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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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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 )

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila on August 21 (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel hits back at Hezbollah with 10 ‘simultaneous’ strikes in southern Lebanon

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on previous trip to Israel in May this year (Photo Getty Images)

Blinken calls on Hamas to accept ceasefire proposal agreed by Israel

By Rosa Doherty

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Lt. Shahar Ben Nun

Israeli paratrooper killed after misfire by IDF jet

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Pro-Palestine activists at the Cenotaph. Credit: Youth Demand/ Twitter

Two pro-Palestinian activists arrested after Cenotaph protest

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / People walk on rubble as they inspect the damage at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building complex in western Gaza City's Al-Sinaa neighbouhood on July 12, 2024, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the besieged Palestinian territory. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

How Hamas uses tunnels, human shields and guerilla tactics to prolong war against Israel

By Hannah Gillott

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Romi Gonen

Our daughters have been held by sex attackers and could now be giving birth, say hostages’ mothers

By Nicole Lampert

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Sixty per cent of Hamas combatants in Gaza killed or wounded, says Israeli defence minister

Defence minister Yoav Gallant confirmed that 14,000 terrorists had been “eliminated” in Gaza

By Hannah Gillott

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July 10, 2024 13:16

Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades move towards the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Irish Times accused of sharing incorrect Gaza death toll

UK Lawyers for Israel criticised the Times for sharing the speculative figure

By Hannah Gillott

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July 10, 2024 10:17

People walk past rubble and damaged buildings in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on July 8, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

Did the Lancet really estimate the Gaza death toll at 186,000?

The figure was shared by MPs and UN officials, but is purely speculative and not a peer-reviewed study

By Hannah Gillott

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July 9, 2024 11:31

People walk past rubble and damaged buildings in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on July 8, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

Steve McCabe: Labour’s reaction to October 7 showed it was a changed party

Outgoing Labour Friends of Israel head says party has changed compared to the Corbyn years

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 2, 2024 11:53

Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

‘He was doing this for the Jewish people and he has made a very special sacrifice’

Eli-Moshe Zimbalist was one of eight young soldiers killed just over a week ago in the southern Gaza Strip after his vehicle exploded

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June 30, 2024 08:28

‘He was doing this for the Jewish people and he has made a very special sacrifice’

Hamas terrorists holding hostages told to kill them if they think IDF is coming

Since October 7, a new ‘cell’ of Israeli intelligence has been working with US experts to help find the hostages

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June 10, 2024 11:58

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 21: People demonstrate prior any hostage announcements outside the Kirya defense complex as the political cabinet hold a meeting on November 21, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Families and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza gathered near The Kirya defense complex this evening as the Israeli cabinet convened regarding a proposed deal with Hamas for the release of some hostages. The full terms of such a deal were not clear, but both the Israeli prime minister and Hamas leader reported progress. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Biden’s pier is subsidising Hamas and impeding Israel

The Biden administration’s washed up aid effort was built as a sop to false claims in the media

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May 30, 2024 15:50

Biden's aid pier

IDF dismisses reservist soldier who incited mutiny via viral video

Israeli military opened a criminal probe into the incident as ‘a serious violation of IDF orders and IDF values’

By Daniel Ben-David

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May 27, 2024 09:48

IDF dismisses reservist soldier who incited mutiny via viral video

Netanyahu rules out Gaza resettlement: ‘It was never our aim’

The Israeli prime minister defended his ‘day after’ plan in interviews on US TV

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May 22, 2024 08:51

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defence Ministry, after their meeting in Tel Aviv on October 12, 2023. Blinken arrived in a show of solidarity after Hamas's surprise weekend onslaught in Israel, an AFP correspondent travelling with him reported. He is expected to visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington closes ranks with its ally that has launched a withering air campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)