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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 641

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US President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP/Alex Brandon)
As sides await Hamas response to truce deal, Trump said to offer personal pledge to end war
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Terror group says it’s holding discussions with other factions, as formal reply expected on Friday; Israeli official: Ceasefire may start next week if Hamas gives ‘positive answer’
President Isaac Herzog (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, July 6, 2025. On the table is a picture of the hostages held in Gaza. (Haim Zach/GPO)
July 6, 2025, 3:27 pm
Herzog urges Netanyahu to brave ‘difficult’ choice on Gaza deal ahead of Trump meet
President says he fully supports efforts to bring back captives even if ‘cost is not simple,’ thanks Trump for help against Iran and ‘unwavering support for Israel’
By Nava Freiberg
Illustrative: Armed Palestinians sit on trucks carrying humanitarian aid near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 25, 2025. (Ali Qariqa/Flash90)
July 6, 2025, 1:43 pm
Cabinet approves plan to let more aid into northern Gaza over hardliner protests
Smotrich joins Ben Gvir in opposing expansion of UN-backed distribution, accuses IDF chief of failing to keep supplies out of Hamas’s hands, PM of letting army make its own decisions
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP/Alex Brandon)
July 4, 2025, 5:03 am
As sides await Hamas response to truce deal, Trump said to offer personal pledge to end war
Terror group says it’s holding discussions with other factions, as formal reply expected on Friday; Israeli official: Ceasefire may start next week if Hamas gives ‘positive answer’
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Israelis protest calling for an end to the war in Gaza and for the release of hostages held in Gaza, at Latrun, on July 2, 2025. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
July 3, 2025, 1:53 pm
Hamas said okay with US guarantee on talks to end Gaza war, as ceasefire momentum grows
60-day halt would reportedly be bookended with release of 10 living hostages, along with 18 deceased captives handed over in 3 separate groups; terror group promises not to hold ceremonies
By Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton and Agencies
People walking next to pictures of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza, in Jerusalem, July 2, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2025, 2:28 pm
Responding to Trump, Hamas says Gaza deal must ‘clearly lead to complete end’ of war
PM stresses that goals of eliminating Hamas and freeing hostages ‘work together’; 14 said killed in strikes in Gaza; Hamas gives boss of clan armed by Israel 10 days to surrender
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025, Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP)
May 30, 2025, 1:09 am
Full text of Witkoff’s proposal for 60-day Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
‘Framework for Negotiating an Agreement to a Permanent Ceasefire’ calls for release of 10 living Israeli hostages and remains of 18 slain captives, IDF pullback in parts of Strip
By Jacob Magid
Displaced Palestinians line up to receive a meal in the northern Gaza Strip, on May 5, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
May 6, 2025, 2:10 pm
Hamas says no point in further Gaza truce talks if Israel continues ‘hunger war’
Terror group official urges international community to pressure Netanyahu to end ‘crimes’ in Strip; France and China pan coming military offensive expected to displace masses
By AFP and ToI Staff
Family members of hostage Bar Kuperstein and Israelis celebrate his 2nd birthday in Hamas captivity at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 3:01 pm
Israeli official: Reports of breakthrough in hostage-ceasefire talks ‘inaccurate’
Hamas official also denies progress in Cairo, after report said negotiators reached tentative agreement on release of hostages in May, opening of three aid corridors in Gaza
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Mounds of trash are seen at the former site of the Firas Market in Gaza City, which was transformed into a landfill during the war, on April 21, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
April 22, 2025, 8:40 am
Israeli delegation holds talks in Cairo as mediators float long-term truce – report
Mediators said to offer years-long agreement involving end to war, release of all Israeli hostages; Hamas-run civil defense agency says seven killed in airstrikes
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not in picture) at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg,Pool)
February 17, 2025, 6:04 pm
Hamas said to agree to cede Gaza governance to PA; Netanyahu: ‘Not going to happen’
PM also reiterates he’s ‘committed’ to Trump’s Gaza plan; Hebrew media says Ramallah’s ‘pay-to-slay’ stipends to terrorists ongoing despite Abbas’s decree canceling them
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90)
January 27, 2025, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 27: Day 479 – Some Gazans return north as more hostages set to be freed
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses latest in Hamas ceasefire-hostage deal, Hezbollah truce, and Kibbutz Nir Oz; reporter Sue Surkes talks about Israeli aid workers and Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes
Lebanese soldiers standing on a vehicle surrounded by protesters carrying Hezbollah flags are seen from the window of an UN peacekeeper armored vehicle, in Mays al-Jabal village, southern Lebanon, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)
January 27, 2025, 9:39 am
Israel and Lebanon extend truce, with IDF troop withdrawal deadline moved to Feb. 18
Hezbollah said to call on Lebanese civilians to provoke clashes with IDF; Katz warns truce violators on northern or southern borders will ‘pay the full price’
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Hostages Arbel Yehoud, left, and Agam Berger, held by terrorists in Gaza since October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
January 27, 2025, 4:56 am
Israel: Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger, 3rd hostage to be freed Thursday; 3 more on Saturday
PM’s office also says Hamas has sent how many 1st-phase captives are alive, with tally matching Israeli intelligence; IDF to allow Gazans to return to Strip’s north Monday morning
By Michael Bachner, Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Irish President Michael D. Higgins speaks at the National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration at the Mansion House in Dublin, January 26, 2025. (President of Ireland/X)
January 27, 2025, 12:55 am
In Holocaust Day speech, Irish president decries ‘horrific loss of life’ in Gaza, sparks protest
Jewish community had asked Higgins not to politicize event; protesters turn their backs on Irish president, at least one person forcibly removed from event
By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Lebanese women hold portraits of of slain Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, as they check the destruction in their village Aita al-Shaab, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, January 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
January 26, 2025, 2:30 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 26: Day 478 – Hamas violates Gaza ceasefire; Lebanon truce expires
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian and reporter Amy Spiro with updates on the status of the mediated deals in Gaza and Lebanon. Plus: Israel’s contestant at 2025’s Eurovision contest
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro
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