138 hostages still in captivity [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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