IDF: Info at Shifa linked to hostages * J’lem checkpoint terror * Biden backs war until Hamas can’t kill Israelis * The farmer who saved 120 * 3 hostage families connect

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, November 16, 2023 Presented by [SAPIR Journal]( Live updates [LIVE: IDF says it has ‘clear information’ linking Shifa Hospital to Hamas-held hostages]( By ToI Staff Military says it is still conducting ‘focused’ searches inside medical center * 6 hurt in West Bank terror shooting * War cabinet to meet * 3 troops killed as Gaza op toll hits 51 [6 injured, 1 critically, in attack by 3 gunmen at West Bank checkpoint near Jerusalem]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff Terrorists killed after opening fire at ‘tunnels’ checkpoint on Route 60; police: Axes, guns, ammo, IDF uniform found in their car; police chief: They planned large-scale ‘massacre’ [Biden: Israel’s Gaza operation will end when Hamas no longer able to murder Israelis]( By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff US president says terror group has been proven to have HQ, weapons below Shifa and possibly other hospitals, urges IDF to be ‘incredibly careful’ around medical centers [UN Security Council approves resolution calling for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [‘Stop the horror,’ says UN children’s agency chief after visit to Gaza]( By ToI Staff and AFP from our sponsor [Explore this article and more in SAPIR’s new War in Israel issue]( “It is not Israel that is the weak link in the chain. It is almost everybody else.” [Truck dashcam footage shows farmer dodging bullets as he saved 120 from music festival]( By Sue Surkes Oz Davidian took a different route each time as he made some 20 trips to Re’im, where Hamas terrorists overran the Nova rave and slaughtered partygoers [In empty kibbutz’s dining hall, Nir Oz survivors set places for 38 killed, 75 hostages]( By Michael Horovitz [Warning: Graphic footage / In new Oct. 7 clip, Hamas terrorist cheers civilian bodies, boasts he killed soldiers]( By ToI Staff [IDF says weapons found in Gaza hospital prove it was ‘unequivocally’ used for terror]( By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Jacob Magid Amid ongoing operation around Shifa, which Israeli and US officials say Hamas uses as a major HQ, army releases images of grenades, uniforms and equipment stored in facility [South Africa’s ruling party calls for suspension of Israel ties]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Israel said to weigh deal that would see 50 hostages freed, 3-day ceasefire]( By ToI Staff While Reuters report suggests swap imminent, Israeli officials have told public not to rely on rumors [Mediator: 25 Thai hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are ‘safe’]( By AFP and ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Nov 16: Day 41 – Police begin building October 7 rape cases]( By ToI Staff [Day 41 – Police begin building October 7 rape cases]( [listen to the podcast]( Top Ops Aliya Herman [The IDF atrocity video is a threat to Israeli souls]( Wider release of the compilation of Hamas’s barbarisms could help win the info-war but it’s not worth the psychic damage Deborah Gastfreund Schuss [What leadership failure on US campuses is doing to Jews]( Morally bankrupt policies that nourish threatening behavior are spurring students to prioritize their safety Lynne Hoffman Keating [I’m not a ‘mourner’ for Rose – I’m a brokenhearted griever]( Rose Lubin’s step-grandmother: I don’t need a defined role to feel the undefinable ache and numbness of loss Rachel M. Roth [How Israel feels now]( As if it required an equal, opposite reaction, Hamas’s evil unleashed a fierce love – the open, visible, proactive goodness that is deep in all of us [‘Life has stopped in the middle’ for families of 3 hostages, connected by teens’ love]( By Jessica Steinberg Ofir Engel, Yossi and Eli Sharabi were all abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri by Hamas terrorists on October 7; their families, working tirelessly to get them back, finally meet at Dead Sea [Hostage gave birth in Gaza captivity, Netanyahu’s office confirms]( By AFP and ToI Staff Behind the Headlines [Israel at war: Join ToI senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur for an in-depth webinar Thursday]( By ToI Staff On November 16, we dig deeper into global issues facing Israel and the Jewish people as the IDF continues its ground operation in Gaza. Exclusively for the ToI Community 'So unfair!' [‘The kidnapped baby is torturing you?’: BBC satirized hours before real-life apology]( By ToI Staff In skit deriding biased war coverage, Israel’s ‘Eretz Nehederet’ depicts anchor sympathizing with sleep-deprived Hamas chief; soon after it aired, network had to apologize for real [UK Labour leader faces rebellion after refusing to back vote for Gaza ceasefire]( By AFP and ToI Staff Interview Tal Schneider [Counterterrorism expert: Hamas mass abduction event may lead to global copycat attacks]( Israel historically serves as a ‘guinea pig’ for acts of terror, says Reichman University’s Prof. Boaz Ganor. ‘What is different this time is the scale of the abduction’ [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( inside story Jeremy Sharon [Facing violence and harassment, hundreds of Palestinians flee West Bank villages]( A focus on the Gaza war and blurred lines between the military and settler activists have led to increased aggression against Palestinians and depopulation of several villages [Lapid calls on Netanyahu to quit, says ‘government isn’t functioning’ during war]( By ToI Staff [Hundreds gather in Jerusalem to raise voice for Jewish-Arab solidarity]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Organized by coexistence group Standing Together, meeting brings residents together to discuss relations between communities amid the ongoing conflict, and how to restore hope [Musk endorses tweet claiming Jews stoke hatred of white people as ‘the actual truth’]( By ToI Staff After X user posts message that Jewish people push ‘dialectical hatred against whites,’ billionaire owner agrees with message, following it up with further attacks on ADL [6 police officers hurt in far-left Jewish pro-Palestinian protest at Democrat HQ in DC]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [George Washington University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine group]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [Khamenei told Hamas chief Iran will not directly enter war – report]( By ToI Staff Supreme leader informed Haniyeh decision due to failure to notify Tehran before Oct. 7 onslaught, instructed him to ‘silence’ those urging Iranian involvement, according to Reuters [Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is 22 times above 2015 deal’s limit, says IAEA]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [German police raid group over alleged ties to Hezbollah, amid antisemitism crackdown]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [As Europe’s Jews see new era of antisemitism, governments struggle to respond]( By Shira Li Bartov Since the Hamas terrorist onslaught on Oct. 7, antisemitic incidents throughout the continent have increased 10-fold; France has registered over 1,000 acts, the UK 1,205 [European film festivals hit with controversies over Israel-Hamas war]( By Andrew Lapin [France probes damaged Jewish headstones amid countrywide antisemitism uptick]( By AFP and ToI Staff More Headlines [Gun permit requests since October 7 equivalent to number in previous 20 years]( By ToI Staff [What Jewish American teens have to say about marching for Israel in DC]( By Ami Gelman and Daniela Gribetz [Bank of Israel urges Smotrich to freeze 2024 coalition funds for war budget]( By Sharon Wrobel and Carrie Keller-Lynn [Jewish sponsor withdraws from National Book Awards over ‘planned’ Gaza statement]( By Andrew Lapin [Interview / As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, Israeli NBA star Deni Avdija plays through the pain]( By Jon Marks [France issues arrest warrants for Syria’s Assad over 2013 chemical attacks]( By Angela Charlton and Barbara Surk [Amid war with Hamas, annual pace of inflation eases in October]( By Sharon Wrobel [Man crashes car into barricade near Israeli embassy in Tokyo, driver arrested]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Israel and Switzerland draw 1-1 in Euro 2024 qualifying game in Hungary]( By AP [Roger Waters blames ‘Israeli lobby’ for alleged Argentina, Uruguay hotel ban]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [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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