Ceasefire
People protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
March 3, 2025, 1:54 pm
US backs Israeli call for new Gaza plan
Relatives of captives urge bringing everyone back before any renewed fighting.
By Jacob Magid and FOLLOW JESSICA STEINBERG and TOI STAFF
Israeli female soldier hostages Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev and Liri Albag, in no particular order, and on a stage in front of a Palestinian crowd before being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar)
January 26, 2025, 12:06 am
4 female soldier hostages freed by Hamas, paraded on Gaza stage, returned to Israel
Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, Liri Albag reunite with parents; Israel cancels planned return of Gazans to north, demands civilian Arbel Yehud’s release be ‘arranged’.
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff and Agencies
Doron Steinbrecher is reunited with her family. Photo: IDF
January 20, 2025, 3:10 pm
Australian leaders react to release of hostages
Watching the women finally be embraced by their mums, "was an overwhelming and emotional moment across Israel and the Jewish world".
By AJN STAFF
From left: Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher (Courtesy)
January 19, 2025, 11:30 pm
Ceasefire takes effect after Hamas names the three women hostages to be freed Sunday
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher to be freed on first day of truce after Hamas delayed list of names; will be met by IDF representatives, doctors, psychologists.
By Emanuel Fabian, TOI Staff and Agencies and AMY SPIRO
A woman and a little girl look at a mural showing female Israeli soldiers taken hostage during the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 18, 2025 (The Times of Israel: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 19, 2025, 9:59 am
Hours before Gaza ceasefire set to start, PM stresses right to resume war after ‘pause’
As of Saturday night, Israel was still awaiting list of names from Hamas of the three women hostages to be freed Sunday afternoon; Netanyahu says deal won’t move forward without it.
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff and Agencies
Left: Mossad director David Barnea, the head of Israel's hostage-ceasefire negotiating team. Right: Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. (Gil Cohen-Magen, Karim Jaafar/AFP/collage)
January 17, 2025, 1:14 pm
Israel and Hamas sign hostage-ceasefire deal after mediators iron out final kinks
The deal was announced Wednesday, but the negotiating teams continued meeting afterward in order to finalise implementation details, official says
By Jacob Magid
Demonstrators embrace each other after the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas was reported, Tel Aviv, January 15, 2025. (The Times of Israel: Jack GUEZ / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 7:16 am
After 15 months of war, Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire-hostage release deal
Officials from all sides confirm agreement, expected to take effect Sunday; security cabinet is to meet Thursday morning to approve the accord.
By TOI STAFF, AGENCIES, Jacob Magid and AMY SPIRO
Pictures in Jerusalem of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, January 13, 2025. (The Times of Israel: Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 7:23 am
Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal on brink of finalisation, as reports spell out details
Conflicting news on whether Hamas has okayed mediators’ draft; IDF reportedly to immediately leave Netzarim Corridor, with Qatar, Egypt monitoring Gazans heading north using X-ray.
By Michael Bachner, TOI STAFF and  AGENCIES and JACOB MAGID
US President Joe Biden announces a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 26, 2024, in Washington. (The Times of Israel: Saul Loeb/AFP)
November 27, 2024, 10:43 am
Biden says Israel and Lebanon agreed to ceasefire, reveals it will take effect at 4 a.m. Israel-time
“This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities,” he notes.
By Jacob Magid
Foreign Minister Penny Wong addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 27, 2024. Photo: AP Photo/Pamela Smith.
October 2, 2024, 8:00 am
Wong calls for Palestinian state at the UN
Wong condemned Hamas's terrorism and called for the release of hostages, but also criticised Israel's military response in Gaza.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Hostages Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov being rescued on June 8. Photo: Israel Police
June 20, 2024, 8:00 am
NIF supports Gaza ceasefire
NIF Australia Executive Director Michael Chaitow said a ceasefire deal would finally allow the residents of Gaza to start rebuilding their lives and bring the hostages home.
By Bruce Hill
Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024. (The Times of Israel: AFP)
May 7, 2024, 11:01 am
Hamas claims to accept ceasefire, hostage deal; Israel: This isn’t what we agreed to
Gazans celebrate in streets; families of hostages plead for deal; US studying response; war cabinet says negotiators will meet mediators, but orders IDF to push ahead with Rafah op.
By LAZAR BERMAN, AGENCIES and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd left) heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (The Times of Israel: RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
February 6, 2024, 1:19 pm
Senior Likud minister: We are only ‘at start of journey’ on hostage deal talks
As US push continues, minister tells ToI no specific deal has been brought to cabinet, and that it has not agreed to a long-term ceasefire or release of large number of terrorists
By LAZAR BERMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a detention facility in southern Israel where Hamas operatives detained in the Gaza Strip are being questioned by the IDF's 504 human intelligence unit, December 13, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 14, 2023, 12:41 pm
Israeli leaders: War to go on until Hamas defeated, ‘with or without’ world’s approval
Netanyahu says ‘nothing will stop’ Gaza op, while FM Cohen tells visiting Australian minister ceasefire would be a ‘gift’ to Hamas; Washington welcomes recent humanitarian efforts.
By Jacob Magid and TOI STAFF
PM Anthony Albanese addresses Federal Parliament. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP Photos.
December 13, 2023, 8:03 am
Australia votes at UN for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The vote came after Anthony Albanese joined the prime ministers of Canada and New Zealand in calling for the immediate release of all hostages and a pause in fighting
By AJN STAFF
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