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JC Israel Briefing Day 579: Trump downgrades living hostage numbers

Plus, Gantz calls on IDF to retain control of Gaza, West Bank and southern Lebanon

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

US President Donald Trump has suggested that only 21 hostages, rather than 24, remain alive in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Israel has launched retaliatory strikes against the Houthis in Yemen after a missile hit Ben-Gurion Airport over the weekend (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 578: Israel hits the Houthis

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Israel's cabinet is expected to approve a major new offensive in Gaza later today (Image: Flash90)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 576: Israel set to approve new Gaza offensive

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Former hostage Mia Schem has claimed she was raped by her personal trainer weeks after she returned from Gaza (Image: Flash90)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 574: Former hostage claims she was raped after return to Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

Wildfires have caused Israeli Independence Day celebrations to be significantly curtailed and are feared to be heading towards Jerusalem (Image: Flash90)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 573: Wildfires ravage Israel on Independence Day

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Israel came to a standstill last night to honour its fallen soldiers and victims of terror (Image: Flash90)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 572: Israel marks Yom Hazikaron

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

Close Netanyahu ally Ron Dermer has claimed that the Gaza war will end 'in 12 months' (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 571: Netanyahu ally claims war will end ‘in 12 months’

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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JC Israel Briefing Day 570: US-Israel rift grows over Iran talks

Plus, the latest in the Netanyahu-Bar court row

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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April 28, 2025 08:29

A rift is reportedly emerging over Iran between US President Donal Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 567: A breakthrough with Syria?

Plus, IDF admits error over death of UN worker in Gaza

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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April 25, 2025 08:19

Recent reports suggest normalisation between Israel and Syria is now a realistic prospect under the latter's new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 566: Freed hostages to march through Auschwitz for Yom Hashoah

Plus, Trump and Netanyahu ‘on the same side of every issue’

By Nathan Jeffay

5 min read

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April 24, 2025 08:29

Ten freed hostages will join the March of the Living through Auschwitz today to mark Yom Hashoah (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 565: Egypt replaces Qatar as ceasefire mediator after US-Israeli pressure

Plus, Trump and Netanyahu ‘on the same side of every issue’

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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April 23, 2025 08:30

Qatar has been replaced by Egypt as the main mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks (Pictured: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 564: Details of new ceasefire plan emerge

Plus, Shin Bet row sees fresh allegations against Netanyahu

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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April 22, 2025 08:28

Israeli mediators have arrived in Cairo to discuss new ceasefire proposals (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 559: Trump ‘waved off’ Israel strikes on Iran

Plus, Putin tells former hostages to be ‘grateful’ to Hamas for releasing them

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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April 17, 2025 08:33

Donald Trump reportedly 'waved off' Israeli strikes on Iran in favour of negotiation (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 558: Hamas loses contact with US-Israeli hostage

Plus, ‘deep state’ row escalates between Netanyahu and Shin Bet

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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April 16, 2025 08:39

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

JC Israel Briefing Day 557: A new ceasefire proposal – but little relief for hostage families

Plus, a new political scandal grips Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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April 15, 2025 08:32

Hostage campaigners have criticised a proposed ceasefire deal that would reportedly see only some of the captives freed from Gaza (Image: Flash90)

JC Israel Briefing Day 553: Hostage returns ‘close’, claims Trump

Plus, Agam Berger’s touching account of Passover in captivity

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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April 11, 2025 08:13

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the return of the remaining hostages is 'close' (Image: Getty)

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