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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 16, 2023

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Smoke billows during a presumed Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip on November 16, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 16: IDF troops continue searches at Shifa Hospital as war cabinet convenes

Military reveals tunnel entrance, weapons cache found at medical complex * Body of hostage Yehudit Weiss recovered in Gaza, brought back to Israel * IDF Gaza op toll hits 51

10:14 pm

Blinken speaks with Egypt's FM as US works to secure release of captives, expand aid for Gaza
9:56 pm

Zelensky: Since start of Israel-Hamas war, artillery deliveries to Ukraine have dropped
9:42 pm

Smotrich slams war cabinet for engaging in hostage negotiations with 'Nazi' Sinwar

The scene of a shooting attack at a West Bank checkpoint south of Jerusalem on November 16, 2023 (Israel Police)

Hamas claims responsibility for deadly attack

Soldier killed, 5 wounded in attack by gunmen at West Bank checkpoint near Jerusalem

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Terrorists killed after opening fire at ‘tunnels’ checkpoint on Route 60; police: Axes, guns, ammo, IDF uniform found in their car; police chief: They planned large-scale ‘massacre’

US President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference after his meeting with China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, California, Nov, 15, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden: Israel’s Gaza operation will end when Hamas no longer able to murder Israelis

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

US president says terror group has been proven to have HQ, weapons below Shifa and possibly other hospitals, urges IDF to be ‘incredibly careful’ around medical centers

File: The UN Security Council holds a moment of silence before meeting on the Israel-Hamas war, at UN Headquarters in New York City, on November 10, 2023. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

UN Security Council approves resolution calling for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell (right) visits Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza on November 14, 2023. (UNICEF/ UNI470988)

‘Stop the horror,’ says UN children’s agency chief after visit to Gaza

By ToI Staff and AFP

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“It is not Israel that is the weak link in the chain. It is almost everybody else.”

Some of the young partygoers rescued by Oz Davidian (right) on October 7, 2023. (Channel 13 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'You're the only one who came'

Truck dashcam footage shows farmer dodging bullets as he saved 120 from music festival

Oz Davidian took a different route each time as he made some 20 trips to Re’im, where Hamas terrorists overran the Nova rave and slaughtered partygoers

A table set at the dining hall of Kibbutz Nir Oz with posters of those murdered and kidnapped in Hamas's October 7 massacre, November 14, 2023. (Channel 12 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In empty kibbutz’s dining hall, Nir Oz survivors set places for 38 killed, 75 hostages

By Michael Horovitz

A Hamas terrorist celebrates the killing of an IDF soldier near Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in bodycam footage provided to CNN by the military. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Warning: Graphic footageIn new Oct. 7 clip, Hamas terrorist cheers civilian bodies, boasts he killed soldiers

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

IDF says weapons found in Gaza hospital prove it was ‘unequivocally’ used for terror

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Amid ongoing operation around Shifa, which Israeli and US officials say Hamas uses as a major HQ, army releases images of grenades, uniforms and equipment stored in facility

Cape Town Metro Police Department (CTMPD) officers line up as a man waves a Palestinian flag in Cape Town on November 12, 2023, after pro-Israeli supporters were chased away by an opposing group as they were gathering. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)

South Africa’s ruling party calls for suspension of Israel ties

By AFP and ToI Staff

Gallant: Military will take 'any action' to free hostages

Israel said to weigh deal that would see 50 hostages freed, 3-day ceasefire

Hamas has reportedly agreed to a deal that would see the release 50 hostages being held in Gaza in exchange for a three-day pause in fighting, according to a Wednesday report. Reuters' report, which cited an unnamed Qatari official, was the latest in a series of accounts in... Continue Reading

Israelis begin a days-long march in Tel Aviv towards the Knesset in Jerusalem, calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by terrorists in Gaza, November 14, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

A billboard bearing portraits of Israeli hostages taken by Palestinian terrorists in the October 7 attack in southern Israel is displayed during a demonstration calling for their release, in Tel Aviv on November 15, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Mediator: 25 Thai hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are ‘safe’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Scenes of houses destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, during a rampage across southern Israel killing some 1,200, committing atrocities and taking 240 hostages into Gaza. (Edi Israel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 16: Day 41 – Police begin building October 7 rape cases

The IDF atrocity video is a threat to Israeli souls

Wider release of the compilation of Hamas’s barbarisms could help win the info-war but it’s not worth the psychic damage

Deborah Gastfreund Schuss

What leadership failure on US campuses is doing to Jews

Morally bankrupt policies that nourish threatening behavior are spurring students to prioritize their safety

Lynne Hoffman Keating

I’m not a ‘mourner’ for Rose – I’m a brokenhearted griever

Rose Lubin’s step-grandmother: I don’t need a defined role to feel the undefinable ache and numbness of loss

How Israel feels now

As if it required an equal, opposite reaction, Hamas’s evil unleashed a fierce love – the open, visible, proactive goodness that is deep in all of us

Yoav Engel (left), Nira Sharabi and Sharon Engel at the David Spa hotel at the Dead Sea on November 15, 2023, after Sharabi's husband, Yossi Sharabi and the Engel's son, Ofir, were taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

In limbo, togetherA teenage basketball player, his girlfriend's father, uncle

‘Life has stopped in the middle’ for families of 3 hostages, connected by teens’ love

By Jessica Steinberg

Ofir Engel, Yossi and Eli Sharabi were all abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri by Hamas terrorists on October 7; their families, working tirelessly to get them back, finally meet at Dead Sea

Hostage gave birth in Gaza captivity, Netanyahu’s office confirms

By AFP and ToI Staff

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

'So unfair!'

‘The kidnapped baby is torturing you?’: BBC satirized hours before real-life apology

Israel's version of "Saturday Night Live" took another swipe at the British Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday over its coverage of the war in Gaza, with an inordinately sympathetic spoof interview of Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar. The skit from Keshet TV’s long-running satirical show “Eretz Nehederet” (“A Wonderful... Continue Reading

A mock interview between a BBC anchor and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar aired on November 14, 2023, on Eretz Nehederet. (Screen capture/X)

A handout photo released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking in the House of Commons, in London, November 15, 2023. (AFP PHOTO / Maria Unger /UK Parliament)

UK Labour leader faces rebellion after refusing to back vote for Gaza ceasefire

By AFP and ToI Staff

Interview

Counterterrorism expert: Hamas mass abduction event may lead to global copycat attacks

Massacres and large-scale abductions of civilians such as seen in Israel on October 7 are nearly unprecedented in the annals of global terrorism, an already horrific history that includes atrocities such as the hijacking of civilian aircraft, the deliberate crashing of planes into skyscrapers, and the execution of civilians using various methods -- sometimes broadcast live to the world. But... Continue Reading

An woman touches photos of Israelis missing and held captive in Gaza, displayed on a wall in Tel Aviv, on Oct. 21, 2023 (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Analysis

Facing violence and harassment, hundreds of Palestinians flee West Bank villages

The savage attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7 and the atrocities the terror group committed on that day plunged Israel into war and brought about the greatest security threat to the Jewish state in half a century. At the same time, the October 7 assault has unleashed severe backlash in the West Bank... Continue Reading

The Palestinian village of Zanuta in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank. Zanuta was abandoned by its residents following a series of alleged attacks and incidents of harassment by extremist setters from the region. (Jeremy Sharon / Times of Israel)

Illustrative: Opposition Leader Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, October 26, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Lapid calls on Netanyahu to quit, says ‘government isn’t functioning’ during war

Introductory speakers Aya Khatib and Shir Nehamkin at a meeting organized by coexistence group Standing Together at the Feelbeit cafe, Jerusalem, November 13, 2023 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)

Hundreds gather in Jerusalem to raise voice for Jewish-Arab solidarity

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Organized by coexistence group Standing Together, meeting brings residents together to discuss relations between communities amid the ongoing conflict, and how to restore hope

X owner Elon Musk during an in-conversation event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Lancaster House in London, November 2, 2023. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

Musk endorses tweet claiming Jews stoke hatred of white people as ‘the actual truth’

After X user posts message that Jewish people push ‘dialectical hatred against whites,’ billionaire owner agrees with message, following it up with further attacks on ADL

Members of US Capitol Police push protesters away from the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee during a far-left Jewish demonstration against the war between Israel and Hamas, on Capitol Hill, Nov. 15, 2023. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)

6 police officers hurt in far-left Jewish pro-Palestinian protest at Democrat HQ in DC

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Messages reading 'Glory To Our Martyrs' and 'Divestment From Zionist Genocide Now,' along with others, are projected onto a building at George Washington University's campus in Washington, October 24, 2023. (StopAntisemitism via X)

George Washington University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine group

By Jackie Hajdenberg

In this picture released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, meets with Ismail Haniyeh, a leader from the Palestinian terror group Hamas, in Doha, Qatar, October 14, 2023. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Khamenei told Hamas chief Iran will not directly enter war – report

Supreme leader informed Haniyeh decision due to failure to notify Tehran before Oct. 7 onslaught, instructed him to ‘silence’ those urging Iranian involvement, according to Reuters

IAEA inspectors at Iran's nuclear power plant in Natanz on January 20, 2014. (IRNA/AFP Kazem Ghane/File)

Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is 22 times above 2015 deal’s limit, says IAEA

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Police officers search the 'Blue Mosque' housing the Islamic Centre of Hamburg, during raids across Germany over suspected links to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Hamburg, northern Germany on November 16, 2023 (Axel Heimken / AFP)

German police raid group over alleged ties to Hezbollah, amid antisemitism crackdown

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Demonstrators display Israeli flags as they attend a rally in solidarity with Israel in Berlin, October 22, 2023. (John MacDougall/AFP)

'We’ve never seen this before'

As Europe’s Jews see new era of antisemitism, governments struggle to respond

By Shira Li Bartov

Since the Hamas terrorist onslaught on Oct. 7, antisemitic incidents throughout the continent have increased 10-fold; France has registered over 1,000 acts, the UK 1,205

European film festivals hit with controversies over Israel-Hamas war

By Andrew Lapin

France probes damaged Jewish headstones amid countrywide antisemitism uptick

By AFP and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Members of the emergency squad of Moshav Amuka seen during a drill in Moshav Amuka, northern Israel, November 15, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Gun permit requests since October 7 equivalent to number in previous 20 years

Young participants hold signs reading 'America Stands with Israel' as they take part in the March for Israel on the National Mall, November 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What Jewish American teens have to say about marching for Israel in DC

By Ami Gelman and Daniela Gribetz

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at press conference in Jerusalem on October 19. (Courtesy)

Bank of Israel urges Smotrich to freeze 2024 coalition funds for war budget

By Sharon Wrobel and Carrie Keller-Lynn

Palestinian lawyer-activist Raja Shehadeh reacts during a session on Writing and Resistance, at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Jewish sponsor withdraws from National Book Awards over ‘planned’ Gaza statement

By Andrew Lapin

Washington Wizards' Deni Avdija, left, goes up for a shot against Philadelphia 76ers' De'Anthony Melton during the first half of an NBA basketball game, November 6, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

InterviewAs the Israel-Hamas war rages on, Israeli NBA star Deni Avdija plays through the pain

In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in Douma, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

France issues arrest warrants for Syria’s Assad over 2013 chemical attacks

By Angela Charlton and Barbara Surk

The busy aisles at a Rami Levy supermarket in Pardes Hannah-Karkur, on October 10, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/ Times of Israel)

Amid war with Hamas, annual pace of inflation eases in October

By Sharon Wrobel

Police officers examine a car, rear, which crashed into a temporary barricade near the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo, November 16, 2023. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

Man crashes car into barricade near Israeli embassy in Tokyo, driver arrested

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel's Raz Shlomo, left, tries to block Switzerland's Ruben Vargas during the Euro 2024 group I qualifying soccer match between Israel and Switzerland at the Pancho Arena in Felcsut, Hungary, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (AP/Denes Erdos)

Israel and Switzerland draw 1-1 in Euro 2024 qualifying game in Hungary

By AP

Roger Waters performs during a live concert in Assago, near Milan, Italy, April 18, 2018. (Luca Bruno/AP)

Roger Waters blames ‘Israeli lobby’ for alleged Argentina, Uruguay hotel ban

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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