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Vance arrives in Israel

U.S. Vice President JD Vance touched down in Israel on Tuesday afternoon, against the backdrop of repeated Hamas violations of the Trump administration-brokered ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

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Carney says Canada will arrest Netanyahu if he visits, in keeping with ICC warrant

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would honor the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and have him arrested if he traveled to Canada in an interview published on Friday.

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Trump says ‘rebels’ staged deadly attack on IDF troops in Gaza, echoing Hamas claim

US President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that the Hamas leadership was not involved in a deadly attack against IDF troops in the southern Gaza Strip, blaming it instead on “some rebels within.”

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IDF: Truce resumes in Gaza after Hamas kills Israeli troops

Israel on Sunday night reaffirmed its commitment to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, which had been threatened after a series of Hamas attacks on IDF soldiers sparked military retaliation.
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Freed hostage Eitan Mor was nearly killed for stealing bread

Tzvika Mor, father of Hamas captivity survivor Eitan Mor, revealed new details regarding his son’s ordeal during an interview on Sunday by Israel’s Kan Reshet Bet public radio.

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Hamas will return slain Gaza hostage at 8:00 pm, terror group claims

Hamas is expected to return the remains of an additional hostage to Israel on Monday evening, Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post.

The Gazan terror group said in a statement that the handover would happen at 8 p.m.
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Hundreds pay tribute to ‘pink angel’ Inbar Haiman as slain hostage is laid to rest

Hundreds of people lined the roads and bridges in central Israel to pay last respects to Inbar Haiman — the last female hostage to be released from Gaza — as her funeral procession made its way to a cemetery in Petah Tikva on Friday.

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Team enters Gaza to search for hostages’ bodies, as Israel vows to ramp up pressure

Israel said Thursday it would increase pressure on Hamas to return the remaining 19 bodies of deceased hostages, with a task force reportedly already having entered Gaza for that purpose.

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IDF strikes underground Hezbollah terrorist sites across Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes targeting underground terrorist infrastructure belonging to Iranian-backed Hezbollah in two areas across Lebanon, the military announced on Thursday evening.

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Trump says he expects expansion of Abraham accords soon, hopes Saudi Arabia joins

US President Donald Trump said he expected an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states.

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Trump threatens to ‘kill’ Hamas if Gaza executions continue

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Hamas on Thursday over the terrorist group’s ongoing executions of civilians in Gaza.
“If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” Trump wrote.
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Yemen’s Houthis say chief of staff Muhammad al-Ghamari killed

Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that their Chief of Staff Muhammad Abd Al-Karim al-Ghamari, one of the most senior military officials of the Iran-backed group, was killed “while fulfilling his duties.”

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Handcuffed, caged, thrown in a pit: Hostages’ families describe two years of hell

One was whipped. Another was put in a cage. Still another was thrown into a pit. More than one was handcuffed.

In the days since they were released from two years in brutal captivity, freed hostages have shared, through their families, harrowing details of their time in Gaza. The accounts paint a picture of starvation, suffering and physical…

In captivity, freed hostage was offered food to convert to Islam

Rom Braslavski, one of the 20 hostages freed by Hamas on Monday as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, was held alone for two years, and was offered better treatment if he agreed to convert to Islam.

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Pro-Hamas hackers disrupt North American airports

A group calling itself “Turkish hacker Cyber Islam” hacked into terminal communication systems at multiple North American airports on Tuesday, using them to broadcast pro-Hamas propaganda.
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Israel identifies remains of slain hostages Inbar Hayman, Muhammad al-Atarash

The National Center for Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir confirmed that Inbar Hayman and Master Sergeant Muhammad al-Atarash were the two deceased hostages returned to Israel on Wednesday night, the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Thursday morning.

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Hostages describe torture and torment in Gaza

One was held in a Gaza tunnel, deep underground, shackled in darkness for nearly two years.
Another was kept in total isolation, enduring a process of deliberate starvation at the hands of his captors, losing nearly 40% of his body weight.
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Hamas executes Gazans amid fierce clashes with local clans

Hamas terrorists have executed 32 Palestinians amid fierce clashes in recent days with militia groups opposed to the Islamist group, Reuters reported on Monday.

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