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Israel at war, day 377: Israel confirms IDF soldiers killed Hamas leader Sinwar

Haaretz - 17:11 Oct 17, 2024

In first public visit by top Iranian official to Egypt in a decade, Iran's FM holds talks with his Egyptian counterpart and President el-Sissi on deescalating the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, his office says ■ Germany will continue to help Israel defend itself by supplying weapons, Chancellor Scholz says ■ For the first time since the war began, IDF calls on residents in parts of Lebanon's Beqaa Valley ■ Here's what you need to know 377 days into the war

Tags: Israel
Number one on Israel's hit list: Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader killed by IDF in Gaza

Haaretz - 16:54 Oct 17, 2024

The leader of Hamas was released from Israeli jail in 2011 in a prisoner swap, becoming the country's number one enemy following the October 7 attack. Israel marked his elimination as one of the main goals of its current war in Gaza

Tags: Gaza Hamas
Pro-Israel experts hoping Sinwar's death could lead to hostages' release

Haaretz - 15:04 Oct 17, 2024

'While I will certainly shed no tears over Yahya Sinwar, I would have preferred to hear the news that the hostages had returned home to their families," the CEO of Americans for Peace Now said
Israel confirms it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack

Haaretz - 14:12 Oct 17, 2024

Israeli military says no indications of hostages in the area where Sinwar was killed ■ Killing wasn't preceded by intelligence suggesting Sinwar's presence in the area
Palestinian woman killed by IDF fire while picking olives near West Bank separation barrier, Palestinian Health Ministry says

Haaretz - 11:36 Oct 17, 2024

The victim, 59-year-old Hanan Abd Rahman Abu Salameh, was reportedly shot by a man in military uniform while harvesting olives on her land about 200 meters from the barrier
What Ta-Nehisi Coates gets wrong – and right – about Israel in 'The Message'

Haaretz - 10:58 Oct 17, 2024

For all its omissions, simplifications and befuddled analogies, Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Message" is a waypoint on the journey up and out of the mess that is Israel-Palestine. But we are going to need more than just a message

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'I wanted us to die as a family': Gazan women describe pregnancy, miscarriage and birth in a war zone

Haaretz - 09:50 Oct 17, 2024

The confluence of constant bombings, lack of medical care, malnutrition and the impossibility of maintaining basic hygiene make up a grim Gazan reality for pregnant women and new mothers, in a war long past its ninth month

Tags: Gazan
U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen's Houthi rebels

Haaretz - 08:16 Oct 17, 2024

In what appears to be an indirect warning to Iran, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the strikes are a 'unique demonstration of the United States' ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach'
'There is no way to pick up the pieces before these people come back'

Haaretz - 03:00 Oct 17, 2024

Uri Ravitz notes that his mother views her time in Hamas captivity as an out-of-body experience and struggles to recall many details from that period. 'We were affected in the first circle, but as long as the hostages are there, this entire country is hostage,' he says
Netanyahu: 'Evil suffered a heavy blow today...Hamas will never rule Gaza again'

Haaretz - 02:10 Oct 17, 2024

IDF releases names of five soldiers killed in Lebanon fighting ■ Hamas leader Sinwar killed by IDF soldiers in southern Gaza ■ Gallant: Sinwar's death is clear message to residents of Gaza - surrender and release the hostages ■ Hostages Families Forum calls to seize opportunity to reach deal to release hostages

Tags: Gaza Hamas
How Israel's bulky pager fooled Hezbollah

Haaretz - 21:13 Oct 16, 2024

An invisible detonator and wafer-thin plastic explosives turned batteries into bombs
America's warning to Israel about Gaza aid came too late, for too many

Haaretz - 17:49 Oct 16, 2024

For the reality on the ground in Gaza at this moment, the U.S. move falls flat, for three key reasons

Tags: Gaza
Israel at war, day 376: Netanyahu's party invites Israelis to 'resettling Gaza' event

Haaretz - 17:10 Oct 16, 2024

IDF says it struck 'strategic weapons' stored by Hezbollah in underground facility in Beirut ■ EU countries contributing to UNIFIL have no intention of pulling back troops despite calls from Israel to withdraw, Austria's FM says ■ IDF says it allowed 50 aid trucks into north Gaza ■ U.K. PM Starmer says his government is considering sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers ■ Here's what you need to know 376 days into the war

Tags: Israel
Two American human rights activists arrested in West Bank, set for deportation from Israel

Haaretz - 17:09 Oct 16, 2024

The two were arrested by Israeli soldiers while helping Palestinians with olive harvesting in the West Bank. They face charges of entering a closed military area and identifying with a terrorist organization. The activists claim the soldiers lacked an order designating the area as a closed military zone

Tags: West Bank
U.S. serves Israel with final 'humanitarian aid' warning over Gaza – but why only now?

Haaretz - 16:41 Oct 16, 2024

Letter from Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin to their Israeli counterparts came exactly three weeks before the U.S. election. But whoever wins on November 5 will determine what happens next
Netanyahu's Likud party issues invitation to event titled 'Preparing to Settle Gaza'

Haaretz - 15:54 Oct 16, 2024

The event, scheduled for next week, is part of an initiative by the Nachala movement, which is known for establishing illegal outposts in the West Bank. Several ministers and MKs from Likud and Otzma Yehudit are expected to attend

Tags: Likud
Israel allows 50 aid trucks into Gaza after American arms embargo threat

Haaretz - 15:29 Oct 16, 2024

The humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza is worsening, and the U.S. has privately warned that weapon sales would be at risk if Israel doesn't stop disrupting aid shipments

Tags: Gaza Israel
Art meets a 'new catastrophe': How a new Israeli exhibition grapples with October 7

Haaretz - 14:17 Oct 16, 2024

Multimedia artist Batia Shani's latest exhibit was meant to reflect on the worst disaster she believed Israel could ever face: the Netanyahu government's judicial coup. But then came the October 7 attack and the Gaza war

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U.K. exploring sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, PM Starmer says

Haaretz - 14:12 Oct 16, 2024

Starmer addressed Smotrich's comments on starving Gaza civilians and Ben-Gvir's praise of settler violence, calling the remarks 'abhorrent' and saying, 'we are looking into that'

Tags: Starmer
The Gaza war: Observations and recommendations

Haaretz - 13:58 Oct 16, 2024

A year after Oct. 7, Israel is caught up in a multi-front war and must develop a coherent strategy for the 'day after'

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