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Report: Israel in talks to release Iraq-held hostage in exchange for Hezbollah detainees

Haaretz - 14:47 Jan 31, 2025

Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov has been held by an Iraqi Shiite militia since March 2023. Israel is reportedly considering a three-way prisoner swap in which Tsurkov will be released for detained Hezbollah militants and a Lebanese marine captain

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'There's some air in our lungs now; We deserve to be a little happy'

Haaretz - 13:22 Jan 31, 2025

Anyone following the Nir Oz community's hardships since the October 7 massacre, through funerals, uncertainty over missing members and hostages and dilemmas about temporary housing and the future, could sense a shift on Thursday when hostages Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Moses returned
Talks for Stage 2 of cease-fire expected to begin as Netanyahu to meet Trump

Haaretz - 12:52 Jan 31, 2025

As Stage 1 continues, Israel and Hamas are expected to discuss the next stage of the deal. Officials fear that a crisis in the talks could lead to delays in the release of hostages ■ Starting Friday, hundreds of wounded people will leave Gaza for Egypt daily

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These are the Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas on Saturday

Haaretz - 11:45 Jan 31, 2025

Yarden Bibas, 35, Ofer Kalderon, 54, and Keith Samuel Siegel, 65, will be released in the next phase of the cease-fire agreement with Hamas on Saturday. Bibas and Kalderon were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Siegel from Kibbutz Kfar Azza

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Netanyahu refuses to promote 'messianic' IDF general favored by his wife Sara

Haaretz - 10:57 Jan 31, 2025

Israeli prime minister opposed promoting Maj. Gen. David Zini to be his military secretary. It was reported this week that Sara Netanyahu wanted him to be a candidate for IDF chief of staff
Don't bet on how Netanyahu's meeting with Trump, the old friend he disappointed, will end

Haaretz - 08:43 Jan 31, 2025

Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington may be historic and decide the fate of the hostage deal and the government ■ The first signs of election season were also observed this week in Jerusalem ■ Who takes first place in the parade of distortion and gaslighting?

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Images of freed Israeli hostages don't justify claims of victory from Netanyahu's supporters

Haaretz - 04:01 Jan 31, 2025

Just as Hamas' victory trumpets are pathetic, there are not grounds for the prime minister's blind supporters' bragging about 'total victory' in Gaza ■ Trump's plan to transfer Palestinians from Gaza is still along way from being implemented
Their Gaza ordeal may finally be over, but freed Thai hostages are still far from home

Haaretz - 04:00 Jan 31, 2025

Foreign hostages were invisible to the Israeli public and the government did not negotiate for their release. While they were greeted by a handful of well-wishers from the embassy and hospital staff – who prepared clothes, food and prayer area for them – their families celebrated thousands of miles away
Freed Israeli hostage held in UNRWA facilities in Gaza, got no medical care after being shot twice, mother says

Haaretz - 03:23 Jan 31, 2025

ISRAEL: Hostages Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas set to be released from captivity on Saturday ■ LEBANON: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon ■ GAZA: Foreign ministers of the U.K., France and Germany express 'grave concern' over Israeli bill banning UNRWA ■ WEST BANK: Crowds greet Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza hostage/cease-fire deal

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Citing hike in global prices, Israel to raise cost of gas by 11 agorot per liter

Haaretz - 01:43 Jan 31, 2025
Israeli minister calls on Netanyahu to reissue work permits to Palestinian workers

Haaretz - 01:37 Jan 31, 2025

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel of Shas also called on the government to 'reach out to Arab society in all areas – social, economic, energy, transportation, education, and the fight against crime'
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Haaretz - 01:09 Jan 31, 2025
There can be no 'after the war' before all Israel's hostages are freed from Gaza

Haaretz - 23:58 Jan 30, 2025
Rubio credits Witkoff's business-like approach for brokering Israel-Gaza cease-fire

Haaretz - 23:29 Jan 30, 2025

U.S. Secretary of State said the Trump administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has already paid further dividends than the Biden administration's efforts
Trump's antisemitism executive order worries progressive Jewish groups, delights others

Haaretz - 22:58 Jan 30, 2025

Progressive Jewish organizations vow to fight the 'repressive' order, while others welcome Trump's 'historic commitment to protecting the Jewish community'

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Despite chaos at release of Israeli hostages, the cease-fire deal with Hamas must continue

Haaretz - 22:09 Jan 30, 2025
What troops experience when they commit acts that conflict with their moral code

Haaretz - 21:58 Jan 30, 2025

What happens when a soldier commits acts on the battlefield that conflict with his own moral code, or a civilian refrains from standing up for her principles in public? And what about the society in whose name those deeds, or nondeeds, are perpetrated?

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With Saudi normalization on our doorstep, Israel may have to finally normalize itself

Haaretz - 21:50 Jan 30, 2025
Israeli Arabs worried about family feuds after state outlaws reconciliation NGO

Haaretz - 21:48 Jan 30, 2025

Members of the committee working to resolve conflicts within Arab communities and families warn that 'there is a risk that the vacuum created will be exploited by criminal elements, who will try to impose their own solutions'
Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza. But it may be on the way there

Haaretz - 21:37 Jan 30, 2025

The dehumanization of Palestinians that has to take root before mass murder is already here, in parallel with the dehumanization of Jews among Palestinian Muslims. There is only one possible way to prevent genocide from happening

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