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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

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The Bibas family, father Yarden (left), Ariel (second from left), Shiri and baby Kfir (Courtesy)
January 25, 2025, 12:28 pm
Bibas family: ‘World came crashing down’ when Shiri, kids weren’t slated for release
Relatives of only family still held hostage decry media’s failure to convey ‘our pain, our struggle’ after Hamas violated deal by releasing captive female soldiers before civilian women
By ToI Staff
Naomi Dgani (Courtesy)
September 24, 2024, 5:15 pm
Naomi Dgani, 80: Retired nurse who was ‘sensitive and sentimental’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
Mohammad Abu Al-Qumsan (center), prays next to the bodies of his 4-day-old twin children, killed in the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, August 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 14, 2024, 11:41 pm
IDF says it has no info on deaths of mother and 4-day-old twins in Gaza
Father received news of alleged Israeli strike while at a government office to register births; no outside confirmation home was hit by Israeli forces
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians sit by tents across from a garbage dump in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
August 13, 2024, 12:11 pm
Disease without borders: Massive piles of garbage in Gaza also threaten Israel
Experts say even drinking water in Ashdod could be contaminated by toxic buildup from hundreds of untreated trash heaps, after Gaza’s waste removal system paralyzed by war
By Uri Blau in partnership with Shomrim
Kate Forbes, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, February 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 29, 2024, 12:40 pm
Red Cross president urges humanitarian ceasefire ‘so I can do my job’
Kate Forbes, who leads the largest humanitarian network in the world, reports ‘atrocious’ situation in Rafah, pleads with ‘governments on all sides to negotiate a ceasefire’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians receive food rations at a donation point at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2024 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
February 14, 2024, 10:16 am
In covert interviews, Gazan civilians rail against Hamas for wrecking their lives
Before and after October 7, testimony from the war-torn enclave reveals widespread resentment of the terror group and little hope for the future, says Mideast expert Joseph Braude
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Palestinians inspect the damage in the rubble of a building where two hostages were held before being rescued during an operation by Israeli security forces in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2024. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
February 13, 2024, 4:15 pm
Israel plans to move Rafah civilians to 15 tent cities along the coast – report
According to Wall Street Journal, Israel showed Egypt a proposal to get civilians out of Gaza’s southern city ahead of ground op; PM’s Office says several plans being discussed
By Lazar Berman
A small group of protesters demonstrate outside the home of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Arlington, Virginia, January 28, 2024 (Roberto Schmidt/AFPTV/AFP)
February 3, 2024, 7:33 pm
‘Kibbutz Blinken’: Activists camp outside secretary’s home, accuse him of genocide
Pro-Palestinian protesters accuse US top diplomat of war crimes, have hurled fake blood onto his motorcade
By ToI Staff
Ruti, a mother of 12, who has six sons in the IDF reserves. (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 30, 2023, 1:25 am
Mother of 12 has 6 sons, 4 sons-in-law, 3 grandchildren & 1 nephew in IDF
Ruti, identified only by her first name, tells Channel 12 News, ‘I know we’re doing the right thing. Our role, on the home front, is to support them’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israelis practice shooting handguns at the Olympic Shooting Range in Hertzliya, October 18, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)
March 31, 2022, 10:22 pm
Firearm applications skyrocket after spate of terror attacks
Over 1,500 applications filed Wednesday, compared to 60 per day normally, as PM urges gun owners to carry firearms with them amid terror wave
By Tobias Siegal
Civilian volunteers attend a training camp of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
March 25, 2022, 10:01 pm
‘No other option’: Israeli ex-commandos said to secretly train Ukrainian civilians
Yedioth Ahronoth says Israeli officials turning blind eye to program run by group of former IDF soldiers; ‘We’re not only fighting for Ukraine, but for ourselves,’ says instructor
By ToI Staff
Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
March 23, 2022, 11:25 am
Ukraine accuses Russia of seizing aid workers from humanitarian convoy to Mariupol
Mayor vows city will never forgive Russia as nearly 100,000 people remain besieged under inhuman conditions; estimates of civilian casualties vary between 3,000 and 20,000
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by US special forces, monitors the area on the western frontline in Raqqa on October 8, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)
October 11, 2017, 2:43 pm
With IS surrounded, talks held on civilian exit from Raqqa
US-backed forces prepare final push to recapture de facto Syrian capital of the Islamic State group’s self-proclaimed caliphate
By Maya Gebeily
Syrians leave a rebel-held area of Aleppo for the government-held side on December 13, 2016, during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake the embattled city. (AFP PHOTO / KARAM AL-MASRI)
December 14, 2016, 12:37 pm
Syrian army resumes Aleppo assault, evacuation delayed
Battle renewed as ‘rebels broke truce’; thousands of cold, hungry civilians waiting to leave eastern district
By AFP
A Turkish army tank and an armored vehicle are stationed near the border with Syria, in Karkamis, Turkey, August. 23, 2016. (IHA via AP)
August 28, 2016, 11:54 am
Up to 75 Kurds said killed in Turkish bombardment in Syria
Scores reported injured in attacks on areas used by US-backed forces, as Ankara steps up its cross-border offensive
By Layal Abou Rahal and Stuart Williams
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