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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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Hamas said to agree to Gaza deal; PM’s office says no official word received yet
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
Long-sought hostage release-ceasefire agreement could be formally announced within hours, sources say, with captives possibly starting to go free Sunday
Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal on brink of finalization, as reports spell out details
By
Michael Bachner
,
ToI Staff
,
Agencies
and
Jacob Magid
Live updates (closed)
Jan. 15: In first, US acknowledges PM added conditions that hampered hostage talks in July
By
Shira Silkoff
and
ToI Staff
Netanyahu thanks Biden, Trump for help securing hostage-ceasefire agreement * Cabinet set to vote Thursday to approve terms * Deal due to commence Sunday; first 3 captives to be freed then
9:54 pm
UK welcomes 'long-overdue' deal; Germany calls to 'seize opportunity'
9:50 pm
Netanyahu thanks Biden, Trump for help securing hostage deal
9:48 pm
Reps from US, Qatar, Egypt will monitor ceasefire deal from Cairo -- Qatari PM
Inside story
Jacob Magid
Arab officials: Trump envoy swayed Netanyahu more in one meeting than Biden did all year
A "tense" weekend meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and incoming Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff led to a breakthrough in the hostage negotiations, with the top aide to US President-elect Donald Trump doing more to sway the premier in a single sit-down than outgoing President Joe Biden did all year, two Arab officials told...
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Daily Briefing Jan. 15: Day 467 – Hostage deal could be signed Wednesday or Thursday
By
Jessica Steinberg
,
Amy Spiro
and
Sue Surkes
Smotrich says Gaza war must continue, but doesn’t say if he will try to thwart hostage deal
By
ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich insisted Wednesday that the war in the Gaza Strip must continue, but did not explicitly say whether he will back or oppose an emerging ceasefire deal to release hostages held by Hamas in the Palestinian enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly pressuring Smotrich...
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Op-ed: Day 467 of the war
David Horovitz
Get them all home
This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. Farhan al-Qadi, the most recent Israeli hostage rescued alive by the IDF, emerged from a Hamas tunnel into the daylight in late...
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Hostage families meet with PM, warn phased-release deal will leave loved ones behind
By
ToI Staff
Amid emerging deal, medical experts warn released hostages face complex issues
By
Diana Bletter
‘Everyone needs to understand that they are not going back to what they used to be,’ says captive released from Gaza in November 2023 deal
Israelis head to streets to rally for and against brewing hostage deal
By
Jessica Steinberg
,
Noam Lehmann
and
Charlie Summers
Thousands attend Tel Aviv demonstration in eager anticipation of Hamas’s response to proposal, while hundreds in Jerusalem fume at government over ‘surrender’ to terror group
Israeli hostages’ families caught between hope and despair over emerging release deal
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
Relatives concerned over phased ceasefire plan that will only free some captives in first stage with the others left at mercy of future talks and maintenance of fragile truce
Trump’s defense secretary pick: ‘I support Israel killing every last member of Hamas’
By
Jacob Magid
and
Agencies
Pete Hegseth makes remark during fiery Senate hearing in which Democrats grill him on sexual misconduct claims, past remarks against women serving in combat
Jared Kushner advising from afar, Ivanka Trump opts out of role in father’s 2nd term
By
Alexandra Ulmer
Signals Israel has accepted truce outline while Hamas hasn't
Laying out postwar Gaza vision, Blinken raps Israel’s war strategy, shunning of PA
By
Jacob Magid
In lengthy address, outgoing US top diplomat assesses Hamas has recruited as many members as it has lost, criticizes Israel’s refusal to include Ramallah in ‘day after’ plan
Top Ops
Mordechai I. Twersky
To YU’s Rabbi Ari Berman: The inauguration is not your stage
Is Yeshiva University sacrificing its chartered values or will it use the moment in Trump’s limelight to call for reflection and redirection?
Nadav Tamir
The tail that wagged the dog
Blinken was right to present his plan for the ’day after’ in Gaza, but Bibi wouldn’t hear of it. Maybe Trump’s administration will actually manage to implement it
Archaeology
'Nobody knew about it, nobody touched it, for so many years'
In first, researchers find where Jerusalemites prayed before Temple became only game in town
By
Gavriel Fiske
Archaeologists say unique City of David structure, which contains a standing stone, altar and other facilities, was abandoned in the 8th century BCE during a religious reform
Senior Iranian official accuses Israel of placing explosives in centrifuge equipment
By
ToI Staff
and
Jacob Magid
Zarif claims Tehran ‘managed to detect’ bombs, doesn’t specify when incident occurred or mention Natanz; Blinken hints at opposition to Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities
Iran unveils new spy ship during major war games – state media
By
AFP
Iran’s FM says European countries appear serious about reviving nuclear deal
By
AFP
and
ToI Staff
6 said killed as IDF launches first strike in Jenin since PA began terror crackdown
By
Emanuel Fabian
and
Agencies
IDF confirms carrying out joint attack with Shin Bet, doesn’t give further details; analysts and Palestinian security forces warn airstrike could undermine PA counterterrorism op
Iran found to be the least antisemitic country in the region
‘Global emergency’: Nearly half the world’s adults hold antisemitic views — ADL survey
By
Luke Tress
and
Zev Stub
Worldwide study finds that 46% of population believes in a number of anti-Jewish tropes, 20% have never heard of the Holocaust
As Australia touts efforts to combat antisemitism, Jewish leaders demand more action
By
Zev Stub
Irish Jews cry foul over ‘antisemitic’ president’s planned Holocaust memorial speech
By
ToI Staff
Israel unequipped to combat LA-style wildfire, officials warn
By
Charlie Summers
Country’s firefighters are ‘stretched from end to end’ amid ongoing war as officials worry that California blazes could be replicated in the warming Mediterranean region
Reporter's notebook
'I see no problem loving a country and being critical of it'
Harvard antisemitism task force co-chair talks about post-Oct. 7 ‘petrified anger’
By
Rich Tenorio
Prof. Derek Penslar recently spoke at the Divinity School about his book ‘Zionism: An Emotional State,’ and the passions motivating Zionists and anti-Zionists, now and in the past
Dutch Jewry is growing slowly — but only thanks to Israeli migration
By
Zev Stub
New report finds that without the steady influx of Israelis moving to the Netherlands, population of about 35,000 Jews would gradually decline
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Israel rebuffs ‘imperialist’ Turkey after Erdogan says it must withdraw from Syria
By
Amy Spiro
,
ToI Staff
and
Reuters
Israel’s health system showing ‘impressive’ resilience during war, report finds
By
Diana Bletter
France’s Macron to visit Lebanon after new president elected
By
AFP
Lev Tahor leader arrested in El Salvador amid major crackdown on cult
By
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
Inside Story
More than a third of Israeli households spend more than they earn, as living costs rise
By
Sharon Wrobel
Chip giant Nvidia to invest more than $500m in new Israeli AI research data lab
By
Sharon Wrobel
Woman killed in Kiryat Ata apartment, suspect is her mentally disturbed brother
By
ToI Staff
Six men reach plea deals for attempting to tunnel into Chabad HQ in Brooklyn
By
Ben Sales
ICC prosecutor says Israeli objections to Netanyahu warrant should be rejected
By
AP
and
ToI Staff
Argentina’s Milei wins ‘Jewish Nobel’ for Israel support, in break with tradition
By
PHILISSA CRAMER
Knesset approves MK Idan Roll’s request to leave Yesh Atid party
By
Sam Sokol
Minister questioned by police over 2020 traffic incident, after dodging for months
By
ToI Staff
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