2023 Israel-Hamas war

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)

IDF investigating ‘cruel’ Hamas claim that Bibas children, mother killed in Gaza

Shiri Bibas, 4-year-old Ariel and 10-month-old Kfir believed to have been transferred by Hamas to smaller terror group in southern city of Khan Younis

Yocheved Lifshitz (center), who was freed in October from Hamas captivity, protests in Tel Aviv on November 28, 2023, alongside family members, for the release of the remaining hostages, including her husband, Oded. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz: I asked Sinwar how he wasn’t ashamed. He didn’t reply

By Amy Spiro

Op-ed: Day 54 of the warHamas hostage releases are a daily mix of horror and relief. And this is the easy part

By David Horovitz

Israelis hold photographs of the Bibas family at a press conference calling for the release of 10 month old Kfir, 4 year old Ariel, and their parents Shiri and Yarden. at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hamas said to seek 4-day truce extension, as 6th group of hostages set to be freed

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, November 29, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

November 29, 2023, 10:30 pm

Netanyahu, Gallant emphatic war will resume soon as truce appears set for extension

Defense minister says IDF ‘ready for immediate renewal of fighting’; IDF chief approves battle plans; PMO official confirms envoys in Qatar to discuss more hostage releases

By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn

IDF censor Brig. Gen. Kobi Mandelblit attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

November 29, 2023, 10:30 pm

Report: Military censor says PM unjustifiably pressing him to clamp down on reporting

Brig. Gen Kobi Mandelblit said to tell other senior officers Netanyahu sought to prevent publication of comments from cabinet in which he came off as hesitant on war effort

By ToI Staff

Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, runs out of a Senate room where there was a screening of the October 7 Hamas atrocities, in the US Capitol, November 28, 2023. (Ron Kampeas/ JTA)

November 29, 2023, 10:29 pm

Stark images of Oct. 7 murder and torture in Israel leave US senators distraught

Members of both parties shaken after viewing 43 minutes of harrowing footage shown at a pivotal moment for Israel, which relies on American support to continue battling Hamas

By Ron Kampeas

Tables and chairs at a restaurant that has closed in Sderot, Oct. 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

November 29, 2023, 8:06 pm

OECD cuts Israel growth forecast due to war, sees temporary slowdown in economy

International economic organization lowers Israeli GDP forecast to 2.3% in 2023 and 1.5% in 2024, due to pronounced reduction in private consumption and investment growth

By Sharon Wrobel

Aaron Kaplowitz (right), founder of 1948 Ventures, meets with Israeli startups at Start-Up Nation Central in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)

November 29, 2023, 7:26 pm

In wartime, a US investor scouts for more battle-tested Israeli tech

US venture capitalist Aaron Kaplowitz launches 1948 Ventures to invest in technology for military and civilian applications as Israel wages war on Hamas terror group

By Sharon Wrobel

November 29, 2023, 7:05 pm

IDF investigating ‘cruel’ Hamas claim that Bibas children, mother killed in Gaza

Shiri Bibas, 4-year-old Ariel and 10-month-old Kfir believed to have been transferred by Hamas to smaller terror group in southern city of Khan Younis

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Liora Argamani in a recorded video message for her daughter, Noa Argamani, held hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023 (Courtesy Sarai Givaty and Keren Kozlova)

November 29, 2023, 6:38 pm

Terminally ill mother of hostage Noa Argamani records plea to see her

Liora Argamani, who has stage four brain cancer, says: ‘I don’t know how much time I have left. I wish for the chance to see my Noa at home’

By Jessica Steinberg

A municipal worker cleans swastikas spray painted on columns of the Rivoli Street in central Paris, on October 11, 2020. (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP)

November 29, 2023, 6:36 pm

France charges two for justifying crimes against humanity over swastikas in Paris

Pair are among 13 detained over weekend, most of whom are suspected of having sprayed Nazi symbols on the ground in French capital’s 17th district

By AFP and ToI Staff

November 29, 2023, 6:36 pm

Freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz: I asked Sinwar how he wasn’t ashamed. He didn’t reply

Released captive Rimon Kirsht Buchshtav lauded for defiant stare at Hamas terrorist, while Adena Moshe praised for bravery in asking older woman to be freed instead of her

By Amy Spiro

Rachel Goldberg, mother of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speaks to the press on November 29, 2023 (Sreenshot)

November 29, 2023, 5:03 pm

Mother of hostage held in Gaza pans Red Cross as ‘Uber for released hostages’

Rachel Goldberg criticizes aid group for not securing visits to kidnapped Israelis; says she was told hostages more valuable to Hamas alive, injured probably taken to hospitals

By Jessica Steinberg

File: Demonstrators display a banner with the lettering "No peace on a stolen land" as they take part in a rally in solidarity with Palestinians and against Israel at Oranienplatz Square in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, Germany, on November 11, 2023. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

November 29, 2023, 5:03 pm

Germany warns of ‘real’ Islamist terror threat in wake of Israel-Hamas war

Berlin’s spymaster says conflict prompting calls for terror groups to join fray, carry out attacks; points at unnamed ‘foreign state actors’ seeking to exploit mood

By AFP and ToI Staff

Yael Alon holding a sign outside the Knesset during a protest against the government, Nov. 29, 2023. It reads: 'My father was killed in the debacle of '73. My son was killed in the debacle of '23. Prosecute Bibi and his government of ruin.' (Twitter screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

November 29, 2023, 5:03 pm

Police arrest activist for bereaved families at Knesset protest against government

Ayelet Katzir released after being taken to police station; officers also confiscate sign from a bereaved mother

By ToI Staff

Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists shake hands after handing over hostages to the Red Cross in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 28, 2023. (AFP)

November 29, 2023, 4:12 pm

Hamas hostage releases are a daily mix of horror and relief. And this is the easy part

Looming ahead is an ‘all for all’ offer – to free remaining hostages in exchange for every jailed terrorist and ending the war; that’s when Israel will need the US more than ever

By David Horovitz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, lays the foundation stone for a new community, Ofir, as he meets with municipal leaders of communities close to the Gaza Strip, November 29, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

November 29, 2023, 3:16 pm

Several Gaza border communities refuse to send reps to meeting with Netanyahu

PM meets regional council heads, but some kibbutzim decry short notice for meeting, claim lack of interest, as government under fire for poor response to Oct. 7 victims

By Michael Horovitz

FILE - This April 13, 2016 file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

November 29, 2023, 2:36 pm

CIA issues guidelines after senior official shares pro-Palestinian post

Reports say agency’s associate deputy director for analysis had posted a picture of a man waving a Palestinian flag on social media, but has not been disciplined

By ToI Staff