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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Einav Zangauker

Israelis attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on March 18, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Over 40,000 in Tel Aviv protest Netanyahu over move to fire Shin Bet chief
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Former Mossad chief says prime minister poses ‘clear and present danger to the nation’s security’ as crowd accuses leaders of abandoning nation for narrow political interests
Israelis attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on March 18, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 3:49 am
Over 40,000 in Tel Aviv protest Netanyahu over move to fire Shin Bet chief
Former Mossad chief says prime minister poses ‘clear and present danger to the nation’s security’ as crowd accuses leaders of abandoning nation for narrow political interests
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Posters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza are seen posted outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, under a banner reading: "First, the hostages!" on March 9, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
March 10, 2025, 10:17 am
Israeli negotiators set to head to Qatar for hostage talks, amid Gaza aid cut-off
US envoy Witkoff reportedly expected in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and in Doha on Wednesday; hostage families sleep outside Defense Ministry, demanding deal
By Agencies, Jessica Steinberg, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Former national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a rally for the reestablishment of settlements in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 2, 2025, 10:08 am
Ben Gvir refuses to apologize to hostages who said his rhetoric led to torture
Former national security minister says media should stop ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’ in response to interview with released captive Eli Sharabi
By ToI Staff
All of the 25 living hostages released during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal, shown reunited with their families. Top row, from left: Karina Ariev, Liri Albag, Doron Steinbrecher, Emily Damari, Romi Gonen. 2nd row, from left: Gadi Mozes, Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger, Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa. 3rd row, from left: Ohad Ben Ami, Or Levy, Ofer Calderon, Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel. 4th row, from left: Avera Mengistu, Sasha Troufanov, Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Eli Sharabi. Bottom row, from left: Hisham al-Sayed, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham. (Photos by IDF and GPO)
February 23, 2025, 1:26 pm
As truce’s first stage winds down, families of hostages plead for more releases
Captive’s mother to Netanyahu: ‘Free all hostages, in one batch, now’; father of hostage who returned earlier in day says no one should be allowed to prevent freedom for others
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Released hostage Ohad Ben Ami speaks in a pre-recorded video played during a protest at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, February 15, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 16, 2025, 2:19 am
In video address to hostage rallies, freed captive pleads for protests to continue
Ohad Ben Ami speaks of ‘psychological terrorism,’ tells protesters their support kept him going; mother of hostage Matan Zangauker says Netanyahu ‘stands between us and all the hostages’
By Noam Lehmann, Jessica Steinberg, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 9, 2025, 7:14 pm
Families of captives Matan Zangauker, Nimrod Cohen sue for full text of hostage deal
Plaintiffs, whose sons are set for release in deal’s uncertain 2nd phase, ask High Court to order entire agreement be implemented: ‘Passage of time endangers the hostages’ lives’
By ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker standing outside the Knesset, after she was banned from entering to the building, on January 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 7, 2025, 4:19 pm
Hostage’s mother allowed back into Knesset, but must avoid ‘breaking the rules’
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana meets with Einav Zangauker, announces she can enter parliament to attend committee meetings; she strikes unrepentant tone, vows to continue tactics
By ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, stands outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, after she was banned from entering to the building, on January 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 6, 2025, 8:05 pm
Hostage’s mom barred from Knesset for second week in a row for ‘violating order’
After Einav Zangauker prevented entry, Knesset Speaker Ohana invites her to meeting; hostage families forum lambasts Knesset, says ‘every family member must be allowed to cry out’
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, mother of Matan Zangauker who is being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, sits on the street near the Begin Gate at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, June 1, 2024. (Paulina Patimer / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
January 1, 2025, 4:07 pm
Outspoken mother of hostage barred from Knesset over ‘unacceptable behavior’
Einav Zangauker says MKs ‘afraid to hear’ about hostages’ plight; MK Rothman aborts committee meeting in spat with parents of Oct. 7 victims
By ToI Staff
Family members and activists marking the 25th birthday in captivity of hostage Matan Zangauker during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, December 18, 2024.(Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
December 19, 2024, 12:39 am
Netanyahu said set to huddle with top brass Thursday to discuss Gaza deal latest
Hamas showing flexibility, official tells ToI; Smotrich says truce would be a ‘serious error,’ CIA chief arrives in Qatar; US official says ball is in Hamas’s court
By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
FILE: Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky poses for a portrait in her apartment in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on December 15, 2024, near photos of her boyfriend, Matan Zangauker, who is being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
December 18, 2024, 7:02 pm
Ilana Gritzewsky, fighting for hostage boyfriend, knows Hamas captivity firsthand
As an ex-hostage freed after 55 days in Gaza, Ilana fears boyfriend Matan Zangauker, 25, might never get out alive, even in a phased release, and demands a deal for everyone
By AP and ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, speaks during a Knesset committee hearing on December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 16, 2024, 5:12 pm
Hostage’s mother to minister: ‘I will take law into my hands’ if son doesn’t return alive
Einav Zangauker appears to threaten Ze’ev Elkin during Knesset committee hearing, saying ‘My son is alive but you are continuing to abandon him,’ demands deal to free all hostages
By ToI Staff
Relatives of some of those killed and taken hostage on October 7 at a hearing at the High Court of Justice for a petition calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry, Jerusalem, December 11, 2024 (Courtesy October Commission)
December 11, 2024, 4:10 pm
High Court hears petition for Oct. 7 state inquiry: ‘Most terrible failure ever here’
Bereaved father: ‘How can the government not want to know how children went dancing and did not return?’; brother of fallen soldier to court: ‘Don’t let them escape responsibility’
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of those held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 8, 2024, 4:19 pm
Preparing for deal, Hamas tells fellow Gazan terror groups to identify hostages they hold
Israeli official says two recent propaganda videos released by Hamas of young male hostages indicate the group is looking for a comprehensive deal to free all captives
By AFP, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Syria on December 8, 2024 (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)
December 8, 2024, 1:55 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 8: Day 429 – Rebels capture Damascus, Assad rule ends in Syria
Arab Affairs correspondent Gianluca Pacchiani discusses stunning end to Syria’s tyrannical rule as Jewish world reporter Zev Stub reviews latest in Melbourne synagogue arson
By ToI Staff
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