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Negotiators fear PM taking harder line in hostage talks ‘to cause crisis’ — reports

Sources accuse Netanyahu of taking ‘dangerous bet on hostages’ lives’; Mossad chief, CIA head, Qatari, Egyptian officials to meet in...

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Ex-hostage: Slain captive said Netanyahu won’t work to free us because we’re leftists

Adina Moshe says Chaim Peri told her in Gaza tunnel that they weren’t a priority for PM; says while protesting with other ex-captives, man...

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Four survivors told authorities they were sexually assaulted on October 7 – report

Firsthand accounts of such crimes have been rare, as most victims were killed; report follows earlier testimony from man who said he was raped by...

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French police said probing threat against Herzog ahead of Olympics opening ceremony

President says he has ‘a lot of trust in the security infrastructure of the French’ to protect Israelis at Paris Games, thanks Macron for...

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Daily Briefing Jul 26: Day 294 – PM meets hostage families; Israel slams Harris on Gaza

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Netanyahu’s meetings with Biden, VP Kamala Harris and hostage families as Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel...

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: At the Olympics, Israel is a ‘pariah state.’ Who cares?

ToI’s senior analyst on fortitude in the face of a global ignorance that is making it increasingly difficult and even dangerous to be pro-Israel...

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Harris says she will ‘not be silent’ on Gaza suffering after talks with Netanyahu

Hamas official denies US assertion terror group has not submitted names of hostages to be freed in first phase of deal * Jailed West Bank Hamas leader...

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Former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk dies at age 73

Israeli and American leaders eulogize veteran diplomat who dedicated his life to Middle East policy, serving as key figure in Oslo Accords,...

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Protesters hold anti-Israel ‘die-in’ near White House as Netanyahu meets with Biden

Activists pour red liquid which they say symbolizes the blood of those killed in Gaza, march with effigy of Netanyahu with blood on its hands, wearing...

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Report: UK to drop opposition to ICC arrest warrants against Gallant, Netanyahu

Move, which comes after Westminster restored funding to UNRWA, could be announced by week’s end, in latest break with US over Gaza war;...

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Palestinian Olympic head decries IOC ‘double standards’ for letting Israel compete

Jibril Rajoub says Israel has no right to compete due to war in Gaza after Olympic committee rejects his request to ban Jewish state from Paris Games

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Before meeting Netanyahu, Trump urges hostage release, swift end to Gaza war

In wide-ranging interview, Republican presidential candidate reiterates claim Oct. 7 wouldn’t have happened on his watch, says people who...

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FM says ‘Iranian terrorist proxies’ might attack Israeli athletes, tourists in Paris

Katz thanks France for ‘unprecedented’ measures to protect delegation to Olympics; hackers say they posted personal info of athletes, whom...

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Uncovered floor of Vilnius’s Great Synagogue bears witness to Nazi, Soviet devastation

Researchers find one of synagogue’s columns collapsed on its side; 17th-century prayer house, at center of Jewish metropolis, was looted by...

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Daily Briefing Jul 25: Day 293 – Analysis of PM’s speech, from the room where it happened

From Washington, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and US bureau chief Jacob Magid break down the highlights of Netanyahu’s hour-long...

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‘What about the hostages?’: Lapid slams Netanyahu as others praise speech to Congress

Opposition leader says prime minister should have used address to announce hostage deal and realistic day-after plans; Gantz, Herzog applaud PM for...

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US official says hostage deal close, Netanyahu and Biden to discuss overcoming humps

Six relatives of captives released after arrests during Netanyahu address to Congress * Protesters marching in Washington scuffle with police, * White...

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Families pan Netanyahu for leaving hostage deal out of address to Congress

Rallies across Tel Aviv and elsewhere in Israel feature calls for the government to reach an agreement to free captives as relatives accuse premier of...

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Bodies of three slain hostages recovered by military, returned to Israel

Repatriation of remains of Oren Goldin, 33, Maya Goren, 56 and Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, 20 from Gaza announced by hometowns, no comment from...

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Israeli negotiating team postpones departure to Qatar for hostage talks

Team had been scheduled to fly out Thursday, but will now only do so next week; official source says delay meant to allow Netanyahu to first discuss...

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Netanyahu’s visit said ‘barely registering’ in Washington amid election drama

Prime minister ‘hasn’t really been able to get the traction and the airtime he would have expected,’ says House aide; 35 Democrats set...

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Ben Gvir endorses Trump in highly irregular move, day before PM meets Biden, Harris

Speaking to Bloomberg in interview published hours before Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, far-right minister claims Republican leader would be...

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Israeli officials rap Harris for skipping PM Congress speech; House Speaker: Inexcusable

Vice president ‘unable to distinguish between good and evil,’ unnamed officials tell Telegraph; Harris, who as Veep would have presided...

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Daily Briefing Jul 24: Day 292 – With Israel’s chips down, Mr. Netanyahu goes to Washington

Editor David Horovitz weighs in on a new video of a hostage held by Hamas and his mother’s fight to make it public, and Israel’s deepening...

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Male October 7 survivor recounts rape at hands of Hamas terrorists

‘They pin you to the ground, you try to resist, they take off your clothes, laugh at you, humiliate you, spit at you,’ survivor says,...

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In first, male Oct. 7 survivor recounts rape at hands of Hamas terrorists

Lawmakers announce plans to boycott Netanyahu speech to Congress; PM blasts ‘defamation campaign’ against freed hostage Argamani; Musk...

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Hostage Matan Zangauker’s mom publishes clip showing him in Gaza after Oct. 7 attack

In short video, Gazans can be heard gleefully cheering as terrorists drive by with Israeli captive; mother also shares their text exchange from right...

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Education minister: Students won’t start school year in displaced northern towns

Kisch presents local leaders with NIS 152 million plan for educational institutions outside war zone in north for students; Gantz says decision...

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Israel, US, UAE said to have held secret Abu Dhabi meeting on Gaza postwar plan

Axios reports proposal similar to that presented by Gallant in January, after senior UAE official signaled Abu Dhabi could contribute troops to a...

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Daily Briefing July 23: Day 291 – Why IDF evacuated parts of Gaza humanitarian zone

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on a thwarted West Bank terror plot to kidnap Israelis, IAF assessments that fighter jets could be downed in an...

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Google’s $23b deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz reported to fall apart

Cloud security startup, which propelled its founders onto small list of Israeli billionaires, will seek IPO instead; deal may have collapsed over...

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Meeting hostage families in US, Netanyahu says conditions for deal ‘coming together’

Biden vows he’ll keep pushing to end Gaza war, free the captives after quitting race * Schedule update shows he’ll return on Tuesday to White...

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Security chiefs said to agree Israel can withstand withdrawing from Gaza for 6 weeks

Defense minister, army chief, heads of Mossad and Shin Bet all reportedly told PM that Hamas won’t be able to effectively regroup if IDF...

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Netanyahu meeting with Biden likely pushed off as US president fights off COVID

Potential meeting with Trump also not nailed down, according to report that claims Republican nominee open to idea but only after he holds a rally on...

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Mom suspected of killing her son says she heard voices of aliens, CIA

Court-ordered psychiatric assessment unable to reach definitive conclusion on fitness of Sigal Yana Itzkovich to stand trial, recommends further...

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Top religious Zionist rabbis call for scrapping ‘dangerous’ hostage deal

Letter from 18 top clerics with sway over coalition’s hard-line flank argues that risk posed by freeing prisoners and pulling out troops trumps...

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‘Could have been saved’: Loved ones of slain hostages decry their deaths in captivity

Son of Alex Dancyg accuses Netanyahu of ‘continuing to thwart and sabotage any chance for a deal,’ while friend of Yagev Buchshtav says he...

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Rescued hostage Almog Meir Jan gives thanks for bond with fellow hostages in Gaza

In interview, kidnapped Nova partygoer tells of how he and fellow captives kept each other sane for eight months until their rescue

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Reserve army officer arrested for faking ID cards for 6 Palestinians

Suspect allegedly printed papers identifying West Bank residents as having military credentials, enabling them to stay in Israel for years

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Daily Briefing Jul 22: Day 290 – Israel used the Houthi playbook in Yemen port strike

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur explains the genius of the IAF airstrike on the terror group’s commerce center and weighs in on behavioral...

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140 inmates transferred out of Sde Teiman military facility to Israeli prisons

A government decision last week sees detainees moved to Ketziot Prison in three phases on Thursday, Sunday, and Monday amid reports of abuse

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Shin Bet security agents to secure Israeli athletes throughout Paris Olympics

Israeli agents likely already in France, former Shin Bet chief tells Telegraph; budget for Israel’s security has doubled since Tokyo Games;...

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Bella Hadid said mulling legal action as Adidas drops her from 1972 Olympic shoe ad

Sportswear giant removes Palestinian-American supermodel from ad campaign for retro sneakers from Munich Games, where terrorists killed 11 Israeli...

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Outrage after French lawmaker says Israeli athletes not welcome at Paris Olympics

Far-left MP condemned by political allies, Jewish groups but doubles down, comparing war against Hamas to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as he...

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Some US states’ Democratic convention delegates begin shifting support to Harris

Netanyahu set to depart for Washington * Trump campaign official says his running mate JD Vance won’t attend PM’s speech to Congress due to...

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Sinwar personally sent clandestine message to Israel weeks before Oct. 7 – TV report

Hamas head’s cryptic warning said ‘a flare-up is expected in the prisons and on the issue of the captives’; the few top Israelis who...

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Archaeologists find fortifying moat in City of David, solving 150-year mystery

Researchers say moat required significant engineering and resources, separated Temple Mount and king’s palace from rest of Jerusalem in biblical...

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In historic move, IDF said to issue 1,000 draft orders to ultra-Orthodox men

50% of first wave of 3,000 conscription notices reportedly sent to Haredim over the age of 21; next wave expected to be issued in two weeks

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Daily Briefing Jul 21: Day 289 – Could front with Iran-backed Houthis become all-out war?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman weighs in on ramifications of the IAF’s Yemen strike and ongoing ripples from Friday’s International...

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Yemeni medics update toll in Israeli strikes on Hodeida to 6 dead, 80 wounded

As firefighters work to control massive blaze at Houthi-controlled port in western Yemen, Iran-backed group’s military spokesman says response...

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