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Freed hostage learned fate of family day before release, survived on love, wife says

Avital Dekel-Chen says Sagui didn’t know the entire time he was held captive that she and their daughters were alive; Sasha Troufanov’s mother: He...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF strikes Hezbollah sites deep in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley as fragile truce holds

Lebanese state media says Israeli fire kills woman near border, military says troops opened fire to disperse approaching suspects; source says IDF...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Girlfriend of freed hostage Sasha Troufanov: He prayed I would find someone else to love

‘He didn’t want me waiting for a man he thought would never return home. He didn’t believe he would survive,’ Sapir Cohen tells media; mother...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

How to Get to a Better Mental State When You're Overthinking

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Psychology Today

Alice Boyes Ph.d

Am I Too Old to Have a Baby?

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Psychology Today

S. Fenella Das Gupta Ph.d

Can a Marriage Divided by Politics Be Saved?

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Psychology Today

Gina Vild

Soldiers Who Are Domestic Violence Victims

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Psychology Today

Lisa Aronson Fontes Ph.d

Argentina Open 2025: Fonseca crowned tournament’s youngest champion

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Pemex: piratas asaltan dos plataformas en Yucatán

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América Economía

América Economía

Criptofiasco: investigarán criptomoneda promovida por Milei

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América Economía

América Economía

إعادة ضبط معادلة غزة.. لماذا تشكل الخطة الإماراتية خياراً ممكنا؟

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العين الإخبارية

هاني مسهور

Echoing Napoleon, Trump says: ‘He who saves his country does not violate any law’

After US leader quotes French emperor, Senator Adam Schiff retorts: ‘Spoken like a true dictator’

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The Times of Israel

Doina Chiacu

A US Supreme Court case could pave the way for publicly funded Jewish day schools

A ruling on religious charter schools in Oklahoma could make education a lot cheaper for many American Orthodox Jews while opening up new options...

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The Times of Israel

Asaf Elia-Shalev

Hostages’ families call for nationwide fast as they mark 500th day of captivity

Report: PM planning to remove Shin Bet head Ronen Bar in near future * Senior security official to media: Netanyahu working to prevent deal’s...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

EDITORIAL: Diet must reform itself after years of excuses and procrastination

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Trump and Netanyahu Have Devised the Crime of the Century

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Haaretz

Aida Touma-Sliman

Russian ambassador meets with freed hostage Sasha Troufanov, gives him new passport

Russian ambassador meets with freed hostage Sasha Troufanov, gives him new passport

Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov met with freed hostage Sasha Troufanov in Israel Saturday, just hours after Troufanov’s release from...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Russian ambassador meets with freed hostage Sasha Troufanov hours after his release

Russian ambassador meets with freed hostage Sasha Troufanov hours after his release

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen. US President Donald Trump says he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “You...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Syrian asylum seeker stabs passersby in Austria, killing teen, injuring 5

Syrian asylum seeker stabs passersby in Austria, killing teen, injuring 5

VIENNA (AP) — A 23-year-old man stabbed six passersby in southern Austria on Saturday, killing a 14-year-old and injuring five others, in what...

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The Times of Israel

Stephanie Lichtenstein

In video address to hostage rallies, freed captive pleads for protests to continue

In video address to hostage rallies, freed captive pleads for protests to continue

Former Hamas hostage Ohad Ben Ami, who was freed from Gaza on February 8 as part of the ceasefire and hostage release deal, appealed for the...

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The Times of Israel

Noam Lehmann

Hours after release, freed hostages talk of Hamas torture, psychological torment

Hours after release, freed hostages talk of Hamas torture, psychological torment

The three hostages who were released from Gaza on Saturday after 498 days of captivity endured physical abuse and were left in the dark as to the...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

US shipment of heavy bombs held up by Biden administration arrives in Israel

US shipment of heavy bombs held up by Biden administration arrives in Israel

A shipment of some 1,800 heavy bombs from the United States that had been held up by the previous American administration arrived in Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

IDF drone strike hits gunmen in southern Gaza; three Hamas cops reportedly killed

IDF drone strike hits gunmen in southern Gaza; three Hamas cops reportedly killed

The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a pair of drone strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday — one targeting a group of gunmen who were...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Trump's Palestinian Plan Has Triggered a New, United and Angry Arab Front

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Haaretz

Jesse R. Weinberg

Netanyahu cagey on Israel’s next steps as Trump deadline to free all hostages passes

Netanyahu cagey on Israel’s next steps as Trump deadline to free all hostages passes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held security consultations Saturday night on the future of the hostage-ceasefire deal after Hamas released three...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Colombia’s president poses with map of Israel replaced by Palestinian state

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Friday posted footage of himself in Qatar holding a picture of Israel replaced with a Palestinian state, and...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israeli tourists attacked in Athens for speaking Hebrew, wearing Star of David

Israeli tourists attacked in Athens for speaking Hebrew, wearing Star of David

Two men attacked a group of Israeli tourists in Athens early Saturday after overhearing them speak Hebrew and noticing their Star of David...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

PM refused to approve entry of mobile homes, earthmoving equipment to Gaza – report

PM refused to approve entry of mobile homes, earthmoving equipment to Gaza – report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly did not give approval for the entry of mobile homes and heavy equipment into the the Gaza Strip during...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Thousands in London protest Trump’s Gaza proposal, demand arms embargo on Israel

Thousands in London protest Trump’s Gaza proposal, demand arms embargo on Israel

Thousands of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrators marched through central London to the United States embassy on Saturday to protest...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Austrian authorities say Villach stabber was Islamist, pledged allegiance to ISIS

Austrian authorities say Villach stabber was Islamist, pledged allegiance to ISIS

The suspected perpetrator of a deadly knife attack in the southern Austrian town of Villach on Saturday had sworn allegiance to Islamic State and...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Hezbollah condemns attack on UNIFIL at Beirut riot, demands Iranian planes be let in

Hezbollah condemns attack on UNIFIL at Beirut riot, demands Iranian planes be let in

Hezbollah on Sunday condemned a Friday attack on a UNIFIL convoy in Beirut that the international peacekeeping force said had wounded its outgoing...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Daily Briefing Feb. 16: Day 499 – Freed Nir Oz hostages describe torture, torment in Gaza

Daily Briefing Feb. 16: Day 499 – Freed Nir Oz hostages describe torture, torment in Gaza

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Is Insight Always Enough to Change?

Is Insight Always Enough to Change?

The various reasons we may use insight to avoid making important changes.

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Psychology Today

Leon Garber Lmhc

Trump’s resource grab in Ukraine is a price worth paying

Trump’s resource grab in Ukraine is a price worth paying

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants some of Ukraine’s resources in return for continued aid — and the demand is, as his German counterpart...

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The Japan Times

Marc Champion

The NHL could’ve had a good year if not for tariffs

The NHL could’ve had a good year if not for tariffs

The trade war between the U.S. and Canada is temporarily on ice, but the hard feelings aren’t. When The Star-Spangled Banner is played before...

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The Japan Times

Adam Minter

An Unorthodox Look at America’s “Manifest Destiny” Part 2

An Unorthodox Look at America’s “Manifest Destiny” Part 2

The enduring legacy of the American frontier, as analyzed by Frederick Jackson Turner, continues to shape the nation’s economic, political, and...

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New Eastern Outlook

Tamer Mansour

Syria: The Kurdish position

Syria: The Kurdish position

Since the outbreak of conflict in 2011 in Syria, its parties splintered into a large web of internal and external actors. The Kurds and the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Vanessa Sevidova

Trump’s aid freeze will hit Myanmar hard

Trump’s aid freeze will hit Myanmar hard

Myanmar accounts for more than US$238 million of the combined portfolios of US$35 billion among 159 countries that received USAID funding in 2024....

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South China Morning Post

Su Mon Thazin Aung

China’s Growing Role in Central Asia

China’s Growing Role in Central Asia

In response to its recent retaliatory tariffs on US energy imports, a delegation of major Chinese energy firms visited Kazakhstan in February 2025...

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E-International

Akanksha Meena

‘First openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa, cops say motive unknown

‘First openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa, cops say motive unknown

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF completes all October 7 probes, will start presenting them next week

IDF completes all October 7 probes, will start presenting them next week

After lengthy delays, the Israeli military announced on Sunday that it had completed its investigations into its failures during the lead-up to the...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Cabinet confirms Eyal Zamir as Israeli army’s 24th chief of staff

Cabinet confirms Eyal Zamir as Israeli army’s 24th chief of staff

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday officially voted to confirm Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir as the next Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, clearing...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ features a Jewish-run ‘cancer clinic.’ What is it?

Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ features a Jewish-run ‘cancer clinic.’ What is it?

JTA — Early in the new Netflix miniseries “Apple Cider Vinegar,” the central character of Millie Blake is diagnosed with a rare cancer and told she...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Lapin

Ministers vote to back bill levying 80% tax on foreign state funding of Israeli NGOs

Ministers vote to back bill levying 80% tax on foreign state funding of Israeli NGOs

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday voted in support of a bill that would levy massive taxes on NGOs — nongovernment organizations —...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

After his release from Gaza, Amazon finally says hostage Troufanov was an employee

After his release from Gaza, Amazon finally says hostage Troufanov was an employee

Global retail giant Amazon on Saturday finally broke its silence about a Russian-Israeli employee who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023. In...

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The Times of Israel

Zev Stub

Germany’s far-right AfD party, shunned by Berlin, basks in Elon Musk’s spotlight

Germany’s far-right AfD party, shunned by Berlin, basks in Elon Musk’s spotlight

AFP — All other German parties see the far-right AfD as a threat to democracy, but the anti-immigration party has a powerful friend abroad: Elon...

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The Times of Israel

Frank Zeller

Trump envoy says there will ‘absolutely’ be stage 2 of ceasefire, as talks continue

Witkoff says US president ‘wants to see’ next phase happen; Israeli delegation set to depart for Cairo talks after US pressure, but without...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Palestinian teen jailed for 18 years for 2023 killing of Border Police officer

Palestinian teen jailed for 18 years for 2023 killing of Border Police officer

The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday sentenced a Palestinian minor to 18 years in prison for the killing of a Border Police officer in 2023. The...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

Released hostages’ families use crowdfunding to fill gaps in state rehab grants

Opposition MK: ‘Shameful’ former captives have to ask public to supplement compensation; PMO: State provides ‘broad’ package for returnees...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

What To Do To Fight Massive Antisemitism Today?

What To Do To Fight Massive Antisemitism Today?

Legal steps to implement in the post-October 7th new reality Recently, our Foundation took part in the Conference Addressing Antisemitism in the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Inna Rogatchi