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What Matters Most On Sunday, November 26, 2023

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Maayan Zin embraces her daughters, Dafna Elyakim, 15, and Ela Elyakim, 8, after they were released from Gaza captivity on November 26, 2023. (Courtesy)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 26: Freed hostage, 84, hospitalized in critical condition as 17 released from Gaza

Biden speaks to family of US-Israeli Avigail Idan, 4, among 14 Israelis and three Thai freed from captivity * Hamas video shows terror group still controls part of northern Gaza

11:17 pm

Top Democrat decries rise of Islamophobia after 3 Palestinians shot in Vermont
11:07 pm

Jordan foreign minister to press Europe on joining Gaza ceasefire calls
9:41 pm

Hamas publishes footage of it handing over 13 hostages to Red Cross inside Gaza City

Israeli hostages released on November 25, 2023: Top from L-R: Sharon Avigdori and her daughter Noam, siblings Alma and Noam Or; middle: Hila Rotem, Emily Hand, Shiri Weiss and her daughter Noga; bottom: Adi Shoham and children Yahel and Naveh, Maya Regev, and Shoshan Haran. (Photos: Courtesy; combination image: Times of Israel)

Day 2 of hostage releases

13 Israelis, including 8 children, freed by Hamas after 50 days held hostage in Gaza

On 2nd day of 4-day truce deal, 8 children, 4 moms, 1 young woman handed over by Hamas following long, unnerving delay; 4 Thai nationals also released; 195 hostages still held

Emily Hand (second from right) reunites with her father, Tom Hand (right) while Hila Rotem (second from left), whose mother is still held hostage, reunites with family members in the early hours of November 26, 2023. (Courtesy; clause 27a of the copyright law)

Live updates (closed)Nov. 25: 13 Israeli, 4 Thai hostages freed from Gaza arrive in Israel, are taken to hospitals

By ToI Staff and Ricky Ben-David

Head of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub after his speech at the FIFA congress in Moscow, June 13, 2018. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Senior Fatah official justifies Oct. 7 massacre as ‘defensive war’ against Israel

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Jibril Rajoub, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee, says Hamas terror group that carried out onslaught is part of Palestinian ‘political and social fabric’

Palestinian security prisoners released by Israel are welcomed to the West Bank town of Al Bireh, early November 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Crowds hail 2nd group of freed Palestinian prisoners, including would-be suicide bomber

By ToI Staff and Agencies

An undated photo shows Shay Silas Nigreker, 60 (right) and his 28-year-old son Aviad Nir, who were killed in a terror attack in the West Bank town of Huwara, August 19, 2023. (Courtesy)

Troops arrest Palestinian suspected of killing Israeli father, son in terror attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Promoted Content

Diary of an IDF Soldier

When Hamas attacked Israel, Yoni Heilman, CEO of the TAMID Group and an American oleh, joined hundreds of thousands of Israelis who were called up to reserve service in the IDF.

Irish PM panned for saying freed hostage child Emily Hand ‘found’ after she was ‘lost’

In a tweet that was quickly lambasted, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomed the release Saturday of Israeli-Irish hostage Emily Hand, saying “an innocent child who was lost has now been found.” The tweet from Varadkar did not mention that the 9-year-old Hand had been held hostage for... Continue Reading

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2023. (Craig Ruttle/AP)

Emily Hand (right) reunites with her father, Tom Hand, in the early hours of November 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

RELEASED: Emily Hand, 9, Irish-Israeli girl whose family was initially told was killed

Op-ed: Day 51 of the war

Hamas’s hostage manipulations show how much control it continues to hold over Gaza

The trouble with trying to do deals with an amoral, savage terrorist regime that has just slaughtered over 1,000 of your people, abducted over 200 to its underground hell, and is trying to destroy your country, is, well, precisely that you are dealing with an amoral, savage terrorist regime that has just slaughtered over 1,000 of your people, abducted... Continue Reading

Hila Rotem, 13, is embraced by her uncle Yair Rotem as they reunite, in the early hours of November 26, 2023, after she was freed by Hamas. Her mother Raya is still held hostage in Gaza. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, November 25, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 26: Day 51 – Chaos as Hamas frees 2nd hostage group, violates deal

Doron Katz Asher and her daughters Raz and Aviv after their release from Hamas captivity on November 24, 2023.(Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 25: Day 50 – Some hostages released from Gaza; over 200 still captive

Tom Hand embraces his daughter Emily Hand as they reunite, in the early hours of November 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Day 2 of hostage releases

In emotional photos and videos, girls Emily Hand, Hila Rotem reunite with families

Tears of joy as second group of hostages — 8 kids, 4 mothers and 1 young woman — return to Israel after 50 days in Hamas captivity

'Savta’s return gives hope that all hostages will come back'

Tel Aviv rally for hostages draws 100,000 to mark ’50 days of hell’ since October 7

By Jessica Steinberg

Some 100,000 people gathered Saturday night in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, near the Defense Ministry headquarters, at what is now known as Hostages Square, to mark "50 Days of Hell" since the Hamas massacres of October 7. They called for the release of all hostages held in Gaza while... Continue Reading

A rally for the release of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza on November 25, 2023, at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square. (Courtesy David Papish)

Yahel Shoham, 3, from Kibbutz Be'eri (courtesy)

Yahel Shoham, 3, and 5 members of her wider family freed; her dad still held in Gaza

Kid’s brother Naveh, 8, mom Adi Shoham, grandmother Shoshan Haran, Haran’s sister-in-law Sharon Avigdori, latter’s daughter Noam, 12, freed after 50 days; Tal Shoham still captive

Noga (left), Shiri (middle) and Ilan Weiss were all missing following the October 7 assault by Hamas terrorists on Kibbutz Be'eri. Noga and Shiri were taken hostage by Hamas, and released on November 25, 2023. (Courtesy)

Shiri and Noga Weiss released after 50 days in Gaza, father Ilan killed Oct. 7

Itay Regev was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 and released on November 29, 2023. (Courtesy)

RELEASED: Itay Regev will reunite with sister Maya, both abducted from Supernova

Raaya Rotem was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023. She was freed on November 29, 2023. (Courtesy)

RELEASED: Raaya Rotem freed Nov. 29, reunited with daughter Hila, freed Nov. 25

Mother and daughter from Kibbutz Be’eri released separately by Hamas, in a breach of terms of temporary ceasefire

Noam, left, and Alma Or, two siblings taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from their home in Kibbutz Be'eri, and released on November 26, 2023 (Courtesy)

Noam and Alma Or released followed by cousin Liam, as father’s body captive in Gaza

Undated photo of senior Hamas official Ahmed Ghandour, left, with the terror group's Gaza Strip leader, Yahya Sinwar. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hamas confirms senior commanders killed in earlier Gaza fighting

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF had previously said it hit tunnels where Ahmed Ghandour, Ayman Siam were hiding but did not say for certain that they were dead; terror group lists two others also killed

The country that rescues its people wherever they are

For all the discrimination in the ’nation-state law,’ its clause including all Jews and all Israeli citizens in its global care is essential

Kate Blumenthal

‘Am I being kind?’

If only more people would stop and ask themselves the questions my 3-year-old asks himself daily

Ceasefire? It’s a bad deal.

If Hamas’s reign of terror is not ended, then the cost is just too high and it was all for naught

Visions and skulls

You shouldn’t watch graphic GoPro videos, your brain thinks it’s really happening. But it’s too late. I’ve seen them all.

A female IDF combat soldier inside a tank (screenshot: Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Female IDF tank crews ran down dozens of Hamas terrorists on October 7

Channel 12 interviews soldiers from all-woman company within mixed-gender battalion who say there was no time for fear or hesitation, battled terrorists for 17 hours

Screenshot of Hamas bodycam footage as terrorists approach an Israeli vehicle during the terror organization's October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, released by the IDF and Government Press Office. (Screenshot)

Hamas onslaught was originally planned for first night of Passover – report

A child's bicycle lies in the front yard of a house in Abirim Israel, pictured here on November 21, 2023, whose residents have left because of Hezbollah rockets. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

'For a child, it’s too traumatizing to be here right now'

In the Galilee, hardy residents wonder why the government reneged on evacuating them

By Canaan Lidor

Abirim, under threat from Hezbollah to the north, is one of several towns on the official list for evacuation — but its residents are denied the benefits that would help them do so

Lebanese residents of Israel border towns come back during a fragile ceasefire

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Analysis

This Be’eri survivor knows Hamas is manipulating his community. He still wants a deal

In the weeks that followed the October 7 Hamas massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri, Yaki and Hadas Sagi have focused on being supportive parents to their three teenage children and on saving and rebuilding their family business. But on Saturday, Sagi became painfully aware of another role he has to play: that of a pawn, whose... Continue Reading

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, November 25, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

David Lubin, in the light blue shirt, attends the funeral of his daughter Rose Elisheva Lubin at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on November 9, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel Travels

Israel’s valiant Lone Soldiers have given their lives for the Jewish state since 1948

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Among the casualties of the current war with Hamas are 18 brave volunteers who came from abroad to defend the country. Their history spans back to Israel’s foundation

FILE - An Israel supporter holds up a placard saying 'End Jew Hatred' during a rally at Trafalgar Square, London, on October 22, 2023, amid the Gaza war. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Concealing kippahs in public, hiding mezuzahs: Europe’s Jews worry about antisemitism

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The fallout from the Israel-Hamas conflict ripples through Europe, shaking a continent all too familiar with deadly anti-Jewish hatred

More Headlines

Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump waves during halftime of an NCAA college football game between South Carolina and Clemson, November 25, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina. (Artie Walker Jr./AP)

Trump assails Biden as no US citizens released yet from Gaza in current deal with Hamas

Protesters hold flags and placards as they take part in a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstration near Trafalgar Square in London, on Saturday, November 25, 2023. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

Tens of thousands march in pro-Palestinian London rally calling for Gaza ceasefire

By AP and ToI Staff

Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, November 22, 2023 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Jewish groups ask Pope Francis to clarify Israel ‘terrorism’ comments

By JTA and ToI Staff

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on November 25, 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (R) greets the President of Switzerland Alain Berset (L) prior to their talks in Kyiv. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP)

As Swiss president visits Kyiv, Russia launches ‘record number’ of drone attacks

By AFP

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