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Hostage families fear outcome of intense Israeli strikes on Gaza

Hostage families fear outcome of intense Israeli strikes on Gaza

The mother of an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza longs for her son's return, fearing that Israel's renewed bombardment of the territory puts his...

10.04.2025 6

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By Michael Blum

Top aide to Israel's Netanyahu arrested in 'Qatargate' probe

Top aide to Israel's Netanyahu arrested in 'Qatargate' probe

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified Monday in a probe involving alleged payments from Qatar to some of his aides, an investigation he...

01.04.2025 6

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By Michael Blum

Israel attack survivor's agony as brother remains hostage in Gaza

Israeli survivor Gal Gilboa-Dalal has led a life of pain and worry since Hamas militants took his younger brother Guy hostage from the music festival...

27.03.2025 4

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By Michael Blum

Netanyahu's move to fire security agency chief threatens new crisis in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to dismiss a top security official has threatened to plunge Israel back into deep political crisis, with...

18.03.2025 3

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By Michael Blum

Hamas says ready to free all hostages at once in Gaza truce phase two

An Israeli group campaigning for the release of hostages described the deaths of three members of the Bibas family as "heart-shattering" Wednesday as...

20.02.2025 10

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By Michael Blum

New backlash over Trump plan to move people out of Gaza

An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans...

29.01.2025 10

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By Michael Blum

Life after the unthinkable: Shoah survivors who began again in Israel

For years, Auschwitz survivor Naftali Furst kept his story to himself. But since his granddaughter survived the October 7 massacre at the Kfar Aza...

17.01.2025 2

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By Michael Blum

'My soul is there': freed Israeli hostage dreads for partner still in Gaza

Ilana Gritzewsky was released from captivity more than a year ago, but with her partner and dozens of other Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, her...

14.01.2025 10

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By Michael Blum

Israel orders troops to 'prepare to remain' in Syria buffer zone through winter

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that is...

14.12.2024 4

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By Michael Blum

Israel orders troops to 'prepare to remain' in Syria buffer zone through winter

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that is...

14.12.2024 2

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By Michael Blum

Israel army recovers from Gaza bodies of 5 killed on October 7

Israeli forces retrieved the remains of five Israelis, killed during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel, whose bodies had been taken to...

25.07.2024 10

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By Michael Blum