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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

Israel & the Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs
The 33 houstages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Row 1 (L-R): Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Arbel Yehud, Doron Steinbrecher, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Shiri Bibas; Row 2: Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami, Gadi Moshe Moses; Row 3: Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon, Eli Sharabi, Itzik Elgarat, Shlomo Mansour, Ohad Yahalomi, Oded Lifshitz; Row 4: Tsahi Idan, Hisham al-Sayed, Yarden Bibas, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn, Omer Wenkert, Sasha Trufanov; Row 5: Eliya Cohen, Or Levy, Avera Mengistu, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem-Tov (all photos courtesy)
These are the 33 hostages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Families of the captives have been notified, though it is not yet known who among the 33 is alive and who is not
The security cabinet meets in Jerusalem on January 17, 2025 to discuss the ceasefire-hostage release deal. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Security cabinet approves hostage-ceasefire deal; full cabinet meets to review, vote on it
By Amy Spiro, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a security assessment in Jerusalem to discuss the ceasefire deal with Hamas, January 17, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
LiveGov’t discusses Gaza deal into Shabbat — seen sure to okay it — after security cabinet approval
By Jacob Magid and Elana Kirsh
Defense Minister Israel Katz (C) attends a discussion on the army conscription law at a Foreign Affairs and Defense committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2025.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Katz releases all settlers in administrative detention, ties it to Palestinians’ release
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden (right) is greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 18, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)
January 17, 2025, 4:28 pm
Biden recalls telling Netanyahu in October 2023: ‘You can’t be carpet bombing’ Gaza
Outgoing US president says he doesn’t believe ‘my friend’ Netanyahu held up hostage talks for political reasons, says PM must accommodate ‘legitimate concerns’ of Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Ugandan Judge Julia Sebutinde makes her solemn declaration as a new member of the ICJ in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in The Hague, March 12, 2012. (ICJ)
January 17, 2025, 4:14 pm
Ugandan judge who backed Israel in genocide case said set to become ICJ chief
Julia Sebutinde, court’s current vice president, is expected to succeed Nawaf Salam after he is appointed Lebanon’s PM; Sebutinde was sole dissenting vote on every ICJ measure
By ToI Staff
The security cabinet meets in Jerusalem on January 17, 2025 to discuss the ceasefire-hostage release deal. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 17, 2025, 3:34 pm
Security cabinet approves hostage-ceasefire deal; full cabinet meets to review, vote on it
First hostages to be freed Sunday afternoon; Smotrich said to agree to stay in coalition; relatives of hostages not set for release in 1st phase urge public support for next stage
By Amy Spiro, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden, right, hugs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 17, 2025, 2:18 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 469 – A look back at Biden on Israel: Patron or patronizer?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid takes stock of the fraught relationship between the outgoing US president and the Jewish state, from unprecedented aid packages to sanctions on settlers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Defense Minister Israel Katz (C) attends a discussion on the army conscription law at a Foreign Affairs and Defense committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2025.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2025, 1:03 pm
Katz releases all settlers in administrative detention, ties it to Palestinians’ release
‘It is better for the families of Jewish settlers to be happy than the families of freed terrorists,’ defense minister says ahead of Gaza deal
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A group of Israelis watch as a helicopter carrying hostages released from the Gaza Strip lands at the helipad of the Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva November 26, 2023.(AP/Leo Correa)
January 17, 2025, 12:56 pm
Guidelines for hospitals set to receive hostages include STD checks, pregnancy tests
Ministry official says new protocols differ ‘significantly’ from November 2023 hostage release, as captives to return from over 15 months in captivity
By Diana Bletter
Freed Palestinian security prisoner Ateya Abu Moussa, held by Israel for 20 years, is greeted by his relatives and friends upon arrival at his family's house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 14, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 17, 2025, 12:16 pm
For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists
Supporters of the Gaza accord often acknowledge it is a ‘bad deal,’ yet one they vehemently believe Israel must accept in order to be true to its values
By Deborah Danan
The 33 houstages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Row 1 (L-R): Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Arbel Yehud, Doron Steinbrecher, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Shiri Bibas; Row 2: Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami, Gadi Moshe Moses; Row 3: Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon, Eli Sharabi, Itzik Elgarat, Shlomo Mansour, Ohad Yahalomi, Oded Lifshitz; Row 4: Tsahi Idan, Hisham al-Sayed, Yarden Bibas, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn, Omer Wenkert, Sasha Trufanov; Row 5: Eliya Cohen, Or Levy, Avera Mengistu, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem-Tov (all photos courtesy)
January 17, 2025, 11:12 am
These are the 33 hostages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire
Families of the captives have been notified, though it is not yet known who among the 33 is alive and who is not
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A car is daubed with the slur 'Fuck the Jews' in Sydney's Dover Heights in Australia, January 17, 2025 (Sky News screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 17, 2025, 9:03 am
In latest antisemitic attack in Australia, cars and home vandalized in Sydney
Vehicles painted with anti-Jewish slurs, as former house of Jewish community leader is defaced; police minister vows to ‘hunt’ down perpetrators
By AFP
People celebrate along a street in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 15, 2025, as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas, aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in the Palestinian territory. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
January 17, 2025, 9:03 am
What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas’s survival is Gaza’s tragedy
ToI’s senior analyst delves into reasons why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now suddenly willing to strike a ‘bad’ deal even as his coalition partners threaten to leave him
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur
A portrait of baby hostage Kfir Bibas created by graffiti artist Benzi Brofman (Courtesy)
January 17, 2025, 8:53 am
Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them
Two small children who have become a symbol of Oct. 7 are to be brought back under the agreement, but it is unclear they are alive
By Sharon Aronowicz and Michael Blum
A journalist is dragged out of the State Department press briefing room after repeatedly interrupting Secretary of State Antony Blinken on January 16, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
January 17, 2025, 6:39 am
Far-left journalists shout at Blinken about Gaza during his last press conference
‘Are you compromised by Israel?’ anti-Zionist Jewish activist yells at secretary of state, claims Israel committing ‘the Holocaust of our time’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Protesters clash with police during an anti-hostage deal protest in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. (Flash90)
January 17, 2025, 3:12 am
Right-wingers rally in Jerusalem against ‘Trump deal,’ urge government to oppose it
Israel not just ‘another star on the American flag,’ says organizer of protest; police arrest three demonstrators for damaging vehicles, setting fires on the road
By Charlie Summers
People walk past an installation consisting of a clock counting the time since Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre, set up on a square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square", in Tel Aviv on January 16, 2025. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 17, 2025, 2:25 am
Israel and Hamas sign Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal after mediators iron out final kinks
Full cabinet expected to approve deal on Saturday, implementation set for Sunday; Netanyahu’s coalition faces upheaval over agreement
By Jacob Magid, Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a security assessment in Jerusalem to discuss the ceasefire deal with Hamas, January 17, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 17, 2025, 1:36 am
Gov’t discusses Gaza deal into Shabbat — seen sure to okay it — after security cabinet approval
PM’s Office says first hostages to be released on Sunday as planned * Shin Bet says Katz didn’t consult before announcing decision to free settlers from administrative detention
By Jacob Magid and Elana Kirsh
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