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What Matters Most On Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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Mia and Gabriela Leimberg call family members from an Israeli army facility after being freed from Hamas captivity on November 28, 2023. (GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 28: Back in Israel, freed hostages make way to hospitals for emotional reunions

By Ricky Ben-David and ToI Staff

10 women, many of them elderly, released by Gazan terror groups * Mossad chief in Qatar for talks on expanding deal * Gallant says troops will remain in Gaza until region secured

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White House: 'Added burden' on Israel to account for non-combatants in southern Gaza
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Freed hostages arrive at hospitals for treatment, reunion with families
9:41 pm

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A mural in the Florentin neighborhood of southern Tel Aviv calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Fifth group of Gaza hostages set to be freed by Hamas, on 1st day of truce extension

By Michael Bachner

Total of 20 abductees expected to return by Wednesday night; IDF accuses Hamas of violating ceasefire; Ahed Tamimi on list of security inmates who may be freed by Israel

Palestinians sell vegetables in front of a destroyed building in Gaza City on November 27, 2023. (Omar El-Qattaa / AFP)

Israel and Hamas agree to extend Gaza truce by two days, say US, Qatar

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A Hamas propaganda video of the terror group releasing hostages in Gaza, late November 25, 2023. (Screen capture/X)

‘Keep waving’: Daily Hamas propaganda clips show freed hostages’ forced goodbyes

By Michael Bachner

Demonstrating that the gestures are made under duress, one of the videos failed to edit out gunman’s orders; many released abductees have family and friends still held in Gaza

Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, speaks during a protest east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 6, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)

Report: Hamas leader Sinwar met hostages from Israel in Gaza tunnel

Relatives of released Israeli-Russian hostage Roni Krivoi meet in Russia with Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, on November 27, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Families of Russian-Israeli hostages visit Moscow seeking help in freeing captives

By Jeremy Sharon

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“They are Doing Their Part – Are You?” by Felicia Herman

“When you encounter anyone you know — or even those you don’t know — failing this most basic of moral tests, call them out. Every time. And repeatedly.”

Mossad chief Barnea in Qatar for fresh talks, will meet CIA director

By Tal Schneider and Gianluca Pacchiani

Mossad spy agency chief David Barnea is in Doha for talks with CIA director William Burns and top Qatari officials, The Times of Israel was told Tuesday, amid efforts to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other terror groups. Burns was said set to hold a meeting with Barnea... Continue Reading

Mossad director David Barnea speaks at a conference at Reichman University, on September 10, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

A handout picture released by the official Qatari news agency (QNA) shows Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani (R) meeting with US National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk in Doha on November 19, 2023. (Qatar News Agency / AFP)

AnalysisSaving truce via surprise trip to Tel Aviv, nimble Qatar flexes diplomatic muscle

By Isabel Debre

The Bibas family, father Yarden, mother Shiri, baby Kfir and four-year-old Ariel, were taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from Kibbutz Nir Oz. (Courtesy)

Nine Israeli children remain hostage in Gaza

IDF: Hamas abducted Bibas family, including baby, handed them to other terror group

Relatives of 10-month-old Kfir, 4-year-old Ariel and parents Shiri and Yarden say they feel ‘great uncertainty’ as it appears mom and kids may not be released during current truce

Ofri Bibas Levy, sister of Yarden Bibas, held hostage in Gaza with his wife, Shiri and two kids, Kfir and Ariel, speaks at a press conference calling for the release of the family, at 'Hostages Square' in Tel Aviv, Nov. 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Aunt of Ariel, 4, and 10-month-old Kfir Bibas: ‘We hope they aren’t held as a trophy’

By Jessica Steinberg

Eitan Yahalomi hugs his mother after getting off an IDF helicopter after being released from Hamas captivity on November 27, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)

Hamas forced hostage kids to watch videos of Oct. 7 atrocities, family member says

Children had guns pointed at them if they cried, were conditioned not to make noise; Emily Hand’s father says 9-year-old thought she had been captive for a year

A composite photo of the 10 children who remained hostage in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip as of November 27, 2023. Top L-R: Amit Shani, Liam Or, Itay Regev, Aisha Ziyadne, Bilal Ziyadne. Bottom L-R: Ofir Engel, Gali Tarshansky, Mia Leimberg, Kfir Bibas and Ariel Bibas. Mia Leimberg was released on November 28. (Pictures: Courtesy; Combination image: The Times of Israel)

The 9 children still held hostage in Gaza, yet to be freed under truce deal

Arab Israeli prisoners on list of candidates for release in Hamas hostage deal

By Jeremy Sharon

Some 25 jailed Arab Israeli citizens are part of a new group of 50 prisoners who were added Monday night to the list of candidates for release in return for Israeli hostages currently held by Hamas in Gaza. Almost all of the Arab Israeli citizens added to the... Continue Reading

Israeli security forces in front of the entrance to Ofer Prison, outside of Jerusalem, from where Palestinian terror convicts were released as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, November 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Men walk past a section of Israel's security barrier painted with a portrait of Palestinian detainee Ahed Tamimi, on November 6, 2023 in Bethlehem in the West Bank.(HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Israel okays 50 female prisoners for possible release during extended Gaza truce

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to board his aircraft prior to departure, November 27, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, as he travels to Brussels for a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank again, with eye on further extending Gaza truce

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

On Israel’s warm welcome for Elon Musk

Our leaders rolled out the red carpet for the man whose platform sends ‘Hitler was right’ tweets to Israeli users

From social media influencer to dangerous narcissist

If you’ve ever wondered how ’ordinary’ people become complicit in atrocities, look no further than ’Jill’ on TikTok

Palestinians queue for water at a UN displacement camp in the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Inside story

US: IDF should not displace Gazans en masse in the south like it did in the north

US officials say Washington is urging Israel to delineate several locations near UN shelters where IDF won’t operate; say US planes will bring vaccines to prevent spread of disease

Israeli hostages released on November 27, 2023: Top L-R: Sharon Aloni Cunio and her children Emma and Yuli, siblings Sahar and Erez Calderon; bottom: Karina Engel-Bart and her children Mika and Yuval, siblings Yagil and Or Yaakov, and Eitan Yahalomi. (Courtesy; combination image: Times of Israel)

Day 4 of hostage releasesFathers of all five families are still held hostage in Gaza

9 children, including 3-year-old twins, and 2 mothers released from Hamas captivity

After delays, latest group of hostages, all from Kibbutz Nir Oz, freed from Gaza as truce holds; IDF says Hamas handed Bibas family off to a different terror faction in Khan Younis

Erez and Sahar Calderon from Kibbutz Nir Oz were taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, along with their father Ofer. Erez and Sahar were released on November 27, 2023. (Courtesy)

Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, Calderon released; father Ofer remains in Gazan captivity

Kibbutz Nir Oz resident Eitan Yahalomi was taken captive to Gaza on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists. He was freed on November 27, 2023. (Courtesy)

Eitan Yahalomi, 12, released; father Ohad, captured separately, still presumed hostage

Sharon Aloni Cunio, 34, her husband David Cunio, 34, and their twin daughters, Yuli and Emma, 3, were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. Sharon, Yuli and Emma were released on November 27, 2023. (Courtesy)

Sharon Aloni Cunio, twins Yuli and Emma, 3, freed; father David still in Gaza

Danielle Aloni, 44, and daughter Emilia, 5, members of wider family, were returned to Israel on November 24

Karina Engel-Bart (left) and daughters Mika (center) and Yuval Engel were taken captive on October 7, 2023 by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz. They were released on November 27, 2023. (Courtesy)

Three members of Engel family released; father Ronen’s body still in Gaza

Or Yaakov, 16, was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. He was freed on November 27, 2023. (Courtesy)

Brothers Yagil, 12 & Or Yaakov, 16, from Nir Oz, freed; father Yair murdered Oct. 7

Photos, videos show emotional hostage reunions, as doctors say most in good health

By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff

Videos and photos shared Monday show the emotional reunions with family members of the hostages released from Gaza on Sunday evening after 51 days in captivity, as doctors say that most are in good shape and have already gone home or will soon do so. Elma Avraham, 84, remains in critical condition at... Continue Reading

The reunification of the Brodutch family, with father Avichai embracing his children who were held by terrorists in Gaza for 51 days, November 27, 2023. (Schneider Medical Center)

Renana Gome (middle) with her sons, Yagil Yaakov (left) and Or Yaakov, reunited after the boys' release on November 27, 2023 from Hamas captivity since October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 28: Day 53 – Amid joy, chilling details from released hostages

Ed Wallack outside his home near Boston (Courtesy)

Some worried for family's safety won't openly support Israel

Grass is not greener: Thousands of pro-Israel lawn signs stolen across US since Oct. 7

By Matt Lebovic

Upstart activists are manufacturing hundreds of placards daily, but nighttime raids by anti-Israel vandals put a dent in the effort, local police reports show

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a Religious Zionism party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘There are 2 million Nazis’ in West Bank, says far-right Finance Minister Smotrich

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jacob Magid

Remark made in reference to polls showing most West Bank Palestinians back Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught; Netanyahu said lobbying Likud MKs, saying only he can foil Palestinian state

Left: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the Knesset on November 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); Right: Minister Benny Gantz attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Amid fierce opposition from Gantz and Barkat, cabinet unfreezes coalition funds

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, on January 7, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Bank of Israel cuts growth forecast again due to war impact, leaves benchmark steady

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel advocate Jonathan Elkhoury during a public talk at the Jewish Community Center in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA, on November 5, 2023 (photo by Harel Madhala, courtesy)

Interview'People don’t know 25% of Israel's population is non-Jewish'

Lebanese Israeli advocate on US colleges post-Oct. 7: ‘Many don’t see Israelis as humans’

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Embodying the mosaic of Israeli society, Jonathan Elkhoury, an Israeli of Christian Lebanese origin, is on the front line of the Jewish state’s public diplomacy

Women protest outside the UN Headquarters in Jerusalem over its failure to condemn Hamas violence against women during its October 7 onslaught, November 27, 2023. (Flash90)

Amid outcry over silence, UN Women posts, then deletes, condemnation of Hamas attack

By Jackie Hajdenberg

UN body says statement was issued by mistake, was replaced by call for release of hostages; activists have decried UN failure to address evidence of rape, sexual abuse on Oct. 7

Deborah Feldman poses in her living room in Berlin, March 10, 2020. (Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)

‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman blasts German ‘taboo’ against criticizing Israel

By Toby Axelrod

The well-known US expat leads a chorus of Jewish voices – most of them not born in Germany – claiming hypersensitivity about criticizing the Jewish state is a post-WWII relic

More Headlines

FILE - Hamas terrorists are seen crossing the Israel-Gaza border fence on October 7, 2023. (Kan TV screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Top Israeli intel unit wasn’t operational on October 7 due to personnel decision

Mor Ganashvili, seriously injured during a mob assault in Acre in May 2021, arrives for a court hearing of one of his attackers at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Arab Israeli gets 17 years in prison for role in 2021 Acre mob assault of Jewish man

The leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Akesson delivers a speech at the party's election watch in Nacka, near Stockholm late Sunday evening on September 11, 2022. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)

Swedish PM denounces far-right politician’s call to destroy ‘anti-democratic’ mosques

By AFP

Posters of Israeli hostages in New York City's Union Square subway station, October 16, 2023. (Luke Tress/ JTA)

2 US women indicted for assaulting woman who filmed them removing Gaza hostage fliers

Supporters of Israel walk past cardboard cutouts representing Israeli hostages, during a protest outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, November 28, 2023. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Loved ones of Israelis murdered, abducted by Hamas go to lobby Australian lawmakers

Argentina's president-elect, Javier Milei, second right, visits the Montefiore Cemetery after praying next to Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis at the resting place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in New York, November 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Divine victoryArgentina’s president-elect visits Lubavitcher rebbe’s grave

By Juan Melamed

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