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Family releases footage of captive soldier Matan Angrest, urges government to finalize hostage deal

According to family, Angrest, captured while critically wounded, is enduring severe mistreatment in captivity, including torture during interrogations and held under 'inhumane conditions'

Yael Ciechanover | 03.03.25

‘They talk to his picture’: Hostages' children struggle with fathers' absence

Nearly 18 months after their fathers were kidnapped by Hamas, children face ongoing uncertainty, emotional distress; experts say children are indirect terror victims, denied fundamental rights under international law

Hagar Kochavi | 03.03.25

Close Netanyahu ally says peace deal with Palestinians possible if Hamas defeated

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer tells Jewish Agency Board of Governors that once Palestinians realize Israel cannot be destroyed, they would join Arab states in making peace and that Hamas must be destroyed but hostages must be freed first; says PM told him Qatari funding for Gaza brings quiet to south

Itamar Eichner | 03.03.25

ארוחת אפטאר ביום הצום השני לחודש הרמדאן, רצועת עזה

The Middle East now realizes there's a new boss in the White House

Opinion: Hamas has begun to understand that, with the new administration in place in the US, Israel's position has also changed; Trump's blowup with Zelensky at the White House is a clear sign that the world under Trump has changed

Naveh Dromi | 03.03.25

Israel poised for full-scale Gaza offensive if hostage deal fails, experts says

NGO Monitor CEO Gerald Steinberg says 'We'll see a full-scale Israeli return to Gaza' | Watch

Sivan Raviv, ILTV | 03.03.25

Eli Sharabi's fight for freedom

Comment: 'Eli Sharabi is no ordinary man. In fact, he truly is one of a kind'

Sivan Raviv, ILTV | 03.03.25

Israel doubts Hamas will release more than handful of hostages, dead or alive

Senior Israeli officials warn that if fighting resumes, it will be intense and include targeted strikes on senior Hamas members accused of stealing aid, but the Security Cabinet has yet to approve a return to war

Itamar Eichner, Einav Halabi | 03.03.25

Houthis eye renewed attacks as damage caused by Israeli airstrikes revealed

Amid stalled hostage negotiations, senior Houthi officials threaten missile and drone strikes against Israel if Gaza war resumes; Recent satellite images on Google Maps, however, reveal destruction at Yemen's Hodeidah port following Israeli airstrikes

Lior Ben Ari | 03.03.25

Preparing to resume war? Incoming IDF chief summons top officers amid hostage deal stalemate

Amid cease-fire end and Hamas’ refusal to extend talks, incoming IDF chief Eyal Zamir summons top commanders to Southern Command; White House backs Israel’s halt to Gaza aid, saying it negotiated 'in good faith' and will support its next steps

Yossi Yehoshua | 03.02.25

What’s next in Gaza? Israel weighs renewed Gaza offensive amid Egyptian pushback

Israel suspends Gaza aid after Hamas rejected US-backed proposal to extension cease-fire and release hostages in phases; Netanyahu warns Israel would not allow cease-fire without hostage releases, while Egypt condemns aid cutoff and calls for renewed talks

Einav Halabi, Itamar Eichner, Lior Ben Ari | 03.02.25

Gaza standoff: Netanyahu and Hamas' high-stakes cease-fire gamble

Analysis: Israel’s strategy of military threats, US backing, enclave's internal unrest—all pressure terror group to accept Witkoff proposal; as Arab states poised to push post-war plan, Hamas must choose: compromise or escalation

Ron Ben-Yishai | 03.02.25

'One wrong move could seal their fate': Hostage families speak out amid cease-fire uncertainty

Families shocked by developments, fear for loved ones after Israel halts humanitarian aid and goods into enclave, warning talks deadlock risks captives' lives

Alexandra Lukash, Lior Ben Ari | 03.02.25

Released hostage tried to spare family from heart-wrenching separation from brother, mother says

Ruth Strom, whose son Iair freed while younger brother Eitan remains in Gaza, expected their separation to be painful; she approves release of horrific Hamas video, urging public to witness and understand suffering of hostages

Alexandra Lukash, Nina Fox | 03.02.25

מסע ההלוויה של שלמה מנצור ז"ל בראשון לציון

Israelis line roads honoring funeral procession for slain hostage Shlomo Mansour, oldest Hamas captive

People carrying flags come out as funeral procession makes its way to Kibbutz Kissufim; 85-year-old Shlomo Mansour taken by Hamas terrorists in handcuffs during the massacre

Ynet | 03.02.25

הדלקת מדורות בהפגנה להחזרת החטופים בדרך בגין

Israel backs US cease-fire plan for Ramadan and Passover, accuses Hamas of rejecting proposal; will fighting resume?

Proposal put forward by Witkoff calls for release of half remaining hostages upfront and rest if permanent truce reached; 'If Hamas changes its position, Israel will immediately engage in negotiations to finalize the Witkoff framework'

Itamar Eichner, Yoav Zitun | 03.02.25

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