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These are the four Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity whose bodies were returned Wednesday

Haaretz - 17:04 Feb 26, 2025

Itzhak Elgarat's brother, Danny, led the protest movement to release the hostages ■ Tsachi Idan's house in Nahal Oz became a Hamas compound on October 7 ■ Ohad Yahalomi was abducted with his 13-year-old son, Eitan, who returned in the first cease-fire deal ■ Shlomo Mantzur was the oldest hostage taken by Hamas

Tags: Hamas
Released hostage eulogizes Bibas family, asks for help in bringing brother back from Gaza

Haaretz - 16:15 Feb 26, 2025

In his first live statement after his release from Hamas captivity, Iair Horn said, 'no one in the world should have to go through' what the hostages are facing, calling for the hostage deal to continue
Dozens of Arab Israeli crime family members arrested by Israel Police in large-scale raid

Haaretz - 16:05 Feb 26, 2025

About 1,000 Israel Police officers raided the homes of members of the Abu Latif crime family in northern Israel, confiscating cash and luxury vehicles. The suspects face charges relating to extortion, armed threats and shootings

Tags: Israel Police
Iran ramps up production of near weapons-grade uranium, IAEA says, as U.S. tensions grow

Haaretz - 16:03 Feb 26, 2025

The IAEA chief says that the amount of uranium enriched by Iran is enough to make 'several' nuclear bombs. U.S. intelligence agencies assess that Iran has yet to begin a weapons program, but has 'undertaken activities that better position it to produce a nuclear device, if it chooses to do so.'

Tags: Iran
The Netanyahu-Trump bromance: How long till Israel's PM ends up in the president's doghouse?

Haaretz - 15:33 Feb 26, 2025

Netanyahu's visit to Washington turned out to be more positive than he could ever have imagined, winning a blank check and an unshakable ally. But how long will it last?
Head of intelligence unit slams IDF chief, says Oct. 7 wasn't investigated and 'not by mistake'

Haaretz - 14:55 Feb 26, 2025

Top IDF officers 'didn't even dare to sit together for 15 minutes' and 'ask what happened,' the commander of the army's elite 8200 unit was quoted saying of the army's investigation into Hamas' attack
Two Arab Israeli men shot dead in Nazareth

Haaretz - 14:29 Feb 26, 2025

A total of 41 people in Israel's Arab community have been murdered since the start of the year, compared to 27 during the same period last year, according to a Haaretz tally
An Israeli author's quest to write the great Jewish-Yemeni novel

Haaretz - 13:24 Feb 26, 2025

Ayelet Tsabari's debut novel 'Songs for the Brokenhearted' just won the National Jewish Book Award for fiction. She tells Haaretz about the women's songs that inspired the book, her years of living in exile in Canada and what she means when she says 'I'm not angry, I'm Israeli'
Australian nurse charged after saying she wouldn't treat Israeli patients in viral TikTok video

Haaretz - 13:21 Feb 26, 2025

The charges against the Sydney nurse come as Australia experiences a surge in antisemitism that has roiled the nation as homes, businesses, synagogues and schools have been vandalized or torched in crimes targeting Jews
'All up in the air': Century-old synagogue destroyed in L.A. wildfire faces precarious future

Haaretz - 13:19 Feb 26, 2025

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center didn't have a full-time rabbi for the past year and a half. Now it lost its sanctuary. Seven weeks after their campus was reduced to rubble, congregational leaders ponder the risks of rebuilding on the same spot
Trump shares his AI vision of Gaza's future, with belly dancers, cocktails and Elon Musk

Haaretz - 13:04 Feb 26, 2025

It's raining dollar bills in Gaza in an AI video published by U.S. President Trump on social media, envisioning its future as a resort paradise. The clip features an upbeat song promising 'No more tunnels, no more fear'
Match announcer for Arab-Israeli soccer team arrested after praising Hamas' treatment of Israeli hostages

Haaretz - 12:41 Feb 26, 2025

'Islamic resistance acted with complete humanity,' the match announcer, a journalist by profession, told Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV channel. On Monday, following the interview, soccer team Bnei Sakhnin F.C. dismissed him from the position

Tags: Hamas'
Israeli filmmaker Renen Schorr, founder of Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film School, dies at 72

Haaretz - 12:34 Feb 26, 2025

Schorr, the founding director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem, played a key role in shaping Israel's film industry and building the school's international reputation. In 2024, he was honored with the Israeli Culture and Sports Ministry's Lifetime Achievement Award
Jews less likely to believe in God than any religious group in America, survey shows

Haaretz - 12:26 Feb 26, 2025

According to the latest Religious Landscape Study, conducted by the Pew Research Center, Jews are more likely to be intermarried and to support abortion and gay rights than most other Americans. After Hindus, they earn more money than members of any other religious group

Tags: Jews
Bacteria that gives you gum disease may also give you Alzheimer's, Israeli researchers show

Haaretz - 12:02 Feb 26, 2025

Hebrew University scientists have revealed the mechanism that allows a certain microbe to evade immune cells, giving hope in the treatment not only of Alzheimer's but also of certain cancers and heart disease

Tags: Alzheimer's
Released hostage assures family of Israeli captive that 'He's not alone' in Gaza captivity

Haaretz - 11:38 Feb 26, 2025

Ruhama Bohbot, mother of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot, said the family received the first sign of life from him since the Oct. 7 attack through a released hostage who was held in captivity with him: 'He misses you, and he's staying strong'

Tags: Israeli
Hamas may be flexible on cease-fire during Ramadan, but demands more Gaza aid for future hostage releases

Haaretz - 10:10 Feb 26, 2025

Hamas sees the hostages as their last bargaining chip and won't advance a deal without an improvement in Gaza's humanitarian situation and a framework for ending the war, a Palestinian source with ties to Hamas leadership abroad told Haaretz

Tags: Hamas
Hamas to hand over bodies of four slain hostages on Wednesday, Israel to free Palestinian prisoners

Haaretz - 09:42 Feb 26, 2025

Agreement also reached for release of 602 Palestinian prisoners who were due to be freed over the weekend

Tags: Palestinian
Murdered Israeli hostages Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas laid to rest in southern Israel

Haaretz - 08:38 Feb 26, 2025

The sister of released hostage Yarden Bibas said during the procession route to the funeral: 'Through the car window, I see a broken country; we won't recover until the last hostage returns home'
Netanyahu is just waiting for the right moment to fire the Shin Bet chief

Haaretz - 04:00 Feb 26, 2025

There's no doubt that Israel's prime minister is eager to remove Ronen Bar, which is crucial for Netanyahu to shape his desired narrative about the October 7 attacks

Tags: Netanyahu

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