Details emerge of Edan Alexander’s torments in Hamas captivity
U.S.-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander’s mother Yael on Tuesday revealed new details of his ordeals as a captive of Hamas in Gaza.
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As Israeli negotiators head to Doha, PM assures coalition partners Israel won’t end war
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a call with coalition party chiefs on Monday, reportedly trying to assure them that Israel wasn’t going to agree to end the war before Hamas is defeated after he agreed to a request from the Trump administration to send a negotiating team to Doha in order to jumpstart long-stalled hostage negotiations with...
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Gaza journalist who documented Oct. 7 massacre killed in IDF strike
Hassan Abdel Fattah Mohammed Eslaih, a Gaza journalist who documented Hamas's October 7 Massacre, was killed in a Monday IDF strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Hamas confirmed on Tuesday.
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Israel files second appeal to ICC against arrest warrants
Israel last week again appealed to the tribunal last week to terminate its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant.
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Judge orders American Muslims for Palestine to disclose financial documents
A Richmond, Va., judge has issued a new court order ruling that a pro-Palestinian advocacy group with alleged ties to Hamas must finally turn over closely guarded financial documents sought in an ongoing investigation brought by Virginia’s attorney general.
Read more: Jewish Insider
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US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander freed from Hamas captivity, reunites with family
American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander reunited with his parents in Israel on Monday, after being released by Hamas in a gesture of goodwill to the United States, as President Donald Trump was set to embark on a visit to the Middle East.
Read more: The Times of Israel
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Body of missing Israeli soldier brought back from Syria after 43 years
The Israel Defense Forces and Mossad returned the body of Sergeant First Class Tzvika Feldman to Israel, according to a statement released on Sunday, after 43 years that he was missing.
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IDF strikes reported in Yemen after urgent evacuation warning
The Israel Defense Forces issued an urgent warning to residents of Yemeni ports under control of the Houthis on Sunday, which was followed soon after by reports of multiple strikes in the western part of the country.
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Herzog in Berlin: ‘Bring them home—every last one’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday began a state visit to Germany, marking 60 years of diplomatic relations and calling for urgent global action to free hostages from Gaza and confront Iran.
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Sa’ar backs newly announced ‘US aid plan’ to bypass Hamas in Gaza
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Sunday that Israel “fully endorses” what he characterized as a recently announced American plan for providing aid to the Gaza Strip.
Read more: The Times of Israel
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Hamas set to free US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander Monday in goodwill gesture to Trump
Hamas was set to release American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on Monday after over 580 days in captivity. The Palestinian terror group agreed to the move as a gesture of goodwill to US President Donald Trump ahead of his trip to the region, hoping that he will in turn coax Israel to sign a deal freeing the remaining hostages in exchange for an...
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US judge says there’s reason to believe US-based media nonprofit aided Hamas
A US federal judge on Tuesday said there was reason to believe a US nonprofit knew its employee was holding Israelis captive in Gaza and was affiliated with Hamas, marking a win for former hostages in a legal battle against the group.
Read more: The Times of Israel
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Iran’s IRGC chief vows to ‘open the gates of hell’ if US, Israel make ‘wrong move’
The head of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday threatened to “open the gates of hell” on Israel and the United States if the countries attack his country, warning Washington that its ally was pushing it into war.
Read more: The Times of Israel
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News Israel News Two soldiers KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 856
Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed fighting Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Friday.
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Rock-throwing terrorists injure Israeli baby in Jordan Valley
Several terrorists threw rocks at an Israeli car and bus near the town of Na’ama in the Jordan Valley on Thursday evening, lightly injuring an infant.
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US to send Gaza aid with Israeli support, says Huckabee
The United States will soon begin delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza—an urgent priority for President Donald Trump—U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced during a press conference on Friday.
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Iranian terrorists plotted to attack Israeli embassy in London
Five men, four of them Iranian nationals, were arrested on May 3 just hours before a planned attack on Israel’s embassy in west London. The nationality of the fifth man has not been released.
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IDF sets up field triage facility for Syrian Druze civilians
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday that it has established a forward mobile triage facility near the Syrian village of Hader, part of a broader humanitarian and security initiative aimed at supporting Syria’s embattled Druze community.
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IDF: Jets target ‘significant underground’ Hezbollah site in south Lebanon
Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting a “significant underground” Hezbollah facility, the military said.
Read more: The Times of Israel
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Katz threatens Houthis, Iran with ‘heavy blows’ as Israel grapples with US truce fallout
Israel threatened Yemen’s Houthi rebels with “heavy” military strikes and warned the group’s Iranian sponsors that they would suffer the same fate as other regional foes of Israel if attacks on the country did not halt.
Read more: The Times of Israel
