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Thursday, November 23, 2023
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Nov. 23: Warning of Hamas ‘psychological terror,’ IDF says deal may face curveballs
By
Michael Bachner
and
ToI Staff
Israel says it has notified families of 13 hostages slated for release Friday, ‘with reservations’ * Gallant: After ‘short’ truce, intense fighting to resume for at least 2 months
9:56 pm
At least 85 Jewish graves damaged in Belgian cemetery, in antisemitic vandalism
9:49 pm
Report: IDF general, Shin Bet head claim settler violence unchecked on Ben Gvir's orders
9:18 pm
Report: Hamas also set to release 23 Thai hostages following Iranian mediation
Israel-Hamas truce comes into force, as first 13 Israeli hostages set to be freed
By
Tal Schneider
and
Jacob Magid
Temporary pause in fighting takes effect at 7 a.m., with group of Israeli children and women to be handed over at 4 p.m.; almost all were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz
At National Library in Jerusalem, a chair and a book for each hostage
By
AFP
and
ToI Staff
Qatar burnishes role as ‘essential’ hostage negotiator with Israel-Hamas deal
By
AFP
and
ToI Staff
Ahead of hostage release, PM says Mossad has orders to target Hamas chiefs everywhere
By
ToI Staff
In televised press conference after cabinet okays truce deal, Netanyahu, Gallant, Gantz say fighting to continue until Hamas destroyed, all hostages freed
In surprise delay, top Netanyahu aide says hostage release ‘not before Friday’
By
Tal Schneider
,
Carrie Keller-Lynn
and
Jacob Magid
Release of 50 abducted women, children to begin 10 a.m. Thursday – Israeli official
By
Tal Schneider
and
Carrie Keller-Lynn
IDF arrests Gaza’s Shifa Hospital head, sends him for questioning as terror suspect
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
The director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City was arrested by Israeli forces on Thursday morning, and taken for questioning by the Shin Bet security agency, Israeli officials said. Several other medical personnel from the hospital were also reportedly detained. A joint statement issued by the IDF and Shin Bet said Mohammad Abu...
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US envoy: Gazans who fled south must be allowed to return home ‘as soon as possible’
By
Jacob Magid
Palestinian, Arab officials urge Hamas to disarm before it is destroyed – report
By
ToI Staff
Analysis
Haviv Rettig Gur
Hostage deal, even if it fails, shows Hamas’s desperation
The families of Israeli hostages have spent most of the past seven weeks in a kind of limbo, torn between competing arguments for how best to seek the release of their loved ones. Would pressure on the Israeli government work? Could foreign governments influence Hamas? What does the ground war mean for their loved ones'...
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ToI podcast
Daily Briefing Nov. 23: Day 48 – Is hostage release delay more psychological warfare?
By
ToI Staff
High Court rejects petition that sought to delay hostage release deal
By
Jeremy Sharon
Reporter's notebook
'I think these kinds of interactions are saving Israel'
In Tel Aviv, displaced families bring Israeli flavor to American-style Thanksgiving
By
Gavriel Fiske
Local Orthodox Union-affiliated group matches Gaza-area evacuee families with English-speaking immigrants for the festival of gratitude. ToI joined the Weinsteins and Dahans
Reporter's notebook
David Horovitz
The sole avenue of coexistence that became a Hamas killing field
The Erez Border Crossing, at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, was the sole civilian crossing point from Hamas-run Gaza into Israel. Every day, thousands of Gazans with permits to work in Israel would proceed through the modern terminal complex; others came in for medical treatment; diplomats, UN officials and others could drive through. It was the only avenue...
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Top Ops
Richard Hecht
The high-stakes dilemma of conflict-zone journalism
The rush to report is always at odds with the imperative to get the story right and the Israel Hamas war is no exception
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
What does war do to our hearts and souls?
After praying for the well-being of the kidnapped, the soldiers, and Israel itself, I pray that suffering has not hardened our hearts to the suffering of others
Jacob Blumenthal
From anger to embrace
Response from Conservative Movement leaders: Our centrist, inclusive, and pluralistic message is needed now more than ever
Dasee Berkowitz
Thanksgiving: It’s about more than the stuffing recipe
Nervous about what some relatives might say at the table? Don’t sidestep disagreement – lean into it for a more meaningful discussion
Hezbollah says son of senior lawmaker among five dead in south Lebanon strike
By
AFP
and
ToI Staff
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group said early Thursday that five of its fighters, including the son of a senior lawmaker, had been killed, amid skirmishes at the Israel-Lebanon border since the Israel-Hamas war began. Abbas Raad, son of the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohammed Raad, was "martyred...
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In Lebanon, Iran FM meets with Hezbollah chief and Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials
By
Gianluca Pacchiani
Hezbollah commits to abiding by truce, though it wasn’t party to negotiations
By
Gianluca Pacchiani
IDF says it shot down cruise missile — apparently fired by Houthis — over Red Sea
By
Emanuel Fabian
F-35 stealth jet intercepts missile before it enters Israeli territory; no group immediately claims responsibility, though senior Houthi official tweets ‘What’s going on in Eilat?’
Israeli rights experts press UN to condemn Hamas crimes against women on Oct. 7
By
Shira Silkoff
Ahead of Security Council session on impact of war on women and children, Israeli civil commission meets with panel for 1st time to present evidence of terrorists’ sexual violence
First Lady Herzog decries ‘unforgivable’ silence of rights groups over Hamas rapes
By
ToI Staff
Egyptian author, a liberal activist, forced to flee for backing Israel over Hamas
By
Stuart Winer
Dalia Ziada goes into hiding amid furious backlash in her country for condemning terror group’s brutal attack on Israel, saying she hopes IDF eliminates it for everyone’s sake
Interview
'Europe will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz'
European Jewry will disappear by 2050, predicts bestselling Dutch-Jewish writer
By
Canaan Lidor
Leon de Winter, a novelist whose pro-Israeli advocacy contrasts with his milieu, says he is staying home to avoid antisemitic harassment over Gaza
Inside story
Jeremy Sharon
How will captured October 7 terrorists be tried, and on what charges?
In the immediate wake of the savage October 7 massacres committed by Hamas and amid the IDF’s operations to liberate Israeli towns and communities overrun by the terror group, Israeli security forces captured several dozen of the 3,000 terrorists involved in the atrocities. These terrorists participated in the massacre of 1,200 Israelis -- mostly civilians including babies, children, and the...
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Interview
'We would come clean the dishes, wash the floors, or operate'
Why doctors come volunteer in Israel at war: ‘I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t’
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
Filling in for Israeli doctors called to military duty or preoccupied with emergency preparedness, these 5 physicians are picking up the slack wherever and however they are needed
7 weeks after Hamas massacre, Shani Gabay, previously presumed hostage, declared dead
By
ToI Staff
Authorities identify body of 25-year-old who was working at Supernova party; brother says: ‘We’d hoped for a different ending, we believed until the last moment she was alive’
Far-right anti-Islamist Wilders wins Dutch election, sending shockwaves through Europe
By
Mike Corder
and
Raf Casert
Wilders will begin talks with right and center parties in order to form a coalition, which, if successful, will make him the Netherlands’ most right-wing prime minister ever
German police raid homes of 20 alleged supporters of far-right Reich Citizens movement
By
Agencies
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Musk vows to donate revenue ‘associated’ with Gaza war to hospitals, aid orgs
By
Andrew Lapin
Worker absence due to war poses main hurdle for manufacturers – survey
By
Sharon Wrobel
Hundreds of German police raid more than a dozen properties linked to Hamas supporters
By
Agencies
Man shot dead in Ramle, taking year’s crime toll in Arab community to 217
By
ToI Staff
OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO, days after firing him
By
Matt O'Brien
Two killed in vehicle explosion on bridge connecting New York and Canada
By
Agencies
UK’s Wembley Stadium to end solidarity illuminations after not lighting up for Israel
By
Stuart Winer
UK medical device maker snaps up Israel’s CartiHeal in deal worth up to $330 million
By
Sharon Wrobel
Political stage
US Sen. Chuck Schumer thrills audience with Broadway debut
By
julia GERGELY
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