’Humiliated’ hostage families plead to meet war cabinet * Israelis warned on travel to UK, France, Germany * LIVE: Tanks near Khan Younis * Is Hamas rising in West Bank?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, December 4, 2023 [‘Humiliated’ hostage families demand to meet Netanyahu, say ‘any price’ for release]( By ToI Staff Relatives claim they are being ignored, threaten to stage sit-in outside Defense Ministry until allowed to see war cabinet; PM’s office says meeting already arranged, may be advanced [Gaza war puts pressure on Hamas to free more hostages, Gallant tells families]( By ToI Staff [UK to start Gaza surveillance flights to help find hostages from Israel held by Hamas]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Israel issues severe travel warnings to dozens of countries amid rising antisemitism]( By ToI Staff National Security Council urges citizens to reconsider nonessential travel, upgrading threat warnings in UK, Germany, France, Australia, among other countries [Denmark deploying troops to protect Jewish sites, as antisemitism rises]( By Agencies [Man who killed tourist near Eiffel Tower in Paris had sworn allegiance to ISIS]( By Stuart Williams [3 soldiers killed fighting Hamas in Gaza; man missing since Oct. 7 declared dead]( By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian Sgt. Major (res.) Neriya Shaer, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ben Zussman, Sgt. Binyamin Yehoshua Needham die in battles; Yonatan Samarno shot fleeing Re’im festival, body held by Hamas [Confirming ground push into southern Gaza, IDF chief vows ‘no less powerful’ campaign]( By Emanuel Fabian Live updates [LIVE: Dozens of tanks seen approaching Khan Younis; rocket barrage fired at central Israel]( By ToI Staff and Ricky Ben-David ‘Humiliated’ hostage families demand to meet cabinet, free captives at ‘any price’ * IDF hits 200 Hamas sites in strikes * 3 IDF soldiers killed, bringing ground op toll to 75 Op-ed: Day 59 of the war David Horovitz [Hamas aims to make us not want to live in Israel. ‘Victory’ is when that threat is defeated]( Battling in Gaza, the IDF is beginning the long process of restoring public faith in its ability to protect us from savage, amoral enemies; not so our political leaders [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Dec 4: Day 59 – Now in south Gaza, IDF pressured to limit civilian deaths]( By ToI Staff [Military Police arrests reservist who shot hero civilian dead at terror attack scene]( By Emanuel Fabian Staff Sgt. (res.) Aviad Frija questioned under caution and held for further interrogation for killing Yuval Castleman, who shot the perpetrators of Jerusalem attack [Head of national gun licensing unit resigns amid furor over Ben Gvir’s policies]( By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff [Graphic report details new evidence of rape, sexual violence during October 7 rampage]( By ToI Staff Witnesses, volunteers tell UK’s Sunday Times of seeing gang-rape, remains found mutilated, days after UN says it will look into allegations following weeks of international silence Top Ops Rachel Bernstein [Talking for the sake of heaven]( I can’t sit give you a bullet list of the perfect peace plan, but by talking things through, you learn, debate, connect, and maybe succeed one day Avigdor Liberman [Innocents in Gaza? Don’t be naive]( Some will say Gazans are too afraid of Hamas to voice condemnation, but it’s clear there is massive support for the terror group Raphael Benaroya [Information warfare: A strategic imperative for Israel]( Israel needs an information agency that will create long-term strategy to beat Hamas’s PR, shape global opinion, and win the world’s hearts and minds David-Seth Kirshner [Books worth burning]( Eradicating Hamas is not enough. We must stop allowing Palestinian children to be raised to hate Jews and to think Israel is their enemy Interview [Pediatrician treating freed hostages: Reports of their good condition are misleading]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Dr. Yael Mozer-Glassberg provides new details about physical and psychological states of 19 children and seven women brought to Schneider Children’s Medical Center [96-year-old woman escaped October 7 massacre at Be’eri; grandson held in Gaza]( By ToI Staff [Freed from ‘hell,’ Kfar Aza’s Aviva Siegel shifts focus to still-captive husband]( By Jessica Steinberg Abducted to Gaza with spouse Keith in their own car, 62-year-old weakened and not ready to detail what she went through after release last week, twin sister says [Released hostage Ofir Engel, 18, ‘physically okay,’ says dad; emotionally, ‘we’ll see’]( By Jessica Steinberg [White House says Israel ‘making effort’ to better protect Gaza civilians]( By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid National Security Council spokesman Kirby credits IDF for publishing online map to help Gazans avoid fighting; ‘There’s not a whole lot of modern militaries that would do that’ [Visiting Israel and Ramallah, ICC chief vows to intensify probe against Hamas, IDF]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Analysis Gianluca Pacchiani [Are prisoner releases pushing West Bank Palestinians into Hamas’s arms?]( A Palestinian and an Israeli expert address the impact of the war on the status of the terror group outside Gaza, the future of the PA, and the risks for Israel [Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study]( By ToI Staff [In recording, Shin Bet chief vows to kill Hamas chiefs ‘in Lebanon, Turkey, Qatar’]( By ToI Staff Ronen Bar says October 7 assault is, for security establishment, ‘our Munich,’ referencing years-long, globe-spanning Israeli effort to kill terrorists behind 1972 Olympic attacks Behind the Headlines [Join ToI for: ‘Is the IDF acting legally and ethically in Gaza?’ with Prof. Amichai Cohen]( By ToI Staff On December 6, we speak with the Israel Democracy Institute’s Cohen, an expert in International Law of Armed Conflict and National Security Law. Exclusively for the ToI Community [Day 59 – Now in south Gaza, IDF pressured to limit civilian deaths]( [listen to the podcast]( [Anti-tank missile attack injures 12 in north, sparking strikes on Hezbollah]( By Emanuel Fabian Border area continues to heat up after hiatus for truce, with rockets fired from Lebanon and Syria drawing Israeli shelling [US destroyer shoots down drones as Houthi attacks from Yemen hit Red Sea shipping]( By Agencies [Iraqi source: Five pro-Iran fighters killed in suspected US strike]( By Agencies [Likud MKs attack allies, defense officials and left, drawing rebuke from Netanyahu]( By ToI Staff In stormy faction meeting, politicians accuse Gallant of ‘kissing’ Gantz, army spokesman of ‘serving narratives that aren’t right wing’; PM: This is not the time for politics [Smotrich to bring wartime budget update for vote, unfreezing political earmarks]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Despite unrest in Indonesia, a Jewish community finds peace among other faith groups]( By Jordyn Haime The Israel-Hamas war brings near-daily protests in a Muslim-majority country where few distinguish between Israel and Jews, but cooperation with local Christians provides stability More Headlines [Patient dies in fire at Kaplan hospital in Rehovot]( By Michael Horovitz [Netanyahu graft trial resumes in Jerusalem after suspension on October 7]( By ToI Staff and AFP [Ben-Gurion University gets $100m donation to ‘rebuild and strengthen the south’]( By Gavriel Fiske [Father of Palestinian American boy slain near Chicago files wrongful death suit]( By Agencies [Israel-based smart energy firm SolarEdge to be ousted from S&P 500]( By Sharon Wrobel [France admits ‘failure’ in psychiatric care of radical Islamist who killed tourist]( By Stuart Williams [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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