ToI’s weekly deep dive: On the ground with the IDF in Gaza * Sderot refugees in Eilat take their city with them * What Matters Now with Oct. 7 survivor Adele Raemer

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, November 12, 2023 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 Op-ed: Day 33 of the war David Horovitz [Israel fights back despite its government, and wonders how much time the IDF has]( A month after October 7, this is a changed nation — with a citizenry that, largely, does not rely on its political leaders but wants to regain faith in its military [Op-ed / Day 30 of the war: Where it began and where it will end]( By David Horovitz [Analysis / Charging abandonment by Netanyahu’s government, Likud’s southern base is rising up]( By Shalom Yerushalmi Warning: Graphic content [Amid war and urgent need to ID bodies, evidence of Hamas’s October 7 rapes slips away]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Analysis Lazar Berman [The IDF’s war on Hamas is going better than it expected… for now]( Troops continue to advance in the Strip as casualties remain low and international pressure bearable, but a deadly mistake or political ‘idiocies’ could swiftly change that [Days after speaking about peace, Gazan mother’s 3 children killed in Strip blast]( By Lazar Berman Reporter's Notebook [In Eilat, 10,000 evacuated residents of Sderot form a ‘city within a city’]( By Canaan Lidor Top Ops Ghadir Hani [We Arab Israelis are holding a lot of pain]( We moderate Arabs and Jews have no choice: We must fight hatred, violence and the death-mongers – for the sake of all our children Rachel Sharansky Danziger [This is why we will win]( The spirit that moves Israelis to stand up and fight is the same spirit that will move us to rise from our grief and rebuild 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 Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler [Israel’s disastrous love affair with military tech]( Reliance on shiny new surveillance toys put humans in the back seat and left gaping security holes for Hamas to exploit [With antisemitism surging, Diaspora synagogues are ‘afraid’ to mark Kristallnacht]( By Matt Lebovic As Holocaust survivors reflect on Oct. 7 and the ‘global pogrom’ during Israel’s war with Hamas, some Jewish communities avoid commemorating 85 years to the Night of Broken Glass [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( 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’ Reporter's notebook Sue Surkes [For killing field party survivors, meditation with horses offers new therapeutic hope]( Psychologist Shira Bruckner believes Israel will forge a new path in research and treatment for people who undergo trauma while under the influence of psychedelic drugs [Ministries, non-profits partner to rescue exotic captive animals from border towns]( By Sue Surkes [Volunteers, nonprofits rally to feed vegan, vegetarian soldiers in the field]( By Sue Surkes [Boycotted for supporting the Jewish state, US eateries are rescued by Israel supporters]( By Matt Lebovic [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( Volunteers [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 [Israeli charity aims to provide it all for soldiers, including mobile laundry and spas]( By Gavriel Fiske [Agriculture Ministry seeking to lure out-of-work Israelis to take up jobs on farms]( By Sue Surkes [Content provider / Aussie influencer Natebuzz in Israel to fight social media battle]( By Jessica Steinberg [Shepherding life into the world following catastrophe brings hope to Israeli midwives]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Beersheba-based midwives and doctors talk of helping women give birth following Hamas’s murderous invasion on October 7 — regardless of race, nationality and religion Economy [Knesset greenlights wartime compensation plan for businesses]( By Sharon Wrobel Economic aid plan estimated at NIS 15 billion includes grants to war-affected businesses with turnover of up NIS 400 million, and relief for employees put on unpaid leave [Budget deficit widens to 2.6% as government shells out billions for Gaza war effort]( By Sharon Wrobel [War is costing economy some $600m a week due to work absence — Bank of Israel]( By Sharon Wrobel [‘We need your help’: Diaspora Jews called to lend holiday homes in Israel to evacuees]( By Sharon Wrobel [US Catholic universities offer campuses as refuge for ‘harassed’ Jewish students]( By Matt Lebovic [Negev vintners grapple with winemaking challenges in shadow of war zone]( By Jessica Steinberg Hostages [‘The Abducted Hearts’ exhibit embodies the enormity of 242 hostages in Gaza]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan In the courtyard of Ness Ziona’s cultural center, a month of the Israel-Hamas war is marked with stark black life-sized silhouettes of the people who were kidnapped on October 7 [Uplifting message / Kibbutz members fly kites in memory of those killed and held captive]( By Jessica Steinberg [I hear you call my name / Families of hostages sing Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ for their release]( By Stuart Winer From the blogs [The lonely people of history]( By Yossi Klein Halevi When even Israel’s allies begin to lose moral clarity about the justness of this war, Jews will stand and proclaim our truth [Weekly 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