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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Gaza Strip

Palestinians carry humanitarian aid packages near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution center operated by the US-backed organization in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Gaza aid group says 20 killed in crowd crush, blames armed Hamas agitators
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation reports that, for first time, it identified ‘multiple firearms’ among masses waiting for supplies; IDF opens new corridor dividing Khan Younis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Fox News' Mark Levin in an hourlong interview aired on July 12, 2025. (Screenshot)
Netanyahu says he’s ‘confident’ hostage deal can be reached, Iran in ‘deep trouble’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
L: Freed hostage Emily Damari being prepped for surgery on her left hand at Sheba Medical Center on March 2, 2025, after she was shot on October 7, 2023, and not given proper medical care during 15 months of Hamas captivity in Gaza. (Pomi Ofi Tal); R: Hamas terrorist Nasr Ali Quneita, who held Damari captive in his home in Gaza, and was later killed in an Israeli airstrike in July 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Hamas terrorist who invaded Israel, held Emily Damari hostage, killed in IDF airstrike
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinians inspect the wreckage of a gas station destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Several IDF troops hurt in Gaza fighting as Palestinians reported killed at aid site
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinians carry humanitarian aid packages near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution center operated by the US-backed organization in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 16, 2025, 12:19 pm
Gaza aid group says 20 killed in crowd crush, blames armed Hamas agitators
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation reports that, for first time, it identified ‘multiple firearms’ among masses waiting for supplies; IDF opens new corridor dividing Khan Younis
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Kathryn Grody (left) and Mandy Patinkin attend the "Seasoned" premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studios on June 8, 2025, in New York City. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
July 15, 2025, 12:41 pm
Mandy Patinkin draws fire for saying Israel doing to Gaza what was once done to Jews
Jewish-American actor tells NYT of getting bad ‘vibe’ from Netanyahu in chance 1980s meeting; wife Kathryn Grody says antisemitism claims being used to silence criticism of Israel
By Grace Gilson
Encampments sheltering Palestinians displaced by conflict are pitched near the Sheikh Radwan wastewater collection pond, which is nearing its filling capacity, in Gaza City on July 14, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
July 15, 2025, 6:46 am
Israel has eased stance on IDF pullback in Gaza, but not enough for Hamas — diplomat
New maps still envision 2 km buffer zone around Rafah, where Israel is planning controversial ‘humanitarian city’ that terror group aims to thwart; Trump still bullish a deal can be reached
By Jacob Magid
A composite image shows Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman (L), Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (C), and Blue and White - National Unity chairman Benny Gantz (R), at their respective faction meetings at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2025. (All photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 14, 2025, 9:02 pm
Lapid leads opposition pushback to ‘crazy’ plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza
Liberman slams ‘delusion’ of a plan that ‘will endanger our soldiers’; Gantz says it’s a more dangerous, more expensive attempt to solve problems he raised at war’s start
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
L: Freed hostage Emily Damari being prepped for surgery on her left hand at Sheba Medical Center on March 2, 2025, after she was shot on October 7, 2023, and not given proper medical care during 15 months of Hamas captivity in Gaza. (Pomi Ofi Tal); R: Hamas terrorist Nasr Ali Quneita, who held Damari captive in his home in Gaza, and was later killed in an Israeli airstrike in July 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 14, 2025, 4:56 pm
Hamas terrorist who invaded Israel, held Emily Damari hostage, killed in IDF airstrike
Damari: ‘Glad he is no longer,’ but ‘real victory’ will be when all 50 hostages are home; separate strike last week killed 10 Hamas terrorists freed in 2011’s Gilad Shalit deal
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media on arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to Washington, after attending the Club World Cup final soccer match in New Jersey, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
July 14, 2025, 9:18 am
Trump hopes for Gaza deal within a week, as sources allege Netanyahu stalling
US officials huddle with Qataris at soccer match amid stuck talks; report says PM promised far-right coalition allies fighting will resume after proposed 60-day truce
By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Children play around waste in front of the closed UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, on May 20, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
July 14, 2025, 2:46 am
IDF said to warn against Gaza ‘humanitarian city’; ex-PM brands it ‘concentration camp’
Military reportedly tells ministers plan for large civilian zone may harm hostage talks, take months to build; opposition chief and international officials also castigate proposal
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and AFP
A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, on May 6, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
July 13, 2025, 1:03 pm
NY Times rejects Netanyahu’s denial of report he prolonged Gaza war to stay in power
After PM’s office says account defamed troops and citizens, as well as the premier himself, paper says the response ‘does not refute the facts’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Fox News' Mark Levin in an hourlong interview aired on July 12, 2025. (Screenshot)
July 13, 2025, 11:08 am
Netanyahu says he’s ‘confident’ hostage deal can be reached, Iran in ‘deep trouble’
In US interview, prime minister says he would accept ‘exceptional deal’ with Tehran that stops its uranium enrichment, missile program, and terror axis
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the wreckage of a gas station destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 12, 2025, 5:33 pm
Several IDF troops hurt in Gaza fighting as Palestinians reported killed at aid site
Army reports the injured soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded in separate incidents; says unaware of any casualties near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution hubs
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and their supporters call for an immediate hostage release deal during a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 12, 2025, 2:12 pm
Doha talks stuck on IDF withdrawal; Palestinian officials say discussions nearing collapse
Hamas rejects proposal showing continued Israeli control over parts of Gaza, including Rafah buffer zone, sources tell ToI; Palestinian official: Netanyahu ‘bought time’ with US trip
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
This screenshot from a Hamas video published July 10, 2025, shows terror operatives attacking Israeli troops carrying out demolition work in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, on July 9, 2025. (Hamas, via Telegram)
July 11, 2025, 2:56 pm
Hamas clip of killing, attempted abduction of soldier seems to contradict IDF account
Edited footage published by terror group doesn’t show a struggle with the serviceman; Israel kills PIJ commander in Shejaiya; UN says 798 killed while seeking aid in Gaza since May
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
A Palestinian vegetable merchant shows worn-out Israeli currency, July 9, 2025, in Gaza City. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
July 11, 2025, 1:14 pm
Ongoing war sees Gaza residents paying middlemen 40% cut to get their own cash
Territory’s economy has become entirely dependent on cash, giving immense power to cash brokers; new practice of money repair has emerged, but even then, some notes are rejected
By AP and ToI Staff
Volunteers from Palestinian families guard trucks carrying aid that entered the Gaza Strip from the Zikim border crossing, June 25, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
July 10, 2025, 4:45 pm
Israel, EU agree to boost Gaza aid: ‘More trucks, more crossings, and more routes’
Israel to open several aid corridors, including through Egypt and Jordan, allow bakeries and kitchens to reopen, ensure security for aid workers, repair vital infrastructure
By Nava Freiberg
Relatives mourn over the bodies of Manal Abd Rabbo and her sister Fatima, who were among 13 people, including two women and eight children, reported killed in an Israeli strike while waiting to receive nutritional supplements at a Project Hope-run medical clinic in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 10, 2025, 4:24 pm
Gaza officials say 8 children among 13 killed in strike IDF says targeted Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist
IDF says it’s probing reports of civilian casualties in incident that appears to hit medical clinic; footage shows bodies of women and children lying in pools of blood amid dust and screaming
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
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