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The White House has begun to introduce its 'Biden Doctrine' for the Middle East, though Israel's position is still made fragile by Netanyahu. All the while, the U.S. is taking care to avoid a full military confrontation with Iran

  February 4, 2024 09:41 PM Benny Gantz meets with families of abducted surveillance soldiers Minister Benny Gantz met with relatives of female surveillance soldiers (known as tatzpitaniyot in Hebrew) who were abducted during the October 7 attack. Gantz stressed the ongoing efforts in all arenas to advance a deal to return all abductees, with […]

Netanyahu: Ratio from previous hostage deal to be reference point for impending deal ■ Poll: 29 percent approve of U.S. President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war ■ Israeli gov't approves salaries to hostages held in Gaza, to be paid retroactively

The Jewish student was evacuated to the hospital while suffering from fractures on his face.

Families of hostages called on the war cabinet to 'renew the contract between the citizens and the country,' supported by thousands of Israelis marking 120 days since October 7

Sources familiar with the negotiations between Israel and Hamas say the two are a long way from producing an agreed upon deal, but neither are opposed to pursuing one

  The Biden administration has been pressing Israel to provide answers regarding a series of incidents in which, it claims, IDF units operating in Judea and Samaria violated the so-called "Leahy Law", a set of legal amendments that restrict the funding of military aid to units over human rights concerns, Israel Hayom has exclusively learned. […]

A New York Times investigation revealed that on January 18, the director general of the UN agency working in Gaza met with an Israeli diplomat who revealed the agency's employees' involvement in the attack, and within a week, the director had sent the information on to the UN and the U.S.

'This government has failed to decide on the return of the hostages, failed to decide on a political vision for the end of the war, and failed to decide on the return of 200,000 refugees to their homes,' said a retired IDF general in Jerusalem

Chanting 'Long Live the Intifada' and 'Settlers, Settlers Go Back Home – Palestine is Ours Alone,' anti-Israel protesters spread out along Broadway for several blocks, at times spilling into the street and blocking traffic

The bill to be proposed next week comes amid tense negotiations between Senate Democrats and Republicans concerning border security compromise that would clear the path toward Biden's national security supplemental, which includes more than $14 billion in aid for Israel

Signs of a Hamas resurgence in Gaza's largest city underscore the group's resilience despite Israel's deadly air and ground campaign in the four months since the deadly October 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war

In his letter, the pope also called, once again, for the release of those hostages still being held by Hamas.