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Israel's Health Ministry reported on physical and mental damage in eight released hostages. After sexual abuse and malnutrition in Gaza, the freed hostages have difficulties ranging from hearing and driving to trusting others

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to do some damage control by using minimizing language to describe his Gaza takeover plan. Netanyahu's speeches and Israel's history are all the evidence you need to understand what he's actually saying

The April 2024 killing of seven World Central Kitchen workers propelled the Israeli humanitarian NGO to begin securing food, medicine, water and more for aid NGOs already within Gaza – but not with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

The review began last week following media reports that the fund had built a stake of just over 2% in an Israeli jet engine group that provides services to the IDF.

Israel's targeted killing of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif came with an IDF media kit alleging his 'military affiliation to Hamas,' a claim he repeatedly denied. Now, Netanyahu says he will 'soon' allow 'a lot' of foreign journalists into Gaza

Bipin Joshi's mother and sister, who will land in Israel on Monday, are slated to meet with Israeli defense officials and visit the kibbutz from which he was taken into captivity in Gaza. His sister will also give a speech at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square on Saturday

'A mother is the strongest material in nature, so we have arisen now': A group of 150 women set up a protest tent in southern Israel, near the border with Gaza, to call for an end to political wars that cost the lives of 'our children'

Senior Israeli military legal officials have warned that if the attorney general is excluded from discussions about the planned Gaza operation, or if the government disregards her guidelines, as some ministers have indicated, IDF soldiers involved in the occupation could face legal risks

The Israeli public isn't exposed to the truth about Gaza – not only because of IDF censorship, but because editors align with the narrative, out of fear, ratings, or ideology. This is the culmination of a moral crisis

At the last cabinet meeting on the Gaza takeover, Israel's army chief faced mockery and accusations from some ministers, tacitly encouraged by Netanyahu, whose top priority is buying time and avoiding ending the war to protect his coalition's survival

During Sunday's press conferences, Netanyahu paid lip service by lauding the IDF soldiers fighting in Gaza, only to use the other side of his mouth to justify his efforts to legislate a complete draft exemption for the Haredim to protect his coalition

Avraham Burg, who also headed the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization, called for a million Jews to file an appeal to the International Court of Justice over war crimes in Gaza: 'This is not a rejection of our people; it is a defense of its soul'

Israel requested that several countries unload humanitarian aid in Israel before transporting it to Gaza by land, amid concerns that footage of aid air-drops harms the international legitimacy of its military offensive in the Gaza Strip

Esther Buchshtab, whose son Yagev's body was recovered from Gaza last September, has not returned to the Gaza border kibbutz where he was abducted. She says returning would normalize the ongoing hostage situation in Gaza

In two press conferences, one for Israeli journalists and the other for foreign press, Netanyahu called for a 'quick' takeover of central Gaza, claiming it would defeat Hamas. Hostage families described the goals presented as 'unrealistic conditions that mean sacrificing the hostages'

Suleiman al-Obeid, a former senior player and a father of five, was killed at the age of 41, and the world hears the Palestinian version that he was murdered while Israeli forces fired on Gaza civilians waiting for humanitarian aid

A 'refusal party' for a conscientious objector in Jerusalem, a Tel Aviv queer club making a rare public call to end the war in Gaza, and student filmmakers back on screen after a wartime delay

According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, this brings the total death toll in Gaza from hunger or malnutrition since the beginning of the war to 217, including 100 children

Hostage relatives called on heads of large companies and other organizations central to Israel's economy to participate in the strike. Hostage mother Vicky Cohen said that the Israeli cabinet's decision to occupy Gaza 'sends a clear and direct message' that the government is 'giving up on the hostages'

Israel's security cabinet approved plans to occupy Gaza, a move that shifts focus from freeing hostages to toppling Hamas. The occupation would entail legal and humanitarian responsibilities for over two million Gazans, requiring Israel to rebuild civilian infrastructure and manage daily needs, a task fraught with challenges and risks of inciting future terrorism