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Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's Gaza chief, speaks during a meeting in Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (Mahmud Hamas/AFP)

In first public message since Oct. 7, Sinwar says Hamas won’t surrender

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Terror chief inflates group’s achievements, falsely claims it is ‘crushing’ the IDF, as top leadership in Qatar evaluates Egyptian proposal to end hostilities

Protesters lift placards during a rally for supporters and relatives of Israeli hostages who have been held by terrorists in Gaza since October 7, in Tel Aviv on December 23, 2023. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Egypt submits proposal to free hostages, end war, form PA-Hamas government in Gaza

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Hamas leaders Muhammad Deif (L) and Yahya Sinwar (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Israel said to mull sparing Hamas chiefs, exiling them, to free hostages and end war

Nitai Meisels (L) and Rani Tamir (Courtesy)

Two soldiers killed in northern Gaza Strip, bringing ground op death toll to 156

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Military says Navy struck Hamas operatives hiding near the coast, Air Force carried out strike against commander in Khan Younis

A picture taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 24, 2023, shows Israeli soldiers taking a position near the Palestinian enclave amid continuing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Menahem KAHANA/AFP)

IDF razes tunnel where 5 hostages found dead, says Hamas HQ under north Gaza crushed

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in a handout photo released December 25, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 25: Day 80 – IDF finds suicide vests for kids near a Gaza school

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 25: PM’s criteria for peace: Destroy Hamas, demilitarize Gaza, deradicalize Palestinians

Netanyahu doesn’t mention hostages in WSJ op-ed * War cabinet meets after Hamas, PIJ said to reject Egypt plan to end fighting, give up power in Gaza * Rocket fire at north, south

11:28 pm

'Tel Aviv faces a tough countdown,' Iran warns after senior IRGC officer killed
11:17 pm

Rocket sirens sound in Sderot, Gaza border towns
10:44 pm

Dermer expected in Washington for talks on next phase of Gaza war -- report

Israeli troops inspect the ravaged site of the attack on the Supernova desert music festival by Palestinian terrorists near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert, October 10, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Key IDF officer reportedly voiced concern about Nova festival, but was told to OK it

Gaza Division operations officer saw party as ‘needless security risk’ due to proximity to Gaza, report says; opposition was based on threat of rocket fire, not incursion

Shani Gabay (Courtesy)

Oct. 7 victim Shani Gabay was buried with stranger; family thought she was abducted

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

DNA test on piece of jewelry discovered weeks after Hamas massacre led to discovery that missing woman was mistakenly buried in same grave as another woman a week after the assault

Op-ed: Day 80 of the war

Gradually dismantling Hamas, the IDF is also battling its own government’s impatience

Eighty days into Israel's war to dismantle Hamas, the cautions issued by Israeli military chiefs from the start that this will be a hard and protracted campaign are proving increasingly accurate. The IDF is gradually taking apart Hamas's military capabilities -- significantly weakening the terrorist army in northern Gaza, where several Hamas battalions are either no longer functioning or struggling... Continue Reading

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks to officers in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, December 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Economy Minister Nir Barkat at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Gantz assail Barkat for saying IDF tactics endangering soldiers

PM tells economy minister that repeating claim over and over ‘doesn’t make it true’; president tells politicians to avoid divisive prewar discourse, warning it will help Hamas

Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a Shas party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shas spokesman says voters want to replace Netanyahu, then walks back comments

FILE - MKs in the Knesset Finance Committee vote on the supplementary budget to cover the costs of the war with Hamas in Gaza, December 12, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson's Department)

Treasury recommends shutting 10 surplus ministries to cover budget deficits – report

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Betsalel Steinhart

The sound I dread more than any other

As Israelis, as soldiers, and as parents of soldiers, we keep going, despite the fear of the news that a knock on the door might bring

Snippets of my experiences as an oncology doctor, post-October 7th

I was adrift. How could I help those in need, when I’m not a surgeon, an orthopedist, an ER doc, or a pathologist to identify the unidentifiable?

Watching Christmas movies in Jerusalem

The feel-good predictability on screen provides an interlude of comfort that soothes the searing reality of current events

Listen to the music

Just as I take comfort in the tunes from my childhood, I’m glad my son in Gaza and his friends are listening too, and singing along to the radio

Pope Francis stands at the balcony of St. Peter's basilica to deliver the Christmas Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on December 25, 2023. (Tiziana FABI/AFP)

Urges end to military ops with 'appalling harvest' of lives

Pope calls for end to wars in Gaza, Ukraine as world celebrates Christmas

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Somber mood in Vatican City as pontiff appeals for peace, decries global weapons trade; festivities in full swing as Florida holds annual ‘Surfing Santa’ event

A message in support of Gaza is displayed on a building next to the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on December 24, 2023. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Faithful pray for Holy Land peace as Gaza fighting dampens Christmas spirit

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Smoke billows across the horizon along the hills in the Naqura area of southern Lebanon following IDF bombardment from a position along the border in northern Israel on December 24, 2023. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

IDF carries out ‘wide-scale’ airstrikes on Hezbollah as rockets from Lebanon hit north

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Anti-tank missile hits house in Avivim, causing no casualties; alert sirens go off in multiple communities along border and in Galilee Panhandle

A picture of the oil tanker Chem Pluto as it appears on the website of the Port of Hamburg, Germany, on December 23, 2023. (Courtesy of the Port of Hamburg)

Iran denies responsibility for drone attack against tanker near India

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Zippy Schrager assembling a bicycle in Mailiya, a Christian Arab village in the hills of the Western Galilee, December 2023. (Diana Bletter)

Interview'I have garage mechanic hands'

Amid Gaza war, a US-born Jewish woman mans a Christian Arab town’s bike shop

By Diana Bletter

The tiny 56-year-old grandmother, daughter of an Orthodox rabbi from Chicago, is learning on the job while the shop’s owners are serving in reserves

Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)

Palestinian villages abandoned due to settler violence declared closed military zones

By Jeremy Sharon

IDF says villages closed off to prevent friction between Palestinians and settlers, but lawyer for residents says only Israelis should have been barred

View of the Israeli outpost of Shvut Rachel, in the West Bank, January 30, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Cabinet allocates NIS 75 million for security needs of illegal settlements

By Jeremy Sharon

Israeli troops filmed brutally beating a Palestinian journalist in East Jerusalem on December 15, 2023. (Screen capture/X)

Border Police said to reinstate 2 officers filmed beating Palestinian journalist

People take cover from missiles inside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art during a protest calling for the release of hostages at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

2 evocative exhibits go up in Tel Aviv museum, as battle for hostages is waged outside

By Jessica Steinberg

Since October 7, the plaza in front of Tel Aviv Museum of Art has been known as ‘Hostages Square,’ serving as a ‘spontaneous art space’; now, 2 new exhibits open inside

Issa Kassissieh (Israel Story)

Israel Story

Wartime Diaries: Issa Kassissieh

What do you do when the church cancels Christmas?

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

Double whammy: Judicial overhaul, Hamas war batter Israeli markets in 2023

By Sharon Wrobel

Local stocks underperformed global stocks this year, and remain cheap relative to those in other markets, but any rebound in 2024 will depend on security and political stability

An Nvidia building in Israel. (Nvidia)

Nvidia raises $15 million to help Israeli and Gazan civilians affected by Hamas war

By Sharon Wrobel

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TikTok refuses to run ads featuring Gaza hostages, claiming they’re ‘too political’

Strauss Coffee Israel released a new packaging line to replace the word "Turkish," after public pressure called for boycott on goods from Turkey, December 25, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Take that, ErdoganStrauss replaces ‘Turkish coffee’ branding with patriotic slogans

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court to listen to video testimony from businessman Arnon Milchan in the prime minister's corruption trial, June 26, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)

Hearings in Netanyahu corruption trial to be held four days a week from February

Students at Tel Aviv University. (Flash90)

Universities still set to start December 31, but reservists to have staggered return

By Gavriel Fiske

Maxwell Jacob Friedman attends a UFC event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, December 10, 2022. (Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via JTA)

Friedman 6:13Latest wrestler in Jewish Sports Hall of Fame glad to be seen as strong Jew

By Elliot Olshansky

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, second from left, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, right, at Capitol Hill on September 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Fractured US Congress tries to push Ukraine, Israel, Gaza aid with pre-Christmas plea

By AP and ToI Staff

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