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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Bedouin

Relatives and friends of Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza, gather at the family home in the southern Israel city of Rahat, on January 8, 2025, after the IDF said it had recovered Youssef's body and had 'grave concerns' for Hamza's life. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
January 9, 2025, 1:02 am
Family and friends mourn death of hostage Youssef Ziyadne, blame government inaction
Relatives say they had held out hope the 53-year-old father of 19 would be freed alive in an imminent deal; released hostage Farhan al-Qadi eulogizes his childhood friend
By ToI Staff
Cousins (from left) Amin, Jawad, Malek and Mahmoud al-Qoraan, all killed in a rocket strike on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
December 25, 2024, 11:18 pm
Cousins Amin, Jawad, Malek and Mahmoud al-Qoraan, 10, 11, 16 & 16
Slain in a rocket attack on the Bedouin village of Kukhleh in the south on October 7
By ToI Staff
The off-grid technology hub at the Alfoura School in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
December 16, 2024, 10:00 am
Pioneering Bedouin school models sustainable, solar-powered living
First-of-its-kind project, which engages pupils in tech research, stars at confab on solar energy for Bedouin, where planners also announce green light for three new solar fields
By Sue Surkes
Members of Israel's Bedouin community take part in the country's first legal camel race in the Negev desert, near Kibbutz Tlalim, on November 1, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
November 1, 2024, 7:22 pm
First legal camel race held in Israel with thousands of spectators
Bedouin host says Negev event is symbol for coexistence with Jewish communities: ‘We are here together, and we will stay together and we will live here together, in peace’
By ToI Staff
Ahmed Samniya stands by his porch window in Sheikh Danun, Western Galilee, on October 8, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
October 9, 2024, 4:49 pm
One year into the Hezbollah conflict, Arab Israelis confront their complicated identity
Living near the border with Lebanon, Sheik Danun leaders say extremists in the government — not the fighting over the border — make them feel disenfranchised from Israeli society
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative. Students arrive at an Israeli high school, June 11, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)
September 23, 2024, 8:31 pm
Beersheba girl suspended from school after voicing concern for Gazan kids
Middle school, Education Ministry claim 13-year-old suspended for 3 days to protect her from harassment during probe into incident; girl says other students verbally abused her
By ToI Staff
Relatives and friends of rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi welcome him as he returns to the southern village of Khirbet Karkour, near the Bedouin city of Rahat, August 28, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
August 30, 2024, 1:52 pm
Land Authority says it won’t serve demolition notice for rescued hostage’s home
Some 70% of residents in Farhan al-Qadi’s village of Khirbet Karkour have received notices amid action against the unrecognized communities where about a third of Bedouins live
By AP and ToI Staff
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi returns to a tent near his home near Rahat, August 28, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 3:58 am
Rescued hostage said kept in total darkness during captivity, showered once a month
52-year-old Bedouin father of 11 Farhan al-Qadi was left alone two weeks ago after captors heard IDF drills; tunnel was rigged with explosives to prevent him escaping
By ToI Staff
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi at Beersheba's Soroka Hospital, on August 27, 2024. (Yossi Ifergan/GPO)
August 28, 2024, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 28: Day 327 – Israel welcomes back rescued Bedouin hostage
Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani discusses the saving of Farhan al-Qadi, and Hamas PR; political writer Sam Sokol examines Oct. 7 ceremony and Yair Lapid’s political plans
By ToI Staff
Faraj Easem, 12, was found dead near Tel Sheva on August 13, 2024. (Israel Police)
August 13, 2024, 10:09 am
Missing 12-year-old boy found dead in sealed fridge in southern Bedouin town
Police said to believe Faraj Easem, declared missing on Monday, accidentally locked himself in refrigerator and suffocated; body sent for forensic examination
By ToI Staff
Eylon, right, with troops from the Gadsar 585 unit. (Guy Fattal)
July 21, 2024, 3:26 pm
An exclusive look into the faces of the IDF’s Bedouin battalion: Gadsar 585
A photographer joins a majority-Muslim IDF unit along Gaza’s southern border and shares the pain of this dedicated group of fighters and trackers as they mourn their war losses
By Guy Fattal
Adeb Mazal who evacuated from Arab al-Aramshe. (Dafna Talmon)
July 6, 2024, 2:17 pm
Uprooted: Adeb Mazal, 35, from Arab al-Aramshe. This is his story
Adeb Mazal, 35, head of the Bedouin village Arab al-Aramshe near the Lebanese border, was evacuated to Nazareth, then Acre, then Shavei Zion ● This is his story
By Tamar Mor Sela
Bashir Ziyadne, 28, at the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, holding images of his second cousin Youssef Ziyadne and Youssef's son Hamza, taken hostage by Hamas, June 27, 2024. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
July 4, 2024, 8:45 am
‘We challenge the narrative that Hamas are good Muslims,’ says Bedouin hostages’ relative
Bashir Ziyadne has been lobbying for the release of two family members held in Gaza, protesting the Israeli government’s perceived inaction and the Arab world’s indifference
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Warrant Officer Zeed Mazarib, killed battling Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, close to the border, on June 6, 2024. (Courtesy)
June 6, 2024, 5:08 pm
IDF soldier killed by terrorists trying to infiltrate Israel from south Gaza
3 Hamas operatives killed inside Strip by drone strike and tank shelling some 400 meters from border; slain soldier identified as tracker Zeed Mazarib, 34
By Emanuel Fabian
Amina Hassouna, the seven-year-old Bedouin girl injured in the April 14 drone and missile attack from Iran, at Soroka hospital in Beersheba, May 2024 (courtesy)
June 3, 2024, 6:10 pm
After weeks in hospital, Bedouin girl wounded in Iran attack makes TV appearance
7-year-old Amina Hassouna speaks in front of camera hours before her fourth surgery, while her struggling family faces repeated demolition orders
By Gianluca Pacchiani
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