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Israeli investigator challenges UN over response to Hamas sexual violence

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An Israeli human rights expert has accused the United Nations of failing victims of sexual violence during the October...

New report reveals systematic sexual violence in October 7 attack

News Pesach Benson -
Sexual and gender-based violence during the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel and against hostages held in Gaza was...

Israeli ‘large scale operation’ to find last hostage

News Associated Press -
Israel says its military is conducting a "large-scale operation" to locate the last hostage in the Gaza Strip as...

Top Israeli journo addresses AIJAC

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Veteran journalist Maayan Hoffman, currently Executive Editor at ILTV Israel News, a correspondent for The Media Line and a regular...

Ex-hostage twins attend first Maccabi Tel Aviv game since release

News JNS -
Gal and Ziv Berman, who endured 772 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrived on Sunday night at Bloomfield...

‘Measure of comfort’ after return of slain soldier Itay Chen’s remains

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The body of Staff Sgt. Itay Chen was identified on Wednesday morning after being returned from Gaza to Israel...

Hamas again hands over remains that don’t belong to hostages

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Hamas transferred to Israel the remains of three individuals which do not belong to any of the 11 slain...

‘Very optimistic’ ceasefire agreement will hold, Vance says in Israel

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance is “very optimistic” that the White House-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas...

Kibbutz Nir Oz mourns Aryeh Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar

News Pesach Benson -
The remains of two fallen hostages returned from Gaza have been identified as Aryeh Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar on...

Netanyahu meets US envoys, Hamas hands over another body

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US special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner are visiting Israel to shore up a...

Israel receives two more hostage bodies from Red Cross

News Agencies -
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has handed over two more bodies of presumed Israeli hostages to the International Committee...

Gaza-Egypt border crossing to stay closed

News Agencies -
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Bedouin soldier and young woman who fought back: hostages’ bodies returned from Gaza

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The bodies of two hostages returned from Gaza on Wednesday night were positively identified as Bedouin soldier Sgt. Maj....

Hostages describe torture and torment in Gaza

News Etgar Lefkovits -
Many were beaten, starved and isolated for two years. One was held in a Gaza tunnel, deep underground, shackled in...

Remains of hostages Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and Eitan Levy identified

News Pesach Benson -
The families of soldiers Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and civilian Eitan Levy announced on Wednesday morning that their bodies...

Hamas hands over first seven hostages in Gaza ceasefire

News Associated Press -
Hamas has handed over the first seven hostages to the Red Cross as part of the Gaza ceasefire. Hamas has...

Who are the Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas?

News Reuters -
Hamas is set to release hostages it has been holding in Gaza in exchange for almost 2000 Palestinian detainees...

Israel prepares to welcome the last living hostages

News Reuters -
The release of Israeli hostages that have been held in Gaza for two years is imminent, with 20 survivors...

Israel gears up to receive hostages, release Palestinian prisoners

News Pesach Benson -
Israel’s health, justice, and security institutions began mobilising on Thursday for the long-awaited return of hostages held by Hamas and...

Focus turns to lasting peace as ceasefire deal hailed

News AAP -
A ceasefire in the Middle East is a welcome breakthrough, Australia's prime minister says, but the next steps to...

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