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self-immolating outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta in what police called
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self-immolation sustained burn injuries, according to emergency first
responders. The guard's condition was... Continue Reading

Education Ministry assigns NIS 1b for new infrastructure
‘Pop-up schools’ aim to tackle education for 52,000 evacuee students
By Gavriel Fiske
Hotels, institutions and campuses around the country are embracing the
opportunity to serve as temporary schools to help traumatized children and teens
regain a sense of normalcy
Tel Aviv area schools return to distance learning, partial classes as war
resumes
By Gavriel Fiske
15 synagogues across New York hit with false bomb threats
By Luke Tress
Jewish security agency says the threats targeted 7 houses of worship in NYC, 3
in the suburbs and 5 in upstate New York
NYC education officials defend school where student protest targeted pro-Israel
teacher
By Luke Tress
Pair of swastikas spotted at pro-Palestinian rally at NYC Christmas tree
lighting
By Luke Tress
There’s a new Jewish Caucus in US Congress, but its mission is still unclear
By Ron Kampeas
Jewish members of Congress gather for first meeting, but deeply divided over
Israel-Hamas war, other issues; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: ‘We did a lot of
listening’
US House expels New York Republican who lied about his Jewish identity, other
topics
By Ron Kampeas
ToI podcast'We went from the depths of division to the heights of unity'
What Matters Now to Saul Singer: Refounding Israel the day after the war
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Co-author of ‘The Genius of Israel’ explains how unity of purpose is essential
to the health of the country. While Israeli society presents a unified front
right now, will it last?
More Headlines
Iranian cyber attack targets Israeli tech used by several US bodies
By Frank Bajak and Marc Levy
Zelensky says Israel-Hamas war taking focus off Ukraine, fears aid reduction
By James Jordan, SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV
Susan Sarandon apologizes for saying US Jews ‘getting taste’ of Muslim
experience
By ToI Staff
Tel Aviv bumped down to world’s 8th most expensive city to live in – survey
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli strike behind blast at Houthi weapons depot in Yemen’s capital — report
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Town in Maine swaps out Star of David from holiday display
By Andrew Lapin
US House advances measure blocking Iran from $6 billion freed up in prisoner
swap
By Agencies
ObituaryProminent political scientist and veteran diplomat Shlomo Avineri dead
at 90
By Michael Horovitz
Pregnant woman stabbed to death in front of her kids in Lod; unborn baby also
dies
By ToI Staff
Amid war, Israel to back angel investor clubs to help young startups nab funding
By Sharon Wrobel
Top Ops
Yisrael Motzen
They turned us into monsters
The war is desensitizing us and our children to horror. Can our increased
tolerance to antisemitism and murder be reversed?
David Brog
The true wretched of the earth
On a leading Tunisian intellectual who fought for Arab liberation and refused to
accept anything less for himself as a Jew
Tanya White
Why the progressive liberal left isn’t sympathetic to Israel’s pain
The Jewish experience has been replete with suffering, but since the time of the
biblical Jacob, this people has refused to play victim
Nimrod Dweck
Gush Katif was never the paradise you remember
Re-occupying Gaza would harm the Zionist enterprise and risk a return to the
bloodshed of the intifada years
Benjamin Folkinshteyn
Happy hostage games: ‘And may the odds be ever in your favor’
Praising Hamas for releasing the people they abducted to trade for Palestinian
prisoners is a sick charade
Kally Rubin Kislowicz
Breakfast of champions
Every Friday morning, we find the antidote to the unpredictability of life at
our local café
Benjamin Blech
When redeeming hostages invites more hostages
What can Israel do when the enemy states clearly that massacre remains its goal
and Jewish death is the only end that will satisfy?
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar
Dear Shiri Bibas
If you, your children, and the remaining hostages are not returned, we will not
be able to look ourselves in the mirror
Tali Nir
A relief package that leaves far too many out in the cold
The Knesset’s wartime aid plan leaves a large swath of workers, including hourly
wage earners, at risk of immediate poverty
Cori Shalit
PHOTO ESSAY: The beautiful bomb shelters of the Gaza Envelope
The painted concrete blocks reflect the Jews’ resilience in settling the land –
even now, when they are stained with Jewish blood
Yonatan Cohen
There’s no shortcut to redemption
The trials of the Jewish nation are not fair: Some get more than their fair
share, and some must fight for a crumb, but that is how we build
Emily Bornstein
Keep the Holocaust out of your anti-Israel arguments
If you believe Israel desecrates the memory of the six million, I can say with
confidence that if they were alive today, you’d hate them too
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   Nov. 30: Hostages freed Thursday night reunite with relatives
   
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   Dec. 1: IDF hits Hamas sites in Gaza, Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after
   rocket fire
   
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   Four killed, 5 injured in Hamas-claimed terror shooting at Jerusalem bus stop
   
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   Nov. 29: 10 Israeli, 4 Thai hostages back in Israel, 2 Israeli-Russian women
   freed earlier
   
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   8 Israeli hostages freed from Gaza at end of seventh day of truce
   

Those we are missing
The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

 * Sapir Cohen, released from Gaza; boyfriend Sasha Trufanov still a hostage
   By ToI Staff
 * RELEASED: Mia Schem, 21, underwent arm surgery in Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * Liam Or, 18, released from Gaza; uncle Dror Or still captive
   By ToI Staff
 * Sharon Aloni Cunio, twins Yuli and Emma, 3, freed; father David still in Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Nimrod Cohen, twin working to bring him home
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Presumed captive: Dror Kaplun, last heard from in his safe room
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Uriel Baruch, last seen in video, laying next to car
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Nir Oz founder Amiram Cooper; wife Nurit released
   By ToI Staff
 * RELEASED: Margalit Moses, 78: Cancer survivor freed from Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * RELEASED: Gali Tarshansky, 13, abducted after her brother was murdered at
   Be’eri
   By ToI Staff
 * RELEASED: Nili Margalit, 41, nursed other hostages in Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * Rimon Kirsht Buchshtav released from Gaza; husband Yagev still captive
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Naama Levy, spending first Shabbat on army base
   By ToI Staff
 * Noam and Alma Or released after 50 days, as father and cousin still captive
   in Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Shlomo Mansour, as his wife of 60 years escaped
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Presumed captive: Daniella Gilboa, identified by the shirt she wore
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Alon Ohel, pianist’s family recorded song for him
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Presumed captive: Hanan Yablonka, decided last minute to attend rave
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Orión Hernández Radoux, Hamas texted his family
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Omer Wenkert, suffers from congenital disease
   By ToI Staff


Those we have lost
Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel

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   Those We Have Lost
   Oren Goldin, 33: Mechanic, kibbutznik, dad of 2-year-old twins
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Gideon Babani, 66: Yehud grandfather visiting friends on kibbutz
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Tamar Torpiashvili, 9: An ‘angel’ who dreamed of being famous
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Ashish Chaudhary, 25: Nepali student dreamed of supporting his family
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Sgt. Shaked Dahan, 19: Dreamed of defending the State of Israel
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Noy Shosh, 36: Fought terrorists outside his front door
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Sgt. Maj. Yossi Hershkovitz, 44: Beloved Jerusalem high school principal
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Ayelet and Shlomi Molcho, 54 & 63: Animal lovers with ‘shy smiles’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Shira Eylon, 23: Vegan, animal lover, who ‘just started life’
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Maj. (res.) Moshe Leiter, 39: Father of 6 training to be a doctor
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Alina Vaisberg, 17: High school student who loved TikTok
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Iván Illarramendi, 46, & Dafna Pamela Garcovich, 47: ID’d after a month
   By Gabriel Toueg
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Eitan Snir, 21: Took a final selfie at rave Oct. 7 morning
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Osama Abu Assa, 36: Bedouin family offers $1M reward to find killers
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Michal Roimi, 22: ‘Ray of light’ murdered while dancing at festival
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Nadav, Yam Goldstein-Almog, 48 & 20: Father, daughter slain together
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Yonatan Richter, 48: The ‘good guy’ who came to rave to help
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Cpt. Sahar Saudyan, 21: Iron Dome operator who was ‘a real hero’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Shalom Aboudi, 56: Electrician killed while ‘trying to bring light’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Yonat Or, 50: Designer whose kidnapped family was partially freed
   By ToI Staff


Those We Call Heroes
People saving others and making lives better

 * First wave out of 7,000 foreign doctors wanting to help amid war have come to
   Israel
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * 
   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
 * 
   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
   By Bernard Dichek
 * Venture capitalists launch emergency impact fund for war-affected Israeli
   startups
   By Sharon Wrobel
 * Non-profits join forces to award microgrants for small-scale acts of kindness
   By Sue Surkes
 * 
   Those We Call Heroes
   With adults off to war, Israeli teens are stepping up in their communities
   By Daniela Gribetz
 * 
   Those We Call Heroes
   Mother of 12 has 6 sons, 4 sons-in-law, 3 grandchildren & 1 nephew in IDF
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   THOSE WE CALL HEROES
   Orthodox mother of 10 worked for 12 hours to rescue revelers from party of
   death
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Inside Story
   With memories of atrocities in Africa still vivid, asylum seekers are helping
   Israel
   By Sue Surkes
 * 
   Inside story
   For Israel’s medical clowns, getting a giggle has never been a tougher sell
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * 
   THOSE WE CALL HEROES
   Filipino caregiver paid off terrorist, saved herself and 95-year-old employer
   By ToI Staff
 * 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
   base
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * 
   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


Tales of the Times
The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

 * In first event for new National Library, southern artists talk life after
   Oct. 7
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Show must go on
   Jerusalem’s Jewish Film Week going ahead, adjusted for war
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Learning on the front lines
   Book publisher sends thousands of sacred texts to IDF soldiers
   By Gavriel Fiske
 * 
   In the cards
   Signed Albert Einstein quote on sale for $65,000
   By Gavriel Fiske
 * 
   Military vets
   IDF troops find injured hyena in West Bank, take it for treatment
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   About it all again
   New miniseries to showcase Leonard Cohen’s romance with Marianne
   By Andrew Lapin
 * 
   Divine victory
   Argentina’s president-elect visits Lubavitcher rebbe’s grave
   By Juan Melamed
 * 
   Legacy breaker
   ‘Your debacle has eclipsed mine’: Golda’s ghost haunts PM in satire skit
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   New life
   Baby names appear to see influence from October 7 attacks
   By Stuart Winer
 * 
   Political stage
   US Sen. Chuck Schumer thrills audience with Broadway debut
   By julia GERGELY
 * 
   Freedom daubers
   Street artists paint Tel Aviv wall murals about child hostages
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Warning: Explicit lyrics
   Hip-hop war anthem reaches number one in Israel
   By Gavriel Fiske
 * 
   Basic services
   He parks a traveling lavatory wherever hostages’ families gather to rally
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Displaced art
   Jerusalem Biennale postponed, exhibits shown abroad to support Israel
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   'So much to be proud of'
   MLB star, others to be inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
   By jacob gurvis
 * 
   Un-common application
   In prank, Harvard called by mother of enrolling Hamas terrorist
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   News you can cruise
   Marine patrol group brings displaced families aboard for R&R
   By Sue Surkes
 * 
   Pitching for Israel
   Team Israel baseball captain Ryan Lavarnway talks solidarity
   By jacob gurvis
 * 
   The way back home
   Israel Museum hangs painting by Kibbutz Be’eri artist Ziva Jelin
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Cry for help
   Hand in hand, women demand global stand against Hamas crimes
   By Jessica Steinberg




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