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Israel and Egypt preparing to reopen Rafah Crossing following Gaza ceasefire

However, the crossing will not be used to increase the flow of aid into the Strip

By Jacob Jaffa

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Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing wait to cross into the Gaza Strip early on October 15, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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)

By Ronit Levine-Schnur

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

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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)

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

By Eliana Jordan

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Einav Zangauker, the mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, speaks during a solidarity protest (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Gaza war

Israel holds its breath and waits for its loved-ones to come home

By Jacob Jaffa

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Yvette Cooper in the House of Commons (Image: House of Commons).

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There is a global consensus on ending the war in Gaza, says Yvette Cooper

By JC Reporter

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Netanyahu confirms Israel will return to ceasefire negotiations

By Jacob Jaffa

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Benny Gantz

Gantz considering rejoining coalition to push through ceasefire

By Jane Prinsley

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Hamas ‘accepts fresh ceasefire proposal’ mediated by Egypt and Qatar

The new deal is believed to be similar to the most recent proposal which would have seen a 60-day ceasefire in exchange for 10 live Israeli hostages

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 18, 2025 16:03

A woman in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square reacts to news earlier this year that the first hostages had been released after a ceasefire agreement began between Israel and Hamas in January (Photo: Getty)

US pulls out of Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas refused ‘to act in good faith’

Washington’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said his team would now examine ‘alternative options’ to secure the return of the remaining hostages

By Akiva van Koningsveld

2 min read

July 25, 2025 09:25

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has confirmed that Washington's negotiators have withdrawn from ceasefire talks with Hamas (Image: Getty)

Israel to continue ceasefire talks in Doha on Sunday despite ‘unacceptable’ latest amendments from Hamas

US President Donald Trump will host Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on Monday

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

July 6, 2025 10:21

Smoke rises over the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025 (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

Israel was reportedly not involved in negotiations to free the 21-year-old

By JC Reporter

1 min read

May 11, 2025 19:41

Hamas says it has lost contact with the terrorists holding Edan Alexander in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

United Synagogue leadership challenges Board of Deputies over FT letter criticising Israel

Ninety representatives of the community’s largest Orthodox body questioned Board president Phil Rosenberg over the letter, which was signed by 36 deputies

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

April 21, 2025 09:06

Dozens of UK-based Israelis have staged a protest against the Netanyahu government in London, mirroring similar demonstrations across Israel (Image: We Democracy)

JC Israel briefing Day 541: Hamas puts new ceasefire deal on table

But protests urging an agreement to bring home the hostages continue on the streets of Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

March 30, 2025 09:16

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv on Saturday night demand the government do more to bring the hostages home (Photo:Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

With a genocidal enemy, diplomacy is not an option

Western leaders think Israel must be dragged back from the brink of victory and condemned to the purgatory of endless talks and conflict.

3 min read

March 27, 2025 11:11

Hamas fighters gather at the site of the handing over of Israeli hostages at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025. (Photo: Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Hamas knew the consequences of not releasing the hostages – and now it is paying the price

Casualty figures in Gaza cited by the terrorist group are being quoted by media without caveats

2 min read

March 18, 2025 16:56

Palestinian families leaving the eastern sector of the Gaza Strip on the border with Israel following the Israeli airstrikes early on Tuesday morning (Photo: Getty Images)

Progressive rabbis call on Israel to halt Rafah attack

The rabbis say they are ‘deeply concerned for the fate of the 133 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza’

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

May 14, 2024 10:26

Rabbi Jackie Tabick was one of the signatories to the letter (Photo: Gary Manhine)

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Ceasefire

Israel and Egypt preparing to reopen Rafah Crossing following Gaza ceasefire

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

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

Israel holds its breath and waits for its loved-ones to come home

There is a global consensus on ending the war in Gaza, says Yvette Cooper

Netanyahu confirms Israel will return to ceasefire negotiations

Gantz considering rejoining coalition to push through ceasefire

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