IDF takes control of Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing ■ Israeli delegation lands in Egypt to continue cease-fire negotiations ■ PM Netanyahu says proposal Hamas agreed to far from Israel's demands, key difference is whether live or dead hostages would be released, officials tell Haaretz ■ Shin Bet chief visits Sweden to inspect security procedures ahead of Eurovision Song Contest ■ Here's what you need to know 214 days into the war
The New York Times staff, including Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman, has won the prize in the international reporting category for several investigations and exposés, including the pre-war intelligence failure and the massacre at Kibbutz Be'eri
Amidst significant progress in the hostage negotiations, IDF forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing to Egypt, which is now closed for entry of humanitarian aid, as well as the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israeli source to CNN: 'The incursion is a limited operation intended to pressure Hamas to agree to a deal'
Last week, two reservists were killed in Gaza by Israeli tank fire after being misidentified as the enemy. A squadron commander on the incident: 'With the means available to us, it could happen again'
A law passed by Netanyahu's 2014 government says that any ceding of Israeli territory must be approved by a referendum or by a large Knesset majority, and could affect the Prime Minister's ability to ensure calm on Israel's northern border with Lebanon
Nasreen Yousef, a resident of the southern Israeli moshav Yated, interrogated terrorists who infiltrated her area on October 7, but members of the community response team said she had exaggerated her role in thwarting the attack. She says she cancelled because of threats to her and her family
'A country on pause and an exhibition on pause': Israeli artist Ruth Patir has no regrets about closing her country's pavilion. Meanwhile political protests are spreading beyond Venice's Arsenale
According to the report, Hamas was guaranteed by the U.S. for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and that Israeli forces will not continue fighting once the hostages are released ■ An Israeli official told Haaretz that 'Israel will, under no circumstances, agree to end the war as part of a deal' and is determined to enter Rafah
A Palestinian ambulance driver carrying two wounded men to a West Bank hospital was shot dead by Israeli troops. After the IDF killed hundreds of medical personnel in Gaza, soldiers are not hesitating to commit this grave breach of criminal law elsewhere as well.
Israel's Knesset published an attendance list of Memorial Day ceremonies. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is set to appear in the Kfar Saba cemetery, where Roni Eshel, an Israeli soldier who was killed on October 7, is buried. 'I feel as if they are deliberately hurting us more,' her father says
A joint investigation by Amnesty International and Haaretz has revealed that Indonesia, which has no diplomatic ties with Israel, imported Israeli spy tech. Then Singapore found out about it
According to The Intelligence Heritage Center periodical, which covers the Israeli national intelligence agency's operations in the war, the army was also equipped with advanced facial recognition kits designed to locate terrorists and hostages
Omer Lubaton Granot, an Israeli student at Columbia University, spoke with Udi Segal and Tal Shalev on 103FM after the New York police removed pro-Palestinian protesters from campus.
Israeli believed to be held hostage in Gaza was murdered on October 7, kibbutz announces ■ Biden says no place for antisemitism on campus or in America, in White House address ■ Hamas delegation to visit Egypt for cease-fire talks, statement says ■ Report: Landmark U.S. and Saudi defense deal could be weeks away ■ Turkey halts all trade with Israel, Bloomberg News reports
Since the start of the war in Gaza, reports have been growing about Israeli settlers stealing Palestinians' herds in the West Bank. In one case, the theft took place after uniformed men detained and beat the shepherd
After reports that the International Criminal Court was considering issuing warrants against Israeli officials, the prime minister said that nothing 'will affect our determination to achieve all the goals of the war.' U.S. officials have said they would try to block the move if the ICC goes through with it
'We are waiting for a decision [on the deal proposal] from Hamas,' says one Israeli official. 'It is not clear whether it will accept the proposal or put up obstacles as on previous occasions'
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