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According to the source, Israel is trying to engage Hamas on less controversial issues for the organization, such as the number of prisoners that will be released in exchange for each hostage. 'We cannot determine if this is related to Sinwar,' the source said

Sources present at a Knesset panel said Netanyahu told them half the hostages being held in Hamas captivity are alive, and that he is not interested in an all-out war with Lebanon – only in pushing Hezbollah away from the border

The Israeli army said it hit a Hamas command center in Gaza City that previously served as a school. The Hamas-run health ministry said most of those killed were women and children. Separately, the health ministry said five health workers were killed by an Israeli strike in Rafah

The deal would have also encompassed the disarmament of Hamas.

Israel's hostages and missing persons coordinator presented the proposal with the knowledge of the Israeli political leadership, amid difficulties in advancing the existing deal. According to estimates, Israel would formally adopt the plan if Hamas signals its willingness to move forward

The survey marks the first time since the Hamas offensive that a poll found a majority of Gazan respondents judging it as a mistake. It was accompanied by a drop in support for the attack in the West Bank, though a majority of 64 percent of respondents there thought it was the correct move

An army probe found that the hostages' deaths are likely to be the 'byproduct' of an Israeli strike targeting a Hamas commander. A mother of one of the hostages says she received a document from Hamas nine days before her son's death

Displaced Gazans say they are doing everything they can to protect themselves and their families from becoming human shields for Hamas militants, and thereby targets of Israeli attacks, the New York Times reports

  In a revealing radio interview on Army Radio Thursday morning, Adina Moshe, freed from Hamas captivity as part of the November hostage deal, shared startling details of her 49-day ordeal. Moses disclosed her encounters with fellow Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon from Kibbutz Nir Oz, whom she saw confined behind bars within […]

The Israeli army said it conducted airstrikes on a designated humanitarian zone in Khan Yunis overnight, targeting Hamas members. A Palestinian source say multiple families were taking cover in at least 20 tents in the area of the strike

Israeli defense officials estimate that Hamas leader Sinwar lacks the capacity to transfer hostages to Rafah and from there to Egypt, despite Netanyahu's claims that one of the main reasons to keep troops in the Philadelphi route is the fear that Hamas will attempt to smuggle hostages out of Gaza

After the murder of six Israeli hostages, the blame game between right and left has accelerated, while the disconnect between U.S. and Israeli Jews deepens. It's a victory for Hamas

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv for hostage deal ■ White House: Hamas is biggest obstacle ■ Chief ICC prosecutor defends Netanyahu, Gallant arrest warrants: 'I've seen the evidence' ■ Munich attack on Israeli consulate: gunman was Islamist known to authorities ■ IDF: Rockets, eight drones launched into northern Israel; no casualties ■ Gaza Health Ministry: Israel refusing to coordinate entry of medical teams for polio vaccination operation ■ Senior U.S. official: We can ensure Israel's security if IDF withdraws from Philadelphi

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv for hostage deal ■ White House: Hamas is biggest obstacle ■ Chief ICC prosecutor defends Netanyahu, Gallant arrest warrants: 'I've seen the evidence' ■ Munich attack on Israeli consulate: gunman was Islamist known to authorities ■ IDF: Rockets, eight drones launched into northern Israel; no casualties ■ Gaza Health Ministry: Israel refusing to coordinate entry of medical teams for polio vaccination operation ■ Senior U.S. official: We can ensure Israel's security if IDF withdraws from Philadelphi

There is no arguing that Hamas have used the hostages for their propaganda. But the internal rifts which Netanyahu says are being used by Hamas to sow division in Israel aren't Hamas' invention, and that division isn't just sown by external foes

Some protesters wore Hamas headbands, and one man waved a banner emblazoned with the images of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Saadat.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, along with five other hostages, was executed while in Hamas captivity in Gaza. At his funeral, Israel's President Isaac Herzog said, 'I want to say how sorry I am that we failed to bring him home'

At the festival in the Nevada desert, survivors of the October 7 rave near the Gaza border have set up their 'Nova Heaven' installation that pays tribute to the festivalgoers murdered by Hamas

All six were kidnapped alive, three were meant to be released in the first part of a deal with Hamas ■ IDF spokesperson says they were found in a tunnel in Rafah, most likely killed 'shortly before' troops arrived

The IDF claims it has discovered documents revealing how Hamas manipulated respected Palestinian polls to inflate Hamas' popularity. Pollster Khalil Shikaki responds: 'This sounds like a war of narratives between the [Israeli] army and Hamas to shape public opinion'