Israel strikes on Gaza kill at least 23
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Israelis wonder whether US will favour its own geopolitical priorities over Israel in its decision over Iran attack.
Israel's military says the remains of Ran Gvili, the last person whose body was taken hostage into Gaza, have been recovered.
Iran and Israel learned much from their 2025 war, meaning the next conflict may be more ferocious and dangerous. Opinion.
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Starvation by design: How Israel turned food into a weapon of war in Gaza
Data reveals Gaza’s hunger was likely a calculated strategy to ‘re-engineer’ society, peaking in 2025.
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Israel agreed to return 15 Palestinian bodies for each hostage recovered, according to the ceasefire terms. It’s unclear if the bodies released Thursday were of Palestinian detainees who died in Israeli custody or bodies taken from Gaza by Israeli troops during the war.
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Middle Israel: Entering the post-war political era
Israeli voters emerged from Israel’s most costly war imbued with the kind of wrath, humiliation, and resolve that makes decadent establishments fall, and their successors rise.
Israel will reopen the Rafah Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt for pedestrian traffic in both directions on Sunday, according to the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit.
The return of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old police officer killed while fighting Hamas militants during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, fulfilled nationwide hopes to return all hostages, living or dead.
Government officials believe Christian pilgrims, Evangelical travelers, and Jewish communities overseas can form the backbone of a gradual recovery, even as broader tourism remains constrained.