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Still from a video statement on the war in Gaza by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, April 8, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Screenshot, GPO)
April 9, 2024, 3:31 pm
Israel has circled date in calendar for repeatedly-pledged Rafah invasion, PM says
Jerusalem hasn’t yet briefed Washington on the matter, Biden administration says, adding that Israel has agreed to hold off until Netanyahu’s aides discuss matter further in DC.
By LAZAR BERMAN and Jacob Magid
Demonstrators block a main road demanding an immediate deal for the release Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian terrorists, during a protest near the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 7, 2024, 8:42 am
At least 32 of the 136 hostages held in Gaza killed, 20 others feared dead – NYT
IDF spokesman says bodies of 31 captives held by Hamas, including soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin who fell in 2014, Hostages and Missing Families Forum concurs.
By TOI STAFF, LAZAR BERMAN and Emanuel Fabian
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 speaks at the Bnei David military academy in the West Bank settlement of Eli, January 30, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
January 31, 2024, 12:15 pm
Netanyahu: Israel won’t free ‘thousands of terrorists’ or withdraw IDF for hostage deal
While his right flank blasts a framework that Israel reportedly agreed to in Paris, Netanyahu says IDF will not leave Gaza; Hamas says it is studying proposal.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Qatar's PM Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani speaking at the Atlantic Council, January 29, 2024. (The Times of Israel: YouTube screenshot)
January 30, 2024, 10:35 am
Hamas seems to reject new hostage deal offer, says it’ll only accept full IDF pullout
Terror group appears to pour cold water on mediators’ latest offer after Qatari PM says ‘good progress’ made; Israel said open to lengthy truce but refuses to end war
By LAZAR BERMAN and TOI Staff and Agencies
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services, left, and Mossad chief David Barnea at the annual IDF Armored Corps memorial ceremony, marking the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, in Yad La-Shiryon, on September 27, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 11:28 am
Israel says Paris talks on hostage deal were ‘constructive,’ will continue this week
‘Significant gaps’ remain, says Prime Minister’s Office, after US, Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials meet to weigh pause in fighting in exchange for release of hostages.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video statement, January 19, 2024. (The Times of Israel: screenshot)
January 22, 2024, 10:20 am
Netanyahu: No full Palestinian state, no ‘surrender’ in exchange for Gaza hostages
PM pushes back on White House vision of pathway to two-state solution and reports of a grand bargain that would end war, though he doesn’t rule out demilitarized Palestinian state.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at the UN General Assembly on October 26. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP
November 10, 2023, 11:39 am
Jordan’s ambassador recalled from Israel
Jordan was the second Arab state to make peace with Israel in 1994, after Egypt in 1979. Thousands of protesters have called for Amman to rescind its peace treaty with Israel.
By LAZAR BERMAN
IDF ground forces in the northern Gaza Strip. Photo: Israel Defence Forces
November 9, 2023, 12:39 pm
IDF ‘tightening noose’ around Hamas in Gaza City
"We will fight together, and with God's help, we will win together,"
By Emanuel Fabian, Michael Bachner and LAZAR BERMAN
IDF ground forces operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in this photo released for publication on November 7, 2023. Photo: Israel Defence Forces
November 8, 2023, 1:22 pm
IDF ‘tightening noose’ around Hamas in Gaza City
Netanyahu says ‘We’re reaching deeper than Hamas ever imagined,’ urges Red Cross to demand access to hostages, rules out fuel entering Gaza, warns Hezbollah against joining war
By Emanuel Fabian, Michael Bachner and LAZAR BERMAN
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shaking hands with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in February 2020. Photo: Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool/ File
November 7, 2023, 6:54 am
Turkey’s Erdogan says Hamas aren’t terrorists
Erdogan's defence of Hamas and accusations against Israel put heavy strain on efforts to warm ties over the past year-and-a-half, after years of animosity.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a primetime address, October 25, 2023. (GPO/Screenshot)
October 26, 2023, 10:16 am
Netanyahu: After the war, everyone will have to answer for failures, ‘including me’
In primetime speech, PM stops short of taking responsibility for debacle that enabled Hamas onslaught, vows ground invasion of Gaza coming, says Israel in ‘fight for our existence’.
By LAZAR BERMAN and AFP and TOI Staff
Soldiers prepare bodies in Kfar Aza. Photo: Oren Rosenfeld
October 12, 2023, 8:57 am
Foreign reporters taken to massacre site in Kfar Aza
'It's not a battlefield. You see the babies, the mothers, the fathers in their bedrooms, in their protection rooms, and how the terrorists kill them. It's not a war ... it's a massacre'
By LAZAR BERMAN and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli Tourism Minister Chaim Katz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 26. Photo: Courtesy Chaim Katz
September 28, 2023, 9:46 am
Edging closer to normalisation
Israeli Tourism Minister Chaim Katz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a United Nations conference, becoming the first Israeli minister to lead a delegation to the kingdom.
By LAZAR BERMAN, Jacob Magid and TOI STAFF
Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly. Photo: Bryan R. Smith / AFP
September 26, 2023, 1:31 pm
‘At the cusp’ of historic peace with Saudis, Benjamin Netanyahu tells UN
With Saudi diplomat in attendance, PM offers vision of ‘new Middle East’ and AI-enabled future, but ignores bitter fight over judicial overhaul back home and on NYC streets
By LAZAR BERMAN
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