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  In a significant development offering both hope and heartache, the family of captured Israel Defense Forces soldier Matan Angrest has received confirmation their son remains alive, through testimonies from recently released hostages who shared captivity with him. This crucial update comes approximately 500 days after Angrest was taken from his tank position at Kibbutz […]

  A senior diplomatic source revealed to Israel Hayom on Wednesday that Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff has recommitted himself to negotiations aimed at preserving the hostage deal, following his recent successful mediation of an American citizen's release from Russian custody. The diplomatic developments coincided with the arrival of a Hamas delegation in Cairo, headed […]

Local police reportedly said that "even though the demonstration was carried out without a permit, it was legal." 

Ancient DNA and archaeology studies zero in on a population living 6,000 years ago between the Caucasus and the lower Volga River as origin of the family of languages now spoken from Europe to India

LEBANON: Report: Lebanon agreed for IDF to delay withdrawal; Lebanese president denies claim ■ ISRAEL: Three hostages' families say received signs of life ■ GAZA: Palestinian media report one killed, nine wounded in Rafah, IDF confirms attack ■ EGYPT: Report: Five Arab states to discuss Egypt's Gaza proposal, set to be published next week; Egypt and Jordan call to rebuild Gaza without displacing Palestinians ■ SYRIA: Russia invites Syrian FM to Moscow; IDF reportedly sets up checkpoint in south ■ WEST BANK: One militant killed, one soldier wounded in Tul Karm, army says

I fear the problem doesn't stem from the difficulty of pronouncing their names, but from our basic difficulty with recognizing migrants – whether legal or illegal – as human beings

Levels of antisemitism across Britain rocketed to record levels in the wake of the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israel.

Although the number of incidents dropped from the record level tracked in 2023, the level was still unusually high

The U.S. gives billions of dollars in aid to the two Arab states, putting them in a delicate situation if they refuse to accept Palestinian refugees. However, a possible economic safety net from the Arab world could relieve pressure

The cacophony triggered by his proposal to 'take over' Gaza obscured the fact that U.S. President Donald Trump has, for now, thwarted a key policy pushed by Israel's PM. For decades, Netanyahu's strategic, and personal, obsession has been Iran – but Trump is in no hurry to approve a military strike

Though the Jordanian King was firm in his rejection of Trump's plan to transfer Gaza's population elsewhere, the president pressed that Palestinians will 'end up having a great home and won't get mugged and killed and beat up by Hamas and everyone else'

The union said journalists in East Jerusalem have been barred from areas they want to cover and illegally summoned for interrogations

If Netanyahu decides to resume the fighting, he is dooming the hostages to continued suffering and perhaps death. Their families deserve to have their prime minister look them in the eye as he does it

Netanyahu said after a lengthy security cabinet meeting that if Hamas doesn't return hostages by Saturday at noon, the fighting in Gaza will resume. Trump said if Hamas fails to deliver al hostages by the Saturday deadline, 'all bets are off'

There is now an awareness that Hamas is a movement informed by decades-old ideology whose roots reach all the way to Nazi propaganda.

There is now an awareness that Hamas is a movement informed by decades-old ideology whose roots reach all the way to Nazi propaganda.