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Hamas ‘regrouping military forces’ in expectation of return to Gaza war

The terror group has reportedly appointed new commands and reinforced its tunnel network as it anticipates a collapse in the ceasefire

By Jacob Jaffa

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Hamas is reportedly 'regrouping' in Gaza, in anticipation of an imminent return to fighting (Image: Getty)

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Gary Lineker among celebrity signatories of letter criticising BBC for dropping controversial Gaza documentary

By Jacob Jaffa

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People walk around a makeshift memorial in front of portraits of late Israeli hostages (Getty)

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The existential dilemma that Israel cannot avoid

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Top row (L-R) Tsahi Idan and Ohad Yahalomi; Bottom row (L-R) Itzik Elgarat and Shlomo Mantzur (Pictures: X)

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Hamas expected to release the bodies of four more hostages tonight

By Joshua Marks

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Yarden Bibas speaking at the funeral at Tsoher Cemetery (Picture: X)

Bibas Family

‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you better’ says father of Bibas boys as Israel mourns

By Ellie Grant

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An agreement to complete Phase One of the ceasefire has reportedly been reached between Israel and Hamas (Image: Getty)

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Israel Briefing Day 509: Ceasefire crisis resolved - Phase 1 to be completed

By Nathan Jeffay

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Meir Kahane covered in fake blood after a protestor assaulted him in 1986 (Alamy)

By Hen Mazzig

Meir Kahane can never be the answer to Israel’s woes

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Arab-Israeli comedian arrested following jokes about hostage releases

Nidal Badarny made light of the plight of Thai captives and suggested that the certificates Hamas gave to female hostages were for ‘completion of a course in pilates’

By David Isaac

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February 25, 2025 15:39

Comedian Nidal Badarny was arrested after making jokes about the recent Hamas hostage releases (Facebook/NidalBadarny)

By Yonatan Green

The Israeli judiciary could torpedo Trump’s Gaza resettlement plan

The Supreme Court may rely on a range of tactics it previously used when trying to sink government policies it disfavoured

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February 25, 2025 15:31

Aerial view of Israel's Supreme Court building (Image: Flash90)

Israel will expand kibbutzim into Gaza unless all hostages are returned this week, claims Smotrich

The far-right Finance Minister said that seized land would ‘remain in our hands forever’ and called for the resettlement of ‘10,000 Gazans a day’ to ‘empty’ the Strip

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

February 25, 2025 12:26

Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich has claimed that Israel will expand its kibbutzim into Gaza if the hostages are not returned by Saturday (Image: Getty)

Israel Premier League match announcer reportedly arrested after he called Hamas ‘humane’

Saeed Hassanain also dubbed the IDF an ‘occupation army’ and discouraged Arab-Israelis from joining the military

By JC Reporter

1 min read

February 25, 2025 12:14

Israel Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin has sacked its match announcer after he gave a controversial interview on a Hamas-run TV station (Image: Flash90)

Senior Hamas official says he wouldn’t have backed October 7 if he had known the consequences

Foreign affairs official Mousa Abu Marzouk told the New York Times that the group was willing to negotiate over its armaments

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

February 25, 2025 12:13

Senior Hamas official, Moussa Abu Marzouk speaks to media in Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza strip (Picture: Flash90)

Merz invites Netanyahu to Berlin in ‘open challenge’ to ‘scandalous’ ICC warrant

Germany’s presumed new Chancellor held a ‘warm conversation’ with his Israeli counterpart following his election win

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

February 24, 2025 14:02

Friedrich Merz, whose CDU party won the latest German elections, has reportedly invited Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin in an 'open challenge' to the ICC warrant against him (Image: Getty)

Fatah will ‘integrate’ freed Palestinian prisoners into ‘national frameworks’

The party, which controls the Palestinian Authority, is reportedly being lined up to govern Gaza as part of the unfolding ceasefire deal.

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 24, 2025 10:43

Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party has pledged to 'integrate' freed Palestinian prisoners into its 'national frameworks' (Image: Getty)

How far is Israel a Jewish state?

The predominance of Zionism continues to pose challenges for Judaism, Oxford’s professor of Israel studies argues in his new book

By Simon Rocker

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February 23, 2025 11:18

Professor of Israel studies at Oxford University: Yaacov Yadgar

Hostages starved, chained and kept in darkness say families

Some of the returned hostages are unresponsive according to their relatives

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

February 23, 2025 11:18

Six hostages are set to be released on Saturday (top L-R) Omer Shem-Tov, Omer Wenkert, Tal Shoham (bottom L-R) Eliya Cohen, Hisham al-Sayed, Avera Mengistu

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Hamas ‘regrouping military forces’ in expectation of return to Gaza war

Gary Lineker among celebrity signatories of letter criticising BBC for dropping controversial Gaza documentary

The existential dilemma that Israel cannot avoid

Hamas expected to release the bodies of four more hostages tonight

‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you better’ says father of Bibas boys as Israel mourns

Israel Briefing Day 509: Ceasefire crisis resolved - Phase 1 to be completed

Meir Kahane can never be the answer to Israel’s woes

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