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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 559

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Hamas rejects Israel hostage deal proposal, dismisses Netanyahu’s ‘partial deals’

Michael Horovitz, Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Hamas’s Gaza leader says terror group ready to negotiate deal that ends war, releases all captives * Iran said to offer US three-stage nuclear deal with same enrichment cap as 2015 agreement

10:52 pm

US starting pullout from northeast Syria, NYT reports
10:48 pm

Smotrich: 'The time has come to open the gates of hell on Hamas,' implement Trump plan
10:40 pm

IDF troops kill 2 Palestinians suspected of throwing stones at Israeli drivers in West Bank
10:27 pm

Hamas rejects Israel hostage deal proposal, dismisses Netanyahu's 'partial deals'

Iranians holding talks with Russians, Saudis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press statement at the Carmelite Monastery in the Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary on April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

PM touts ‘countless’ actions against Iran nuke program, doesn’t deny Trump blocked strike

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Trump says he’s in ‘no rush’ to attack Iran; Israeli security officials fuming at leak of ‘the heart of the secret’ of IDF’s plans; US still supplying bunker-buster bombs

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks alongside US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump blocked Israeli-proposed joint attack on Iran to pursue nuclear deal — report

By Nava Freiberg

Then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, with then-Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)

Bennett, Lapid blast Netanyahu after reports strike on Iran was scuttled

This handout picture made available by the Iranian Atomic Organization (AEOI) office shows the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi (L) being received by the head of the AEOI Mohammad Eslami (R) in Tehran on April 17, 2025. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran / AFP)

IAEA chief on Tehran visit: Iran, US ‘don’t have much time’ to reach nuclear deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025; Steve Witkoff, right, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photos Stringer, Mark Schiefelbein)

Iran’s FM says uranium enrichment ‘non-negotiable,’ after US says it cannot continue

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of a murex mollusk. (YouTube)

Made from snails and fit for kings: First biblical-era dye factory found on Israel’s coast

By Rossella Tercatin

Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly supplying First Temple in Jerusalem

LiveUpdated 7min ago

Hamas rejects Israel hostage deal proposal, dismisses Netanyahu’s ‘partial deals’

By Michael Horovitz, Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Hamas’s Gaza leader says terror group ready to negotiate deal that ends war, releases all captives * Iran said to offer US three-stage nuclear deal with same enrichment cap as 2015 agreement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press statement at the Carmelite Monastery in the Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary on April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

PM touts ‘countless’ actions against Iran nuke program, doesn’t deny Trump blocked strike

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Trump says he’s in ‘no rush’ to attack Iran; Israeli security officials fuming at leak of ‘the heart of the secret’ of IDF’s plans; US still supplying bunker-buster bombs

Trump blocked Israeli-proposed joint attack on Iran to pursue nuclear deal — report

By Nava Freiberg

Bennett, Lapid blast Netanyahu after reports strike on Iran was scuttled

IAEA chief on Tehran visit: Iran, US ‘don’t have much time’ to reach nuclear deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran’s FM says uranium enrichment ‘non-negotiable,’ after US says it cannot continue

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of a murex mollusk. (YouTube)

Made from snails and fit for kings: First biblical-era dye factory found on Israel’s coast

By Rossella Tercatin

Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly supplying First Temple in Jerusalem

MK Zvi Sukkot, right, visits the Temple Mount, April 17, 2025. (Temple Mount Administration/courtesy)

Lawmaker prostrates himself at Temple Mount, lauds ‘tremendous change’ in Jewish access

Religious Zionism’s Zvi Sukkot recalls arrest 14 years ago for doing the same thing; Minister Ben Gvir boasts of achieving new status quo

People take cover as sirens warn of an incoming missile fired from Yemen, at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Home Front Command deploys new alert system to give earlier warnings for Houthi missiles

By Emanuel Fabian

Civilians will receive notification 3-5 minutes before sirens are activated; update comes as Iran-backed group in Yemen continues attacks on Israel

Those we have lost

Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

Those We Have Lost
Karla Stelzer, 42, Gabi Azulay, 44: Party lovers killed together at rave

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. Tomer Leibovitz, 19: Star athlete who volunteered for combat

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. Maj. Mark Kononovich, 35: Courageous and selfless father of four

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Yiftah Tweg, 27: LED lighting tech who loved sipping on tea

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Maj. Roey Chapell, 25: Helped keep terrorists from border communities

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Ido Hubara, 36: Died in his father’s arms, defending kibbutz

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Bar Lior, 27: Cook who survived Sinai terror attack on Oct. 7, 2004

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Staff Sgt. Orel Moshe, 21: Haredi soldier who ‘accepted everyone’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. First Class Omer Bitan, 22: Reservist with big life plans

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Yehoshua Hatav, 66: Devoted grandfather and retired military man

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Neta Baram, 20: Animal lover was ‘salt of the earth’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. 1st Class Vitaly Skipakevich, 21: Commando lived with no regrets

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Laurie Vardi, 24: Coldplay fan and dog lover with a sweet tooth

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Zur Saidi, 28: Had plans to propose to girlfriend, establish orchard

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Master Sgt. Omri Belkin, 25: Future law student who loved to sail

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. Maj. Malik Karim, 32: Police officer slain protecting partygoers

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Carolin Bohl, 22: German student wanted to make world better through art

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Kiattisak Patee, 35: Thai worker whose TikTok showcased farm life

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Staff Sgt. Ofir Shoshani, 20: Off-duty soldier ‘with captivating smile’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Dvir Rossler, 21: Golani soldier had ‘strength and charisma’

By ToI Staff

Those we are missing

The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

Those we are missing
Taken captive: Gali Berman, from Kfar Aza’s ‘young neighborhood’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Rom Braslavski, rave guard who saved others

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Bipin Joshi, Nepalese student who deflected grenades

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Informal educator Eitan Horn visiting from Kfar Saba

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Ziv Berman, from his home in Kfar Aza’s young generation neighborhood

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Avinatan Or, planning to move in with girlfriend

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Evyatar David, IDed in a Hamas photo on Telegram

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Elkana Bohbot, young son asking, ‘Where’s Daddy?’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Eitan Mor, guard at rave who helped save others

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Segev Kalfon, last seen running across Highway 232

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Omri Miran, driven in his own car to Gaza

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Matan Angrest, turned 21 while held hostage in Gaza

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Matan Zangauker ‘is a survivor’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Ariel Cunio told brother ‘We are in a horror film’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Yosef-Haim Ohana, helped injured at Supernova rave

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Edan Alexander, told mother he was safe

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Tamir Nimrodi, walked by gunmen to base gate

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Bar Kupershtein, last seen tied up by Hamas

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Nimrod Cohen, twin working to bring him home

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Maxim Herkin, was attending his first trance rave

By ToI Staff

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

Kicking it
Soccer star Haaland calls freed hostage and mega fan Omer Shem Tov

By ToI Staff
A Passover miracle
Dog abducted from murdered hostage’s family found by troops in Gaza

By ToI Staff
ChatGPT CV
Israel tops list of countries with highest self-reported AI skills

By Sharon Wrobel
On thin ice
With NHL playoffs at stake, Israeli-American rookie jumps in

By AP
Firework
Katy Perry part of all-female crew launched to space by Bezos firm

By Marcia Dunn
Book time
Bernard-Henri Lévy to open Writers Fest, Book Forum in Jerusalem in May

By Jessica Steinberg
Gnawing at the problem
Jewish New York City mayor candidate vows to tackle rats

By Luke Tress
Real-time footage
‘#Nova’ film, about Oct. 7 atrocities, arrives on Prime Video

By Jessica Steinberg
FrancoFauda
Fifth season of ‘Fauda’ to star award-winning French actress

By Jessica Steinberg
Razor sharp
Beards and nail polish: IDF approves dress code changes

By Emanuel Fabian
Golden effort
Just one Jewish coach still in NCAA title contention

By Ben Sales
Hear O TV audience
Noah Wyle, star of HBO’s ‘The Pitt,’ recites Shema on screen

By Grace Gilson
Val vibes
‘That’s Simchas Torah’: Kilmer’s Jewish moment you might have missed

By Grace Gilson
Coaching with chutzpah
Bruce Pearl a vocal leader of trio of Jewish coaches at Final Four

By JIM VERTUNO
Hole in one
Texas bakery is first bagel shop to be named James Beard Award finalist

By Grace Gilson
Festival of freedom
Hostages’ families yearn and mourn in new Passover Haggadahs

By Jessica Steinberg
Fitting memorial
Butterfly renamed in honor of murdered hostage Ariel Bibas

By Michael Horovitz
Here's to a long life
Kiddush cup dating back to reign of Ghengis Khan to go up for auction

By Grace Gilson
Sabra riches
41 Israelis make Forbes billionaires club; Wiz founders double fortunes

By Sharon Wrobel
Fast and slow
Booker’s 25-hour speech draws Yom Kippur jokes, LA rabbi’s praise

By PHILISSA CRAMER

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