13 Israelis, including 8 kids, freed by Hamas after 50 days as Gaza hostages

On 2nd day of 4-day truce deal, 8 children, 4 moms, 1 young woman handed over by Hamas following long, unnerving delay; 4 foreign nationals also released By TOI STAFF26 November 2023, 12:19 am     Israeli hostages released on November 25, 2023: Top from L-R: Sharon Avigdori and her daughter Noam, siblings Alma and Noam Or; […]

Israeli sources accuse Hamas of violating deal by releasing child without mother

26 November 2023, 12:28 am   0   Mother and daughter Raya and Hila Rotem, taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from their home in Kibbutz Be’eri. Hila was released on November 26, 2023. (Courtesy) Sources in Israel have accused Hamas of violating the terms of the truce deal by releasing a child without […]

Qatari jet arrives in Israel amid Gaza hostage agreement

Today, 12:01 pm   0   In a rare move, a Qatari private jet has landed at Ben Gurion Airport, Hebrew-language media reports. The flight arrived from Larnaca in Cyprus, the Kan public broadcaster says. Qatar, which has close ties to Hamas, has played a key role — along with Egypt — in mediating the temporary lull […]

Iran’s controlled escalation against Israel, US – opinion

BEHIND THE LINES: Hezbollah fighters on Israel-Syria border • Joint command formed for anti-US insurgency JONATHAN SPYER NOVEMBER 25, 2023 11:29 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a research group associated with the Syrian opposition, this week reported that 700 pro-Iranian fighters have been deployed in the area adjoining the Golan Heights. The fighters, […]

Israeli-owned ship attacked by Iranian drone in Indian Ocean, US defense official says; no injuries

By APToday, 10:58 am     A Shahed-136 drone is seen in the sky seconds before it hit buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza […]

PM, ministers welcome release of Gaza hostages, vow to free all those still in Strip

Senior government officials say they are determined that all of the some 240 people kidnapped on Oct. 7 will be returned home; opposition leaders also welcome release By TOI STAFFToday, 10:44 pm   The hostages released by Hamas in an ambulance en route to Israel on November 24, 2023. (Screen capture/Youm7) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, war cabinet […]

The infernal choice behind the hostage deal

Israel is in this terrible situation principally because of America. (November 23, 2023 / JNS) As if Israelis weren’t traumatized enough by the depraved Hamas pogrom on Oct. 7, the hostage deal concluded this week cruelly deepened their agony. On Wednesday morning, the terms of the deal between Israel and Hamas were announced. Of the […]

Hamas hostage deal – 24 women, 15 teenage boys to be freed from Israeli jails

The inmates, all of them from the West Bank or Jerusalem, will be handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross. REUTERS NOVEMBER 24, 2023 10:49 Updated: NOVEMBER 24, 2023 11:03 Israel will on Friday release 39 Palestinian prisoners, among them 24 women and 15 teenage males, in the West Bank in exchange […]

Daily Briefing Nov 24: Day 49 – Temporary ceasefire begins as all eyes on hostage release

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on where the IDF is during the pause in offensive operations, rockets from Lebanon; US bureau chief Jacob Magid on humanitarian concerns By TOI STAFFToday, 10:26 am     Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. […]

IDF Arrests Shifa Hospital Director

By Hana Levi Julian  – 10 Kislev 5784 – November 23, 2023 Photo Credit: Screenshot from IDF CCTV footage of Hamas operatives taking an Israeli hostage inside Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. Israel Defense Forces arrested the director of Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya on Thursday, according to the AFP news agency and Israel’s KAN News public broadcaster. Several […]

Gaza war pause, hostage deal delayed until Friday

Hezbollah is not included in the deal and cross-border violence on Israel’s North does not impact it. By TOVAH LAZAROFF NOVEMBER 22, 2023 22:09 Updated: NOVEMBER 23, 2023 01:08  The deal to exchange a pause in the Gaza war for the release of some 98 women and children was delayed by a day and is […]

Turkey will ask UNSC, IAEA to verify whether Israel has nuclear weapons: Erdogan

Turkey will ask the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Erdogan stressed that Turkey will not allow the issue of nuclear weapons and atomic bombs, whose existence is denied by Israeli ministers, to be forgotten, state news agency Anadolu […]