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Friday, January 17, 2025
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LIVE: Gov’t discusses Gaza deal into Shabbat — seen sure to okay it — after security cabinet approval
By
Jacob Magid
and
Elana Kirsh
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
5:23 pm
US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
5:17 pm
After call with Xi, Trump says US and China to 'solve many problems'
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Israel publishes partial list of Palestinian prisoners slated for release in deal's 1st phase
These are the 33 hostages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire
By
ToI Staff
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Agencies
Families of the captives have been notified, though it is not yet known who among the 33 is alive and who is not
Guidelines for hospitals set to receive hostages include STD checks, pregnancy tests
By
Diana Bletter
A mother’s anguish: One son to be freed from Gaza, another left behind
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
Security cabinet approves hostage-ceasefire deal; full cabinet meets to review, vote on it
By
Amy Spiro
,
Emanuel Fabian
and
ToI Staff
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
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Likud minister also threatens to quit if truce not temporary
Ben Gvir says his party will quit government if cabinet implements hostage-ceasefire deal
By
Sam Sokol
‘Reckless deal’ will lead to ‘the release of hundreds of murderous terrorists’ and ‘effectively erase the achievements of the war,’ warns far-right leader
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Right-wingers rally in Jerusalem against ‘Trump deal,’ urge government to oppose it
By
Charlie Summers
Religious Zionism says will quit coalition if no return to war after deal’s 1st phase
By
Sam Sokol
Trump: Deal 'better be done' before inauguration on Monday
Israel and Hamas sign Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal after mediators iron out final kinks
By
Jacob Magid
,
Amy Spiro
and
ToI Staff
Full cabinet expected to approve deal on Saturday, implementation set for Sunday; Netanyahu’s coalition faces upheaval over agreement
For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists
By
Deborah Danan
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
Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them
By
Sharon Aronowicz
and
Michael Blum
Houthi leader says group will keep up attacks if Israel doesn’t abide by Gaza truce
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
Biden recalls telling Netanyahu in October 2023: ‘You can’t be carpet bombing’ Gaza
By
ToI Staff
and
Reuters
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
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Daily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 469 – A look back at Biden on Israel: Patron or patronizer?
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
and
Jacob Magid
ToI podcast
What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas’s survival is Gaza’s tragedy
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
and
Haviv Rettig Gur
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
Analysis
How Qatar gambled on mediating a Gaza truce, and won
By
Callum PATON
Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza, killing Oct. 7 terrorist as sides finalize deal
By
Emanuel Fabian
,
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
Hamas member who participated in Nova festival massacre killed in overnight airstrike, IDF says, amid dozens of attacks across enclave that terror group claims endangered a hostage
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WHO says at least $10 billion needed over 5-7 years to rebuild Gaza health system
By
AFP
and
ToI Staff
US said leading efforts to replace UNRWA, as ban that would paralyze operations looms
By
ToI Staff
Top Ops
Nidra Poller
Acrid fumes of ceasefire
The deal-makers can’t brag: They’ve legitimated hostage-taking, promised future harm, and didn’t demand humane treatment for the captives even now
Philip Rosenberg
The Beatles, Berlioz and a story of the Jewish world
When you’re a gentle musical virtuoso, your viola E-string can snap mid-performance and you’ll figure out how to play on (at least, that’s what my grandfather did)
Shin Bet: He did not consult with us about the implications
Katz releases all settlers in administrative detention, ties it to Palestinians’ release
By
Emanuel Fabian
and
ToI Staff
‘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
Panel head Edelstein rejects Katz plan for gradual increase in Haredi conscription
By
Sam Sokol
Anti-Israel protesters hail ‘resistance’ at New York ceasefire rally
By
Luke Tress
Hundreds at Times Square demonstration chant for ‘intifada,’ vow to keep protesting even after hostage agreement
Far-left journalists shout at Blinken about Gaza during his last press conference
By
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
Deborah Lipstadt, exiting as US antisemitism envoy, is hoping for the best under Trump
By
Lauren Markoe
Despite Jew-hatred at home and abroad rising during her tenure, the historian, who expanded and provided continuity to her office, deems her time a success
Wizz Air resumes Tel Aviv-London flights, Lufthansa group to return Feb. 1
By
Sharon Wrobel
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Agencies
and
ToI Staff
Lufthansa’s five airlines will fly routes to six European travel hubs; EasyJet says it will review its plans in the coming days; Turkish Airlines to return to Damascus after decade
Gaza ceasefire should take pressure off Israel’s credit rating, Fitch agency says
By
Reuters
Ugandan judge who backed Israel in genocide case said set to become ICJ chief
By
ToI Staff
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
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10 soldiers wounded after RPG explodes at combat engineering training base
By
Emanuel Fabian
In latest antisemitic attack in Australia, cars and home vandalized in Sydney
By
AFP
After yearlong strife, Knesset passes Shas’s controversial ‘Rabbis Law’
By
Sam Sokol
Scolding Levin, High Court allows him 10 more days to appoint new Supreme Court head
By
Jeremy Sharon
Trump taps Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone as ‘Hollywood ambassadors’
By
Andrew Lapin
Israel to bring forward procurement of AI chips ahead of Biden’s new export rules
By
Sharon Wrobel
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