Hamas releases 21-year-old and 7 other hostages to Red Cross — storyful — 30 November 2023 (LINK)

— The Qatari government said the group included three foreign nationals from Mexico, Russia and Uruguay.

Hostage families criticise Red Cross for 'failing to fulfill its role' (video) — france24 — 30 November 2023 (LINK)

Israeli prisoner release shines light on system of detaining Palestinians without charge: Of the 300 prisoners identified as eligible for release in exchange for hostages, 80% were not convicted of any crimes, an NBC News analysis revealed — v — 30 November 2023 (LINK)

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead — AP — 30 November 2023 (LINK)

Hamas frees 16 hostages, including American, amid talks to extend Gaza ceasefire — ground.news: 88 media reports — 29 November 2023 (LINK)

30 Palestinian prisoners freed under truce deal: Israel — ground.news: 47 media reports — 29 November 2023 (LINK)

— In total, Israel has freed 210 Palestinian prisoners under the truce agreement, while Hamas and other Gaza militants have released 70 Israelis and almost 30 hostages of other nationalities.

Hamas, Israel consider new Gaza truce parameters including release of men — source — Reuters ● — 29 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel confirms release of 5th hostage group by Hamas as final day of cease-fire nears — foxnews — 29 November 2023 (LINK)

— Israel confirmed a list of 50 female Palestinian prisoners it is willing to release in exchange for 20 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza over the next two days. Israel and Hamas agreed to a two-day extension to their cease-fire. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Tony Blinken is set to return to the Middle East to negotiate the flow of aid into Gaza.

IDF kills two senior terror operatives, arrests 17, in Jenin during West Bank raid — ground.news: 51 media reports — 28 November 2023 (LINK)

Untreated diseases in Gaza could kill more than bombings, WHO warns — ground.news: 42 media reports — 28 November 2023 (LINK)

srael releases 30 Palestinian prisoners on fifth day of temporary cease-fire — ground.news: 112 media reports — 28 November 2023 (LINK)

An Israel-Hamas truce in the Gaza Strip stretched into a fifth day on Tuesday as the two sides completed the release of Israeli hostages and detained Palestinians and looked poised to free more as the pause in fighting was extended by two days. — Reuters ● — 28 November 2023 (LINK)

— Israel has not commented on any agreement to extend the truce but, in what may be an implicit confirmation, the Israeli prime minister's office said the government approved the addition of 50 female prisoners to its list of Palestinians for potential release if additional Israeli hostages are freed. Israel previously said it would extend the truce by one day for every 10 more hostages released.

UN experts call for full and independent investigations into all crimes committed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory — ohchr — 27 November 2023 (LINK)

— They welcomed ongoing investigations by the International Criminal Court and the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to examine and document all existing evidence of crimes committed to date in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

Hostages in Hamas captivity went for days with little food, lost weight due to neglect — ground.news: 9 media reports — 27 November 2023 (LINK)

USA Today: Complete darkness, little food. Hostages speak of their captivity — (LINK)

Human Rights Watch says Hamas rocket misfire likely cause of deadly Gaza hospital blast, questions Hamas-reported death toll, calls for UN probe — ground.news main source: Human Rights Watch, 34 media reports — 27 November 2023 (LINK)

Israeli PM Netanyahu visits Gaza for first time since war began, tells Israeli troops 'nothing will stop us' — ground.news: 82 media reports — 26 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel confirms 14 more Israeli hostages and three foreign nationals have been released by Hamas in the third round of hostage releases since the four-day truce began, bringing total to 58 held for nearly 50 days — ground.news: media reports — 26 November 2023 (LINK)

Syria says an Israeli airstrike hit the Damascus airport and put it out of service — ground.news: 38 media reports — 26 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel releases 39 Palestinian women and minors from prison facilitated by ICRC in cease-fire swap as 13 Israeli mothers and children handed to ICRC — ground.news: 98 media reports — 25 November 2023 (LINK)

At least 10 Thai hostages released by Hamas apart from main swap — ground.news:186 media reports — 24 November 2023 (LINK)

Switzerland is ending its collaboration with three Palestinian non-governmental organisations (NGOs). It accuses them of "breaching the code of conduct and the anti-discrimination clause" — SDA — 24 November 2023 (LINK)

Four-day ceasefire begins but IDF says 'war is not over yet': Aid trucks are reported to have entered Gaza and some Israeli hostages are due to be released later today — see_link — 24 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel pounds Gaza ahead of truce, killing and injuring dozens The air raids hit UN school, Indonesian hospital and residential buildings across Gaza — aljazeera — 24 November 2023 (LINK)

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group's senior fighters — ground.news: 26 media reports — 23 November 2023 (LINK)

Gaza world's 'most dangerous place' for children: UNICEF — ground.news main source: Reuters, 37 media reports — 22 November 2023 (LINK)

IDF claims tunnels prove command room under Gaza hospital — ground.news: 42 media reports — 22 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel and Hamas agree four-day ceasefire and release of 50 hostages held in Gaza plus return of 150 jailed Palestinians — The Guardian UK ● — 22 November 2023 (LINK)

Susan Sarandon dropped by major talent agency UTA after speech at Palestinian support rally — ground.news: media reports — 21 November 2023 (LINK)

Fox News: United Nations chief slammed as Gaza death comparison fact-checked by social media: 'lost any moral standing'. The Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilian and combatant deaths — Fox News: — 21 November 2023 (LINK)

Number of Palestinians arrested since October 7 tops 3,000 — Al Jazeera — 21 November 2023 (LINK)

NBC News cuts ties with freelance journalist arrested by Israel for glorifying Hamas attack in Facebook posts — ground.news: 21 media reports — 21 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel warns Gazans to leave Jabalia refugee camp as it 'expands' military operation — (LINK)

3 more journalists killed in Gaza in Israeli offensive, relatives say: Committee to Protect Journalists says total 48 journalists and media workers killed so far — ground.news: 28 media reports — 19 November 2023 (LINK)

Israeli army says it found a 55-metre tunnel under Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital: dismissed by Gaza health ministry — 19 November 2023 (LINK)

Israeli air strikes kill 32 in Khan Younis, south Gaza, say health officials, amid calls for civilians to flee — ground.news: 8 media reports — 18 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel tells people to relocate from parts of southern city to avoid crossfire; Palestinian doctor says strike on Hamad Town kills 26 — (LINK)

Five killed in strike on West Bank camp: Red Crescent — AFP — 17 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel says second hostage, soldier Noa Marciano, 19, found dead near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital last week — cbsnews — 17 November 2023 (LINK)

IDF says it has hit Hamas leader's house; Biden defends refusal to call for ceasefire — The Guardian UK ● — 16 November 2023 (LINK)

The Palestinian refugee 'crisis' is a United Nations-perpetuated myth: UNRWA "has a history of hiring staff with connections to terrorist organizations while its schools erase Israel from maps, teach antisemitism and provide cover for Hamas" — → nypost → — 16 November 2023 (LINK)

UN Security Council adopts resolution for 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza — politico — 15 November 2023 (LINK)

Eight UK Labour frontbenchers resign to back calls for ceasefire in Gaza — ground.news: 20 media reports — 15 November 2023 (LINK)

As outrage grows over fate of babies in Gaza hospital, Israel offers incubators and fuel — nbcnews — 14 November 2023 (LINK)

— On Sunday night (12 November), the Israel Defense Forces released video appearing to show soldiers depositing 300 liters (about 79 gallons) of fuel at Al-Shifa's entrance and announced an evacuation route for people in the complex to flee. On Monday came a pledge that the IDF would coordinate the delivery of incubators to Al-Shifa, following reports that premature babies there had to be removed from their incubators because of power shortages. Then on Tuesday, the IDF shared a photo of a female soldier helping load mobile incubators into a van, which an IDF spokesperson said would be used to transfer at-risk infants out of the hospital.

Hundreds of Metro Detroit Jews stranded at D.C. airport by 'malicious' bus drivers — ground.news: 15 media reports — 14 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel-Hamas war live: al-Shifa hospital 'no longer functioning', says WHO; US strikes two locations in Syria — see_link — 13 November 2023 (LINK)

Israeli military says it found signs hostages were held in Gaza hospital along with weapons — Reuters ● — 13 November 2023 (LINK)

More than 180,000 join marches against anti-Semitism in France — aAl Jazeera — 12 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel offers to evacuate babies from 'total war zone' near main Gaza hospital — ground.news: 188 media reports — 12 November 2023 (LINK)

Israeli PM says there 'is no alternative to victory'; al-Shifa hospital says babies are dying as power lost and WHO loses contact with staff — The Guardian UK ● — 12 November 2023 (LINK)

Several hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza have been "directly hit" as Israel intensifies attacks around hospitals, the UN says. There are fears for hundreds of patients, including 37 premature babies in al-Shifa Hospital, as electricity fails in multiple hospitals. — Al Jazeera — 12 November 2023 (LINK)

IDF surrounds hospitals in northern Gaza, says Hamas commanders, 19 operatives killed — foxnews — 11 November 2023 (LINK)

IDF kills Hamas commander who held 1000 Gazans hostage at hospital — ground.news: 18 media reports — 11 November 2023 (LINK)

— According to the IDF, Siam was hiding at the al-Buraq school in Gaza City, along with other Hamas operatives under his command when the Israeli troops neutralized him two days after the hospital incident.

126 arrested in London as counterprotesters disrupt pro-Palestinian rally: about 300,000 people counted — AFP / scmp — 11 November 2023 (LINK)

Qatari and Egyptian leaders discuss Gaza war before emergency Arab summit on 11 November — ground.news: 19 media reports — 10 November 2023 (LINK)

Russia sends another 25 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza — ground.news: 10 media reports — 10 November 2023 (LINK)

UN rights chief urges probe of Israel's 'high-impact' weapons — Reuters ● — 10 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel revises estimate of October 7 Hamas attack death toll from 1400 to 'around 1200' — ground.news: 60 media reports — 10 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel agrees to daily four-hour pauses in northern Gaza assault for aid deliveries with 3 hours notice, White House says — usatoday — 10 November 2023 (LINK)

Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say — see_link — 10 November 2023 (LINK)

UN report outlines war's devastating impact on Palestinian economy: a 4% shrink in GDP, pushing over 400,000 people into poverty, and 45% of Gaza's housing units destroyed or damaged. — ground.news: media reports — 9 November 2023 (LINK)

— If the conflict continues, the Palestinian GDP could drop by 12%, leading to a loss of $2.5 billion and pushing over 660,000 people into poverty.

Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank — 9 November 2023 (LINK)

IDF says Hamas has 'lost control' of northern Gaza; Gaza health ministry says number of dead exceeds 10,500 — (LINK)

Israel Defence Forces show videos of Hamas rockets near playgrounds, swimming pools — ground.news: 26 media reports — 7 November 2023 (LINK)

— Hamas has fired over 8,000 rockets at Israeli civilians.

Israel may have 'security responsibility' for Gaza for 'indefinite period' after war ends, Netanyahu says — The Guardian UK ● — 7 November 2023 (LINK)

nypost→→No, Obama, you're the one with Middle Eastern blood on your hands→→ — nypost.com — 7 November 2023 (LINK)

UAE to set up field hospital in Gaza with 150-bed capacity — ground.news: 9 media reports — 6 November 2023 (LINK)

UN chief says Gaza becoming a 'graveyard for children' — ground.news: 65 media reports — 6 November 2023 (LINK)

Jewish New Yorkers peacefully occupy Statue of Liberty to demand Gaza ceasefire, accusing Israeli Government of "genocidal bombardment" of civilians — ground.news: 22 media reports — 6 November 2023 (LINK)

After Biden and Blinken push, Netanyahu says Israel open to 'little pauses' in Gaza, no cease-fire until Hamas releases its captives — ground.news: 27 media reports — 6 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel-Hamas war live: dozens killed in strike on Gaza refugee camp, say Palestinians; protests around world demand ceasefire — see_link — 5 November 2023 (LINK)

No reports of Hamas blocking, seizing humanitarian aid to Gaza: US special envoy — ground.news: 9 media reports — 4 November 2023 (LINK)

France to host international conference for Gaza civilians on 9 November — diplomats — ground.news: 14 media reports — 4 November 2023 (LINK)

Biden warns Israel amid Gaza carnage it doesn't have long before support erodes — ground.news: 8 media reports — 4 November 2023 (LINK)

UN chief slams deadly Israeli strike on Gaza civilian ambulance convoy on 3 November that killed 15 and wounded 60 — ground.news: 142 media reports — 4 November 2023 (LINK)

Israel deports thousands of Palestinian workers back to Gaza's war zone: over 9,000 Palestinians killed, of which around 65% children and women — ground.news: 41 media reports — 3 November 2023 (LINK)

The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UNRWA official says — ground.news: 21 media reports — 3 November 2023 (LINK)

Blinken flies in to Israel to meet Netanyahu as IDF pushes further into Gaza city — The Guardian UK ● — 3 November 2023 (LINK)

More than 9,000 Palestinians killed, including 3,760 children, Hamas-run health ministry says — The Guardian UK ● — 3 November 2023 (LINK)

IDF says forces have surrounded Gaza City on three sides; UNRWA says four of its schools being used as shelters damaged in 24 hours — The Guardian UK ● — 2 November 2023 (LINK)

Biden urges pause in Gaza fighting as Hamas says refugee camp death toll nearing 200 — The Guardian UK ● — 1 November 2023 (LINK)

Why Egypt has not fully opened its Gaza border for fleeing Palestinians: housing large numbers would be a big political risk — (LINK)

Hamas says Israel's strikes on refugee camp kill more than 195 people — ground.news: 15 media reports — 1 November 2023 (LINK)

Tunisian tennis star Onis Jabeur donates part of WTA Finals prize money to help Palestinians — ground.news: 37 media reports — 1 November 2023 (LINK)

South American countries recall ambassadors and cut ties with Israel over war with Hamas — The Guardian UK ● — 1 November 2023 (LINK)