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'Israelis are deceived, military pressure kills hostages,' mother says as thousands protest to end Gaza war

Haaretz - 16:25 Apr 26, 2025

Demonstrations for the hostages' release and against the Netanyahu coalition are being held in major cities and dozens of other locations across Israel. Ex-Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon called on citizens to partake in non-violent civil disobedience to topple the Netanyahu government
Latest round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks end; next session set for Saturday

Haaretz - 14:55 Apr 26, 2025

Following talks on Saturday between U.S. and Iran in Muscat, Iran's foreign minister Araghchi said he is satisfied with the process and pace of the talks; Oman's foreign minister wrote that the U.S. and Iran 'identified a shared aspiration to reach an agreement'

Tags: Iran Saturday
'Returning to our Gaza border community when Omri is still held hostage in Gaza is impossible'

Haaretz - 12:22 Apr 26, 2025

Like other evacuees from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, the Edry family has not yet returned home. 'The return of Omri and the other hostages in vital for us to recover,' says Avishai Edry. 'We are the people who need to bring him back'

Tags: Omri
At least four reportedly killed, over 700 wounded in explosion at port in Iran's Bandar Abbas

Haaretz - 12:06 Apr 26, 2025

Reports say the explosion took place at a chemical materials facility located in the port area. A spokesperson for Iran's government stated that authorities believe chemicals likely triggered the explosion

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Hamas reportedly willing to release all hostages at once for five-year cease-fire in Gaza

Haaretz - 10:46 Apr 26, 2025

A senior Hamas official told AFP they would agree to these conditions, as a Hamas delegation is in Cairo for cease-fire negotiations. Israel did not respond to the report

Tags: Hamas
Freed hostage: 'I was held in a tunnel with captive soldier Matan Angrest, they're torturing him'

Haaretz - 09:18 Apr 26, 2025

Ron Kriovi, who was released in the November 2023 hostage deal, told Matan's parents that they were held in a small cage in a tunnel, starving. He says that Angrest, while severely wounded, was electrocuted by his captors
In reverse of a longtime stance, U.S. says UNRWA agency isn't immune from lawsuits

Haaretz - 08:35 Apr 26, 2025

The Trump administration's unprecedented decision allows families of October 7 attack victims to sue the UN agency, following Israeli allegations that some agency staff were involved in the Hamas rampage
U.S. and Iran hold third round of nuclear talks in Oman

Haaretz - 08:06 Apr 26, 2025

President Donald Trump has said that he would not let Israel drag him into a war with Tehran, however, if a deal is not made, he would 'go in very willingly' on an attack on Iran

Tags: Iran
Syria responds to U.S. conditions for sanctions relief, says it will not be 'a threat to Israel'

Haaretz - 06:30 Apr 26, 2025

According to the letter sent to Washington, President Ahmed al-Sharaa formed a committee to monitor Palestinian armed factions. Earlier this week the country detained two Palestinian militants from the Islamic Jihad terror group
A nightmare on Herzl Street: How Israeli dystopias grapple with the unraveling of the Zionist dream

Haaretz - 06:03 Apr 26, 2025

Dystopia wasn't a popular genre in Israel's early years, but gradually local artists began to imagine a dark future that portended national destruction. But could the present period actually produce a wave of consoling utopias?
The settler coup overtook Israel long ago. The October 7 failure was its aftermath

Haaretz - 04:54 Apr 26, 2025

The political center's silence about settlers stems not from naivete but from full partnership. It offers conciliation, unity – anything not to be branded 'leftist'
Residents of this Palestinian hamlet look around, and see no way out

Haaretz - 03:36 Apr 26, 2025

Another shepherd community in Masafer Yatta is being suffocated. It's surrounded by violent settlers, and since the start of the war, it's become impossible to take the animals to pasture. A fence the shepherds built on their land for protection against the thugs was also vandalized
Rocket sirens sound in southern Israel

Haaretz - 02:41 Apr 26, 2025

ISRAEL: IDF officer and Israel border police officer killed in north Gaza combat ■ CEASE-FIRE: Hamas reportedly willing to release all hostages for five-year cease-fire ■ GAZA: dozens killed in last 24 hours, Gazan health officials say ■ IRAN: five killed, hundreds wounded in explosion in Iranian port ■ SYRIA: al-Sharaa forms committee to eliminate Palestinian militants, says it will not be 'a threat to Israel' ■ VATICAN: Israeli leaders missing from Pope Francis funeral

Tags: Israel
Iceland joins Slovenia and Spain in opposing Israel's Eurovision participation

Haaretz - 23:16 Apr 25, 2025

Citing Gaza war crimes, Iceland's foreign minister said Israel's inclusion in Eurovision was 'strange and unnatural,' stopping short of calling for a boycott. Spain and Slovenia have also urged a union-wide debate

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Israel's Gaza war reprise is reaping the army's first casualties

Haaretz - 19:23 Apr 25, 2025

In his visits to Gaza, new IDF chief Eyal Zamir has found a worn-down army, with Hamas now trying to attack Israeli weak points. A stab at 'total victory' means soldiers' deaths, a threat to the remaining hostages, the extensive killing of Palestinian civilians and rising criticism abroad

Tags: Gaza
Israel's fire chief is finally telling the truth about global warming

Haaretz - 16:30 Apr 25, 2025

No, there is no 'arson intifada' by mysterious Palestinian sleeper cells. Still, it's very likely that in the next few years we'll suffer a blaze lasting a week or more, and fire chief Eyal Caspi is preparing
Trump: Netanyahu may go into a war with Iran, but the U.S. won't be dragged in

Haaretz - 16:15 Apr 25, 2025

In an interview with Time Magazine, Trump said he 'didn't stop' Israel from attacking Iran, adding that the U.S. wouldn't be dragged in to war, but rather 'may go in very willingly if we can't get a deal'

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World Food Program says it has run out of food stocks in Gaza due to closing of crossings

Haaretz - 16:04 Apr 25, 2025

The UN organization said it had run out of both humanitarian and commercial supplies since all crossings in to the Gaza Strip have been closed for nearly two months
'In the name of what ideology do we sacrifice the hostages?'

Haaretz - 13:52 Apr 25, 2025

Eyal Gur, who leads the Jerusalem protest for the return of the hostages, says the rallies aim to bring in religious and right-wingers alienated by the Tel Aviv protest. 'The hostages were being abandoned, and there was a disregard for responsibility and life. Our country needs us now more than ever'
Intensifying rifts vs. deeper affinity: How Netanyahu and the Gaza war have convulsed relations between Diaspora Jews and Israel

Haaretz - 12:37 Apr 25, 2025

A striking number of Diaspora Jews fundamentally disagree with Israelis on the Gaza war, the policies of Netanyahu and Trump. But the events of October 7 and since have also heightened many Diaspora Jews' connection to Israel. Where is this crucial relationship heading?

Tags: Gaza Diaspora Jews Israel

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