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Official says Israel 'came a long way' in negotiations
Israeli officials say hostage-ceasefire deal is close, awaiting final Hamas approval
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‘Final’ draft presented to sides, Israel said to broadly accept it; Hamas says freedom near for its security prisoners; Smotrich calls it a ‘catastrophe’; Lapid, Gantz back it
Biden stresses ‘immediate need’ for hostage-truce deal in call with Netanyahu
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Daily Briefing Jan. 13: Day 465 – Israel anxiously awaits possible hostage deal news
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Jan 13: Hostage talks advanced after ‘tense’ meet between Netanyahu, Trump envoy — officials
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Witkoff urged PM to make compromises necessary for deal by Jan. 20 * Israeli envoy tells Security Council Hezbollah trying to rebuild, with help from Iran, as IDF withdraws from Lebanon
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80 Auschwitz survivors film life lessons to mark 80 years since liberation
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Created by The Claims Conference, new series of video testimonies from Auschwitz survivors aims to help young people ‘listen to their voices and carry their stories forward’
In Knesset, Likud MK shouts at hostage’s father over deal: ‘Your son will be stuck in Gaza’
By
ToI Staff
Eliyahu Revivo assails Yehuda Cohen, whose son Nimrod has been a Hamas captive since October 7, 2023, for accusing Netanyahu of ‘war crimes’ against Israelis and Palestinians
IDF says it hit Hezbollah sites after ceasefire monitors failed to address threats
By
Emanuel Fabian
and
Agencies
The Israel Defense Forces said Monday it had struck several Hezbollah sites in Lebanon overnight, saying the targets violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement. It said said it did so after the international ceasefire monitoring mechanism failed to address them, despite being advised on the matter. Targets...
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Lebanon’s new President Aoun starts consultations on naming prime minister
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Cameras alone won’t keep our children safe in daycare
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Seniority system for Supreme Court head to go, as Levin seeks overhaul laws by Feb.
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The seniority system by which the president of the Supreme Court has been chosen since the founding of the court in 1948 would be annulled under planned proposals made by Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar for far-reaching changes to Israel’s judiciary, it has...
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Right-wing MKs say Amit can’t be Supreme Court chief due to conflict of interest claims
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Stuart Winer
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Woman, 75, critically injured in November Hezbollah rocket attack, dies of wounds
By
ToI Staff
Tamar Edri, a grandmother of 9, was wounded when rocket hit her home in Nahariya on the day before ceasefire took effect
Two Israeli victims of New Orleans terror attack still hospitalized in US
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ToI Staff
‘We don’t talk about feelings’: IDF officers said to deny mental health help to soldiers
By
Michael Bachner
Servicemembers detail to Haaretz how some commanders have warned soldiers in distress not to get out of wartime duties, with many troops afraid of stigma if they seek treatment
Inside story
Israel, PA ink deal to release $500 million in withheld Palestinian tax revenues
By
Jacob Magid
Funds will be used to pay off debt to Israel Electric Corporation; both sides declare victory after agreeing to mechanism that US hopes can be used for release of additional money
Attorney general backs petition against PM-appointed acting civil service chief
By
Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara took the side of a petition against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pick for acting civil service commissioner, telling the High Court of Justice on Sunday that she too opposes the prime minister's choice. Netanyahu appointed Roi Kahlon last week, in defiance of the attorney...
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Court okays hacking of phones seized from PM aide’s kids amid Sara Netanyahu probe
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Charlie Summers
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ToI Staff
Ben Gvir says he promotes cops only if they implement his policy, in dig at AG
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An ‘Iron Dome’ to stop wildfires: Israeli startup’s ‘FireDome’ is based on missile defense
By
Sharon Wrobel
System shoots capsules of eco-friendly fire retardant to create barrier; detects and extinguishes blazes; set for testing in Israel in May, and the US in 2026
LA fires rage on as meteorologists warn of dangerous weather in coming days
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After scandal, ex-Libyan FM insists 2023 Israel meeting was okayed by Tripoli
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ToI Staff
Najla Mangoush was fired and forced to flee country after then-foreign minister Eli Cohen publicized secret sit-down and hailed it as a ‘first step’ toward diplomatic ties
'I think if I were Jewish, I'd have no other option'
Heroes or hooligans? Milwaukee rabbi and son arrested for vandalizing swastika mural
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Andrew Lapin
In September, a Palestinian businessman plastered his building with an image of the Nazi symbol in a Star of David; the pair who removed it say they don’t doubt it was antisemitic
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AI music clip imagines all hostages released, a new MidEast
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Jessica Steinberg
Yoni Bloch and Barak Feldman put all their hopes and dreams into ‘Happy Ending,’ envisioning the captives home, parties on the Temple Mount, and no more need for IDF recruits
Jordan signs deal with French-led group to build massive desalination plant
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AFP
New $5 billion Red Sea project to supply more than 300 million cubic meters of drinking water comes after cancellation of joint project with Israel
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80-year-old woman dies in Galilee home fire
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