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• Released hostage Or Levy did not know his wife was killed on October 7, 2023, mother says

  Haaretz - 17:02 Feb 08, 2025
  

  Or and his wife hid in a bomb shelter where 16 people were murdered by Hamas on October 7, before being kidnapped. Eli Sharabi, also released on Saturday, didn't know that his brother, wife and children were killed too

  Tags: October

• 'It's over': Israeli Hostages reunite with families after 491 days in Hamas captivity

  Haaretz - 16:35 Feb 08, 2025
  

  'I've never been so excited in my life,' Or Levy's brother said upon their reunion ■ Ohad Ben Ami joked with his family, saying, 'I left in size XXL and came back to you in size M' ■ Eli Sharabi was greeted by his mother and sister after his wife and daughters were killed on October 7, 2023

• In Netanyahu's Israel, the words 'never again' have lost all meaning

  Haaretz - 15:34 Feb 08, 2025
  

  Netanyahu has spent decades of his career using the memory of the Holocaust as a political issue. But on Saturday morning, Israelis woke up to Holocaust-like images on their TV screens – three pale, limping, emaciated hostages being released from Gaza

• Anger in Israel: 'Netanyahu delights in his luxury suite as hostages return like Holocaust survivors'

  Haaretz - 15:21 Feb 08, 2025
  

  The three hostages released Saturday appeared gaunt and pale, with families fearing time is running out. 'Netanyahu, do you see what they look like?' asked one mother, adding, 'Do you see the consequences of your obstructions?'

  Tags: Netanyahu

• Lebanon forms first government in over two years, commits to cease-fire with Israel

  Haaretz - 14:41 Feb 08, 2025
  

  The new prime minister pledged to implement UN Resolution 1701, mandating a cease-fire with Israel, the withdrawal of armed groups from southern Lebanon, and the reinforcement of the Lebanese army in the region

  Tags: Lebanon Israel

• Israel's Week in Pictures by Haaretz Photographers

  Haaretz - 14:20 Feb 08, 2025
  

• Israeli drag queens proved they still rule, even with 'the most homophobic government we've known'

  Haaretz - 12:59 Feb 08, 2025
  

  Last week, a major drag festival in central Tel Aviv attracted thousands of attendees. Despite the absence of international performers and a lack of support from gay politicians, the drag queens and kings remained undeterred and raised awareness of HIV

• Israel frees 183 Palestinian prisoners as part of hostage deal with Hamas

  Haaretz - 11:58 Feb 08, 2025
  

  111 of those released were Gazans detained after October 7, 2023. Out of 72 security prisoners released, 18 were given life sentences

• Israeli hostages Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy released from Hamas captivity after 491 days

  Haaretz - 11:17 Feb 08, 2025
  

  Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami were kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri, while Or Levy was taken hostage from the Nova festival. The three looked weak and thin upon their release, sparking outrage from hostages' families and politicians about the fate of those still in captivity

  Tags: Eli Sharabi Ohad Ben Ami Levy

• 'I feel good in Israel precisely because it's not my country'

  Haaretz - 07:07 Feb 08, 2025
  

  The French comics artist Joann Sfar has created a graphic novel about the October 7 massacre and its impact on the Jewish community in France. He refrained from drawing the atrocities of that day, and explains why

• An October 7 inquiry is key for Israel's healing, experts say, but Netanyahu is in the way

  Haaretz - 06:03 Feb 08, 2025
  

  State commissions of inquiry don't oust prime ministers, but are the only tool in Israel to investigate failures and also the only one the public still believes in. Why is Netanyahu so afraid of the process?

  Tags: Netanyahu

• Prophet Ezekiel didn't live in biblical Tel Aviv, the city that never was, new research reveals

  Haaretz - 05:25 Feb 08, 2025
  

  New research cracks the myth of biblical Tel Aviv: How a dark metaphor evolved into a persistent urban legend

  Tags: Tel Aviv

• Israel to withdraw from Gaza's Netzarim corridor Saturday night under Hamas deal

  Haaretz - 03:15 Feb 08, 2025
  

  ISRAEL: Israeli team to discuss 'technical matters' of Gaza deal in Doha, with second-stage details to follow after Netanyahu returns from U.S., official says ■ GAZA: Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry: Four killed, five wounded in Strip in last 48 hours ■ LEBANON: Report: Six killed in Israeli drone strike in Syrian border

• He discovered his sister is in an extermist Jewish cult – and set out on a rescue mission

  Haaretz - 22:01 Feb 07, 2025
  

  His sister grew up in a secular home in Israel, served as an officer in the army and loved to party. After the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor cult swept her up, Oded Twik crossed the ocean to save her and her abused family

• Trump's recklessness about Gaza population transfer will inflame the genocidal energy

  Haaretz - 19:02 Feb 07, 2025
  

  If we insist on gleaning some kind of meaning from Trump's words, it's a symbolic one that will diligently do its work on people's minds over time

  Tags: Trump's

• Israeli hostages Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy to be released Saturday

  Haaretz - 18:04 Feb 07, 2025
  

  Israel has updated the families of the three hostages and is making preparations for their return on Saturday. Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami were kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri, while Or Levy was taken hostage from the Nova festival

  Tags: Eli Sharabi Ohad Ben Ami Levy Saturday

• Fighting in Jenin shows the Israeli army's new ethos is clearly 'shoot first'

  Haaretz - 15:58 Feb 07, 2025
  

  The atmosphere of revenge and the IDF's approach to the war in Gaza – everything is dangerous so everything is allowed – has spilled over into the West Bank

• Released hostages Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon discharged from Israeli hospitals

  Haaretz - 15:50 Feb 07, 2025
  

  Kalderon's family said in a statement Friday that 'Ofer promises to join the effort to bring [the hostages] home at the first opportunity he can,' while Ichilov Hospital said Siegel completed all medical checks, but will continue monitoring his health

• Defense Minister Katz issues reprimand after intelligence chief warns Trump plan may lead to escalations

  Haaretz - 14:35 Feb 07, 2025
  

  Maj. Gen. Binder said he spoke with Defense Minister Israel Katz and clarified that he had not opposed Trump's Gaza proposal after his Thursday assessment. Binder warned that Trump's plan could lead to tensions in advance of the Ramadan fast set to begin later in February

• 'I never thought the value of human life would be so low, or even non-existent'

  Haaretz - 13:34 Feb 07, 2025
  

  The Horn family only learned in November 2023 that brothers Iair and Eitan had been taken hostage to Gaza after released captives confirmed having seen them. 'We won't let another year pass between one hostage deal and the next,' says their sister-in-law

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