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Hamas gives back body of beloved kibbutznik, 75, who was killed rescuing his horses

Eliyahu Margalit, nicknamed ‘Chuchill’ by the kibbutz, was killed in Nir Oz on October 7

By JC Reporter

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Eliyahu “Churchill” Margalit was murdered on Oct. 7, 2023. His body was retrieved from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 18, 2025, as part of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

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Who are the Gaza clans opposing Hamas for control of the Strip?

By Simon Sherman

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Who are the Gaza clans opposing Hamas?

By Simon Sherman

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US President Trump speaks during a meeting with President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room at the White House on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC (Image: Getty Images)

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Trump threatens to ‘kill’ Hamas over Gaza civilian executions

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

A boy sits outside the entrance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building (Image: Getty)

By Adi Schwartz

As Gaza is rebuilt, the toxic Unrwa structure must be dismantled

3 min read

A pro-Palestinian protester holds a "globalise the intifada" sign near during an anti-Israel protest near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hotel at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2025 in New York City (Image: Getty Images)

By Daniel Finkelstein

When people call for jihad or advocate globalising the intifada – believe them

3 min read

Tamir Nimrodi (l) Eitan Levi (r) (Image: Bring them Home Now)

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Hamas hands over four more bodies, but only three confirmed as Israeli hostages

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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Hostages ‘tortured, starved and kept in chains for two years’

Former captives tell Israeli media about the horrific conditions they faced at the hands of Hamas

By JC Reporter

2 min read

October 14, 2025 10:59

Avinatan Or, pictured with his parents, was held alone for the entire two years

Bodies of four dead hostages arrive in Israel – two names released

The military confirmed that the remains were be identified at a forensics facility

By JC Reporter

1 min read

October 14, 2025 08:34

The bodies are saluted by IDF soldiers after arriving in Israel (Image: JNS)

By Yaakov Lappin

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

A failure of phase two could lead to resumption of war, former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror warns

4 min read

October 13, 2025 16:17

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on October 3, 2025, shows an Israeli army soldier behind a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

With the hostages home, the path to Hamas’s irrelevance may at last come within reach

3 min read

October 13, 2025 16:11

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as US President Donald Trump listens on (Photo: Getty Images)

By Ronit Levine-Schnur

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

The Israeli Prime Minister must stand alongside the US President at the summit in Egypt – not as a spectator but as a partner in shaping the post-war regional order

1 min read

October 12, 2025 16:10

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump prior to the President's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 23, 2017 (Image: Getty)

Hamas ‘reasserts military dominance over Gaza Strip’ hours after agreeing to ceasefire

The terror group has reportedly been quick to punish suspected collaborators ahead of the first phase of the peace deal

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

October 12, 2025 14:54

Members of the internal security forces loyal to Hamas are deployed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as displaced people return to Gaza City (Photo: Getty)

By Amir Avivi

The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

Any cease-fire without dismantling Hamas will merely be a pause in violence. The terror regime’s destruction, though, could bring the vision of a US-Israel-Sunni alliance within reach

3 min read

October 12, 2025 08:36

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Image: Getty)

By Andrew Fox

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

The deal with Hamas is imperfect – hostages exchanged for killers, the jihadis diminished but not gone. The task now is not to romanticise the bargain, but to use this brittle pause to build a sturdier quiet

3 min read

October 10, 2025 14:06

Hamas fighters stand guard near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: Getty)

By Saul Sadka

The Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrender

Even if the jihadis won’t disarm, they have no meaningful ability to project power at Israel, only at its own long-suffering people. And yet, there is a genuine prospect for regional peace

8 min read

October 10, 2025 07:36

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Gaza on March (Image: Getty)

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Hamas

Hamas gives back body of beloved kibbutznik, 75, who was killed rescuing his horses

Who are the Gaza clans opposing Hamas for control of the Strip?

Who are the Gaza clans opposing Hamas?

Trump threatens to ‘kill’ Hamas over Gaza civilian executions

As Gaza is rebuilt, the toxic Unrwa structure must be dismantled

When people call for jihad or advocate globalising the intifada – believe them

Hamas hands over four more bodies, but only three confirmed as Israeli hostages

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