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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Hostages Inbar Haiman (left) and Sgt. Maj. Muhammad el-Atrash, whose bodies were returned by Hamas late October 15, 2025. (Courtesy)

US weighs rewards for Gazans who help find captives' remains

Israel receives bodies of hostages Inbar Haiman, Muhammad el-Atrash; Hamas says it has no others

By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid

19 slain hostages yet to be returned; Hamas claims it can’t find them; Trump says Hamas is looking; his advisers vow none will be ‘left behind’; Israel threatens to resume war if terror group doesn’t comply with deal

The flag of Egypt sways in the wind on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on September 9, 2024. (AFP)

Israel says preparing to open Rafah crossing, with date to be announced later

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Inside story

US denies Hamas violating deal, is aiming to set up safe zone for Gazans fleeing group

Top Trump aides say only Hamas-free areas will be rebuilt, reveal countries offering to join postwar security force, stress Gazans won’t be forced to leave Strip during reconstruction

Members of the internal security forces loyal to Hamas are deployed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, October 12, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Chairs with photographs of Israeli hostages, some who were released a few days ago, and some who's bodies are still held in Hamas captivity, seen in Jerusalem, October 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Senior Israeli official insists Gaza war ‘not over’ until all truce phases complete

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti (C) is accompanied by Israeli prison guards after a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 25, 2012. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

Barghouti said beaten, suffered broken ribs in jail; prison officials reject claim

By Charlie Summers

The specifics of the deal

Israel believes Hamas could return most deceased hostages, argues it is breaching deal

Trump and other US officials say terror group searching for bodies it has yet to return, don’t accuse it of violating agreement; Israel disagrees and threatens return to fighting

IDF troops salute over the caskets containing the bodies of slain hostages Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Yossi Sharabi and Cpt. Daniel Perez in the Gaza Strip, late October 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Protesters gather on Begin Road in Tel Aviv to demand the release of the remaining slain hostages from Gaza, October 15, 2025. (Adi Levi/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 16: Day 741 – Is Hamas playing games with remaining hostage bodies?

By Jessica Steinberg and Lazar Berman

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Then-US Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper speaks at an event at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 21, 2023. (AP/Jon Gambrell, File)

Senior US military official tells Hamas to halt executions after Trump downplays them

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Chief of US Central Command calls killings a threat to ceasefire in Gaza, says he’s working with mediators to protect civilians; France calls incidents ‘particularly concerning’

Palestinians walk past a destroyed building at a makeshift market in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip, on October 15, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Two said killed by Israeli fire in north Gaza; IDF: suspects crossed ‘Yellow Line’

By Emanuel Fabian

Family and friends of slain hostage Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi attend his funeral at Kfar Saba Military Cemetery on October 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Thousands pay last respects to Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi and Sgt. Maj. Muhammad el-Atrash

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Funerals held after bodies of slain soldiers returned to Israel; ‘forgive me!’ entreats father Alon Nimrodi, as IDF general says Bedouin tracker ‘demonstrated courage and love’

Family and friends of slain hostage Israeli soldier Captain Daniel Perez attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on October 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Their bodies returned from Gaza, Guy Illouz and Cpt. Daniel Perez laid to rest in Israel

By Jessica Steinberg, Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Members of the Kfar Aza kibbutz mourn in front of the grave of a victim as they hold a memorial service for those killed in Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 16, 2025. (Maya Levin / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 16: Government hostage envoy says Israel will increase pressure on Hamas to hand over remaining bodies

White House cautions returning dead hostages from Gaza will take some time, as Israel insists Hamas intentionally dragging out the process * ‘Hamas is killing hundreds’ of Gazans, says militia chief

9:04 pm

John Bolton, Trump's ex-national security advisor, charged with transmission, retention of national defense intel
8:53 pm

Trump clarifies US won't 'go in and kill' Hamas operatives in Gaza as suggested earlier, but may back others to do so
8:21 pm

Government hostage envoy tells families that Israel will increase pressure on Hamas to hand over remaining bodies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a state ceremony marking the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on October 16, 2025. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

Marking 2 years since war began, Netanyahu says Israel ‘determined to complete victory’

By Nava Freiberg

At state memorial ceremony, PM hails IDF gains, vows return of ‘every last hostage,’ warns enemies rearming; Herzog urges probe into Oct 7 ‘failure,’ decries resurgent ‘polarization’

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Nahal Oz base, marking the Hebrew anniversary of the October 7 onslaught, October 16, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF mulls citations for October 7 and Gaza fighting, seeming to signal war’s end

By Emanuel Fabian

A Palestinian stands on an Israeli tank at the border fence near the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after some 3,000 Hamas terrorists burst through the border and entered Israel, slaughtering some 1,200 people, October 7, 2023. (Yousef Mohammed/Flash90)

‘No real argument’ against need for state inquiry into Oct. 7, High Court tells government

By Jeremy Sharon

Yosef-Haim Ohana arrives at a hospital following his release from two years of captivity in Gaza, October 13, 2025. (Shauli Landner/Government Press Office)

Handcuffed, caged, thrown in a pit: Hostages’ families describe two years of hell

By Diana Bletter, Jessica Steinberg, Rossella Tercatin and Nava Freiberg

‘The road for recovery is going to be a very long one’: Families of freed captives share harrowing details of their time in Gaza, from starvation to psychological torture

To be a Jewish mother two years on

After October 7, we’ll do anything for our kids – we know those young people who were raped, murdered, or kidnapped could have been ours

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

The real war and how we write the rest of the story

We Israelis step up for each other admirably, but we’re not great at mutual respect. It’s time to practice giving the benefit of the doubt

When the clapping drowned the conscience

In celebrating the release of hostages, Israel’s leaders turned gratitude into spectacle and democracy into theater

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Trump says ‘disarm’ Hezbollah – Beirut says ‘contain’ Hezbollah

Lebanon must choose: They either force the pro-Iran militia to surrender their weapons or accept that Israel will handle it for them

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, October 15, 2025 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'Soon, we will know no more war'

In Jerusalem market, hostage release and ceasefire inspire both optimism and anxiety

While some fear the war in Gaza is not over or that Israel could be torn by civil strife, others see signs of messianic times or at least fragile quiet afoot after two years of war

Israeli security forces demolish homes in an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, September 17, 2025. (Flash90)

'We went to help, and then the state came for our houses'

Once hailed for Oct. 7 heroism, Bedouin bemoan a state they say has since turned its back

By Eliyahu Freedman

An exponential rise in demolitions for unrecognized Negev communities, coupled with poverty and record-high crime, leave those once feted for risking their lives feeling neglected and forgotten

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar (Flash90/composite image)

Shin Bet officer set to be charged over suspected leak of classified info

By Jeremy Sharon

Justice Ministry alleges security service official passed sensitive material to Diaspora Affairs Minister Chikli and two journalists, which then made its way into press reports

Defense Minister Israel Katz visits the Mahaneh Yehudah market in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Attorney general says defense minister may be abusing power to protect fellow Likud MK

By Jeremy Sharon

Rioters break the shop window of a Starbucks during anti-Israel demonstrations in Barcelona on October 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Anti-Israel rioters break store windows, light fires as thousands march in Barcelona

Some 15,000 protest Gaza war despite truce, hold signs calling peace plan a ‘farce’; protesters gather outside Israeli basketball team’s hotel, try to block way to stadium

An elderly protester is taken away by police officers at a 'Lift The Ban' demonstration in support of the proscribed anti-Israel group Palestine Action, in Parliament Square, central London, September 6, 2025. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

Dozens charged under anti-terror laws in UK court over Palestine Action support

By AFP

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Norway sentences US embassy guard who spied for Iran and Russia to protest Gaza war

By AFP

Next October, an initiative that aims to help establish 2,000 new Israeli startups, one in memory of every fallen soldier and murdered civilian of the October 7 massacre by Hamas, is holding an opening ceremony for trading at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. (Courtesy)

Interview

Bereaved by October 7, an entrepreneur seeds startups with memorials to those lost

By Sharon Wrobel

Launched by Izhar Shay in honor of his son, Staff Sgt. Yaron Shay, Next October aids new ventures, which in turn preserve the memory of those killed in the Hamas invasion and war in Gaza

Interview

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As hostages return, documentarian says his film about NYC poster wars remains sadly relevant

A year after the release of ‘Torn,’ Israeli-born, Brooklyn-based Nim Shapira laments how the intolerance that inspired it still plagues one of the world’s most diverse cities

Artists and conceivers of the post-October 7 KIDNAPPED campaign Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid hang posters in Nim Shapira's film 'TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets.' (Eyal Bau Cohen)

People demonstrate for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, October 14, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

'With all the joy, there’s still a kvetch in the heart'

In Hostages Square, Simhat Torah holiday exposes divide over hostage release celebrations

By Deborah Danan

While the final 20 living abductees were returned to Israel Monday, the remains of many still haven’t made it home, leaving their loved ones in limbo amid a bittersweet moment

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)

Russia postpones its Arab summit, in sign of declining Mideast influence

Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party in the Knesset, July 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Liberman wins defamation case against activist who claimed he sought to kill cop

Footage shows the aftermath of a bus blast in Deir Ezzor, Syria, on October 16, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Bus blast in eastern Syria kills at least 5 defense ministry staff; ISIS suspected

By AFP

A home in the northern West Bank available for rent on Airbnb. (Samaria Tourism)

Irish court orders police to reconsider probing Airbnb over West Bank settlements

By Reuters and ToI Staff

British far-right anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson arrives at Ben Gurion Airport, October 15, 2025 (X screenshot)

UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson in Israel after invite from Likud minister

Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)

Sweden identifies Syrian suspected of murdering Quran-burning activist

By Reuters and ToI Staff

The scene of a gang-related highway shooting on Route 443 in central Israel, which resulted in the deaths of an attacker and a bystander after soldiers responded to the incident on October 15, 2025. (Screenshot/X)

Bystander, assailant killed after armed motorcyclists open fire on jeep on main highway

By Charlie Summers

From 'Haircut,' a documentary about a hairdresser and his discussions over the last two years, premiering October 15, 2025 on Yes Docu (Courtesy)

SnippetsIn ‘Haircut,’ barber offers a sympathetic ear, free trims after October 7

By Jessica Steinberg

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