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Hamas names hostages for release following Gaza aid row delay

The announcement has deepened concern for the welfare of the Bibas children, who remain in Gaza

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Hamas has named the three hostages set for release tomorrow as Or Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami and Eliyahu Sharabi (Image: Getty)

Gaza could be a hub for trade and tourism, but it has been blighted by the politics of destruction (Image: Getty)

Einat Wilf

What Trump sees about Gaza that others miss

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Trump's Gaza plan may never happen, but it should prompt a shudder from Jews the world over

Jacob Jaffa

Trump is not the friend Jews need

2 min read

Jewish community organisations have shared mixed reactions to President Trump's plans for Gaza (Image: Getty)

Jewish groups voice outrage, scepticism and praise over Trump’s Gaza remarks

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

Trump's extreme approach to diplomacy could give the US more leverage over the future of the Middle East (Image: Getty)

Jonathan Rynhold

By Jonathan Rynhold

Could Trump’s extreme rhetoric deliver a wider peace? It’s not impossible

2 min read

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana to remain suspended by Labour as four rebels have whip restored

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Sir Keir Starmer reaffirmed the UK's support for a two-state solution following Donald Trump's controversial comments on Gaza (Image: Parliament TV).

Starmer reaffirms UK support for Gaza rebuild and two-state solution after Trump comments

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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Revealed: Blood-sucking baby and swastika posts by officials at top UK ‘interfaith’ charity

Building Bridges in Burnley was set up in 2001 following race riots in the town

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 5, 2025 14:07

Revealed: Blood-sucking baby and swastika posts by officials at top UK ‘interfaith’ charity

Warrior women: How October 7 spurred a female IDF revolution

Enlistment of women in Israeli combat units has surged by more than 20 per cent

By Eliana Jordan

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February 5, 2025 11:48

A soldier from the mixed-sex Caracal combat battalion prepares her rifle at a shooting range in Nitzana, Israel (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

Seth J. Frantzman

By Seth J. Frantzman

Can any of the plans for Gaza prevent a Hamas takeover?

Terror group remain a factor in talks on rebuilding the Strip

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February 5, 2025 11:34

Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 19, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

The JC

The spirit of the hostages is an inspiration to us all

We thought they’d be broken by their ordeal. But they are strong and brave and extraordinary

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February 5, 2025 11:33

Freed hostages (L-R) Liri Albag, Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa and Karina Ariev watch surveillance soldier Agam Bergerbeing released from Hamas captivity in Gaza (Israel Defence Forces)

Hamas says Trump’s ‘absurd’ plan for Gaza resettlement could ‘ignite the region’

In a press conference with Netanyahu, Trump suggested removing more than a million Palestinians from the Strip

By Joshua Marks

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February 5, 2025 09:08

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Getty Images)

Trump vows to take over Gaza for the US

‘I think it’s something that could change history’ said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

By Andrew Bernard

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February 5, 2025 07:08

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

In the desert oasis of Kibbutz Ketura, Israelis and Palestinians work together to build a green future

Students at the Arava Institute put their differences aside to imagine and build a peaceful Middle East

By Imogen Garfinkel

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February 3, 2025 12:55

Students with sweet potatoes at Kibbutz Ketura (courtesy of the Arava Institute)

No help for hostages: Israel’s rocky relationship with the Red Cross

The humanitarian organisation has been repeatedly criticised for lack of action over atrocities against Israelis

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February 3, 2025 11:52

The chaotic hostage releases has prompted fresh criticism of the Red Cross in Israel (Image: Getty)

New IDF chief of staff unveiled

Eyal Zamir to replace Herzi Halevi, who has commanded the military during the 15-month war against Hamas in Gaza

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February 2, 2025 12:04

Major General Eyal Zamir is set to be the IDF's next chief of staff (Image: Getty).

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