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Hamas has informed mediators it will begin transferring the bodies of four deceased Israeli hostages to Israel at 10 P.M. local time. Families of the hostages urged Israel and the mediators to suspend the Gaza cease-fire deal following the violation

Trump said that the hostages held in Gaza might be released 'even a little early. All 20 of them.' On Sunday, it was reported that the hostages' families were told their loved ones are expected to be released at 8 A.M. Israel time on Monday

Bern streets suffered millions of francs in damages due to vandalism and exchanges of projectiles between activists and police after a Saturday anti-Israel protest devolved into intense riots.

Since the public hanging of one of Israel's most revered spies in Damascus in 1965, the Mossad has tried to locate and retrieve Eli Cohen's remains for burial in Israel. As Syria and Israel grow close to a de-escalation deal, the body may finally be returned, according to Saudi reports

A Martin Buber revival is sweeping across Israel just as the war is hopefully coming to end. Plus, the Tel Aviv Cinematheque offers a humanizing look at Iranian film, and the Haifa International Film Festival hits its homestretch

Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick to pass 50 international goals in record time as Norway cruised to a 5-0 thrashing of Israel on Saturday, edging closer to qualifying for a first World Cup finals since 1998. Before the match in Oslo, hundreds of people attended a pro-Palestinian demonstration, chanting “Free Palestine” to protest against Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza, AFP journalists reported. Norwegian police dispersed a gathering of pro-Palestinian activists with tear gas and made several arrests. Inside the Ullevaal Stadium, several dozen Israeli fans waved their country’s flag and a banner reading “Let the Ball Talk!”. Norway now lead Group I with 18 points, six more than second-placed Italy, who beat Estonia 3-1 in Tallinn to stay on track for qualification. The comfortable win in Oslo leaves Norway firmly in control of the group as they seek a place at next year’s finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico. After a meek performance, Israel take on Italy in Udine on Tuesday knowing they must win to ke...

The rule is clear and simple: Americans don't much care when Israel harms Palestinians, but they do not allow Israel to endanger their regional or global interests or to dictate U.S. policy in the Middle East

The New York Times also published intercepted messages from Hamas commanders on October 7, ordering militants to take hostages and broadcast the attacks to rally Arab support. While the memo did not explicitly mention killing or abducting Israelis, it instructed militants to set neighborhoods ablaze and film the atrocities to sow fear and destabilize Israel

The governor of the Bank of Israel talks about how even the optimistic scenario of the end of the war does not guarantee a soft landing.

Amid the U.S.-brokered cease-fire in Gaza, European diplomats tell Haaretz there is hope for better diplomatic relations if Israel honors the agreement, though some caution that the Netanyahu government's actions in the West Bank will be hard to ignore

Officials said CENTCOM is going to establish a coordination center in Israel that will help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid, AP reported.

Two hundred and fifty Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences are expected to be released as part of the agreement, out of approximately 290 currently held in Israeli prisons. 22 minors will also be freed. Israel said earlier that senior Fatah official Marwan Barghouti will not be released

Hamas and Israel signed an agreement on Thursday to cease fire and free Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of United States President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the conflict in Gaza. Officials on both sides confirmed they had signed the deal following indirect talks in the Egyptian beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The deal’s announcement had been greeted with celebrations among Palestinians and Israelis alike. The deal includes the release of captives and prisoners as well as a surge of aid into Gaza after more than two years of genocide after Tel Aviv started bombing the Palestinian enclave following Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the ceasefire would take effect once the agreement is ratified by his government, which would convene after a security cabinet meeting today. An Israeli government spokeswoman, confirming the deal had been signed, said the ceasefire would go into force within 24 hours of th...

Hamas representatives said that they may struggle to return all the deceased hostages to Israel within the timeline set by the agreement. An international task force for that purpose was established during the cease-fire talks in Egypt

Italy are struggling to qualify automatically for next year’s World Cup finals and the pressure on the team is exacerbated by the tension surrounding next Tuesday’s qualifier with Israel in Udine. Italy was the scene of some of Europe’s biggest pro-Palestinian protests last weekend, as Israeli forces continue their offensive in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Italy in anger at Israel’s actions, and calls for the country to be barred from international sport have grown louder. The protests were in response to Israel’s military operation in Gaza, which was sparked by the attack by Hamas fighters on October 7, 2023, on Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip. During Friday’s massive strike action in support of the Palestinians, demonstrators went to the Italian national team’s training centre in Florence to demand the match against Israel be called off. As of Tuesday only around 4,000 tickets had been sold for the game in Udine, a small city in Italy’s far north-east, which was picked speci...

Netanyahu will convene the government on Thursday to approve the agreement ■ Hamas called on the international community to ensure that Israel fully implements the deal ■ Hostage families said their fight will not end until the last hostage returns

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages.

In an interview with Haaretz, Trump's envoy to Israel maintains that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid distribution method is the most efficient: 'Nobody denies there's shooting and killing all over Gaza. But whether GHF or its mechanism had anything to do with it is what I dispute'

Two cousins were beaten in Boston after being called “Dirty Jew” and told to “go back to Israel.” Police say the attack was antisemitic.

The deal with Hamas could still collapse if Netanyahu seeks another 'image of victory' and refuses to release 'Palestinian symbols' serving prison sentences totaling hundreds of years, but he must remember that Hamas did not wait for them to attack Israel on October 7, 2023