LIVE: After delay, Hamas set to free first 13 Israeli hostages on Friday * Families notified * Shifa hospital head arrested as terror suspect * A displaced Thanksgiving

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, November 23, 2023 Live updates [LIVE: Israel says it received initial list of hostages set to go free Friday, starts notifying families]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff Hamas confirms details after Qatar says 4-day truce to begin on Friday at 7 a.m., 13 hostages set for release at 4 p.m. * Troops find weapons under beds of top Hamas member’s kids [Qatar: Gaza truce to kick off Friday at 7 a.m., 13 hostages will be freed at 4 p.m.]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Israel says it has received an ‘initial’ list of names of abductees expected to go free; implementation was delayed from Thursday morning, prompting much speculation on the causes [At National Library in Jerusalem, a chair and a book for each hostage]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Qatar burnishes role as ‘essential’ hostage negotiator with Israel-Hamas deal]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Ahead of hostage release, PM says Mossad has orders to target Hamas chiefs everywhere]( By ToI Staff In televised press conference after cabinet okays truce deal, Netanyahu, Gallant, Gantz say fighting to continue until Hamas destroyed, all hostages freed [In surprise delay, top Netanyahu aide says hostage release ‘not before Friday’]( By Tal Schneider, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jacob Magid [Release of 50 abducted women, children to begin 10 a.m. Thursday – Israeli official]( By Tal Schneider and Carrie Keller-Lynn [IDF arrests Gaza’s Shifa Hospital head, sends him for questioning as terror suspect]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Mohammad Abu Salmiya nabbed while evacuating to the south via humanitarian corridor; Israel says hospital ‘under his direct management’ served as Hamas terror HQ [US envoy: Gazans who fled south must be allowed to return home ‘as soon as possible’]( By Jacob Magid [Palestinian, Arab officials urge Hamas to disarm before it is destroyed – report]( By ToI Staff Analysis Haviv Rettig Gur [Hostage deal, even if it fails, shows Hamas’s desperation]( The exchange rate for an Israeli hostage is no longer measured in hundreds of released prisoners but in moments of reprieve from looming destruction [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Nov. 23: Day 48 – Is hostage release delay more psychological warfare?]( By ToI Staff [High Court rejects petition that sought to delay hostage release deal]( By Jeremy Sharon Reporter's notebook [In Tel Aviv, displaced families bring Israeli flavor to American-style Thanksgiving]( By Gavriel Fiske Local Orthodox Union-affiliated group matches Gaza-area evacuee families with English-speaking immigrants for festival of gratitude. ToI joined the Weinsteins and Dahans Reporter's notebook David Horovitz [The sole avenue of coexistence that became a Hamas killing field]( Gaza workers used to pass through Erez. So did medical patients, diplomats, UN personnel. Then terrorists struck. Reservists, including a Google staffer from Denver, show ToI around Top Ops Richard Hecht [The high-stakes dilemma of conflict-zone journalism]( The rush to report is always at odds with the imperative to get the story right and the Israel Hamas war is no exception Alon Goshen-Gottstein [What does war do to our hearts and souls?]( After praying for the well-being of the kidnapped, the soldiers, and Israel itself, I pray that suffering has not hardened our hearts to the suffering of others Jacob Blumenthal [From anger to embrace]( Response from Conservative Movement leaders: Our centrist, inclusive, and pluralistic message is needed now more than ever Dasee Berkowitz [Thanksgiving: It’s about more than the stuffing recipe]( Nervous about what some relatives might say at the table? Don’t sidestep disagreement – lean into it for a more meaningful discussion [Hezbollah says son of senior lawmaker among five dead in south Lebanon strike]( By AFP and ToI Staff Iran-backed terror group announces death ‘on road to Jerusalem’ of Abbas Raad, son of the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc Mohammed Raad [In Lebanon, Iran FM meets with Hezbollah chief and Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [Hezbollah commits to abiding by truce, though it wasn’t party to negotiations]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [IDF says it shot down cruise missile — apparently fired by Houthis — over Red Sea]( By Emanuel Fabian F-35 stealth jet intercepts missile before it enters Israeli territory; no group immediately claims responsibility, though senior Houthi official tweets ‘What’s going on in Eilat?’ [Day 48 – Is hostage release delay more psychological warfare?]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israeli rights experts press UN to condemn Hamas crimes against women on Oct. 7]( By Shira Silkoff Ahead of Security Council session on impact of war on women and children, Israeli civil commission meets with panel for 1st time to present evidence of terrorists’ sexual violence [First Lady Herzog decries ‘unforgivable’ silence of rights groups over Hamas rapes]( By ToI Staff [Egyptian author, a liberal activist, forced to flee for backing Israel over Hamas]( By Stuart Winer Dalia Ziada goes into hiding amid furious backlash in her country for condemning terror group’s brutal attack on Israel, saying she hopes IDF eliminates it for everyone’s sake Interview [European Jewry will disappear by 2050, predicts bestselling Dutch-Jewish writer]( By Canaan Lidor Leon de Winter, a novelist whose pro-Israeli advocacy contrasts with his milieu, says he is staying home to avoid antisemitic harassment over Gaza [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Inside story Jeremy Sharon [How will captured October 7 terrorists be tried, and on what charges?]( The Hamas terrorists who perpetrated the Oct. 7 atrocities could be charged with mass terrorism, murder with exceptional cruelty, assisting an enemy in war, but likely not genocide Interview [Why doctors come volunteer in Israel at war: ‘I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t’]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Filling in for Israeli doctors called to military duty or preoccupied with emergency preparedness, these 5 physicians are picking up the slack wherever and however they are needed [7 weeks after Hamas massacre, Shani Gabay, previously presumed hostage, declared dead]( By ToI Staff Authorities identify body of 25-year-old who was working at Supernova party; brother says: ‘We’d hoped for a different ending, we believed until the last moment she was alive’ [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Far-right anti-Islamist Wilders wins Dutch election, sending shockwaves through Europe]( By Mike Corder and Raf Casert Wilders will begin talks with right and center parties in order to form a coalition, which, if successful, will make him the Netherlands’ most right-wing prime minister ever [German police raid homes of 20 alleged supporters of far-right Reich Citizens movement]( By Agencies More Headlines [Musk vows to donate revenue ‘associated’ with Gaza war to hospitals, aid orgs]( By Andrew Lapin [Worker absence due to war poses main hurdle for manufacturers – survey]( By Sharon Wrobel [Hundreds of German police raid more than a dozen properties linked to Hamas supporters]( By Agencies [Man shot dead in Ramle, taking year’s crime toll in Arab community to 217]( By ToI Staff [OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO, days after firing him]( By Matt O'Brien [Two killed in vehicle explosion on bridge connecting New York and Canada]( By Agencies [UK’s Wembley Stadium to end solidarity illuminations after not lighting up for Israel]( By Stuart Winer [UK medical device maker snaps up Israel’s CartiHeal in deal worth up to $330 million]( By Sharon Wrobel [Political stage / US Sen. 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