ToI’s diplomatic correspondent lays out the pressures on the terrorist group that brought it to agree to releasing the hostages and how Israel may operate in the post-war Gaza Strip
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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel’s Hamas problem solved?
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October 9, 2025 – Israel-Hamas war
As the Israeli government met late Thursday evening to hammer out the details of a high-stakes ceasefire resolution, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US…
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‘Israel’s mission to demilitarize Gaza just beginning’ says former senior IDF officia
The war against Hamas is not over yet, even as Israel prepares to withdraw to roughly 53% of Gaza’s territory and cease major fighting, according to Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi.“Israel will retain freedom of operation everywhere in Gaza to…
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To sit in the sukkah comfortably, some Jerusalemites are living on the edge
For residents of Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Meah Shearim neighborhood, the holiday of Sukkot is a highlight of the entire year. Referred to by the rabbis as “the time of our joy,” music pours through the storied commercial streets as…
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IDF detains flotilla passenger, journalist Emily Wilder
IDF detains flotilla passenger, journalist Emily Wilder | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Defense NewsWilder was a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine, both anti-Zionist groups, as a student at…
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Belgium foils terror plot targeting PM Bart De Wever
Belgian authorities have thwarted a planned terrorist attack targeting Prime Minister Bart De Wever and other politicians, the federal public prosecutor’s office and Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prevot confirmed Thursday, according to a report…
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Netanyahu defies far-right on Gaza as election looms
Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed the prospective Gaza ceasefire and hostage release as a “great day” and triumph for his diplomatic and military strategy after two years of war. But it may yet spell the beginning of the end of his…
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Bulgaria probes antisemitic attacks on Jewish sites
Bulgarian authorities have launched an investigation after two antisemitic incidents were reported overnight between October 3 and 4, Ynet reported Thursday.
The word “Nazi” was spray-painted on the front of a synagogue in the Black Sea city…
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Suspected infiltration in Kochav Hashachar in Binyamin region, security forces searching
Sirens were sounded early Friday morning, before 6:00 a.m., in the community of Kochav Hashachar in the Binyamin region due to a suspected terrorist infiltration.
The Home Front Command instructed residents to enter a protected space immediately,…
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Over 30 arrested in Lebanon for allegedly providing Israel with intel on Hezbollah
Lebanon has arrested 32 people in recent months on suspicion of providing Israel with information on Hezbollah that facilitated strikes on the Iran-backed terrorist group, a judicial official told AFP on Thursday.
More than a year of…
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