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Netanyahu says Israel won’t ‘pay any price’ for release of Gaza hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel would not pay any price for the return of hostages still held in Gaza amid ongoing negotiations…

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Israel economy dives as Gaza war takes toll

Israel's economy took a deep dive in the fourth quarter due to the war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, but 2023 still ended with positive growth, data showed on Monday.…

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Why do Israelis and the rest of the world view the Gaza conflict so differently? And can this disconnect be overcome?

Hamas’ vicious attack on southern Israel on October 7 and Israel’s ruthless response have sparked a global campaign for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Palestine’s occupation. Once…

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White House presses Israel to work toward pause in Gaza war

The White House on Monday pressed Israel to work toward a pause in the Gaza conflict to win freedom for more hostages held by Hamas and rapidly increase the flow…

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Israeli hostage families gain clout as political landscape shifts

When pollsters asked a representative sample of the Israeli public in January to name anyone they would like to see entering politics, relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza…

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Israel accuses 190 UN staff of being ‘hardened’ militants

An Israeli intelligence dossier that prompted a cascade of countries to halt funds for a U.N. Palestinian aid agency includes allegations that some staff took part in abductions and killings during…

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Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress as Israel hits Khan Younis

Israel and Hamas have moved closer to agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinians prisoners would be released, sources told Reuters, as Israel pressed ahead…

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24 troops killed in Israel’s worst loss in Gaza

Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel's worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said on Tuesday while also claiming to have encircled southern Gaza's main city and killed dozens of…

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Netanyahu to Gaza hostage kin: Hamas has not made a solid deal offer

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back after speculation that a new release of Gaza hostages was in the works, saying Israel was taking an unspecified initiative in the absence…

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Protesters in Tel Aviv call for change to Netanyahu government

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, accusing the veteran leader of mishandling the nation's security…

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Jordan says Israel is placing ‘big impediments’ to aid for Palestinians

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Tuesday Israel was placing many obstacles to the entry of aid into Gaza, worsening the plight of Palestinians there. Safadi, speaking at a…

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Hamas shows dead bodies of two Israel hostages

Hamas appeared to show the dead bodies of two Israeli hostages after warning Israel they might be killed if it did not stop its bombardment of Gaza. A new video released by the…

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Israel plans to bring in more foreign workers for construction sector

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel plans to bring in around 70,000 foreign workers from China, India and elsewhere to boost its construction sector, which has been largely frozen since the Oct.…

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Blinken carries Arab message to Israel: keep Palestinian state hope alive

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his latest mission to rein in the Gaza war, told Israeli leaders on Tuesday there was still a chance of winning acceptance from…

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Italy: G7 working with Israel on ‘rapid’ end to Gaza war

G7 major powers are working with Israel to secure a "rapid" end to its devastating war in Gaza and reduce civilian casualties, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday. An Italian…

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Blinken to travel to Israel, West Bank in week-long Gaza diplomacy push

U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken will depart on Thursday for a week of diplomacy on Israel’s war in Gaza, visiting Israel and the West Bank, as well as Turkey, Greece,…

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Only 15% of Israelis want Netanyahu to keep job after Gaza war

Only 15% of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay in office after the war on Hamas in Gaza ends, though many more still support his strategy of crushing…

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Fighting between Hamas and Israel rages on, Palestinian death toll passes 22,000

Israel said on Tuesday its troops had killed dozens of militants in the north of the Gaza Strip in the past day, while its aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes…

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Israel signals tactics shift, troop pullback as US carrier heads home

Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere…

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Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant

Israel's government agreed to give Intel Corp a $3.2 billion grant for new $25 billion chip plant it plans to build in southern Israel, both sides said on Tuesday, in what is…

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Israeli air strike in Syria kills senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards member

An Israeli air strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday killed a senior adviser in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, three security sources and Iranian state media said.The sources told Reuters…

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CIA chief to meet Israeli, Qatari officials for hostage deal talks – US source

CIA chief Bill Burns will meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency in Warsaw on Monday to discuss a potential…

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Lufthansa to resume flights to Tel Aviv, US airlines remain on hold

(Reuters) - Lufthansa will resume flights to Tel Aviv starting Jan. 8, the airline said , making it the one of the first major international carriers to announce a resumption…

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White House in ‘intensive’ talks with Israel on next phase of Gaza war, aide says

Washington is pushing Israel to focus the war in Gaza on precise targeting of Hamas leaders rather than widespread bombing and ground operations, the White House national security adviser said…

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Israel assaults southern Gaza as hunger tightens grip

Israeli tanks and warplanes carried out new strikes on southern Gaza on Tuesday, and the U.N. said aid flows to Palestinians facing growing hunger had largely dried up because of…

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Israel says it helped foil Iranian-ordered attack on Israelis in Cyprus

JERUSALEM/NICOSIA, (Reuters) - Israel helped Cyprus foil an Iranian-ordered attack against Israelis and Jews on the island, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said , saying such plots were on…

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Hanukkah in wartime: Israelis take stock two months on

By Howard Goller JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Two months into a war with Hamas, the faces of Israelis taken hostage to Gaza still appear on individual posters plastered across…

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Israel expects difficult new stage in Gaza, sticks to war aims

Israel expects difficult fighting in the new phase of its war in Gaza but is open to "constructive feedback" on reducing harm to civilians as long as the advice is…

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Support among Israelis for resumption of Gaza campaign

By Nathan Frandino TEL AVIV, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Israelis interviewed on Tel Aviv's streets backed their army's resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip on Friday, acknowledging the dangers…

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Israel could secure hostages’ release via talks or ‘other means’ – Israeli official

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Israel could secure the freedom of hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip through talks or by "other means", an…

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Freed Israeli hostages tell families of beatings and death threats

By Howard Goller JERUSALEM, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Israeli women and children on their return from Hamas captivity in Gaza speak of being beaten and threatened with death, moved from…

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UPDATED: Two Palestinians open fire at Jerusalem bus stop, killing three

JERUSALEM, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Two Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop during the morning rush hour on Thursday at the entrance to Jerusalem, killing at least three…

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Israeli, U.S. spy chiefs meet Qatari PM to discuss ‘building on’ Gaza truce – source

The heads of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad met Qatar's prime minister in Doha on Tuesday to build on the two-day extension of a truce between…

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Netanyahu’s two-front war against Hamas and for his own political survival

By Howard Goller JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Inside Israeli defence headquarters, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu monitored the first release of Hamas-held hostages while outside, their families in a Tel Aviv square…

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Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza extended two days under deal

Mediator Qatar said on Monday a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza had been extended by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands…

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Biden hopes for extension of Israel-Hamas truce as more hostages released

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he hoped the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas can go on as long as hostages are…

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More Israeli hostages expected to be released on third day of truce

The truce between Israel and Hamas is in its third day and more Israeli hostages are expected to be released today. There were a few anxious hours last night when…

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Thirteen Israeli and four Thai hostages back in Israel in temporary truce

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals arrived in Israel on Sunday in the second release of hostages from Hamas…

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Israel, Hamas agree 4-day truce for hostage release and aid into Gaza

Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and…

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Biden: “Very close” to securing release of some hostages held by Hamas

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said a deal is "very close" to free some of the more than 200 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza."My team is in…

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Hamas chief says close to truce agreement with Israel

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The chief of Hamas said that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the deadly assault on Gaza continued and rockets were being fired into Israel.Hamas officials are…

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Premature Gaza babies reach Egypt; deaths reported at Indonesian hospital

More than two dozen babies expected to cross into Egypt Babies placed into mobile incubators at border Indonesia says it lost contact with volunteers at hospital By Nidal al-Mughrabi and…

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Israel says soldier executed, foreign hostages held at Gaza’s Shifa hospital

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital on Sunday, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two…

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UPDATED: Israeli air strikes kill 32 in south Gaza amid calls for civilians to flee

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians on Saturday, medics said, after…

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Israeli PM says attempts to minimise civilian casualties “not successful”

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while…

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Hamas tunnel found at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, says Israel; UN aid halted

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while…

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Palestinians dig mass grave inside Israeli-encircled Gaza hospital, no plan to rescue babies

Palestinians trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital were digging a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement, and said no plan was in place to evacuate…

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Israel sharpens warning to Lebanon as cross-border hostilities spike

Israel said it was poised to impose quiet on the Lebanese front as hostilities spiked on Sunday, with Hezbollah wounding civilians in a cross-border missile attack and the Israeli air force bombing…

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Major Gaza hospitals suspend operations as Israel hunts Hamas

Two major hospitals in northern Gaza closed to new patients on Sunday, with staff saying that Israeli bombardment plus lack of fuel and medicine meant babies and others could die.Hospitals…

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Israel’s depleted workforce during war costs 2.3 billion shekels a week -cenbank

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The cost to the economy of Israel's depleted workforce, which has been significantly impacted during the war with the Islamist militant group Hamas in Gaza, is 2.3…

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Israel says Palestinian Authority in current form should not run Gaza

By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thrown up more doubts about the future of the Gaza Strip, suggesting that the Palestinian Authority in…

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Israel offers to evacuate babies from main Gaza hospital; Reports of possible hostage

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Emily Rose and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Israel's military said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital on Sunday, where Palestinian…

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Israel strikes Syria after drone hits southern Eilat city

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said an organisation in Syria launched a drone that hit a school in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Thursday and that it struck…

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UPDATED: Israel says kills top Hamas weapons manufacturer as it targets Gaza tunnel network

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maytaal Angel GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed a top Hamas weapons maker and several fighters, the Israeli military said…

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Open hatred of Jews surges globally, inflamed by Gaza war

By Andrew Macaskill and Estelle Shirbon (Reuters) - In Los Angeles, a man screaming "kill Jews" attempts to break into a family's home. In London, girls in a playground are…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

A picture taken with a drone shows cars driving on the winding 'Derech Ma'ale Ha'tsamaut' road (Independence Road in Hebrew) that leads to the Ramon Crater and the Israeli town…

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Israel tells citizens to reconsider travel abroad amid hostility

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel urged its citizens to reconsider trips abroad and to exercise extra caution if already out of the country, citing an increase of hostility toward Jews and…

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