Itzhak Elgarat's brother, Danny, led the protest movement to release the hostages ■ Tsachi Idan's house in Nahal Oz became a Hamas compound on October 7 ■ Ohad Yahalomi was abducted with his 13-year-old son, Eitan, who returned in the first cease-fire deal ■ Shlomo Mantzur was the oldest hostage taken by Hamas
In his first live statement after his release from Hamas captivity, Iair Horn said, 'no one in the world should have to go through' what the hostages are facing, calling for the hostage deal to continue
About 1,000 Israel Police officers raided the homes of members of the Abu Latif crime family in northern Israel, confiscating cash and luxury vehicles. The suspects face charges relating to extortion, armed threats and shootings
The IAEA chief says that the amount of uranium enriched by Iran is enough to make 'several' nuclear bombs. U.S. intelligence agencies assess that Iran has yet to begin a weapons program, but has 'undertaken activities that better position it to produce a nuclear device, if it chooses to do so.'
Netanyahu's visit to Washington turned out to be more positive than he could ever have imagined, winning a blank check and an unshakable ally. But how long will it last?
Top IDF officers 'didn't even dare to sit together for 15 minutes' and 'ask what happened,' the commander of the army's elite 8200 unit was quoted saying of the army's investigation into Hamas' attack
A total of 41 people in Israel's Arab community have been murdered since the start of the year, compared to 27 during the same period last year, according to a Haaretz tally
Ayelet Tsabari's debut novel 'Songs for the Brokenhearted' just won the National Jewish Book Award for fiction. She tells Haaretz about the women's songs that inspired the book, her years of living in exile in Canada and what she means when she says 'I'm not angry, I'm Israeli'
The charges against the Sydney nurse come as Australia experiences a surge in antisemitism that has roiled the nation as homes, businesses, synagogues and schools have been vandalized or torched in crimes targeting Jews
The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center didn't have a full-time rabbi for the past year and a half. Now it lost its sanctuary. Seven weeks after their campus was reduced to rubble, congregational leaders ponder the risks of rebuilding on the same spot
It's raining dollar bills in Gaza in an AI video published by U.S. President Trump on social media, envisioning its future as a resort paradise. The clip features an upbeat song promising 'No more tunnels, no more fear'
'Islamic resistance acted with complete humanity,' the match announcer, a journalist by profession, told Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV channel. On Monday, following the interview, soccer team Bnei Sakhnin F.C. dismissed him from the position
Schorr, the founding director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem, played a key role in shaping Israel's film industry and building the school's international reputation. In 2024, he was honored with the Israeli Culture and Sports Ministry's Lifetime Achievement Award
According to the latest Religious Landscape Study, conducted by the Pew Research Center, Jews are more likely to be intermarried and to support abortion and gay rights than most other Americans. After Hindus, they earn more money than members of any other religious group
Hebrew University scientists have revealed the mechanism that allows a certain microbe to evade immune cells, giving hope in the treatment not only of Alzheimer's but also of certain cancers and heart disease
Ruhama Bohbot, mother of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot, said the family received the first sign of life from him since the Oct. 7 attack through a released hostage who was held in captivity with him: 'He misses you, and he's staying strong'
Hamas sees the hostages as their last bargaining chip and won't advance a deal without an improvement in Gaza's humanitarian situation and a framework for ending the war, a Palestinian source with ties to Hamas leadership abroad told Haaretz