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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Alon Ohel

Singer and performer Hanan Ben Ari, left, with the cast of 'Eretz Nehederet' singing a song for hostage Alon Ohel, March 2025 (Courtesy)
March 12, 2025, 5:30 pm
‘Eretz Nehederet’ cast and Hanan Ben Ari sing for hostage Alon Ohel
The singer plays a yellow piano, symbolizing the struggle to free the hostages held in Gaza, and dedicates a song to the budding pianist
By Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset plenum on March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 10, 2025, 10:17 pm
To ensure his political survival, Netanyahu gave Hamas a ceasefire free of charge
For 11 days, Hamas has been free to reorganize without fear of attack or having to release a single hostage. That’s because all that matters now for the PM is passing the budget
By Biranit Goren
Recently released hostage Keith Siegel thanks US President Donald Trump for his involvement in the hostage release and ceasefire deal, and pleads with the president to ensure all are released, in a video message published on February 14, 2025. (Screenshot)
February 14, 2025, 3:10 pm
‘I was starved and tortured’: Keith Siegel urges Trump to ensure all hostages freed
Dual national tells US president ‘you are the reason I am home alive’; released captive Or Levy visits Hostages Square, days after release from Hamas captivity: ‘Hope dies last’
By ToI Staff and Jessica Steinberg
Protesters rally outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on February 11, 2025, urging the release of Hamas-held hostages, as the cabinet meets inside. (Orna Kupferman / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
February 11, 2025, 1:30 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 11: Day 494 – Will the ceasefire hold? Cabinet discusses next steps
Political correspondent Tal Schneider brings us latest on hostages, Hamas allegations and moves Israel could make; Diaspora reporter Zev Stub reviews upcoming WZO elections
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Zev Stub
Demonstrators protest in Tel Aviv, for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, on February 10, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
February 11, 2025, 12:00 am
Protesters block Tel Aviv highway, demanding Israel ‘not endanger’ hostage deal
Yarden Bibas’s sister says he ‘holds onto hope’ he’ll be reunited with family; Ofer Calderon says conditions of his captivity worsened, became ‘brutal’ after November 2023 truce
By ToI Staff and Noam Lehmann
In Kfar Saba in February 2025, a protestor holding images of hostages, Tsahi Idan, left, included in the first stage of the exchange, while hostage Alon Ohel, right, is not (Credit: Danor Aharon)
February 10, 2025, 1:55 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 10: Day 493 – Netanyahu has Trump’s support but what’s his game plan?
Founding editor David Horovitz discusses a heartbreaking TV interview with the mother of Alon Ohel, the status of the hostage deal, and Netanyahu’s strategy upon return from the US
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Idit Ohel, mother of hostage Alon Ohel, interviewed on Channel 12 news, February 9, 2025 (Channel 12 screenshot)
February 9, 2025, 10:37 pm
Pleading for his release, mother says hostage Alon Ohel is wounded, chained in Hamas tunnels
Family of Ohel — who turns 24 on Monday — reports first sign of life since he was taken captive, after testimony from newly freed hostages who were held with him in dire conditions
By ToI Staff
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