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JAILED US CONTRACTOR WAS TRYING TO SET UP SATELLITE LINK FOR CUBA’S JEWS
REVIEW REVEALS ALAN GROSS WANTED TO ESTABLISH UNCENSORED INTERNET SERVICE FOR
JEWISH COMMUNITY
By Desmond Butler 13 February 2012, 8:07 am
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USAID worker Alan Gross arriving at a Havana courthouse for his trial in March
2011. (photo credit: AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Piece by piece, in backpacks and carry-on bags, American aid
contractor Alan Gross made sure laptops, smartphones, hard drives and networking
equipment were secreted into Cuba. The most sensitive item, according to
official trip reports, was the last one: a specialized mobile phone chip that
experts say is often used by the Pentagon and the CIA to make satellite signals
virtually impossible to track.
The purpose, according to an Associated Press review of Gross’ reports, was to
set up uncensored satellite Internet service for Cuba’s small Jewish community.
The operation was funded as democracy promotion for the U.S. Agency for
International Development, established in 1961 to provide economic, development
and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of U.S. foreign policy
goals. Gross, however, identified himself as a member of a Jewish humanitarian
group, not a representative of the U.S. government.
Cuban President Raul Castro called him a spy, and Gross was sentenced last March
to 15 years in prison for seeking to “undermine the integrity and independence”
of Cuba. U.S. officials say he did nothing wrong and was just carrying out the
normal mission of USAID.
Gross said at his trial in Cuba that he was a “trusting fool” who was duped. But
his trip reports indicate that he knew his activities were illegal in Cuba and
that he worried about the danger, including possible expulsion.
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One report says a community leader “made it abundantly clear that we are all
‘playing with fire.'”
Another time Gross said: “This is very risky business in no uncertain terms.”
And finally: “Detection of satellite signals will be catastrophic.”
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The case has heightened frictions in the decades-long political struggle between
the United States and its communist neighbor to the south, and raises questions
about how far democracy-building programs have gone — and whether
cloak-and-dagger work is better left to intelligence operatives.
Gross’ company, JBDC Inc., which specializes in setting up Internet access in
remote locations like Iraq and Afghanistan, had been hired by Development
Alternatives Inc., or DAI, of Bethesda, Maryland, which had a
multimillion-dollar contract with USAID to break Cuba’s information blockade by
“technological outreach through phone banks, satellite Internet and cell
phones.”
Judy Gross and Peter J. Kahn, respectively wife of and lawyer for U.S.
government contractor Alan Gross, arrive at the courthouse in Havana in March.
(photo credit: AP/Javier Galeano)
USAID officials reviewed Gross’ trip reports and received regular briefings on
his progress, according to DAI spokesman Steven O’Connor. The reports were made
available to the AP by a person familiar with the case who insisted on anonymity
because of the documents’ sensitivity.
The reports cover four visits over a five-month period in 2009. Another report,
written by a representative of Gross’ company, covered his fifth and final trip,
the one that ended with his arrest on Dec. 3, 2009.
Together, the reports detail the lengths to which Gross went to escape Cuban
authorities’ detection.
To avoid airport scrutiny, Gross enlisted the help of other American Jews to
bring in electronic equipment a piece at a time. He instructed his helpers to
pack items, some of them banned in Cuba, in carry-on luggage, not checked bags.
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He once drove seven hours after clearing security and customs rather than risk
airport searches.
On his final trip, he brought in a “discreet” SIM card — or subscriber identity
module card — intended to keep satellite phone transmissions from being
pinpointed within 250 miles (400 kilometers), if they were detected at all.
The type of SIM card used by Gross is not available on the open market and is
distributed only to governments, according to an official at a satellite
telephone company familiar with the technology and a former U.S. intelligence
official who has used such a chip. The officials, who spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the technology, said the chips are
provided most frequently to the Defense Department and the CIA, but also can be
obtained by the State Department, which oversees USAID.
Asked how Gross obtained the card, USAID spokesman Drew Bailey said only that
the agency played no role in helping Gross acquire equipment. “We are a
development agency, not an intelligence agency,” he said.
Cuba’s communist government considers all USAID democracy promotion activities
to be illegal and a national security threat. USAID denies that any of its work
is covert.
Gross’ American lawyer, Peter J. Kahn, declined comment but has said in the past
that Gross’ actions were not aimed at subverting the Cuban government.
Cuban authorities consider Internet access to be a matter of national security
and block some sites that are critical of the government, as well as pages with
content that they deem as counterrevolutionary. Most Cubans have access only to
a severely restricted island-wide Intranet service.
Proponents of providing Internet access say it can undermine authoritarian
governments that control the flow of information to their people. Critics say
the practice not only endangers contractors like Gross, but all American aid
workers, even those not involved in secret activities.
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“All too often, the outside perception is that these USAID people are
intelligence officers,” said Philip Giraldi, an ex-CIA officer. “That makes it
bad for USAID, it makes it bad for the CIA and for any other intelligence agency
who like to fly underneath the radar.”
Even before he delivered the special SIM card, Gross noted in a trip report that
use of Internet satellite phones would be “problematic if exposed.” He was aware
that authorities were using sophisticated detection equipment and said he saw
workers for the government-owned telecommunications service provider conduct a
radio frequency “sniff” the day before he was to set up a community’s Wi-Fi
operation.
USAID: NO COVERT WORK
U.S. diplomats say they believe Gross was arrested to pressure the Obama
administration to roll back its democracy-promotion programs. The Cuban
government has alleged without citing any evidence that the programs, funded
under a 1996 law calling for regime change in Cuba, are run by the CIA as part
of an intelligence plan to topple the government in Havana.
While the U.S. government broadly outlines the goals of its aid programs in
publicly available documents, the work in Cuba could not exist without secrecy
because it is illegal there. Citing security concerns, U.S. agencies have
refused to provide operational details even to congressional committees
overseeing the programs.
“The reason there is less disclosure on these programs in totalitarian countries
is because the people are already risking their lives to exercise their
fundamental rights,” said Mauricio Claver-Carone, who runs the Washington-based
Cuba Democracy Advocates.
USAID rejected the notion that its contractors perform covert work.
“Nothing about USAID’s Cuba programs is covert or classified in any way,” says
Mark Lopes, a deputy assistant administrator. “We simply carry out activities in
a discreet manner to ensure the greatest possible safety of all those involved.”
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The U.S. National Security Act defines “covert” as government activities aimed
at influencing conditions abroad “where it is intended that the role of the
United States Government will not be apparent or acknowledged publicly.”
USAID’s democracy promotion work in Cuba was spurred by a large boost in funding
under the Bush administration and a new focus on providing communications
technology to Cubans. U.S. funding for Cuban aid multiplied from $3.5 million in
2000 to $45 million in 2008. It’s now $20 million.
Gross was paid a half-million dollars as a USAID subcontractor, according to
U.S. officials familiar with the contract. They spoke only on condition of
anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case.
USAID head Raj Shah said democracy promotion is “absolutely central” to his
agency’s work. The Obama administration says its Cuba programs aim to help
politically repressed citizens enjoy fundamental rights by providing
humanitarian support, encouraging democratic development and aiding the free
flow of information.
U.S. officials say Gross’ work was not subversion because he was setting up
connections for Cuba’s Jewish community, not for dissidents. Jewish leaders have
said that they were unaware of Gross’ connections to the U.S. government and
that they already were provided limited Internet access. USAID has not said why
it thought the community needed such sensitive technology.
Asked if such programs are meant to challenge existing leaders, Lopes said, “For
USAID, our democracy programs in Cuba are not about changing a particular
regime. That’s for the Cuban people to decide, and we believe they should be
afforded that choice.”
Others disagree.
“Of course, this is covert work,” said Robert Pastor, President Jimmy Carter’s
national security adviser for Latin America and now director of the Center for
Democracy and Election Management at American University in Washington. “It’s
about regime change.”
HARD TO MISS
Gross, of Potomac, Maryland, was a gregarious man, about 6 feet (1.8 meters) and
250 pounds (113 kilograms). He was hard to miss. He had bought a Rosetta Stone
language course to improve his rudimentary Spanish and had scant knowledge of
Cuba. But he knew technology. His company specialized in installing
communications gear in remote parts of the world.
Gross’ first trip for DAI, which ended in early April 2009, focused on getting
equipment in and setting up the first of three facilities with Wi-Fi hotspots
that would give unrestricted Internet access to hundreds of Cubans, especially
the island’s small Jewish community of 1,500.
To get the materials in, Gross relied on American Jewish humanitarian groups
doing missions on the island. He traveled with the groups, relying on
individuals to help bring in the equipment, according to the trip reports.
Three people briefed on Gross’ work say he told contacts in Cuba he represented
a Jewish organization, not the U.S. government. USAID says it now expects people
carrying out its programs to disclose their U.S. government funding to the
people they are helping — if asked.
One of Gross’ reports suggests he represented himself as a member of one of the
groups and that he traveled with them so he could intercede with Cuban
authorities if questions arose.
The helpers were supposed to pack single pieces of equipment in their carry-on
luggage. That way, Gross wrote, any questions could best be handled during the
X-ray process at security, rather than at a customs check. The material was
delivered to Gross later at a Havana hotel, according to the trip reports.
USAID has long relied on visitors willing to carry in prohibited material, such
as books and shortwave radios, U.S. officials briefed on the programs say. And
USAID officials have acknowledged in congressional briefings that they have used
contractors to bring in software to send encrypted messages over the Internet,
according to participants in the briefings.
An alarm sounded on one of Gross’ trips when one of his associates tried to
leave the airport terminal; the courier had placed his cargo — a device that can
extend the range of a wireless network — into his checked bag.
Gross intervened, saying the device was for personal use and was not a computer
hard drive or a radio.
According to the trip reports, customs officials wanted to charge a 100 percent
tax on the value of the item, but Gross bargained them down and was allowed to
leave with it.
“On that day, it was better to be lucky than smart,” Gross wrote.
Much of the equipment Gross helped bring in is legal in Cuba, but the volume of
the goods could have given Cuban authorities a good idea of what he was up to.
“Total equipment” listed on his fourth trip included 12 iPods, 11 BlackBerry
Curve smartphones, three MacBooks, six 500-gigabyte external drives, three
Internet satellite phones known as BGANs, three routers, three controllers, 18
wireless access points, 13 memory sticks, three phones to make calls over the
Internet, and networking switches. Some pieces, such as the networking and
satellite equipment, are explicitly forbidden in Cuba.
Gross wrote that he smuggled the BGANs in a backpack. He had hoped to fool
authorities by taping over the identifying words on the equipment: “Hughes,” the
manufacturer, and “Inmarsat,” the company providing the satellite Internet
service.
The BGANs were crucial because they provide not only satellite telephone
capacity but an Internet signal that can establish a Wi-Fi hotspot for multiple
users. The appeal of using satellite Internet connections is that data goes
straight up, never passing through government-controlled servers.
AWARE OF THE RISKS
There was always the chance of being discovered.
Last year, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked about clandestine
methods used to hide the programs and reports that some of them had been
penetrated.
“Possible counterintelligence penetration is a known risk in Cuba,” the State
Department said in a written response to AP. “Those who carry out our assistance
are aware of such risks.”
Gross’ first trip to Cuba ended in early April 2009 with establishment of a
communications site in Havana.
He went back later that month and stayed about 10 days while a site was set up
in Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city.
On his third trip, for two weeks in June 2009, Gross traveled to a city in the
middle of the island identified by a U.S. official as Camaguey. He rented a car
in Havana and drove seven hours rather than risk another encounter with airport
authorities.
Gross wrote that BGANs should not be used outside Havana, where there were
enough radio frequency devices to hide the emissions.
The report for Gross’s fourth trip, which ended early that August, was marked
final and summarized his successes: wireless networks established in three
communities; about 325 users; “communications to and from the U.S. have improved
and used on a regular basis.” He again concluded the operation was “very risky
business.”
BACK TO CUBA
Gross would have been fine if he had stopped there.
In late November 2009, however, he went back to Cuba for a fifth time. This time
he didn’t return. He was arrested 11 days later.
An additional report was written afterward on the letterhead of Gross’ company.
It was prepared with assistance from DAI to fulfill a contract requirement for a
summary of his work, and so everyone could get paid, according to officials
familiar with the document.
> ‘I am deeply sorry for being a trusting fool. I was duped. I was used’
The report said Gross had planned to improve security of the Havana site by
installing an “alternative sim card” on the satellite equipment.
The card would mask the signal of the BGAN as it transmitted to a satellite,
making it difficult to track where the device was located.
The document concluded that the site’s security had been increased.
It is unclear how DAI confirmed Gross’ work for the report on the final trip,
though a document, also on Gross’ company letterhead, states that a
representative for Gross contacted the Jewish community in Cuba five times after
his arrest.
In a statement at his trial, Gross professed his innocence and apologized.
“I have never, would never and will never purposefully or knowingly do anything
personally or professionally to subvert a government,” he said. “I am deeply
sorry for being a trusting fool. I was duped. I was used.”
In an interview with AP, his wife, Judy, blamed DAI, the company that sent him
to Cuba, for misleading him on the risks. DAI spokesman O’Connor said in a
statement that Gross “designed, proposed, and implemented this work” for the
company.
Meanwhile, the 62-year-old Gross sits in a military prison hospital. His family
says he has lost about 100 pounds (45 kilograms) and they express concern about
his health. All the U.S. diplomatic attempts to win his freedom have come up
empty and there is no sign that Cuba is prepared to act on appeals for a
humanitarian release.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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January 26, 2024
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ICJ tells Israel to ‘prevent genocide’ in Gaza, rejects ordering immediate
ceasefire
By Jeremy Sharon
In its decision, Hague court finds there is ‘plausibility’ to South Africa’s
claims that the rights of Palestinian not to be subjected to genocide must be
urgently protected
Israel says WHO ‘colluding’ with Hamas by ignoring ‘terrorist use’ of Gaza
hospitals
By ToI Staff and Agencies
El Al nixing flights to South Africa amid fall in demand, ICJ genocide charge
By ToI Staff and Reuters
ExplainerHow genocide officially became a crime, and why Israel is being accused
of it
By Agencies
Live
Israeli leaders vow Gaza war to go on; Hamas: ICJ ruling ‘contributes to
isolating Israel’
By ToI Staff
New Hamas propaganda video shows 3 Israeli hostages * US pauses funding for
UNRWA after staff accused of involvement in Oct. 7 * Rockets shot at Ashkelon
for first time in 3 weeks
* 14min ago
US maintains genocide allegations against Israel are unfounded, after ICJ
ruling
* 23min ago
Germany says Israel 'must adhere' to ICJ ruling, calls on Hamas to free
hostages
* 44min ago
Ahead of Holocaust remembrance day, Biden warns against 'efforts to minimize
the horrors' of Oct. 7
* 57min ago
WHO denies Israeli accusation of 'collusion' with Hamas
Op-ed: The wrong culprit
David Horovitz
Hamas came for everyone it could kill in Israel on Oct 7. Today, The Hague
encouraged it
The ICJ accepted the South African jurists’ misrepresentation of the cause and
nature of the war in Gaza, seeking to constrain Israel and thus aiding the true
genocidal party, Hamas
Failure to throw out genocide claims a ‘mark of disgrace’ on ICJ, Netanyahu
declares
By Sam Sokol
‘Like every country, Israel has the basic right to self-defense,’ prime minister
says in statement; ‘Antisemitic court’ seeks ‘the persecution of Jewish people,’
states Ben Gvir
Analysis
Jeremy Sharon
The Hague’s decision means Israel is now in the dock for genocide
There are caveats, including the absence of a ceasefire order. But the IJC
ruling will give a tailwind to international calls for trade sanctions and arms
boycotts against Israel
US sets up channel with Israel to discuss reports of civilian casualties in Gaza
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Troops battle Hamas operatives in Khan Younis as IAF strikes RPG-wielding cell
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF announces death of reservist, bringing Gaza op toll to 220; protesters block
humanitarian aid at Kerem Shalom for third consecutive day, calling for release
of hostages
Gallant: Hamas collapsing in tunnels, more than 100 operatives nabbed in recent
days
By Emanuel Fabian
As battles rage in Khan Younis, first rocket alert from Gaza in 4 days sounds in
Israel
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Netanyahu tells troops there’s ‘no substitute for complete victory over our
enemies’
By Michael Horovitz
Hostage families mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘Never again is
now’
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Descendants of Holocaust survivors whose family members were kidnapped to Gaza
gather virtually to discuss what they say are similarities between Nazi and
Hamas atrocities
85 years later, president hosts Kindertransport survivors, draws link to October
7
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
For third day running, protesters block Gaza aid at Kerem Shalom crossing
By ToI Staff
Hundreds more expected at border crossing to demand all humanitarian aid
entering Strip be cut off until Hamas frees all remaining hostages
ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 26: Day 112 – Hostage families protest, both for
and against war
By ToI Staff
PM denies not informing ministers of transfer of 6-months’ worth of flour to
Gaza
By ToI Staff
Could social media have stopped the Holocaust? Scholars doubt Elon Musk’s theory
By Shira Li Bartov
Visiting the Auschwitz death camp, the billionaire said the genocide could have
been mitigated if only his platform X had been around 80 years ago. Academics
beg to differ
Six former Yugoslavia nations to renovate a barracks at Auschwitz
By AFP
ToI podcast
What Matters Now to Yossi Klein Halevi: 5 big questions about the war
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Noted author weighs in on the tough issues facing Israel and the Jewish people
now – and how to conceive of the foreseeable future
CIA, Mossad chiefs to hold ‘critical’ hostage talks with Qatari, Egyptian
mediators
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Potential deal up for discussion would see all hostages released in phases over
several months, with war paused and thousands of Palestinian prisoners freed,
though huge gaps remain
Amid widening spat, Smotrich accuses Qatar of impeding hostage talks to serve
Hamas
By Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner
Qatar fumes at Netanyahu’s criticism, says he undermines talks for political
reasons
By ToI Staff
Analysis
Lazar Berman
US support is firm, but Biden and Netanyahu play dangerous game with two-state
fight
Escalating public spat over possibility of a Palestinian state doesn’t help
Israeli war effort against Hamas, but for now Biden is holding out against
frustrated left flank
Israel advancing deals with US to purchase fighter jets, helicopters and
munitions
By Emanuel Fabian
AnalysisHamas’s cobbled together weapons arsenal still proving deadly to IDF
troops in Gaza
By AP
Interview
New Hadassah Org. president makes Israeli solidarity trip her first act in
office
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Carol Ann Schwartz says priorities for her term are Zionist education, fighting
antisemitism, seeking justice for women raped by Hamas and addressing Israel’s
needs during the war
Analysis
AP
Why Israel’s push to control Gaza’s southern border could endanger peace with
Egypt
Israel says that in the future it must control the Philadelphi Corridor buffer
zone between Gaza and Egypt to stop further arms smuggling, but Cairo warns this
could endanger ties
ExclusiveSenior UAE official: Warm peace with Israel ‘could turn cold’ if Gaza
war drags on
By Jacob Magid
Films
‘Origin’ story: How Ava DuVernay’s new movie connects the Holocaust, slavery and
caste
By Andrew Lapin
Based on Isabel Wilkerson’s bestseller, the drama, now in theaters, includes a
portrayal of the real-life author and uses historical recreations to capture the
book’s cerebral tone
Amid fears for trade, China said to warn Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red
Sea
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Hayley
Analysts say China has leverage over Iran, importing 90% of Tehran’s oil, but it
is not clear to what extent Beijing willing to use its influence
Houthis vow to continue targeting Israel-linked ships as US, UK slap on
sanctions
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iraq, US agree to start talks on phased withdrawal of US-led military coalition
By TARA COPP and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
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Protest leader demands Likud MK retract ‘delusional conspiracy’ of Mossad
meeting
By ToI Staff
Damning Tel Aviv University report calls to shutter Diaspora Ministry
By Sam Sokol
Michigan man convicted of defacing synagogue with swastika, graffiti
By AP
Russia extends detention of US journalist accused of espionage until March
By AP
‘Genocide supporters’: Graffiti against Israel scrawled on two stores in NY
suburb
By Luke Tress
UN chief to sit out Park East Synagogue Holocaust event for first time in 10
years
By Luke Tress
Restaurant called October 7 opens in Jordan, appearing to fete Hamas’s massacre
By ToI Staff
US warned Iran ahead of deadly ISIS suicide bombings which killed 95 people
By AAMER MADHANI
Poll shows NY state voters split on aid to Israel, in shift from November
By Luke Tress
ExplainerEverything to know about Germany’s persistent mass protests against
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Top Ops
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
The almond trees bloom and I’m thinking of salvation
I trust redemption will come, but I’m impatient: I want it to arrive as swiftly
as the first blossoms and with the force of the parting sea (Beshalach)
Sally Mayer
Fighting the pharaohs of today
Sometimes, all the Jewish people need for salvation is a ready willingness to do
God’s command (Beshalach)
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
When our hearts turned orange
The image of Shiri Bibas being taken hostage with her redheaded babies haunts
Israelis like no other image. Here’s why
Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz
What South Africa gets wrong about the Jewish take on ‘Amalek’
If you want to build a case in The Hague that Israel is calling for genocide,
then you should have better evidence than thousands of years of metaphor
Ari Berman
The global hug of a united Jewish community
I went to Israel to support the troops, and discovered a gap between the US and
Israeli Jewish experience like none I have felt before
Shimon Glick
An open query to all people of good will
Please define for us and our fellow Israeli citizens what you consider a
“proportionate” response
Alon Tal
70 years of planting trees for the next generation
How do you explain that Jewish nationalism is not the ’settler colonialist
paradigm’ that today’s progressives claim it is? Start with the trees
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
The fruit of Kfar Aza
Overripe pomegranates highlight the loss of those who would have harvested them,
but also point to the resilience of those who first planted the tree (Tu
Bishvat)
Jeremy M Staiman
‘Your son gave his life for my son,’ I said
He said: If the reverse had happened, the pain would have been the same; they
are all my children
James Inverne
Actors’ readings of South Africa’s case at the Hague miss the real drama
If only Susan Sarandon, among many others, had given stage time to Israel’s
efforts to protect civilians and Hamas’s role in killing both peoples
Amir Ben-David
Till death do us unite
Have we become a nation whose sons can no longer live together — so that all we
have left is to die together?
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
As a Gazan, I still believe Israelis and Palestinians must talk
My relatives were killed, my childhood homes destroyed, yet I know dialogue is
the only way to start building a different future
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By ToI Staff
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Those We Have Lost
Cpl. Noam Avramovich, 19: Soldier was a ‘once-in-a-lifetime leader’
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
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Those We Have Lost
Nadav Bartal, 23: Global traveler killed with his two best friends
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
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By ToI Staff
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Those we have lost
Oded Abergel, 26: Guided his friends at rave ‘saving them from hell’
By ToI Staff
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Those We Have Lost
Shaked Habani, 21: A ‘magnetic’ personality who lived life joyfully
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Cpt. Hadar Kama, 24: A ‘rare, noble boy’ who loved life fiercely
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Those We Have Lost
Shiran Ganon, 38: Mom of three with ‘the perfect dimples’
By ToI Staff
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Roi Poppelwell, 53: ‘A real kibbutznik’ who had a way with animals
By ToI Staff
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Noa Farage, 22: Surfer who was ‘the most magical person’
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Those we are missing
The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown
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By ToI Staff
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Taken captive: Hamza Ziyadne, Rahat resident working in Kibbutz Holit
By ToI Staff
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Taken captive: Gali Berman, from Kfar Aza’s ‘young neighborhood’
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Taken captive: Argentine-born Fernando Marman, beloved handyman
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Presumed captive: Eli Sharabi from Kibbutz Be’eri
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Taken captive: Thai field hand Sriaoun Watchara
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Surasak Lamnau, Thai worker abducted with employer
By ToI Staff
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Daniel Perez, absence felt at brother’s wedding
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Those we are missing
Presumed captive: Ohad Yahalomi, shot in the leg by terrorists
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Taken captive: Ofer Calderon, initially escaped through window
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Taken captive: Tal Shoham, held captive separately from family
By ToI Staff
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Taken captive: Matan Zangauker, ‘is a survivor’
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Taken captive: Youssef Hamis Ziyadne from Rahat
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Argentine-born Louis Har, grandfather to ten
By ToI Staff
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: US citizen Keith Siegel, driven to Gaza in his own car
By ToI Staff
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Taken captive: Elad Katzir, farmer and social activist
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Edan Alexander, told mother he was safe
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Those we are missing
Taken captive: Nadav Popplewell, held in tunnel under Gaza
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Those We Call Heroes
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* A month after his son fell in battle, a father stages a one-man play about
October 7
By Jessica Steinberg
* Under fire in Gaza, hero paramedic saved life of tank crew member
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Inside story
Something is afoot: Volunteers fit IDF soldiers with US military boots amid
Hamas war
By Sharon Wrobel
* Undeterred by Oct. 7 massacre, foreign interns keep Gaza-periphery dairy
farms afloat
By Bernard Dichek
* The Persian-Jewish grandma who wants to feed the entire IDF from her
apartment
By Gavriel Fiske
* Family of fallen Oct. 7 hero Tomer Nagar commissions line of beers in his
honor
By Stuart Winer
* Fixing up old tanks and recruiting old reservists, a tech VP creates a new
battalion
By Sue Surkes
* Officer tasked with arranging constant IDF funerals nearly died after heart
gave way
By Renee Ghert-Zand
* Dad launches ‘Project Menorah’ to support Jews fearful of displaying Hanukkah
lights
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Interview
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from Gaza
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Reporter's notebook
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wheat
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Interview
Lebanese Israeli advocate on US colleges post-Oct. 7: ‘Many don’t see
Israelis as humans’
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* First wave out of 7,000 foreign doctors wanting to help amid war have come to
Israel
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Inside story
Archaeologists sift through devastation to help families of Oct. 7 victims
gain closure
By Melanie Lidman
* Truck dashcam footage shows farmer dodging bullets as he saved 120 from music
festival
By Sue Surkes
* Shepherding life into the world following catastrophe brings hope to Israeli
midwives
By Renee Ghert-Zand
* Israeli charity aims to provide it all for soldiers, including mobile laundry
and spas
By Gavriel Fiske
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Those We Call Heroes
Four Bedouin drove from Rahat to evacuate their cousin in Be’eri; they
rescued dozens
By ToI Staff
* In Tel Aviv, diverse mix of artists shines spotlight on Israeli hostages
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Time bomb
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Loafing around
35-foot challah in NYC attempts to break Guinness record
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Infonomicon
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Music stand
Five for Fighting pens October 7 ballad: ‘We are not OK’
By Amy Spiro
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2 pulled out; 2 stepped in
US comics help Israelis cope with trauma of Hamas massacre
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Racers unite
Jerusalem’s annual marathon to run as usual, despite Hamas war
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Schnapp back
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Food fight
Celebrity chef’s Zahav hummus hits shelves despite war protests
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Love amid horror
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Mama vs Mia
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Army appetizer
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Stir up the crowd
Rob Reiner uses Yiddish word in Emmys tribute to Norman Lear
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Reality TV
Emmys see gestures of support for both sides in Israel-Hamas war
By ToI Staff and AFP
*
The Late Show
Mrs. Maisel, Fleishman, Jewish actors shine among Emmy nominees
By Andrew Lapin
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Pulling through
Cyclists worldwide plan rides to mark 100 days since hostages taken captive
By Jessica Steinberg
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Triple digit tally
Mother of hostage asks public to mark his 100th day of captivity
By Jessica Steinberg
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Captivating gesture
Some at Golden Globes don yellow ribbon pins in solidarity with hostages
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The way home
Hostages’ sister creates trail of shoes on Tel Aviv boardwalk
By Jessica Steinberg
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Choosing life
Couple weds in kibbutz where groom hid from terrorists on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
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