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Gallant says Hamas ‘no longer exists’ as military force in Gaza

Israel’s Defence Minister says terrorist group is reduced to fighting guerrilla war but peace deal is ‘strategic opportunity’

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Time to deal: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant during a recent visit to the Gaza-Egypt border (Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Getty Images)

Hezbollah flag in Baalbek, Lebanon (Photo: Joel Carillet/Getty Images)

‘Tens of thousands could die’ if Lebanon war escalates, warns US official

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Rally: demonstrators throng outside the Israeli embassy in London during a pro-Palestine march last year (Photo: Getty Images)

Anti-Israel protests

Call for ‘unacceptable’ Gaza march on Yom Kippur to be postponed

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Strike: Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet (Photo: Flash90)

Israeli jets hit ‘significant’ Hamas command centre in Khan Yunis

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Protesters demonstrating against Hamas's sexual violence hold placards outside the BBC headquarters in February (Credit: Getty Images)

BBC breached own guidelines 1,553 times on Israel, says new report

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Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Lawyers threaten action against UK government over Israel arms ban

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Pakistani man charged with planning terror attack against New York Jews

Pakistani man charged with planning terror attack against New York Jews

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Israeli intelligence and lethal strikes on high-value targets have been a hammer blow to Iranian strategy

Thwarting attacks from Iran and Lebanon has altered the battlefield

By Zvika Haimovich

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September 6, 2024 13:19

A member of the Iranian armed forces directs an army orchestra as a truck carries Arash drones during a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran on April 17, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s terrible dilemma

As thousands of Israelis demand a deal with Hamas after the hostage murders, others fear its consequences

By Jake Wallis Simons

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September 5, 2024 10:22

Families attend the funeral of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi. at a cemetery in Petach Tikva. Eden was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, September 1, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חטופים משפחות חרבות חטופה לוויה עדן ירושלמי הפגנה ברזל מלחמה

IDF kills over 200 terrorists in Rafah operation

Dozens of weapons were located in civilian structures, including a large cache inside a basement

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September 4, 2024 14:39

Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, speaks to the media next to the entrance of a tunnel that the military says Hamas militants used in the southern Gaza Strip on 3 July, 2024. (Photo by OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli, 12, reveals how he watched his dad being beaten by terrorists before being taken away to Gaza

Erez Kalderon was kidnapped and separated from his father, who is still being held by Hamas

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September 4, 2024 09:39

Erez Kalderon, 12, was Kidnapped on October 7 and released as part of a deal in November (Photo: Screenshot Twitter/X)

Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

With Hamas, freeing the hostages will not be the endgame

Awful as Israel’s dilemma now is, history has shown repeatedly that ceding to Hamas’ demands will simply prompt it to take more captives and commit more atrocities

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September 4, 2024 09:33

Israelis holding photographs of abducted and missing family members protest outside the Knesset (Photo by Yonatan Sindeli/Flash90)

Hamas releases ‘terror video’ of murdered Israeli hostage Eden Yerushalmi

Eden’s family described it as a ‘shocking psychological terror video’

By Rosa Doherty

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September 3, 2024 14:08

The bodies of six hostages, murdered by Hamas terrorists, were recovered on Saturday in Rafah by the IDF (clockwise from top left) Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Alexander Lobanov and Almog Sarusi. (Photo: Hostages and Missing Families Forum/Screenshot )

Hamas threatens to release ‘last messages’ of the six slain hostages

In Hamas’ teaser video, all six hostages can be seen saying their names to the camera before the screen shows warning of their ‘last messages’

By Eliana Jordan

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September 2, 2024 16:37

Hamas threatens to release ‘last messages’ of the six slain hostages

UK to suspend 30 Israeli arms export licences

Government insists decision is ‘not an arms embargo’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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September 2, 2024 16:32

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who were the six hostages killed in Gaza?

As Israel and the diaspora mourn the six young lives cruelly taken, the JC finds out who the people were behind the faces on the hostage posters

By Eliana Jordan

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September 2, 2024 13:26

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip carry pictures of Hersh Goldberg-Polin (L), Almog Sarusi (C) and Alexander Lobanov as they protest outside the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on 1 September, 2024, after Israel announced its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, including Goldberg-Polin, Sarusi and Lobanov. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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