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While the Trump administration did not issue an official statement following the revelation that what was believed to be the body of Shiri Bibas was a Gazan woman, Adam Boehler, President Donald Trump's envoy for hostage affairs, called Hamas’s actions “horrific” and a “clear violation” of the cease-fire.
Read more: Ynet News
Despite Hamas failing to transfer the body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, with the received remains later identified as a Gazan woman, Israel's priorities remain the same: Ensure that the first phase of the cease-fire deal proceeds as planned and as smoothly as possible.
Read more: Ynet News
More than two in three Israeli Jews fear that Palestinian terrorists based in Judea and Samaria could launch a significant terrorist attack similar to Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre near the Gaza Strip, according to a poll the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs published this week.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night ordered the military to conduct a “massive” counter-terrorism operation in Judea and Samaria, after three buses exploded near Tel Aviv and bombs were found on two others in what is being investigated as a coordinated attack.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday morning eulogized slain hostages octogenarian Oded Lifshitz and children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, and vowed to bring home the boys’ mother, Shiri Bibas, from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Trump administration’s global freeze on foreign aid has brought security assistance to the Palestinian Authority to a halt, according to U.S. and P.A. officials cited by The Washington Post on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel is set to commute the sentences of 602 imprisoned terrorists this week as part of the last two releases of the first phase of its ceasefire agreement with Hamas, Hebrew media reported on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi held a series of meetings with senior officials during his official visit to the United States this week, including on Tuesday with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces Gen. Charles Q. Brown at the Pentagon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
If Hamas’s statement is true, this week will bring a tragic, though not unexpected, close to a painful episode: the fate of the rest of the Bibas family.
Read more: The Free Press
I can't believe you didn't come back to us in the end. Since I wrote you my previous letter promising that upon your return I would transfer command of our group to you, I haven't stopped thinking about you.
Read more: Israel Hayom
The bodies of four slain Israeli hostages were returned to Israel on Thursday, 503 days after they were abducted from their homes and dragged to Gaza on October 7, 2023, by Hamas-led terrorists.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a longtime confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will lead talks on phase two of the hostage release-ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to Hebrew media reports on Tuesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
As she watched a cascade of seemingly conflicting news reports about the three highest-profile Israeli hostages, Noam Nisim didn’t know what to think.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) renewed its threats on Tuesday to launch a third direct missile assault against Israel.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Ayta al-Shaab in Southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed an armed Hezbollah terrorist operative, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.
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The Hamas terrorist group has agreed to double to six the number of hostages scheduled to be freed on Saturday as part of the ceasefire with Israel, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The major, New York-based investment advisory firm MSCI, which reported more than $743 million in operating revenue in the final quarter of 2024, appears to have removed damaging assessments it assigned to four large Israeli banks based on their provision of services in Judea and Samaria.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday accused Turkey of cooperating with Iranian attempts to smuggle money to Hezbollah in a meeting with a bipartisan group of US senators.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A bipartisan U.S. Senate delegation led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Defense Forces’ Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar told reporters on Tuesday that Jerusalem decided to start talks on Phase 2 of the ongoing hostage release and ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
