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Inside storyPauses aid in hostage accounting, but Hamas able to regroup
BLINKEN TO FACE UPHILL BATTLE FOR GAZA WAR PAUSES AT ISRAEL MEETINGS AND ARAB
SUMMIT
SECRETARY NOTES CIVILIANS ‘BEARING BRUNT’ OF MILITARY CAMPAIGN AND SAYS HE’LL
DISCUSS STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS DURING TRIP, AS US PRIVATELY PUSHES LIMITING
STRIKES ON SOUTHERN GAZA
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to reporters prior boarding his
aircraft to depart Washington on travel to the Middle East and Asia at Andrews
Air Force Base. Md., Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken aims to build support for
humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Gaza during his second trip to the Middle
East since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, US officials told The Times of
Israel on Thursday as the Biden administration’s top diplomat departed for the
region with a difficult task ahead.
Blinken will need to convince both Israel and Washington’s Arab allies, whose
foreign ministers he is planning to meet at a summit the State Department is
organizing in the Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday, a senior Arab diplomat
and a US official said on condition of anonymity.
The Biden administration is pitching “temporary and localized” humanitarian
pauses to increase the flow of aid in the Strip and to more safely evacuate
civilians out of harm’s way, a second US official said, adding that they could
also give Hamas an opportunity to get a better account of the roughly 240
hostages it kidnapped into Gaza during its October 7 onslaught, in which the
terrorists massacred 1,400 people in Israel, most of them civilians slaughtered
amid brutal atrocities.
The hostages are believed to be scattered in tunnels throughout the Hamas-run
enclave, with some of them held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and possibly other
terrorists, and Hamas has at times claimed not to know where they all are. If
Hamas doesn’t have a clear idea of where all the hostages are amid the chaos
caused by the fighting, it’s harder for it to hold negotiations over their
release, the official said.
In the meantime, Reuters reported that the US is flying surveillance drones over
the Gaza Strip to help gather intelligence on the locations of the hostages,
which are believed to include roughly 10 Americans.
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The humanitarian pauses do allow for Hamas to regroup militarily, which the
Biden administration does not want. But as it tries to keep the humanitarian
situation in the Strip from collapsing entirely, dragging much of its regional
agenda down with it, the US official speaking to The Times of Israel said the
approach was necessary for Washington to pursue.
Blinken will need to do a lot of convincing, though, as Israel has yet to
embrace the idea of humanitarian pauses, convinced that Hamas will only buckle
if squeezed sufficiently by the IDF’s intensifying ground invasion, which has
been backed by plenty of firepower from the air. Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s office issued a swift denial Thursday of a New York Times report
claiming he was prepared to consider humanitarian pauses.
A UN-provided tent camp for Palestinians displaced in the conflict between Hamas
and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima
Shbair)
PRESSURE TO CEASE BOMBING AREAS WHERE GAZANS TOLD TO FLEE
But even before it tries to coax Israel to temporarily halt its
counter-offensive in Gaza, declaredly aimed at eliminating Hamas’s military and
governance capabilities, the Biden administration has been privately pressing
Israel to limit its airstrikes in the enclave’s south, arguing that the IDF has
less legitimacy to be targeting that area of the Strip after telling civilians
to evacuate there from the north, a US and an Israeli official told The Times of
Israel.
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The Israeli official said the IDF strikes have focused mostly on northern Gaza
where a larger proportion of Hamas strongholds are located. However, it reserves
the right to target the terror group anywhere in the Strip after the October 7
massacres inside Israel, the official clarified.
The Israeli official highlighted the IDF’s demarcation of a humanitarian zone in
southwest Gaza where international aid is being provided to those who have fled
following the military’s directive for Palestinians to evacuate the northern
part of the Strip.
But the US official retorted that this zone has not been clearly designated by
Israel and is far too small to house Gaza’s entire population of 2.3 million
people, leaving the vast majority of them still exposed to the IDF’s massive
aerial bombardment.
The US official clarified that Washington recognizes that Hamas is operating
from within and underneath civilian populations throughout the entirety of Gaza.
However, the US is concerned about the ballooning number of civilian casualties,
which complicates the administration’s ability to continue supporting Israel’s
military operation while also rallying allies to follow suit, the official
added.
Illustrative: Palestinians checking the destruction in the aftermath of an
Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, on November 1,
2023. (AFP)
UPHILL BATTLE TO MOVE ARAB WORLD FROM CEASEFIRE TO PAUSE
Meanwhile, Washington’s Arab partners will need to be pushed from the other
direction in order to back humanitarian pauses, given that they are
overwhelmingly demanding a more immediate and sustained ceasefire.
Arguably the most ardent backer of the ceasefire is Jordan, which submitted a
resolution passed by the UN General Assembly last week that called for an end to
the fighting in Gaza. Blinken will arrive in Jordan on Friday evening after
spending the day in Israel.
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While in Amman, Blinken will participate in a ministerial summit with a group of
Arab counterparts on Saturday, which he will use to rally regional partners
behind as many of the Biden administration’s policies regarding the Israel-Hamas
war as possible, the US official said.
The official pointed to Washington’s calls for humanitarian pauses, increasing
humanitarian aid, rejecting the permanent displacement of Palestinians and
opposing a permanent Israeli occupation in Gaza as some of the stances that Arab
allies could support, while adding that the Biden administration is aiming to
reach agreements with participating countries regarding these issues before the
summit, so that it doesn’t end without a diplomatic achievement.
The invite list for the summit has not yet been finalized, the US official
clarified, while a State Department spokesperson declined to comment on the
matter.
In the US as well, calls for a ceasefire are slowly spreading from a vocal
far-left flank of the Democratic party.
This photo released by the Israeli military on Thursday, November 2, 2023, shows
ground operations inside the Gaza Strip. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)
Dick Durbin became the first US senator to express support for a ceasefire on
Thursday while clarifying that it must include the release of all hostages in
the Hamas-run enclave.
Durbin’s condition set him apart from the 18 Democrats from the far-left flank
of his party who signed onto a resolution calling for a ceasefire, which made no
mention of those kidnapped into Gaza. The Biden administration has thus far
rejected the ceasefire approach, saying it would amount to a victory for Hamas,
leaving it functioning and capable of terrorizing Israelis in the future.
Even within the administration, there’s been growing discomfort with US
President Joe Biden’s continued support of Israel’s military campaign, as the
images of destruction from Gaza continue to pile up, two sources familiar with
the matter said. However, they clarified that the dissent has largely been
limited to mid-to-low-level State Department officials who work on humanitarian
and conflict resolution issues and who aren’t responsible for setting policy.
US Vice President Kamala Harris swatted away at calls to rein Israel in, telling
reporters in London on Thursday, “We are not going to create any conditions on
the support that we are giving Israel to defend itself.”
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She also said, “We are not telling Israel how it should conduct this war,” but
The Times of Israel’s aforementioned reporting has shown a more nuanced US
approach in private.
DAY-AFTER STRATEGIZING
Before departing for Tel Aviv on Thursday, Blinken told reporters that civilians
have been “bear[ing] the brunt” of Israel’s military campaign targeting Hamas in
Gaza and that in Israel he will be discussing “concrete steps” the IDF can take
in order to protect civilians — some of the most forceful comments he has made
yet, as the death count in Gaza crossed 9,000, according to the Hamas-run Gaza
health ministry. Those numbers cannot be independently verified and do, however,
include Palestinian terrorists as well as civilians killed by errant rockets
fired by terror groups in Gaza.
Still, Blinken reiterated that Israel has a right and obligation to defend
itself so that its people are not again massacred by Hamas.
United States Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media after the end of
the AI Saftey Summit in Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, England, Thursday, Nov.
2, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
The secretary also acknowledged that Hamas is “quite literally” the reason why
civilians have been caught in the crossfire due to the terror group’s use of
human shields and its placement of military infrastructure underneath or inside
hospitals, schools and mosques.
Blinken said he has five main agenda items for his trip to the region:
Strategizing with Israel about its military campaign; ensuring that the war
doesn’t spread to additional fronts; continuing efforts to get more humanitarian
aid into Gaza; helping evacuate all American citizens and foreign nationals who
want to leave Gaza; securing the release of the hostages; and setting the
conditions for an eventual two-state solution after the war is over.
In discussing Israel’s strategy for the war, Blinken will again press Jerusalem
to start laying out its “day-after” scenario, a US official said.
Israel has thus far refused to publicly entertain the question of who will
govern Gaza if it succeeds in its goal of toppling Hamas. Even privately, formal
discussions have not escalated above the bureaucratic level of the various
relevant ministries, a US official and an Israeli official said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to board his aircraft to depart
Washington on travel to the Middle East and Asia at Andrews Air Force Base. Md.,
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
The vacuum has been filled by the US, which has jumped in to declare on
Wednesday that it would like to see a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority return
to ruling Gaza, with countries in the region and international agencies possibly
playing an interim role until Ramallah is ready.
The proposal is part of the Biden administration’s desire to seize the
opportunity created by the ongoing crisis to re-unify the West Bank and Gaza
under the same governing body, thereby advancing a two-state vision.
Israel has given no indication that it would be interested in such a framework,
particularly given its current hardline government, which continues to take
steps to weaken Hamas’s more moderate PA rival. However, the right-wing
coalition is viewed by many in Israel as having failed to protect the country on
October 7, opening up the possibility that it will eventually be replaced by a
more moderate group of parties.
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Media freedom group accuses Israel, Hamas of war crimes over deaths of 34
journalists
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rocket from Lebanon strikes Kiryat Shmona as fighting ramps up on northern
border
By Emanuel Fabian, Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
Hamas says it fired 12 rockets in barrage, as Hezbollah and IDF trade intense
fire ahead of Nasrallah speech; Iranian militia from Syria deploys in Lebanon to
bolster terror group
IDF releases footage of Houthi missiles being downed over Red Sea
By Emanuel Fabian
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Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on US drones seeking hostages and Golani
Brigade battle; reporter Canaan Lidor on European Jews feeling war’s ripple
effects; report from Eilat
IDF chief says fuel could be allowed into Gaza for hospitals; PM denies okaying
move
By Amy Spiro and Emanuel Fabian
Halevi says if hospitals run out of power, fuel will be ‘transferred, with
oversight’; IDF releases what it says is recording of Hamas commander forcing
hospital to hand over fuel
Over 100 aid trucks enter Gaza in a day for 1st time since start of Israel-Hamas
war
By Jacob Magid
Women in abusive homes fear for their safety as war leads to relaxed gun
licensing
By Shira Silkoff
175,000 firearm license applications filed since Oct. 7 as Ben Gvir eases
restrictions; forum calls for those with domestic violence complaints against
them to be ineligible
Israel said likely to form tribunal to try Hamas terrorists for October 7
atrocities
By ToI Staff
Legal authorites reportedly discussing the correct way to bring to justice the
over 200 terrorists detained in Israel
Justice minister, Supreme Court president appoint 14 temporary judges
By Jeremy Sharon
US rabbis make solidarity trip to Israel for firsthand experience of Hamas
onlsaught
By Eliyahu Freedman
Group visits Ofakim and Be’eri, where terrorists killed more than 100 people,
meet with parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Polls show lower support for Israel among young Americans amid war against Hamas
By Ron Kampeas
Surveys conducted in wake of Gaza-ruling terror group’s October 7 massacres
indicate Democratic backing for Jewish state declining, Americans wary of being
drawn into Mideast war
Wexner museum to keep exhibit by Palestinian artist who appeared to celebrate
Hamas
By Andrew Lapin
Cornell nixes Friday classes to regroup after threats against Jews on campus
By AFP
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By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Since the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas of 1,400 and the capture of 240 hostages, the
country’s foremost podcast team has pivoted to amplifying slices of life during
this uncertain time
Inside story
Canaan Lidor
For displaced families, Eilat’s charms are a painful reminder of a life pierced
by war
For many of the 60,000 Israelis relocated to the Red Sea resort city since the
October 7 massacre, sorrow and worry overlay the memories of earlier happy
vacations
Study: Nearly 50% of Israeli citizens volunteered during first weeks of war
By Gavriel Fiske
IDF releases radio recording, footage of troops fending off Hamas ambush in Gaza
By Emanuel Fabian
‘I just need suppressing fire to repel the terrorists’ attacks,’ Golani
commander says during dramatic overnight gun battle in which over 20 Hamas
operatives believed killed
Senior IDF officer who fought Hamas in Be’eri killed in Gaza fighting
By ToI Staff
Hundreds of soldiers waited outside Be’eri with terrorists still inside,
survivor says
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Ministers vote to transfer tax funds to PA, subtracting money designated for
Gaza
By Amy Spiro and Michael Bachner
Security cabinet says it has ‘cut all contact’ with Gaza, vows to return
detained laborers back to Strip; Washington had pushed Israel to release funds
after Smotrich freeze
Israeli driver shot dead in West Bank terror attack; IDF hunting for attackers
By Michael Bachner and Emanuel Fabian
Elhanan Klein, 29, found in overturned car, had been returning home from reserve
duty; three arrested as settlers allegedly launch revenge attacks, clash with
Border Police
Bill to ban ‘systematic’ viewing of terror content readied for final Knesset
passage
By Jeremy Sharon
Minister rolls out bill to strip citizenship from terror supporters in wartime
By ToI Staff
US House approves military aid package to Israel that Biden has vowed to veto
By Agencies
12 Democrats join nearly all Republicans in backing $14.5 billion proposal,
which US president and Senate’s Democratic majority oppose for not also
including assistance to Ukraine
Ocasio-Cortez calls AIPAC ‘racist and bigoted’ after it criticizes her Gaza
stance
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Biden’s stance on Israel-Hamas war could lose him Michigan in 2024, Democrats
warn
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Bahrain lawmakers vote to recall envoy from Tel Aviv, but Israel says ties
stable
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Statement by largely powerless parliament says trade frozen, but both Israel’s
Foreign Ministry, anonymous senior official stress no formal decision made to
pull ambassadors
Jordan recalls ambassador from Israel to protest carnage in war with Hamas
By Lazar Berman
Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, accusing it of ‘crimes against humanity’ in Gaza
By Agencies and ToI Staff
As IDF advances in Gaza, Hamas chief Haniyeh claims to seek ‘political
negotiations’
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Terror leader’s call for ceasefire and ‘two-state solution’ in stark contrast
with colleague’s declared intention to stage repeats of Oct. 7 slaughter until
Israel is eradicated
IDF exposes catfishing network seeking info on troops heading into Gaza
By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Horovitz
Hamas official says group aims to repeat Oct. 7 onslaught many times to destroy
Israel
By Gianluca Pacchiani and Michael Bachner
Venture capitalists launch emergency impact fund for war-affected Israeli
startups
By Sharon Wrobel
The fund, backed by investors from Pitango, Viola, and Silvertech, has a goal of
raising $20 million to ensure early-stage startups can continue to grow during
the war with Hamas
Inside storyPlunged into crisis by war, Israel’s agricultural heartland fears
for its future
By AP and ToI Staff
Cabinet approves war compensation package for affected businesses and
self-employed
By Sharon Wrobel
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By Larry Neumeister
Goyim Defense League founder sentenced to 30 days for antisemitic littering
By Andrew Lapin
Gaza-area mayor quits Likud on live TV, citing government failures
By ToI Staff
Germany bans pro-Hamas activity, dissolves group that celebrated attack on
Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
MK claims libel over report he said settlers’ blood worth more than that of Oct.
7 dead
By ToI Staff
NYC councilwoman charged for toting gun at protest against pro-Palestinian rally
By AP and ToI Staff
Austria increases payments to Holocaust survivors for first time in decades
By Toby Axelrod
Police in European countries arrest suspects in terror plots tied to
Israel-Hamas war
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Man with pellet gun arrested outside headquarters of Detroit Jewish federation
By Andrew Lapin
Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery, state media says
By AP
Mom for Liberty who banned Anne Frank graphic novel appears on antisemitic
livestream
By Andrew Lapin
Top Ops
Kendall Wigoda
Day 28
At the end of the day, Israel is fighting for its life, but does that really
make the death of a loved one more tolerable?
Avi Lewis
Dear world: I don’t care
I don’t care if you’re out on the street, waving your flag and chanting your
slogans. We won’t die silently the way you want us to
Gershon Baskin
The end of Hamas
The group whose senior officials I negotiated with for so many years has
forfeited its right to exist as a government
David Sedley
Why don’t you believe your eyes? (Vayera)
The bottom line is that, as long as those murdered, tortured, and mutilated are
Jews (and non-Jewish Israelis), many people don’t mind all that much
Adele Raemer
Painful homecoming
Returning to the kibbutz for the first time after the horrors of October 7: A
bloodstained floor and the smell of ashes
Yehudah Mirsky
The nonviolent resistance that hardly ever was
What does nonviolence mean when the goal is not to change your opponents’ minds,
but rather to make them disappear?
Bazy Swirsky Rubin
Sending hugs the best way I know how
With 4 kids at home and a husband at war, I’m making videos of my days to stay
sane (Psst, IDF, want smelly diapers for ammunition?)
Kenneth Jacobson
People no longer love dead Jews
The message of early protesters was explicit: murder of Israelis is a legitimate
and positive activity
Jonathan D. Sarna
Why Israel is fast losing the public relations war
The best PR won’t stop the haters. For the rest of the world, Israel should be
making its case by pushing two key messages
Mansour Abbas
For Arabs and Jews in Israel these dark days, patience is a civic duty
There are well-founded fears of tensions escalating to the point of physical
clashes – we must all work to avoid provocations
Joe Buccino
Israel’s perilous underground war in Gaza
Every IDF strike in Hamas’s subterranean labyrinth will reverberate aboveground,
where military victories can easily morph into political defeat
Dan Sagir
Deterrence is no substitute for policy
Israel should use its military capabilities to promote diplomatic agreements
with its neighbors, rather than preserve the status quo of regular conflict
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Those we are missing
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By ToI Staff
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Those we are missing
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Yair Yaakov & Meirav Tal, grenades opened door
By ToI Staff
*
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Brothers Yagil Yaakov, 12, and Or Yaakov, 16
By ToI Staff
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Those we are missing
Presumed captive: Itay Svirsky, ‘quintessential uncle’ to siblings’ kids
By ToI Staff
*
Those we are missing
Presumed captive: 3 members of Weiss family, Shiri, Ilan and Noga
By ToI Staff
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Those we are missing
Presumed captive: Argentine Ofelia Roitman, lifelong educator
By ToI Staff
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Nir Oz kindergarten teacher from her classroom
By ToI Staff
*
Those we are missing
Missing: Police officer Ran Gvili, left hospital to go fight
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Tamir Adar, part of Nir Oz squad, held off terrorists
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Those we are missing
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Amit Shani taken by terrorists as mother watched
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Ofir Engel, captured while visiting his girlfriend
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Presumed captive: Two Sharabi brothers from Kibbutz Be’eri
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Taken captive: Omer Shem-Tov’s car was driven into Gaza
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Taken captive: Romi Gonen, after being shot in car by terrorists
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Taken captive: Ravid Katz, secured wife & baby before capture
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Those we have lost
Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel
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Those We Have Lost
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Those We Have Lost
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Those We Have Lost
Noa Zender, 22: Danced and ‘shone light everywhere she went’
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Those We Have Lost
Itay, Etti and Sagi Zak, 53, 50, 15: Family died in each other’s arms
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Those We Have Lost
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Moshe Ohayon, 52: Social activist, CEO of 929 Torah project
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Those We Have Lost
Mai Zuhair, 13 & Faizah Abu Sabeeh, 57: Bedouin matriarch, grandchild
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Those We Have Lost
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Those We Have Lost
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Those We Have Lost
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By ToI Staff
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Those We Have Lost
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By ToI Staff
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Those We Have Lost
Odaya and Dolev Swissa, 33 & 34: Murdered in front of their daughters
By ToI Staff
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Staff Sgt. Elad Sasson, 21: Wanted to be a doctor and save lives
By ToI Staff
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Staff Sgt. Jonathan Savitsky, 21: Fended off Hamas to retake IDF post
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Hagit Refaeli Mishkin, 48: Educator, activist & ‘Midburn’ organizer
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People saving others and making lives better
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Those We Call Heroes
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THOSE WE CALL HEROES
Orthodox mother of 10 worked for 12 hours to rescue revelers from party of
death
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With memories of atrocities in Africa still vivid, asylum seekers are helping
Israel
By Sue Surkes
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Inside story
For Israel’s medical clowns, getting a giggle has never been a tougher sell
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Filipino caregiver paid off terrorist, saved herself and 95-year-old employer
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* Israel’s musicians sing for troops and injured, mourners and missing
By Jessica Steinberg
* Heroic nurse was shot by Hamas terrorist as she treated wounded at Zikim IDF
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By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Inside Story
Wounded soldier recounts battling terrorists for hours without backup or
medics
By Renee Ghert-Zand
* With tzitzit in high demand for IDF soldiers, volunteers take on the
challenge
By Shira Silkoff
* How Haaretz’s Amir Tibon and family were rescued by his dad, retired general
Noam Tibon
By ToI Staff
*
Reporter's notebook
Two weeks after Hamas massacre, volunteers still searching ashes of ravaged
Be’eri
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
*
Inside story
Not just prayers: War sparks unprecedented mobilization by ultra-Orthodox
Israelis
By Canaan Lidor
* Designers sew for combat soldiers, pivoting from fashion to function
By Jessica Steinberg
*
Inside story
In stunning response, 15,000 volunteers fill leadership vacuum to help
victims of Hamas
By Sue Surkes
* Bedouin bus driver credited with saving 30 Israelis from Hamas’s outdoor
party massacre
By Deborah Danan
* Columbia professor slams ‘coward’ university president for allowing
‘pro-terror’ orgs
By ToI Staff
* On gap year between high school and IDF service, students find purpose during
wartime
By Gavriel Fiske
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Reporter's notebook
Citizens, including an MK, helped repel Hamas attack in Ofakim
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Tales of the Times
The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting
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Comfort in song
Shai Tsabari, fellow musicians to welcome Shabbat with the displaced
By Jessica Steinberg
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Star search
Celebrities spread stories of hostages to campaign for their freedom
By Jessica Steinberg
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Amid the pain
Israeli-Iranian film ‘Tatami’ wins at Tokyo International Film Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
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McBoycott
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By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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By Jessica Steinberg
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B-nighted
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By Sue Surkes
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By Jessica Steinberg
*
Vets step up
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By Sue Surkes
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King of Queens
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#MustacheSwordsofIron
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By Jessica Steinberg
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Somber notes
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Suitor'd up
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By Amy Spiro
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A series of disasters
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By Andrew MARSZAL
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Anthem of hope
Young musician opens Carnegie Hall show with ‘Hatikvah’
By Luke Tress
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Beyond imagination
‘Fauda’ co-creator thought idea of Hamas assault was far-fetched
By Jessica Steinberg
*
Shabbat symbolism
200-seat empty Shabbat tables set for hostages held by Hamas
By JTA and Jessica Steinberg
*
'We Stand With Israel'
Thousands of flowers woven into words, in memory of Israelis killed
By Jessica Steinberg
*
Emergency response
Julianna Margulies pans Hollywood silence on antisemitism
By ToI Staff
*
Hevenu Shalom Aleichem
Students in small Austrian town sing message of peace
By Sharon Wrobel
*
Sweet singer of Israel
Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy offers Jewish prayer for healing amid Israel-Hamas
war
By Shira Li Bartov
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