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Emily Damari walks in to meet her family members at the Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, January 19, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
January 20, 2025, 10:02 am
Romi, Emily and Doron home at last after 471 days
Masked Hamas gunmen hand women over to Red Cross in midst of raucous crowds in Gaza City; women meet their mothers at IDF facility near Gaza, before transfer to hospital.
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff and Agencies
The 33 houstages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Row 1 (L-R): Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Arbel Yehud, Doron Steinbrecher, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Shiri Bibas; Row 2: Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami, Gadi Moshe Moses; Row 3: Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon, Eli Sharabi, Itzik Elgarat, Shlomo Mansour, Ohad Yahalomi, Oded Lifshitz; Row 4: Tsahi Idan, Hisham al-Sayed, Yarden Bibas, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn, Omer Wenkert, Sasha Trufanov; Row 5: Eliya Cohen, Or Levy, Avera Mengistu, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem-Tov (all photos courtesy)
January 18, 2025, 11:12 am
These are the 33 hostages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire
Families of the captives have been notified, though it is not yet known who among the 33 is alive and who is not.
By TOI Staff and Agencies
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
Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza Ziyadne. (The Times of Israel: Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 8:51 am
IDF says the body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne found in Gaza, ‘grave concerns’ for son’s life
Remains of Ziyadne, 53, brought back to Israel, along with findings linked to his son Hamza, 22; troops locate the body in tunnel in Rafah, in area that army previously operated in
By Emanuel Fabian
Master Sgt. Elad Yaakov Winkelstein (left), 35, Rachel Cohen (center), 73 and Aliza Raiz (right), 70, were killed in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank village of al-Funduq on January 6, 2025. (Courtesy)
January 7, 2025, 9:55 am
3 Israelis killed, 8 wounded in West Bank terror shooting
Attackers open fire on two cars and bus on major road used by settlers and Palestinians, then flee, authorities say; army surrounds Nablus as leaders vow to capture killers.
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Troops of the Kfir Brigade operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 4, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Israel Defense Forces)
January 6, 2025, 9:48 am
IDF soldier who survived Nova massacre escapes war crimes investigation in Brazil
Court orders probe following complaint submitted by Hind Rajab Foundation, which tracks Israeli servicemembers traveling abroad; Foreign Ministry decries ‘anti-Israeli elements’.
By TOI STAFF
January 3, 2025, 9:30 am
Israel should seek victory says Pipes
In his latest book, "Israel Victory", Pipes describes how he first conceived the strategy in the late 1990s.
By Bruce Hill
Palestinians pray over the bodies of people killed in an Israeli army strike against Hamas in the Nuseirat refugee camp, at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, December 12, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
December 16, 2024, 11:26 am
UK think tank: Gaza death toll inflated to defame Israel for targeting civilians
Hamas figures appear to include thousands who died of natural causes, Henry Jackson Society finds, accusing international media of being too quick to accept terror group’s numbers.
By TOI STAFF
A general view of Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2024. (The Times of Israel: AP Photo/Omar Albam)
December 9, 2024, 10:57 am
As Assad falls, Israeli jets destroy his deadly arsenals before they fall to rebels
Multiple IAF strikes target missile depots, air defenses, chemical sites amid fears advanced arms could fall into hands of hostile groups; IDF seizes buffer zone, in first since 1974.
By EMANUEL FABIAN and AGENCIES
Fallen IDF soldier Zamir Burke.
December 5, 2024, 8:00 am
Australian family mourns tragic loss of ‘beloved soul’
"He was extremely proud that the nature of his role was that you had to clear the way for other soldiers to be able to get through," says Zamir's Australian uncle Danny Brill.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Photo: Supplied
December 2, 2024, 12:00 pm
What Matters Now to combat medic Tuvia Book: Reserve duty for over a year
Tuvia Book was honourably discharged as a combat medic in the Israel Defense Forces following the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
By TOI STAFF
Malki Roth.
November 28, 2024, 11:05 am
Some relief for Roths
The court's determination, based on a 2022 High Court finding, rests on the PA and PLO incentivising terrorism through payments to terrorists and their families.
By Peter Kohn
My unit medivacing a wounded soldier from Gaza. Photo (c) T. Book, 2024
October 31, 2024, 5:28 pm
Call Me Back – with Dan Senor: The People’s Army – with Dr Tuvia Book
The first question any wounded soldier says, really sums up what’s happening right now in the military and still in Israel, even now, nine months after the start of the war.
By TUVIA BOOK
Illustrative: Mossad chief David Barnea attends a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
October 28, 2024, 1:58 pm
As Mossad head goes to Doha, Egypt proposes 2-day ceasefire for release of 4 hostages
While Hamas wants a comprehensive agreement that ends the war and keeps it in Gaza, Israel looks for initial deal to understand who calls shots after terror chief Sinwar killed.
By LAZAR BERMAN
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