LIVE: Rockets at central Israel, south; IDF hits Gaza after truce breached * Blinken warns Israel: You don’t have months; no more mass civilian deaths *Hostages ’branded’

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, December 1, 2023 Presented by [Until They All Come Home]( Live updates [LIVE: Rocket barrage on central Israel, over 50 rockets fired at south; IDF hits 200 Gaza targets after Hamas breaches truce]( By ToI Staff Kibbutz Nir Oz says 3 abducted by Hamas are dead * Israeli official: Hamas knows price for return to truce * IDF: Map splitting Gaza into zones will help civilians avoid fighting [Nir Oz says 3 residents abducted in Oct. 7 onslaught died in Hamas captivity]( By ToI Staff Kibbutz announces deaths of Aryeh Zalmanovich, Maya Goren and Ronen Engel; Zalmanovich, 85 was oldest of all hostages taken by Hamas; Engel’s wife, two daughters were released Monday [Two Israelis missing since October 7 attacks confirmed to have been killed]( By ToI Staff [Nearly two months after Oct. 7, for many Israelis, fate of relatives still a mystery]( By SAM MEDNICK [Israel, terror groups renew combat in Gaza: ‘Hamas violated the ceasefire’]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies Hamas fires rockets, fails to provide list of hostages to be freed, prompting IDF to launch airstrikes, warn Khan Younis residents to evacuate; talks said ongoing; 137 held hostage from our sponsor [Every bracelet a name, every name a life.]( Engraved bracelets to remember each of the Israeli hostages still held captive. All net proceeds will be donated to the Jewish Federations of North American Israel emergency fund. [Relative of freed captives say Hamas branded child hostages in case they escaped]( By ToI Staff Aunt says veterinarian operated on captive niece’s arm; hostages survived on ‘minimal food’; doctor says returning captives had ‘undergone hardship, physically and mentally’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Dec 1: Day 56 – Released hostages learn to eat, speak in normal tones]( By ToI Staff [Families reunite with 17 Thai hostages upon return to Bangkok from Hamas captivity]( By Agencies [Blinken said to warn war cabinet Israel may not have months to topple Hamas]( By Jacob Magid US diplomat says Israel must change way it is fighting, set up safe zones, avoid hospitals, UN facilities: ‘Massive loss of civilian life’ in north Gaza must not be repeated in south [Inside story / PA’s Abbas a ‘liability’ in planning for post-war Gaza, Arab officials say]( By Jacob Magid [US House advances measure blocking Iran from $6 billion freed up in prisoner swap]( By Agencies [As truce ends, Herzog, Qatari Emir seen in first public meeting of countries’ leaders]( By ToI Staff Meeting comes as Qatari-brokered ceasefire with Hamas collapses; President meets King Charles, other world leaders, on sidelines of UN environment summit in UAE [Herzog meets UAE leader on sidelines of climate summit in push to free Gaza hostages]( By Agencies Top Ops Benjamin Blech [When redeeming hostages invites more hostages]( What can Israel do when the enemy states clearly that massacre remains its goal and Jewish death is the only end that will satisfy? Kally Rubin Kislowicz [Breakfast of champions]( Every Friday morning, we find the antidote to the unpredictability of life at our local café Tanya White [Why the progressive liberal left isn’t sympathetic to Israel’s pain]( The Jewish experience has been replete with suffering, but since the time of the biblical Jacob, this people has refused to play victim Benjamin Folkinshteyn [Happy hostage games: ‘And may the odds be ever in your favor’]( Praising Hamas for releasing the people they abducted to trade for Palestinian prisoners is a sick charade [Day 56 – Released hostages learn to eat, speak in normal tones]( [listen to the podcast]( [Family says Yuval Castleman, killed after taking out terrorists, was ‘executed’]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Castelman was hit by soldier who apparently mistook him for a terrorist during Jerusalem attack, but footage shows him unarmed, with his hands in the air prior to being shot [Israel obtained, ignored Hamas document laying out Oct. 7 attack plan, report alleges]( By AFP NYT says officials who saw 40-page paper dismissed it as unrealistic, continuing to believe the terror group was uninterested in launching a war [A religious boys’ high school in Efrat grapples with war losses]( By Gavriel Fiske Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School in Efrat has had three recent alumni from the same class fall in Gaza fighting, along with two parents of current students [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( inside story Luke Tress [NYC education officials defend school where student protest targeted pro-Israel teacher]( A November 20 demonstration at a Queens high school descended into mayhem with an educator sequestered for her own safety, raising concerns of dangerous levels of antisemitism [Town in Maine swaps out Star of David from holiday display]( By Andrew Lapin [Pair of swastikas spotted at pro-Palestinian rally at NYC Christmas tree lighting]( By Luke Tress Day 7 of hostage releases [8 Israeli hostages freed from Gaza at end of seventh day of truce]( By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff Two women returned in late afternoon, while six others released to Israel shortly before midnight; unclear whether ceasefire will be extended further [Day 7 of hostage releases / Hospitals release emotional photos as families reunite with released hostages]( By ToI Staff [Freed Israeli hostage reunites with Thai woman she met in Hamas captivity]( By Agencies and ToI Staff ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Saul Singer: Refounding Israel the day after the war]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan Co-author of ‘The Genius of Israel’ explains how unity of purpose is essential to the health of the country. While Israeli society presents a unified front right now, will it last? [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Aisha, 17, and Bilal, 18, Ziyadne released; father and brother captive]( By ToI Staff Father Youssef Hamis Ziyadne and son Hamza, Rahat residents, still in Gaza after 55 days [Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, released from Gaza; partner Matan Zangauker, 24, still captive]( By ToI Staff [RELEASED: Shani Goren, 29, freed after 55 days in Gaza]( By ToI Staff [RELEASED: Nili Margalit, 41, nursed other hostages in Gaza]( By ToI Staff [Sapir Cohen, released from Gaza; boyfriend Sasha Trufanov still a hostage]( By ToI Staff Russian-Israeli Trupanov family abducted or killed on Kibbutz Nir Oz, Oct. 7; mother and grandmother freed Nov. 29 [RELEASED: Mia Schem, 21, underwent arm surgery in Gaza]( By ToI Staff [RELEASED: Amit Soussana, 40, family waited 3 weeks until capture confirmed]( By ToI Staff Analysis Carrie Keller-Lynn [Internal pressure builds to end truce as Israel weighs extending it into an eighth day]( Ben Gvir accuses Hamas of breaking Gaza ceasefire after the terror group takes responsibility for deadly Thursday terror attack in Jerusalem [Day 6 of hostage releases / In emotional scenes, freed hostages are reunited with families and pets]( By ToI Staff and Amy Spiro More Headlines [France says EU should consider sanctioning violent Israeli settlers]( By ToI Staff [Israel summons Spanish envoy, recalls own ambassador after Madrid criticizes Gaza war]( By Tal Schneider, ToI Staff and Agencies [Israeli strike behind blast at Houthi weapons depot in Yemen’s capital — report]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Tel Aviv area schools return to distance learning, partial classes as war resumes]( By Gavriel Fiske [Tel Aviv bumped down to world’s 8th most expensive city to live in – survey]( By Sharon Wrobel [Despite war, young Malawians turn to Israel for work amid economic crisis at home]( By George Ntonya [Argentine soccer announcer who advocates for hostages celebrates aunt’s release]( By Juan Melamed [Show must go on / Jerusalem’s Jewish Film Week going ahead, adjusted for war]( By Jessica Steinberg [Amid war, Israel to back angel investor clubs to help young startups nab funding]( By Sharon Wrobel [In first event for new National Library, southern artists talk life after Oct. 7]( By Jessica Steinberg [Israel sending just 28 officials to UN climate confab, in shadow of Hamas war]( By Sue Surkes [Obituary / Prominent political scientist and veteran diplomat Shlomo Avineri dead at 90]( By Michael Horovitz [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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