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• U.K. synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State in call to police, reports say

  Haaretz - 15:53 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, made the call after driving a car into pedestrians and attacking people with a knife at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Greater Manchester area

• Netanyahu denies report Trump drafted Israel's apology to Qatar over Hamas strike

  Haaretz - 15:17 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Netanyahu's office said the report was 'fake news' and that the apology to the Qatari PM over the attempt to strike Hamas' top leadership in Doha was worded by the Israeli PM and his team alone. Shortly after the apology, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Netanyahu had agreed to the U.S. plan to end the Gaza war

  Tags: Netanyahu

• In Argentina, Jewish politicians face off against shofar-loving president and a 'Jewish goy'

  Haaretz - 15:16 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Home to the world's sixth-largest Jewish population, Argentina's midterm elections feature a record number of Jewish candidates from across the political spectrum – from President Javier Milei's right-wing supporters to an anti-Zionist opposition leader

  Tags: Jewish

• 'A moment of hope': Israeli hostage activist calls for dialogue over Sukkot amid progress in Gaza truce talks

  Haaretz - 14:28 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Eyal Gur, a leader of a Jerusalem-based democratic protest movement, expressed dismay at the polarization that characterizes Israeli society over the issue of a cease-fire and hostage deal, and urged Israelis to come together during the Jewish festival of Sukkot – even to argue

  Tags: Israeli Sukkot

• Israeli security officials optimistic: High chance of swift progress in Israel-Hamas talks

  Haaretz - 12:51 Oct 08, 2025
  

  According to Israeli security sources, Trump is intensively involved in the talks, which could conclude in the coming days. The main remaining question still concerns the boundaries of Israel's withdrawal from Gaza

  Tags: Israeli

• 'BBQ and prayers for hostages': Top Netanyahu ministers to attend religious celebration hosted by convicted felon

  Haaretz - 11:35 Oct 08, 2025
  

  The defense minister is expected to attend even as talks continue in Egypt on ending the Gaza war; the host, a prominent Likud activist, has served four prison terms for violence, kidnapping, and extortion

• Trauma bands: Smartwatches worn by Israelis tracked the emotional pain of October 7

  Haaretz - 11:26 Oct 08, 2025
  

  A four-year study that looked at health metrics of thousands of Israelis, before and after the outbreak of the war, successfully 'captured' how trauma is reflected in physiological and emotional metrics

  Tags: Israelis

• Just like October 7 itself, the Israeli government was absent from its 2nd anniversary

  Haaretz - 10:58 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Netanyahu belatedly addressed a mourning nation as protest groups highlighted the government's attempt to evade responsibility for the Hamas massacre, leaving Israelis to mark the day through their own ceremonies and protests

• Prisoners of war have always been Israel's weak point. Its enemies made full use of this

  Haaretz - 10:12 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Since the War of Independence, more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers have been taken prisoner – often held in brutal conditions. The government was not always quick to act

• Hamas says it submitted list of prisoners it demands Israel release as top negotiators arrive in Egypt for Gaza talks

  Haaretz - 09:48 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Israel's Ron Dermer, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Qatar's PM have arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh for Gaza talks. Hamas is reportedly demanding the release of the bodies of its former leader Yahya Sinwar and his brother Muhammad as part of the negotiations

  Tags: Gaza Hamas

• 'We are the owners of Temple Mount': Israel's far-right Ben-Gvir visits Al-Aqsa compound

  Haaretz - 09:16 Oct 08, 2025
  

  In a video from one of the region's most sensitive sites, the national security minister said, 'Two years after the terrible [Oct. 7] massacre, we are winning at the Temple Mount. Every house in Gaza has a picture of it', as opposition lawmaker cautions that the move is 'designed to sabotage negotiations'

  Tags: Temple Mount

• How Hamas is leveraging the remaining Israeli hostages to shape postwar Gaza

  Haaretz - 08:23 Oct 08, 2025
  

  The Gaza cease-fire in Egypt talks raise two straightforward questions for Hamas: how much can it trust Trump and Netanyahu – and who can guarantee that their promises will be upheld?

• Gaza aid flotilla says IDF intercepted its boats; Israel vows activists' swift deportation

  Haaretz - 06:38 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Several Gaza-bound vessels carrying humanitarian aid were seized by Israeli forces, with 150 international activists detained. 'This seizure blatantly violates international law, our volunteers cannot be criminalized for delivering aid,' an organizer of the 'Freedom Flotilla' said

• Witkoff and Qatari PM head to Egypt for mediated Israel-Hamas talks in 'dramatic day' for Gaza deal

  Haaretz - 03:24 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Despite initial reports of 'cautious progress' in the talks, which discussed main issues including IDF withdrawal from Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners, a foreign diplomat says it is still too early to determine whether pressure exerted on both sides will be enough to bridge the gaps

  Tags: Gaza

• Everyone is waiting for Witkoff: can Trump's envoy push Israel and Hamas in Egypt toward a Gaza deal?

  Haaretz - 03:21 Oct 08, 2025
  

  Despite disputes over Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the identities of the Palestinian prisoners to be released, Jerusalem, Washington, and Doha say the Gaza cease-fire talks are moving in a positive direction

  Tags: Gaza

• U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee: Israel won't govern Gaza, open to others disarming Hamas

  Haaretz - 03:17 Oct 08, 2025
  

  In an interview with Haaretz, Trump's envoy to Israel maintains that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid distribution method is the most efficient: 'Nobody denies there's shooting and killing all over Gaza. But whether GHF or its mechanism had anything to do with it is what I dispute'

  Tags: Gaza Israel

• Trump announces Gaza cease-fire: 'all of the hostages will be released very soon'

  Haaretz - 03:02 Oct 08, 2025
  

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  Haaretz - 23:16 Oct 07, 2025
  

• Israel doesn't need a Gaza security zone, but a vigilant military and a sober leadership

  Haaretz - 22:49 Oct 07, 2025
  

  The deal with Hamas could still collapse if Netanyahu seeks another 'image of victory' and refuses to release 'Palestinian symbols' serving prison sentences totaling hundreds of years, but he must remember that Hamas did not wait for them to attack Israel on October 7, 2023

  Tags: Israel

• Will Trump be there to stop Netanyahu from resuming the war in Gaza after the hostages are freed?

  Haaretz - 22:16 Oct 07, 2025
  

  From the start, this has been an asymmetric deal. What Hamas is being asked – to release the hostages – is concrete and irreversible. In contrast, the Israeli quid pro quo – ending the war – is merely a promise that could evaporate at any moment

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