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RECAP: Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher named as hostages to be released on first day of cease-fire

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These Are the Israeli Hostages Set to Be Released by Hamas on Sunday

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Israel's Prison Service begins transferring Palestinian detainees ahead of their release as part of hostage deal

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19 killed and 36 wounded before cease-fire took effect, medical source in Gaza says

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Special units will receive hostages from Red Cross within Gaza, IDF says

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UNRWA: 4,000 aid trucks ready to enter Gaza, half carrying food and flour

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Cease-fire Begins; Israel Confirms Receiving List of Hostages for Sunday Release -- After 471 Days of War in Gaza, Cease-fire Between Israel and Hamas Takes Effect

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IDF Retrieves Body of Oron Shaul From Gaza, Soldier Killed During 2014 War

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Opposition MK Backs Key Judicial Coup Policy on Selection of Top Court President -- Opposition MK Backs Key Judicial Coup Policy on Selection of Supreme Court President

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He's the Archetypal 'Beautiful Israeli.' But Can 'Fauda' Star Idan Amedi Make Good Music?

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Analysis - | Trump's Mideast Envoy Forced Netanyahu to Accept a Gaza Plan He Repeatedly Rejected

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Franklin Foer to Haaretz: 'Biden Botched the Biggest Objective of His Presidency'

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Explained: How the Hind Rajab Foundation Is Making Israeli Soldiers Fear Arrest Abroad

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She's a Syrian Refugee, He's an Israeli Veteran. They're in Love. There's Just One Problem

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'We're Still Breathing. We Don't Want to Die': Testimonies From the Inferno in North Gaza

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Analysis - | How the Israeli Army's Disregard for Ethics Spread Like Fire Through the Ranks

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The Settler Couple Running a Network of Israeli Communities in Europe, Funded by Israel

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Man Seriously Wounded in Tel Aviv Terror Attack; Assailant Shot Dead by Passerby

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High-profile Terrorists Are Among 735 Prisoners to Be Released in Israel-Hamas Cease-fire

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Ben-Gvir and His Far-right Party Resign From Gov't Over 'Capitulation' Cease-fire Deal

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Israel Pledges to Allow Rebuilding of Gaza Strip as Part of Cease-fire Deal

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Netanyahu: Israel Won't Move Forward With Cease-fire Until Hamas Provides List of Hostages

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Most Palestinians' Complaints of Settler Violence Closed Without Indictment

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Two Iranian Judges Who Were Involved in Mass Executions Shot to Death in Tehran

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Biden, Trump Bicker Over Credit; Israeli Right Perfects Theater of Threats -- Biden, Trump Bicker Over Credit for Gaza Deal; Israeli Right Perfects Theater of Threats

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

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Netanyahu Is Counting on Hamas to Help Him Derail the Second Phase of Cease-fire Talks

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The Hostage Deal Requires Israel to Accept Establishing an Alternative Rule in Gaza

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Hostages In Gaza - 35 - of them declared dead

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How the Hamas Attack Unfolded

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How Haaretz is Counting the Dead

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Theses are the Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas on Sunday

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Hamas says it expects list from Israel of 90 prisoners to be released on first day of cease-fire Sunday

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Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry: 14 killed and 25 wounded in Gaza over past day

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Family of Hadar Goldin, killed in 2014 and held hostage in Gaza says Israel can return hostages when it wants to

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Two additional hostages to be released Sunday identified as Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari

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Mother of Oron Shaul: I waited 10 and a half years, I did not believe this moment would come

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Thai foreign ministry says it 'welcomes' cease-fire deal, calls for all hostages to be released including Thai nationals

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LIVE: Scenes from southern Gaza's Khan Yunis as cease-fire comes into effect

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After 471 days of war in Gaza, cease-fire between Israel and Hamas takes effect

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Brother of hostage Romi Leshem Gonen says she is on Hamas' list of hostages to return Sunday

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Netanyahu's office says cease-fire will begin at 11:15 A.M. local time

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Families of hostages expected to be released Sunday have been notified, Netanyahu's office says

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Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border community; IDF: false alarm

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Israel confirms it received list of female hostages to be released by Hamas later on Sunday

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Ben-Gvir's far-right Otzma Yehudit party resigns from Netanyahu's coalition over 'capitulation' cease-fire deal with Hamas

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Hamas says it provided Israel with list of hostages to be released on first day of cease-fire

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Eight killed and 25 wounded in IDF airstrikes

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Three killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza City, medics say; Reports of IDF fire towards Palestinians returning to Rafah

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Rocket sirens sound in Sderot near Gaza border; False alarm

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Residents in the Gaza Strip celebrate the cease-fire, many preparing to return to their former homes

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Female prison guards who were previously sexually assaulted by released prisoner request his expulsion

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Cease-fire has not begun yet; IDF continues attacks in Gaza

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IDF retrieves body of soldier Oron Shaul from Gaza, held there since 2014

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Hamas: We are still committed to the cease-fire, delay in hostage names is "due to technical difficulties"

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Netanyahu: The cease-fire scheduled for 8:30 will not begin until names of the hostages are provided

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IDF to Gaza residents: movement from South to North via Netzarim route remains dangerous

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Analysis | As a cease-fire begins in Gaza, Netanyahu is counting on Hamas to help him derail the second phase

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Netanyahu: Israel won't move forward with cease-fire until Hamas provides list of hostages

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High Court rejects petitions against hostage deal

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Blinken speaks with UAE foreign minister about Gaza cease-fire

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IDF starts withdrawing from areas in Rafah to Egypt-Gaza border, pro-Hamas media says

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Trump's Mideast envoy reportedly weighing Gaza visit

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Houthis warn Red Sea 'hostile forces' against aggression on Yemen during Gaza cease-fire

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Incoming national security advisor meets with families of U.S. hostages

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State requests extension of petitions against hostage deal

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IDF establishes temporary closed military zones in preparation for cease-fire

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RECAP: Hamas to provide hostage list within hours, according to Saudi report

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What Could Still Go Wrong With the Israel-Hamas Cease-fire and Hostage Deal?

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'In War, There's Also the Psychological Struggle of Parents Who Can't Provide Safety'

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'International Organizations Have a Shameful Record When It Comes to the Hostages'

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What Was It Like Being Jewish in 2024: Foer, Gessen, Kushner and More

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'It Will Be a Jewish Community': Who's Buying Homes in This Israeli-Arab Town? 'God Willing It Will Be a Jewish Community': Who's Buying Homes in This Israeli-Arab Town?

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Letters to the Editor

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Israel's Moment of Truth Has Arrived. We Must See the Cease-fire Through to Its End

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For Ben-Gvir, Death Is the Pinnacle of Success – as Long as His Own Life Isn't at Risk

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'Phase Two': How Israel Plans to Abandon the Hostages

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'No Innocents in Gaza': Reflecting on Israel's First Fascist War

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I Was Invited to Talk to Israeli Students on My Story. Then They Discovered My Gaza Posts

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Both Sides Now: How Israelis and Palestinians Can Prevent the Next Massacre

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Israel's UNRWA Ban Is Set to Take Effect. What Will Happen in Gaza, E. J'lem and W. Bank?

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Back to Basics: Is Israel's New Judicial Overhaul Plan as Dangerous as the Original?

9 days ago

Netanyahu's Prostate: Surgery, Secrets and Who Takes Over

20 days ago

The Real, Astonishing Story of Hanukkah

25 days ago

String of Errors Costs Israel's Rafael $60 Million C-UAS Contract in Romania

9 days ago

Soldier-uploaded Video Reveals the Israeli Army's Newest Machine Gun

16 days ago

Serbia Buys Advanced Artillery and Drones From Israel's Elbit Systems

18 days ago

As Gaza's Tent Cities Flood in Heavy Rains, Palestinians Are Dying From the Cold

18 days ago

Holocaust Memorial Day in U.K. Facing Boycott Campaign by Muslim Groups

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Orthodox Rabbi, Imam Trigger Social Media Storm Ahead of Trump Inauguration

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'We Haven't Won the Battle': U.S. Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt Bows Out

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Netanyahu: Israel Won't Move Forward With Cease-fire Until Hamas Provides List of Hostages

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In This Story, the Killing of Two Innocent Palestinians by IDF Troops Was Just the Start

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Israel Approves Hostage Release, Gaza Cease-fire Deal, Set to Take Effect Sunday

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Egyptian Creator of anti-Sissi Viral Campaign Reported Missing in Syria

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'Worn Out From the Constant Fear of Dying,' Gazans Await Cease-fire and Chance to Rebuild

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Researchers Say Study Shows Gaza Death Toll Far Exceeds Official Figures

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Three Palestinians, Including Two Children, Killed in IDF Drone Strike in West Bank

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Settlers Pressured, the Cabinet Approved. Now Annexation Is Creeping Into W. Bank's Area B

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Netanyahu's War on the Free Press

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Far-right Ben-Gvir Resigns From Netanyahu Government Over Hostage Deal

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'Absurd and Tragic': Israeli Chapter Responds to Suspension From Amnesty International

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Archaeologists Present Bold New Theory for Why Israel Has No Cave Art

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Israel Blocks UN Hamas Sexual Crimes Probe to Avoid Inquiry Into Abuse of Palestinians

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Now's the Time for Israelis to Rediscover Hannah Arendt

22 days ago

Netanyahu May Be Making the Same Mistake With the Houthis as He Did With Iran

23 days ago

'Expulsion to Spain': Israeli Hackers Flock to Barcelona in Big Spyware Shift

23 days ago

Want to Really Know What's Going on in Israel? Watch Saudi TV

1 month ago

Is Israel Really Building an Empire Across the Middle East?

30 days ago

With Its Megalomaniacal Arrogance, Israel Is Turning Into Ancient Athens

29 days ago

How Trump and the GOP Plan to Dismantle the U.S. pro-Palestinian Movement

26 days ago

'When You Enter Gaza, You Are God': Inside the Minds of IDF Soldiers Who Commit War Crimes

27 days ago

IDF Soldiers Expose Arbitrary Killings and Rampant Lawlessness in Gaza's Netzarim Corridor

1 month ago

'We Give Them 48 Hours to Leave': Israel's Plans to Transfer Gazans Go Back 60 Years

1 month ago

In a Rare Break From Self-censorship, Israelis Got to Watch Gaza Horrors on Their Screens

1 month ago

From Mount Hermon's Peaks, Netanyahu Plots His Vision of a Greater Israel

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Why Europe Has Gone Cold on Israel's Blitz and 'Temporary' Occupation in Syria

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