IDF closes in on Hamas HQ at Shifa Hospital * ToI in Gaza: The tunnel under the kid’s bed * Cowboys of the wild West Bank * PM meets south mayors for 1st time since Oct 7

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, November 10, 2023 [Palestinians report heavy fighting around Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, as IDF closes in]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies Israeli sources say Hamas fired on Palestinians fleeing hospital used as Hamas HQ; IDF doesn’t comment on Hamas claim of tank fire there; 2 injured by rocket shrapnel in Tel Aviv [Inside story / Israel formalizes daily humanitarian pauses in Gaza, in first since war’s outbreak]( By Jacob Magid [NGOs say Gaza ceasefire must be implemented to alleviate ‘humanitarian catastrophe’]( By AFP and ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: Netanyahu says IDF will control Gaza after war, rejects idea of international force]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid PM meets southern mayors for first time since Oct. 7 * Fighting reported near Gaza hospital used as Hamas HQ * 2 hurt as rockets target Tel Aviv area * IDF ground op death toll: 37 Reporter's notebook [Inside a Gaza bedroom, soldiers searching for tunnels find how low Hamas can go]( By Emanuel Fabian ToI joins combat engineers in north Gaza as they methodically hunt and destroy every underground fortification they can find, including under a kid’s bed in a seaside neighborhood [Daily Briefing Nov 10: Day 35 – Report from inside Gaza with IDF combat engineers]( By ToI Staff [Heads of Mossad, CIA talk hostages in Qatar; terror group issues clips of 2 captives]( By Agencies and ToI Staff PIJ releases propaganda video of elderly woman, young boy, claims it will release them; news agencies say spy chiefs met Qatari PM in Doha to discuss deal [French-Israeli soldier killed in Gaza in the week he was meant to wed]( By ToI Staff Master Sgt. (res.) Eliahou Benjamin Elmakayes moved to Israel 6 years ago to serve in an IDF combat unit Top Ops Ely Karmon [The price Thailand – and the world – will pay to free its hostages]( Even with its history of being targeted by Iranian terrorism, Thai negotiators still went to Tehran to try to cut a deal with Hamas Shira Lankin Sheps [From November 9 to October 7: My inheritance]( Will my future grandchildren remember the day of terror the way I remember Kristallnacht? Gilad Malach [The Haredi uproar over redirecting funds to the war effort]( In their single-minded pursuit of coalition funding, Haredi politicians are more disconnected from the priorities of the Haredi public than ever Allison Paisner [Real genocide: Inside the Killing Fields of Cambodia]( When you claim Israel is committing ’genocide,’ you have it wrong. The oppression of Palestinians is at the hands of their own leaders [New top American general says Israeli goal of toppling Hamas ‘a pretty large order’]( By Jacob Magid Charles Q. Brown warns prolonging Gaza operation will drive more civilians to terrorism, as US military officials push IDF to be ‘more calculating and precise’ in its strikes [Israel isn’t seeking to displace Gazans or rule enclave, Netanyahu reassures US]( By Jacob Magid [Iranian foreign minister threatens ‘inevitable’ expansion of war against Israel]( By ToI Staff ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Oct. 7 survivor Adele Raemer: Telling the world]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan She’s lived near Gaza at Kibbutz Nirim for almost five decades and while sadly accustomed to rocket attacks, the thought of terrorists entering her home was always ‘inconceivable’ [Poll: Most US Jews feel rise in antisemitism, fear Israel-Hamas war to impact safety]( By Ben Sales Nearly 3 in 10 American Jews know of recent physical acts of violence against community members, most believe hate will continue to spiral [As antisemitism surges, NYPD reports 69 hate crimes against Jews in October]( By Luke Tress [Clashes over Israel-Hamas war shatter sense of safety on US college campuses]( By Agencies [‘Never again’ is now: At Kristallnacht memorial, Scholz vows to protect Germany’s Jews]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Chancellor decries uptick in antisemitism, draws parallel between ‘mentality of radical Islamists and those on the far right’ [85 years after Kristallnacht, Holocaust survivors say antisemitism now similar to then]( By PHILISSA CRAMER [Antisemitic graffiti spray-painted in Rome’s Jewish Quarter on Kristallnacht]( By Agencies [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Cowboys of the wild West Bank: The visiting US volunteers who ‘own guns, love Israel’]( By Gavriel Fiske The Christian Zionist group behind the recent viral images of American farmhands now in Israel eschews tourist sites in favor of agricultural work [PA premier: Israel can’t destroy Hamas as it’s an idea, and not just in Gaza]( By ToI Staff Shtayyeh charges main goal of Israeli op ‘not going to happen,’ alleges it’s a war on all Palestinians; IDF’s Halevi tells far-right MKs PA preventing Hamas rallies in West Bank [4 former Arab MKs detained on their way to an anti-war protest]( By ToI Staff [Eilat school was hit by drone fired from Syria, IDF says as it strikes back]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Military targets unspecified group behind Thursday attack on Israel’s southernmost city; Hezbollah says 7 members killed; UAV believed to have flown over Jordan [Arrow intercepts missile headed to Eilat; drone of unclear origin hits school in city]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [Internet collapses in Yemen after recent attacks by rebels targeting Israel, US]( By AP and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Agriculture Ministry seeking to lure out-of-work Israelis to take up jobs on farms]( By Sue Surkes Ministry promises to double wages of farmhands in fields close to the Gaza and Lebanon borders as it tries to make up for a serious manpower shortage across the agricultural sector [Volunteers, nonprofits rally to feed vegan, vegetarian soldiers in the field]( By Sue Surkes [Negev vintners grapple with winemaking challenges in shadow of war zone]( By Jessica Steinberg The small wineries and vineyards of the Gaza border communities and Negev always persevered with their boutique operations; now they’re struggling to get help and sell wine [Day 35 – Report from inside Gaza with IDF combat engineers]( [listen to the podcast]( [Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort in countryside retreat in Hungary]( By Agencies Originally opened to Jews fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a secluded Jewish refugee camp finds itself housing some 250 displaced Jews from the war-torn south of Israel More Headlines [Rival protesters brawl outside LA screening of Hamas atrocities footage]( By Andrew Lapin [Shots fired at two Jewish schools in Montreal as antisemitism spikes in Canada]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Police say officer ousted for leaving post ahead of deadly Jerusalem stabbing attack]( By ToI Staff [War is costing economy some $600m a week due to work absence — Bank of Israel]( By Sharon Wrobel [LA authorities urge patience in investigation of Jewish pro-Israel protester’s death]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [French model arrested for mocking report of baby burned by Hamas terrorists]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Obituary / Ra’anana Meridor, matriarch of influential right-wing family, dies at 100]( By ToI Staff [UN says Palestinian economy shrank ‘unprecedented’ 4% in month of war]( By Agencies [The daily edition]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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