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Russian missile experts visited Iran amid tensions with Israel, according to Reuters

The seven weapons experts were booked to travel from Moscow to Tehran aboard two flights last year

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Iranian drone on display during manoeuvres in Tehran in January this year (Photo: Getty Images)

BBC Director General Tim Davie (L) and BBC Chair Dr Samir Shah (R) were quizzed by MPs at a select committee hearing this afternoon (Image: Parliament TV)

BBC Chair admits ‘serious failings’ led to Gaza documentary scandal

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The IDF is reported to be preparing to resume the war in Gaza as early as next week (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

Israel Briefing Day 515: Back to Square One?

By Nathan Jeffay

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Counter-terror police have been called in to assess complaints about the BBC's controversial documentary on Gaza which featured the son of a senior Hamas official as its narrator. (Getty)

BBC could face terror probe after admission that Hamas family was paid during making of Gaza film

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Violent clashes have broken out at the Knesset between guards and the families of October 7 victims (Image: X)

Violent clashes break out in Knesset as October 7 families barred from entering public gallery

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Yad Vashem chair Dani Dayan will lead the Israeli delegation in its presidency of the IHRA (Image: Flash90)

Israel takes over IHRA presidency from the UK

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Benjamin Netanyahu has apologised to former hostage Eli Sharabi for failing to secure his release sooner (Image: Getty)

‘Sorry it took us so long’ – Netanyahu apologises to former hostage over release delay

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Israel Briefing Day 514: Israel tries to force Hamas’ hand over ceasefire

Reports suggest that failure of a last ditch effort to extend the ceasefire could see a ‘full return to war’ in Gaza

By Nathan Jeffay

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March 3, 2025 09:43

Israel is attempting to secure an extension to the ceasefire, using the halting of aid deliveries as leverage (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu’s office admits intelligence officer didn’t pass on warning hours before October 7 attack

The Prime Minister’s Office defended the decision as the memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity was framed as non-urgent

By Imogen Garfinkel

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March 2, 2025 11:19

Netanyahu's intelligence officer received a memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity prior to the October 7 massacre and didn't pass it on, according to a Channel 12 report. (Getty)

Israel Briefing Day 513: The ceasefire ends – what happens now?

Plus, former minister accuses freed hostage of ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’ following criticism

By Nathan Jeffay

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March 2, 2025 10:19

The Gaza ceasefire has officially expired, leaving uncertainty over what will happen next (Image: Getty)

Ben-Gvir refuses to apologise to freed hostages who claim his treatment of Palestinian prisoners worsened their torture

The former national security minister said he was ‘proud’ of his conduct when questioned by journalists

By Imogen Garfinkel

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March 2, 2025 09:51

The far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir resigned from his government position in January to protest the hostage-ceasefire deal. (Getty)

US fast-tracks $4billion in military aid to Israel

Marco Rubio said the move was undoing Biden administration policy towards Israel

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March 2, 2025 08:59

US fast-tracks $4billion in military aid to Israel

Israel mourns Tzachi Idan, slain Israeli hostage whose daughter died in his arms

‘I’m sorry you came back in a coffin’ says sister of Tsahi Idan

By Jane Prinsley

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February 28, 2025 15:03

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 28: Friends, relatives and members of the public react during a memorial ceremony for former Israeli hostage Tsachi Idan organized by the Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer team at Bloomfield Stadium on February 28, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The body of former Israeli hostage Tsachi Idan was returned to Israel from Gaza on Wednesday along with three other deceased hostages, as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Idan was 49 at the time of his abduction by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, from his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz. He is being buried alongside his teenage daughter, Maayan, who was shot and killed through the safe room door of their home during the attack.Â (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

‘You dream about food every day’ –freed hostage Eli Sharabi reveals the abuse he suffered in Gaza

Sharabi only discovered that his wife and two daughters had been murdered by Hamas upon his return to Israel

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February 28, 2025 13:28

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi has revealed the abuse he suffered at the hands of Hamas (Image: Channel 12)

Yaakov Katz

Israel’s dilemma: finish off Hamas now or bring the hostages home?

The war has been made harder to fight with its two competing aims, but Israel will have to pick one

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February 28, 2025 12:54

Hamas militants parade newly-released Israeli hostages (L to R) Elia Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wankert on stage in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025. Three more Israeli hostages were freed by Hamas militants at a ceremony in central Gaza on February 22 after two others were released in the southern part of the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

The board of the corporation said the errors were ‘serious and damaging’ and says the production company knew of narrator’s Hamas links before airing

By Imogen Garfinkel

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February 28, 2025 11:28

The broadcaster's board met on Thursday and released a statement recognising that “significant and damaging” errors had been made in its Gaza documentary (credit: BBC)

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