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IDF: Red Cross Has Received Body of Deceased Hostage, on Way to Hand Over to IDF

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Israeli military says Red Cross has received deceased hostage's coffin from Hamas

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He Spent a Year and a Half Caged. Captors Showed No Mercy. He Returned Smiling -- He Spent a Year and a Half in a Cage. His Captors Showed Him No Mercy. He Returned Smiling

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'We're Still Fighting for Basic Necessities': Displaced Palestinians Return to Gaza City

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Charlie Kirk's Leaked Text Messages Before Murder Show Frustration Over Jewish Donors

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Survivor of Nova Festival Massacre Dies by Suicide: 'Everything Inside Me Is Dead'

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'My Life Is Hell Now and I Want to End It': The Man an Israeli Court Allowed to Die

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Posting Without a Hand: Gaza's Teenage Girls Turn Survival Into Online Diaries

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'Is That What Is Left of Gaza?' | Drone Footage Shows the Extent of Destruction in Gaza City After Israel-Hamas Cease-fire

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Bureaucratic Antics for Three West Bank Villages Reveal a 20-year Israeli Annexation

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RECAP: Hamas says it will hand over remains of deceased hostage on Friday night

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IDF says Red Cross on way to meeting point in southern Gaza to recover coffin of deceased hostage

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Hamas confirms it will hand over body of Israeli hostage 11 P.M. Friday

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Why Is Trump Threatening to Let Netanyahu Restart the Gaza War?

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'I Got Slapped in the Face and Decided to Get Up. Today, I'm a Free Person'

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Sponsored by Israeli Donations, a Village Is Built for Gaza's Orphaned Children

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Analysis - | Why the pro-Palestinian Left Is Wrong to Reject Trump's Gaza Peace Plan

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'Defending What I No Longer Believed': Two Years of the Gaza War Changed Jewish Students

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They Survived the Nova Party Massacre. Two Years On, They Are Still Hiding

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What Happens When an Israeli Meets Two Gazans on a French Buddhist Retreat

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Hamas Shoots Opponents in Gaza Unimpeded as IDF's Hands Tied by Lack of Gaza Truce Details

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Uncanceled Nation: The Artists Who Perform in Israel, Despite Everything

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Israeli Minister Smears PM Starmer During Visit of Far-right U.K. Agitator Tommy Robinson

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Released Hostage Omri Miran Discharged From Hospital Days After Returning From Gaza

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U.K. Gov't to Review Ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans Attending Europa League Match

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Likud Lawmaker Floats New Haredi Draft Bill That Includes ultra-Orthodox Parties' Demands

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Knesset Committee Assisting Nova Survivors Left Without Chair for Three Months

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'Too Close to Netanyahu Gov't': U.S. Senate Contender Returns AIPAC Donations - 'Too Close to Netanyahu Gov't': U.S. Senate Candidate Returns AIPAC's Campaign Donations

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Without a Governing Alternative, Trump's Peace Plan May Legitimize Hamas in Gaza -- Without a Viable Governing Alternative, Trump's Peace Plan May Legitimize Hamas in Gaza

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As Israel Awaits Hostage Bodies, the U.S. Message Is Clear: Gaza War Is Over -- As Israel Awaits Hostages' Bodies, the Message From the U.S. Is Clear: Gaza War Is Over

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Israel's Dead: The Names of Those Killed in Hamas Massacres and the Israel-Hamas War

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Slain Hostage Inbar Haiman Laid to Rest in Israel -- 'I'm Sorry It Took Us So Long to Bring You Back': Slain Hostage Inbar Haiman Laid to Rest in Israel

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After Gaza War, Netanyahu's Next Battle: Avoiding an Investigation Into Oct. 7 -- After the Gaza War, Netanyahu's Next Battle: Avoiding an Investigation Into October 7

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Netanyahu's Shin Bet Pick Met With Official Suspected of Leaking Intel - Netanyahu's Shin Bet Pick Met With Official Suspected of Leaking Classified Intel

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Mamdani says Hamas should disarm, says Cuomo 'signed up to be Netanyahu's legal defense team'

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Hamas says it is committed to Gaza deal, says hostages' bodies are trapped under rubble

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Trump says Gaza intervention 'not going to be us' after threatening to 'go in and kill' Hamas

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Netanyahu, Trump discuss returning bodies of slain hostages that remain in Gaza

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RECAP: Palestinian Health Ministry: IDF kills 11-year-old in West Bank; Trump threatens Hamas with military action

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IDF says Israel struck Hezbollah infrastructure site across Lebanon

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IDF says it killed a Palestinian who attacked soldiers in the West Bank

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IDF fire kills 11-year-old in West Bank's Hebron area, Palestinian Health Ministry says

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Killings of Hamas opposition in Gaza will lead to military retaliation, Trump says

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Israel, Yemen's Houthis say Chief of Staff Muhammad al-Ghamari killed

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Middle East developments will lead to peace in Ukraine, Trump says

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'President Trump freed Palestine': White House calls Democrats hypocritical after Gaza cease-fire

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Released hostage Eitan Levy laid to rest in central Israel's Bat Yam

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U.S. State Department says it sent emergency team to coordinate aid to Gaza

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'Only now am I free': Released hostage Emily Damari reunites with the Berman twins

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Hamas could easily release more hostages, Israel's foreign minister says

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Hamas' Information Ministry says Gaza has over 65 million tons of rubble

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Israel struck underground Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon, IDF says

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Israeli authorities arrest and deport 32 foreign peace activists in the West Bank

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Israel hands over intelligence to help recover hostages' bodies, senior official says

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Freed hostages greeted by crowds as they return to hometowns

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Released hostages Eitan Horn, Nimrod Cohen discharged after four days in hospital

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Gaza Health Ministry: Four killed and ten wounded in the past 24 hours by IDF fire

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Shas minister demands Israel stop implementing the cease-fire with Hamas until all deceased hostages are returned

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Settlers stoned Palestinian farmers and accompanying volunteers during olive harvest in Ramallah area

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At funeral of deceased hostage Tamir Nimrodi, father says 'I swear I did everything, maybe not enough'

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Two killed in Israeli drone strike in Gaza, medics say

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RECAP: Returned hostages' bodies identified; Netanyahu rejects accusations of Gaza genocide

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'It's beginning to look like a massacre there,' IDF officer says as Hamas shoots opponents in Gaza without intervention

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Netanyahu calls genocide 'fictitious' at Israeli state ceremony for fallen soldiers

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Drone sirens in southern Israeli city of Eilat false alarm, IDF says

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Gaza border community attacked on Oct. 7 marks two years since massacre: 'We can breathe again, but there is nothing left to hold on to'

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Hostages families: Cease-fire implementation must stop if Hamas does not return deceased hostages

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Family of slain hostage Inbar Haiman: She will 'receive the rest and honor she so deeply deserves'

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Israel says preparations to open Rafah crossing underway

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Top Shin Bet official to face trial on suspicion of leaking information to journalists, Minister Chikli

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Wednesday fatal shooting victim on Highway 443 has been identified as Sergei Mattatov

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Inbar Haiman's aunt: 'Having an amazing niece was a great privilege, it's a shame that it only lasted 27 years'

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U.S. to offer Gazan civilians cash reward in exchange for help locating bodies of deceased hostages, top U.S. adviser says

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Prime Minister's Office: Inbar Haiman and Muhammad al-Atrash are the two hostages whose bodies were returned to Israel Wedneday

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RECAP: Gaza cease-fire fragile as hostages' bodies return, U.S. outlines reconstruction and governance plans

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Fewer prisoners, discharged reservists: How ending the Gaza war brings immediate relief to Israeli taxpayers

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U.S. senior advisers: 'Phase two calls for a non-political, technocratic Palestinian administration'

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Top U.S. advisers release details for Gaza interim governance plans

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U.S. details Gaza hostage body recovery plan, says Turkish experts to assist

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Two hostages' bodies arrive at forensic institution for identification, Health Ministry says

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No hostages 'getting left behind', says senior U.S. adviser

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'Hamas Isn't Going Anywhere': The Hard Realities Facing Trump and Netanyahu in Gaza

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How the Gaza War Changed a Generation of Young Jews Around the World, in Their Own Words

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How Trump Forced the Gaza Deal Through: Behind the Scenes With Anshel Pfeffer

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'I See You a Nakba and Raise You a Holocaust': Making an 'Optimistic' Gaza War Documentary

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Letters to the Editor

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Victims of Oct. 7 Won't Have Closure Unless a State Commission of Inquiry Is Formed

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As the Gaza Cease-fire Is Underway, Israelis Must Not Be Allowed to Escape Accountability

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Trump Realized That Qatar May Have Gas, but Israel Has Another Resource: Love

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It Was a Spectacular Party. Now It's Time for Us Israelis to Face Reality

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Erdogan's Turkey Wants to Be a Key Player in Post-war Gaza. It's a Fantasy

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I Held Up This Sign at the Knesset as a Mirror of Truth – to Trump and the Public

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Netanyahu's War in Gaza Is Over, but His War Against Israel's Judiciary Continues

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The Israeli Influence Operation Aiming to Install Reza Pahlavi as Shah of Iran

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Google Maps Diverts Drivers From Highway to Jerusalem Due to Palestinian Territory

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Spain Cancels Third Major Defense Deal With Israel as Trade Ban Takes Effect

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For First Time, Netanyahu's Plane Extends U.S. Flight Route, Avoiding European Airspace

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Bari Weiss Built Her Career Attacking Israel Critics. Now She Controls a U.S. News Empire

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In 'Unfit', a Jewish Writer From Argentina Depicts a Woman's Spectacular Breaking Point

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Amid Rising Antisemitism in Norway, One of the World's Northernmost Synagogues Turns 100

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Four Killed in the Past 24 Hours by IDF Fire, Gaza Health Ministry Says

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Israel Confirms Return of Bodies of Hostages Inbar Haiman and Muhammad al-Atrash by Hamas

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Trump's Middle East Visions Face a Long Road to Reality

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At This West Bank Checkpoint, 'It's Not Just Movement That's Blocked. It's Time Itself'

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'Do You Know How Many Generations Want Revenge?' Gazans on Future With or Without Hamas

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As Hamas, Islamic Jihad Decry Trump Plan, Gazans Say 'Anything Is Better Than Bloodshed'

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In West Bank and Gaza, Palestinians Say Recognition of State Is 'All Talk'

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Boy Oh Bollo: The Sweet Sephardi Jewish Delicacy Warmly Embraced by Tuscany

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'I Cooked for Gallery Openings in Tel Aviv. Why Shouldn't They Come Eat My Food Here?'

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The Rise and Ripe: How Israel Became an Avocado Powerhouse

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'Resist Starvation': Israeli Chefs and Restaurateurs Call to Stop the Hunger in Gaza

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'It's Not Despite the War, It's Because of the War': Israelis Can't Stop Slurping Oysters

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