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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 15, 2023

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Hamas weapons found inside Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, following a raid by Israeli special forces, November 15, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 15: PM tells US officials Israel working to ‘free Shifa Hospital’ from Hamas

Gallant says Israel will take ‘any action’ to free hostages as reports of deal swirl * IDF blows up Hamas parliament building * First fuel shipment enters Strip * IDF ground op toll: 48

9:59 pm

New initiative invites individuals, groups abroad to 'adopt' towns victimized on Oct. 7
9:46 pm

Amman accuses Israel of shelling near Jordanian field hospital in Gaza
9:34 pm

Hamas official says 644 people left Gaza through Rafah crossing today

Noa Friedan, 13, left, and her sister Eila Friedan, 11, of Philadelphia, hold signs saying, 'Pro Israel, Anti Hamas; Pro Peace, Anti Bibi' as they attend the March for Israel rally, November 14, 2023, at the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Reporter's notebook'It doesn’t need to be political to share in my grief'

Who came and why: Radically diverse Jewish communities briefly unite at DC Israel rally

Many different opinions, motivations, thoughts on Israel, ways to be Jewish came together in the 290,000-strong crowd in the National Mall on Tuesday

‘Let our people go’: Nearly 300,000 rally in Washington for Israel, hostages’ release

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

Reporter's notebookMassive pro-Israel rally spotlights anxieties around surge of antisemitism in US

By Charlie Summers

Alleged bus driver boycott snarls 900 Detroit Jews’ trek to DC pro-Israel rally

By jacob gurvis

BBC apologizes after false claim IDF targeting medical staff, Arabic speakers in Gaza

The BBC was forced to apologize on Wednesday after one of its presenters said that Israel Defense Forces soldiers who had entered Shifa Hospital in Gaza "were targeting people including medical teams and Arab speakers." Citing a Reuters news report, the presenter twice reiterated that soldiers were targeting... Continue Reading

Protesters hold placards and Israeli flags outside the headquarters of the BBC in London on October 16, 2023, to appeal to the corporation to call Hamas 'terrorists.' (Daniel Leal / AFP)

Ra’am MK Iman Khatib-Yasin, in an interview with the Knesset Channel, November 5, 2023. (screenshot)

Knesset sanctions 2 Arab MKs for ‘denying’ Oct. 7 atrocities, alleging IDF war crimes

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Israelis being kidnapped and taken into Gaza by Hamas terrorists, October 7, 2023, as seen in pixelated videos from social media screened on Israeli television. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Belgian parliament refusing to screen video of Hamas atrocities

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the leaders talk at the ASEAN-Indo-Pacific Forum (AIPF) on the sidelines of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6, 2023. (Adek Berry/Pool Photo via AP)

Canada’s Trudeau: Israel must stop ‘this killing of women, children, babies’ in Gaza

Netanyahu slams Canadian PM, saying Israeli forces don’t deliberately target non-combatants while Hamas ‘beheaded, burned and massacred civilians’ on Oct. 7

Turkish President and the leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on November 15, 2023. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Erdogan blasts Israel as a ‘terrorist state’ intent on ‘total destruction’ of Gaza

Belize Prime Minister Johnny Briceno speaks during the opening plenary session at the Summit of the Americas Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Belize suspends ties with Israel over war against Hamas in Gaza

IDF soldiers operate at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City overnight in a handout photo distributed on November 15, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Specially trained medical forces accompanying troops

IDF forces raid Gaza’s main hospital, find weapons, ‘concrete evidence’ of Hamas use

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Army describes ‘precise, targeted op,’ avoiding ‘friction’ with civilians; 5 gunmen killed outside; IDF calls on Hamas gunmen inside to surrender, says it delivered medical supplies

Palestinians seen at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, November 10, 2023. (Flash90)

US backs Israeli claims on Hamas use of hospitals, including Shifa, for military ops

By Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian

IDF soldiers operate at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City overnight in a handout photo distributed on November 15, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 15: Day 40 – IDF controls north Gaza, above ground; enters Shifa

Netanyahu downplays talk of hostage deal after Biden says he believes it’ll happen

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that information about any deal for the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza will be made public “if and when” there are concrete developments, appearing to downplay remarks made a short while earlier by US President Joe Biden, saying... Continue Reading

File: Pictures of civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Jerusalem, November 14, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold a briefing for UN ambassadors in Geneva, November 15, 2023. (Pierre-Michel Virot/Israeli delegation to the UN Offices in Geneva)

Foreign minister, families of hostages hold briefing for UN diplomats in Geneva

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen shows pictures of terrorist armaments found by the IDF in hospitals in Gaza, during a press conference at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, November 14, 2023. (Pierre-Michel Virot/Israeli delegation to the UN Offices in Geneva)

In Geneva, Israel’s FM demands Red Cross meet hostages, calls on UN chief to resign

By Jeremy Sharon

Analysis

IDF isn’t seeking ‘victory pictures’; it’s seeking victory, however long that takes

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen briefed diplomatic reporters on Monday that Israel has a "diplomatic window" of two to three weeks before pressure to halt the war against Hamas becomes significant. With all due respect to Cohen, Israel's military is looking at a very different timetable. In the IDF's conception, this is the furthest of far cries... Continue Reading

Troops from the IDF's Golani Brigade pose for a photo inside Gaza's parliament building in Gaza City, after capturing the site, on November 13, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Bracha Zornberg Gross

Healing our trauma: Will the world help or hinder?

Global support for Israel’s pain may be critical for the nation to recover from October 7 without PTSD

Tech warriors in the battle for Israel’s future

Stepping into the enormous vacuum left by the government, the tech sector has taken the lead in responding to this crisis

The coexistence of the future: Reflections from a mixed Jewish-Arab town

Arab Israelis must side with Israel – and Jewish Israelis must respect their neighbors’ pain when the IDF moves against Gaza

Unmasking Hamas: Israeli citizens lead efforts to expose terrorism funding

Volunteer tech workers have uncovered terrorist entities that mask their fundraising with banners of charity and education

A member of Zaka at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, on October 13, 2023, where hundreds of dead bodies have arrived since Hamas-led terrorists rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Warning: Graphic contentPolice chief: 'Evidence indicates rape, amputation of organs'

Police start building Oct. 7 rape cases, focusing on footage and testimonies

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

‘Not a traditional rape investigation’: Police say they have multiple witnesses, are focusing on gathering circumstantial evidence as physical proof gleaned from bodies is limited

Dashcam footage of Aner Shapira tossing out grenades hurled by Hamas terrorists into a bombshelter near Re'im on October 7, 2023. (Screen capture/X)

Warning: Graphic footageIn remarkable Oct. 7 video, soldier tosses grenades back at terrorists, saving lives

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Approximately 1,400 Chabad rabbis who live in Israel pose for a group photo in Jerusalem on November 12, 2023. (Courtesy of Tzvaim Productions/Mendi Kotler/Mendi Kurant)

Israel’s 1,400 Chabad rabbis skip New York reunion in favor of war effort

By Canaan Lidor and JTA

Some 6,500 participants attend Haredi movement’s flagship annual event, where Israel and its wartime victims loom large

Reporter's notebook

Weeks after the onslaught, a quietly inspiring visit to a bloodied Gaza-border kibbutz

This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. At the entrance to Kibbutz Alumim, two miles from the Gaza border and halfway between Kibbutz Kfar Aza and Kibbutz Be'eri, a... Continue Reading

Stevie Marcus pictured on November 13, 2023, at the back gate of Kibbutz Alumim, through which terrorists entered on October 7, 2023 (David Horovitz / Times of Israel)

Sisters Aliya Fastman (left) and Shaendl Davis of Citrus & Salt, Tel Aviv cooking workshop that partnered with World Central Kitchen to feed those in need during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War (Courtesy)

'They send me notes afterwards, like I'm the hero'

The way to their hearts: Volunteers cook for soldiers and wartime needy

By Jessica Steinberg

Tel Aviv cooking workshop partners with World Central Kitchen, Asif Culinary Institute pivots to soldiers, and one-man show Rob King of BBQ smokes meat for troops

Israel Chana (Facebook)

Those We Have Lost

Israel Chana, 30: Civilian who ‘saved a whole neighborhood’

Armed with just his personal weapon as a security guard, he was killed battling Hamas terrorists in Ofakim on October 7, his 30th birthday

A souvenir shop owner sits on a nearly empty street in Jerusalem's Old City, following a halt in the tourist influx due to the Israel-Hamas war, November 6, 2023 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'A storm can come over Jerusalem at any moment, in any form'

All quiet on the eastern front? Jerusalem Old City sits empty — and heavily patrolled

By Gianluca Pacchiani

So far, East Jerusalemites aren’t staging mass protests against the war following Hamas’s murderous onslaught, amid strict police measures and fears of jeopardizing social order

Behind the Headlines

Israel at war: Join ToI senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur for an in-depth webinar Thursday

On November 16, we dig deeper into global issues facing Israel and the Jewish people as the IDF continues its ground operation in Gaza. Exclusively for the ToI Community

The main cast of 'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,' pictured from left to right: Rosa (Hila Saada), Gabriel (Michael Aloni), Luna (Swell Ariel Or), David (Israel Ogalbo), Merkada (Irit Kaplan). (Courtesy of yes Studios via JTA)

'What happened on Oct. 7, it’s my nightmares'

‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ star opens up on Israel-Hamas war from afar

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Promoting her new film ‘Kissufim’ — coincidentally the name of the kibbutz where 8 civilians, including kids, were massacred by terrorists — Swell Ariel Or says ‘my soul is sad’

More Headlines

Front page of the printed version of the Jordanian daily "Al-Ghad," featuring an article in Hebrew titled "What will be after Israel?," November 15, 2023 (cropped from Al-Ghad website)

Jordanian newspaper features front-page Hebrew article predicting Israel’s collapse

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Chief Rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks at the 'Besheva' group, on February 7, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Rabbi backs remark by his son, a far-right minister, that nuking Gaza is an option

Participants in the first post-COVID Birthright Israel trip, after landing in Israel after a year-long hiatus for the organization, on May 24, 2021. (Erez Uzir/Courtesy)

Birthright nixes December trips over security concerns amid Israel-Hamas war

By Andrew Lapin

Emmanuel Nahshon outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 28, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Foreign Ministry denies its own official’s claim public diplomacy activities halted

By Michael Horovitz

MK Ram Ben Barak attends a discussion at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Centrist MK says call on European countries to take Gaza refugees was misunderstood

Israel team captain Eli Dasa shows a shoe of a kidnapped Israeli boy during a press conference, before a training session for the Euro 2024 group I qualifying soccer match between Israel and Switzerland at the Pancho Arena in Felcsút, Hungary, November 14, 2023. The shoe belongs to 8-year-old Nave Shoham, who along with seven relatives was taken captive in the Hamas terror group's October 7 onslaught.(AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Israeli soccer captain displays shoe of kidnapped child ahead of qualifying match

File: An Arrow interceptor missile is launched at a target over the Red Sea in October 2023. (Defense Ministry)

Missile from Yemen intercepted over Red Sea as Houthi chief vows to keep up attacks

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

Illustrative: Supreme Court Justice Ofer Grosskopf at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 6, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Supreme Court rules Law of Return applies to widows of Jews’ children and grandkids

Then-Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon during a visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (unseen) at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, August 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former envoy to UN suggests Secretary-General Guterres is a ‘spokesman for Hamas’

Palestinian members of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas terror group in Gaza City, September 21, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)

US, UK sanction terror financiers tied to Oct. 7 massacre, Iran

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Illustrative: Houses destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, seen on October 25, 2023. (Edi Israel/Flash90)

Valley Bank CEO: Danger is that we no longer recognize truth of Oct. 7 atrocities

By Sharon Wrobel

Members of the Palestinian Prisoners Committee hold a rally outside the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Gaza City on July 17, 2023, demanding the Iraqi government include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the exchange for Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Iraq still looking for leads on kidnapped Israeli academic after first video surfaces

By AFP and ToI Staff

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