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Monday, November 27, 2023
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Nov. 27: 11 freed hostages back in Israel after 52 days in Gaza, capping 4th day of truce
By
ToI Staff
and
Jacob Magid
9 children and 2 mothers freed, all from Kibbutz Nir Oz * Qatar, US, Hamas announce truce extension, to free 20 more hostages * Elma Avraham fights for life
1:32 am
Secular Israelis line up to write in a Torah scroll bound for Kibbutz Be'eri
10:53 pm
Nir Oz father whose son is a hostage is 'thrilled' at release of 11 kibbutz members
9:58 pm
Hamas issues daily propaganda video purporting to show its humane treatment of hostages upon their release
After setback and delay, fourth group of hostages set to go free Monday
By
ToI Staff
Families were initially not told which loved ones set to be freed, amid dispute over list; freed hostage Elma Avraham, 84, in critical condition
Girl freed from Gaza without her mom says Hamas separated them, in breach of deal
By
ToI Staff
Day 3 of hostage releases
Residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza cheer as 10 members return
14 Israelis, 9 of them children, freed by Hamas on 3rd day of hostages-for-truce deal
By
ToI Staff
Dual US citizen Avigail Idan, 4, whose parents were murdered, among those released; Russian-Israeli citizen let go at Putin’s request; 3 Thais also freed
Day 3 of hostage releases
Israelis greet newly freed hostages with joy, but can’t forget those left behind
By
Carrie Keller-Lynn
,
Canaan Lidor
,
Jacob Magid
and
Emanuel Fabian
Backing Israeli assertion, US signals Red Cross will visit remaining hostages in Gaza
By
Jacob Magid
'Her story is a microcosm of the horror Hamas unleashed'
Biden speaks to family of Avigail Idan, Israeli-American toddler freed in hostage deal
By
Jacob Magid
and
ToI Staff
President says 4-year-old girl ‘endured the unthinkable’ after seeing parents slain and undergoing weeks of captivity; grandfather fetes Biden: ‘We don’t admire you. We love you’
RELEASED: 4-year-old US-Israeli Avigail Idan, whose parents were both slain
By
ToI Staff
'They didn't know anything. They didn't know they're famous'
As released hostages return home, they learn of relatives killed, homes destroyed
By
Jessica Steinberg
Along with the joy of reunion, a granddaughter and a cousin had bad news for the returnees, who they say are thinner but tough – with a long way to go in processing the nightmare
Irregular meals, benches as beds: Details of captivity emerge as some hostages freed
By
AP
and
ToI Staff
IDF soldier rescued from Gaza in first public message: ‘Happy I got my life back’
By
ToI Staff
Top Ops
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
How Hamas weaponizes our joy
Natan Sharansky was undefeated by the KGB’s cruel psychological torture, now we too must gird our minds against assault
Alan Shatter
As if Israel simply woke up one morning and chose to attack Gaza
A grotesque, fact-free letter by 620 Irish academics accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocidal violence
Michael Oren
Israel’s choice: Body or soul
Israel will almost certainly have to decide whether to destroy Hamas completely or save the remaining hostages
Daniel Chamovitz
Freedom of speech is not freedom from accountability
My fellow university presidents should quit cowering behind free speech claims and condemn campus hate
She was 'neglected during her entire period there'
Daughter of critically ill 84-year-old freed hostage: Red Cross ‘abandoned’ her
By
Jessica Steinberg
Elma Avraham, the 84-year-old who was abducted from her home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7 and freed Sunday evening from Gaza, is still hospitalized in critical condition and did not receive any treatment while in captivity, her family and doctors said Monday afternoon. Avraham's children blasted...
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RELEASED: Elma Avraham, 84, freed from Gaza after 51 days
By
ToI Staff
Live updates (closed)
Nov. 26: Freed hostage, 84, hospitalized in critical condition as 17 released from Gaza
By
ToI Staff
Israeli-Russian released by Hamas had escaped for 4 days, was recaptured in Gaza
By
ToI Staff
Elena Magid, the aunt of Israeli-Russian hostage Roni Krivoi, who was released on Sunday, revealed that Krivoi had managed to escape his captors and hide in Gaza for four days before being recaptured. Magid told Kan public radio that Krivoi had told her he had initially been held in a building that ended...
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RELEASED: Roni Krivoi, Russian-Israeli released in nod to Putin
By
ToI Staff
RELEASED: Brodutch family: Mother Hagar, kids Ofri, 10, Yuval, 9 and Oriya, 4
By
ToI Staff
Inside Story
Canaan Lidor
Hostage deal forces Nahal Oz survivors into wrenching compromise with reviled Hamas
Minutes before Hamas terrorists freed 14 Israeli hostages Sunday, Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon was confidently discussing geopolitics with colleagues on Kibbutz Mishmar Ha’Emek when something stopped him and pushed him out of his comfort zone. Gripping his head and sighing deeply, Tibon said: “I’ve been waiting for this picture for 51 days.” The picture was of...
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ToI podcast
Daily Briefing Nov 27: Day 52 – On hostage return, joy and vows to rebuild Gaza border area
By
ToI Staff
Musk tours Gaza border kibbutz with PM, says ‘no choice’ but for Israel to destroy Hamas
By
AFP
,
JTA
and
Jeremy Sharon
Billionaire shown evidence of Oct. 7 atrocities, including screening of 43-minute Hamas massacre footage; Herzog urges tech mogul to clamp down on antisemitic hate speech on X
RELEASED: Mother Chen & kids Agam, Gal and Tal Goldstein-Almog; father & daughter killed
By
ToI Staff
Father Nadav and eldest daughter Yam were murdered in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
RELEASED: Sisters Ela and Dafna Elyakim; witnessed murder of father and his partner
By
ToI Staff
Aviva Siegel released after 51 days as husband Keith, a US citizen, still captive
By
ToI Staff
Reporter's notebook
Jeremy Sharon
Grandfather of two children released from Gaza: ‘We thought we would lose our minds’
DEAD SEA, Israel -- For the residents of Kibbutz Be'eri, the days since the hostage release agreement was reached with Hamas have been a time of intensely contrasting emotions, from trepidation to despair, then joy -- and never-ending anxiety. On Saturday night, 12 hostages, including eight children, who were abducted on October 7 by Hamas...
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Hamas expresses desire to extend truce with Israel past initial four days
By
Jacob Magid
and
ToI Staff
Two terror victims request attacker be taken off prisoner release list
By
Jeremy Sharon
Palestinians in Ramallah cheer Hamas as dozens more prisoners freed
By
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
Missiles target US warship after it nabs gunmen who attacked Israel-linked tanker
By
AP
and
ToI Staff
USS Mason demands armed assailants release Central Park, captures them when they try to flee; ballistic missile launches from Houthi-controlled Yemen then splash down close by
Iran adds sophisticated warship to Caspian Sea fleet
By
AP
Israel-linked ship attacked off Yemeni coast, after 2 similar cases claimed by Houthis
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
‘Zero tolerance for antisemitism’: Tens of thousands march against hate in London
By
Agencies
In largest march for decades against Jew-hatred, demonstrators, some waving Israeli flags, are joined by ex-UK prime minister Boris Johnson, a day after mass rally for Palestinians
European and Middle East envoys meet in Barcelona to discuss Israel-Hamas war
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
Gantz threatens governmental crisis if political funds not diverted to war needs
By
ToI Staff
Finance Minister Smotrich has insisted on keeping NIS 900m in discretionary funds for settlements and Haredim amid war; PM’s office argues budget proposal will benefit country
Top Haredi MK slams extension of central bank head’s term, saying he ‘hurt the weak’
By
Sharon Wrobel
'May Hashem have mercy on us all'
Sponsoring Israeli missiles doesn’t fly for all in a Facebook group for kosher foodies
By
Jackie Hajdenberg
A post in Great Kosher Restaurant Foodies has put the fault lines of communal discussion in stark relief as even some in an ostensibly conservative community find it in poor taste
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Tens of thousands attend anti-Israel demonstration in Morocco
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
Israel said to bomb Damascus airport, hours after it returned to operational status
By
Emanuel Fabian
Police arrest suspect in shooting of 3 Palestinian students in Vermont
By
KATHY McCORMACK
Minister refuses Ben Gvir request to strip citizenship of allegedly disloyal athletes
By
ToI Staff
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