The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of brutal warfare between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on Saturday. It’s unclear what comes next.
The military investigation looked at 77 battles and key decisions made in the hours leading up to the assault.
Eli Sharabi gave himself up on Oct. 7, 2023, hoping to save his wife and daughters. After some 500 days in the tunnels of Gaza, he emerged to learn that they had been killed.
Three buses exploded near Tel Aviv on Thursday in what Israeli police ... reacts to his sons release from Hamas. A mass polio vaccination campaign in children is set to continue in Gaza later ...
Hamas had said the other remains belonged to Shiri Bibas, and her two young boys, Ariel and Kfir. In an overnight announcement, the army said Israel’s National Institute of Forensic Medicine had identified the boys, but the final set of remains did not belong to their mother. It said the remains did not match any other hostage either.
Militant group Hamas said on Thursday it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza after several hundred Palestinians were released from Israeli jails overnight in return for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.
The Tel Aviv event was designed as an alternative to an official state ceremony that many families of victims and hostages rejected. TEL AVIV – As the sun dipped over Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park ...