LIVE: Today’s hostage releases delayed; Egypt says deal near for today and two more days of releases * Biden calls family of freed Avigail, 4 * Musk tours ravaged kibbutz

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, November 27, 2023 Live updates [LIVE: 4th hostage release delayed as negotiations continue over list]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid Egypt: Deal near to extend truce by 2 days, ensure today’s releases go ahead * Freed hostage Elma Avraham fights for life; daughter slams Red Cross neglect * Musk at ravaged kibbutz [Indicating setback, Israel ‘evaluating’ list of hostages set to go free Monday]( By ToI Staff Families not told which loved ones set to be freed; Hamas also said to have issues over security prisoners to be released; freed hostage Elma Avraham, 84, in critical condition [Girl freed from Gaza without her mom says Hamas separated them, in breach of deal]( By ToI Staff Day 3 of hostage releases [14 Israelis, 9 of them children, freed Sunday by Hamas on 3rd day of hostages-for-truce deal]( By ToI Staff Dual US citizen Avigail Idan, 4, whose parents were murdered, among those released; Russian-Israeli citizen let go at Putin’s request; 3 Thais also freed [Day 3 of hostage releases / Israelis greet newly freed hostages with joy, but can’t forget those left behind]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Canaan Lidor, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian [Backing Israeli assertion, US signals Red Cross will visit remaining hostages in Gaza]( By Jacob Magid [Biden speaks to family of Avigail Idan, Israeli-American toddler freed in hostage deal]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff President says 4-year-old girl ‘endured the unthinkable’ after seeing parents slain and undergoing weeks of captivity; grandfather fetes Biden: ‘We don’t admire you. We love you’ [RELEASED: 4-year-old US-Israeli Avigail Idan, whose parents were both slain]( By ToI Staff [As released hostages return home, they learn of relatives killed, homes destroyed]( By Jessica Steinberg Along with the joy of reunion, a granddaughter and a cousin had bad news for the returnees, who they say are thinner but tough – with a long way to go in processing the nightmare [Irregular meals, benches as beds: Details of captivity emerge as some hostages freed]( By AP and ToI Staff [IDF soldier rescued from Gaza in first public message: ‘Happy I got my life back’]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Rachel Sharansky Danziger [How Hamas weaponizes our joy]( Natan Sharansky was undefeated by the KGB’s cruel psychological torture, now we too must gird our minds against assault Alan Shatter [As if Israel simply woke up one morning and chose to attack Gaza]( A grotesque, fact-free letter by 620 Irish academics accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocidal violence Michael Oren [Israel’s choice: Body or soul]( Israel will almost certainly have to decide whether to destroy Hamas completely or save the remaining hostages Daniel Chamovitz [Freedom of speech is not freedom from accountability]( My fellow university presidents should quit cowering behind free speech claims and condemn campus hate [Daughter of critically ill 84-year-old freed hostage: Red Cross ‘abandoned’ her]( By Jessica Steinberg Tali Amano says that her mother, Elma Avraham, didn’t receive any of her vital medications while in captivity, even after her son brought them to representatives of the aid group [RELEASED: Elma Avraham, 84, freed from Gaza after 51 days]( By ToI Staff [Live updates (closed) / Nov. 26: Freed hostage, 84, hospitalized in critical condition as 17 released from Gaza]( By ToI Staff [Israeli-Russian released by Hamas had escaped for 4 days, was recaptured in Gaza]( By ToI Staff Elena Magid, Roni Krivoi’s aunt, says 25-year-old fled captors after building collapsed following IDF airstrikes but could not reach border [RELEASED: Roni Krivoi, Russian-Israeli released in nod to Putin]( By ToI Staff [RELEASED: Brodutch family: Mother Hagar, kids Ofri, 10, Yuval, 9 and Oriya, 4]( By ToI Staff Inside Story Canaan Lidor [Hostage deal forces Nahal Oz survivors into wrenching compromise with reviled Hamas]( Watching Sunday’s release of three kibbutz members was hugely emotional for their former neighbors, some of whom are already talking of a return [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Nov 27: Day 52 – On hostage return, joy and vows to rebuild Gaza border area]( By ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Musk tours Gaza border kibbutz with PM, says ‘no choice’ but for Israel to destroy Hamas]( By ToI Staff, AFP and JTA Billionaire shown evidence of Oct. 7 atrocities, including screening of 44-minute Hamas massacre montage; itinerary includes meetings with Gantz and Herzog [RELEASED: Mother Chen & kids Agam, Gal and Tal Goldstein-Almog; father & daughter killed]( By ToI Staff Father Nadav and eldest daughter Yam were murdered in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7 [RELEASED: Sisters Ela and Dafna Elyakim; witnessed murder of father and his partner]( By ToI Staff [Aviva Siegel released after 51 days as husband Keith, a US citizen, still captive]( By ToI Staff Reporter's notebook Jeremy Sharon [Grandfather of two children released from Gaza: ‘We thought we would lose our minds’]( Abducted in Kibbutz Be’eri and freed on Nov. 25, Alma, 13, and Noam, 17, will soon visit mother Yonat Or’s grave for the first time – but their father is still held hostage [Hamas expresses desire to extend truce with Israel past initial four days]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Deal provides for extra day’s pause for each 10 hostages freed; Netanyahu: Israel open to holding fire for up to 10 days in total, but offensive will then resume with full force [Two terror victims request attacker be taken off prisoner release list]( By Jeremy Sharon [Palestinians in Ramallah cheer Hamas as dozens more prisoners freed]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Day 52 – On hostage return, joy and vows to rebuild Gaza border area]( [listen to the podcast]( [Missiles target US warship after it nabs gunmen who attacked Israel-linked tanker]( By AP and ToI Staff USS Mason demands armed assailants release Central Park, captures them when they try to flee; ballistic missile launches from Houthi-controlled Yemen then splash down close by [Iran adds sophisticated warship to Caspian Sea fleet]( By AP [Israel-linked ship attacked off Yemeni coast, after 2 similar cases claimed by Houthis]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [‘Zero tolerance for antisemitism’: 100,000 march against hate in London]( By Agencies Demonstrators, some waving Israeli flags, are joined by British ex-prime minister Boris Johnson, a day after mass rally for Palestinians [European and Middle East envoys meet in Barcelona to discuss Israel-Hamas war]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Gantz threatens governmental crisis if political funds not diverted to war needs]( By ToI Staff Finance Minister Smotrich has insisted on keeping NIS 900m in discretionary funds for settlements and Haredim amid war; PM’s office argues budget proposal will benefit country [Top Haredi MK slams extension of central bank head’s term, saying he ‘hurt the weak’]( By Sharon Wrobel [Sponsoring Israeli missiles doesn’t fly for all in a Facebook group for kosher foodies]( By Jackie Hajdenberg A post in Great Kosher Restaurant Foodies has put the fault lines of communal discussion in stark relief as even some in an ostensibly conservative community find it in poor taste [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( More Headlines [Tens of thousands attend anti-Israel demonstration in Morocco]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Israel said to bomb Damascus airport, hours after it returned to operational status]( By Emanuel Fabian [Police arrest suspect in shooting of 3 Palestinian students in Vermont]( By KATHY McCORMACK [Minister refuses Ben Gvir request to strip citizenship of allegedly disloyal athletes]( By 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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