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Israel recovers two hostage bodies
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
One of the bodies was identified as Ilan Weiss of Kibbutz Be'eri. The identity of the second body was not immediately announced. The identification process is continuing at the National Center for Forensic Medicine.
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Netanyahu pledges continuation of campaign to return Gaza hostages after t
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement thanking and congratulating Israel's security forces for the recovery and return of the bodies from Gaza of two Israelis who were taken hostage and murdered by Hamas.
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Defence Minister Says Israel 'will not rest or be silent until everyone re
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a statement praising what he called a "heroic operation" led by the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) for the recovery and return of the bodies from Gaza of two Israelis who were taken hostage and murdered by Hamas.
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Hostages' kin to hold protests demanding release in Israel
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"An absolute majority of the Israeli people want to bring our loved ones home," the forum said in its announcement on Sunday.
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"Deal on the table": IDF chief urges Netanyahu to accept hostage swap
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He added that the army has created the conditions for such an agreement, but the decision now in the hands of the prime minister.
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"The gates of hell will soon open over Hamas in Gaza": Israeli Defense Min
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The gates of hell will soon open over Hamas murderers and rapists in Gaza -- until they agree to Israel's conditions for ending the war, primarily the release of all hostages and their disarmament," Katz said.
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Netanyahu to approve military takeover of Gaza, orders immediate talks to
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (local time) said that he is going to approve the military's plan to take over Gaza City, while instructing them to begin negotiations for the release of all hostages, Times of Israel reported.
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Israel to call up 60,000 reservists as it plans Gaza City operations
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Israel will call up 60,000 reservists to begin operations in Gaza City, while mediation efforts for a ceasefire continue. Israeli attacks have intensified, displacing residents and causing civilian deaths. Qatar and Egypt push a truce, but Israel and Hamas remain in a deadlock over condition
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Israeli soldiers repel major Hamas attack on elite recon unit
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Israeli forces successfully thwarted a terrorist attack on a military shelter in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday morning, preventing what officials said could have become a major hostage situation.
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Israel-France row escalates after Netanyahu accuses Macron of fuelling "an
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In his letter, Netanyahu told Macron: "Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement. It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas's refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace French Jews and encourages the Jew-hatred no
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"Just happened to be in the way of Hamas": US envoy joins Israeli presiden
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The family of Bipin Joshi, a young Nepali agriculture student abducted by Hamas on October 7, continues to seek his safe return.
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Five arrested for lighting tires on fire on Tel Aviv highway during demons
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The Israel Police arrested five people on Thursday night who set tires on fire on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a planned protest on behalf of the Israelis still held hostage in Gaza, blocking the highway.
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