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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Gaza terrorists

Freed Hamas terrorist Mohammad Abu Warda (right) seen in a TV broadcast from the handover ceremony of slain Israeli hostages in Khan Younis, February 20, 2025. (Screenshot from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 20, 2025, 2:10 pm
Freed arch-terrorist, convicted of killing 45, is guest at slain hostage handover in Gaza
Mohammed Abu Warda, responsible for series of suicide bombings, vows to continue ‘resistance’ at Khan Younis ceremony; had reportedly been slated to be deported to Egypt
By ToI Staff
Batsheva Yahalomi in front of her Kibbutz Nir Oz home on September 30, 2024, where she, her husband and three children were grabbed by terrorists on October 7, 2023. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 6, 2024, 6:26 am
A year after Oct. 7, Kfar Aza and Nir Oz are mostly empty, with residents in anguish
Survivors return briefly to visit their homes, sift through wreckage and shake their heads in disbelief that loved ones are still held hostage in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Demonstrators calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas terrorists outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 26, 2024, 1:15 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 26: Day 143 – Hostage talks see some progress in Qatar
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses ongoing hostage negotiations and what Gaza looks like now as military operations wind down
By ToI Staff
A pregnant Shahar Naim holds a picture of her husband Amir Naim, who was killed by Hamas terrorists while defending Kibbutz Erez on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
February 9, 2024, 10:47 am
Pregnant war widows carry new life while processing death of their fallen husbands
IDF Widows and Orphans organization launches multifaceted program supporting dozens of women who face giving birth without their partners
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Nasreen Yousef. (Screenshot taken from Channel 12/Keshet TV, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
January 28, 2024, 12:25 pm
How a Druze mom fooled Hamas into revealing its attack plans on Oct. 7, saving her town
From attackers in her yard, Arabic speaker Nasreen Yousef found out where more terrorists were hiding, then got a Hamas operative on the phone and passed critical intel to the IDF
By Sue Surkes
Hamas gunmen surrender to IDF troops at northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, in a handout image published December 14, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 22, 2023, 2:23 pm
Health Ministry issues directives for medical treatment of detained Gazan terrorists
Following deaths of several Palestinians at IDF Sde Teiman medical facility, the government gives clear instructions about care for ‘illegal combatants’
By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff
Palestinian men surrender to troops in northern Gaza's Jabaliya, on December 10, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 20, 2023, 6:53 pm
IDF says it is probing deaths of several Gazans at its detention centers
Hundreds of Palestinians held at sites in southern Israel since Oct. 7; detainees reportedly blindfolded, handcuffed for most of day with lights on throughout night
By AFP and ToI Staff
Residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza watch news of the release of their neighbors in Shefayim on November 26, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)
November 27, 2023, 12:31 pm
Daily Briefing Nov 27: Day 52 – On hostage return, joy and vows to rebuild Gaza border area
Reporter Canaan Lidor on kibbutz angst as some members return – and some may never; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on how Israel may prosecute detained terrorists
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators calling upon the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take action for the release of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and currently held in the Gaza Strip, outside the ICRC offices in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
November 13, 2023, 11:16 pm
Health workers join campaign to advocate for hostages, care for their families
Top health experts volunteer with #BringThemHomeNow to fight for information on the medical status of the hostages, lobbying Red Cross and WHO to do more
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A blood-soaked child's bed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza seen in a photo shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 11, 2023, in the aftermath of the Hamas assault on Israel on October 7. (X/Netanyahu)
November 7, 2023, 8:33 pm
Mental health professionals implore Netanyahu not to show atrocities film to public
Group focused on helping suffering Israelis warns against re-traumatizing a nation still in shock from October 7 and grappling with ongoing war against Hamas
By Renee Ghert-Zand
'The Terrorist Attack at Nova Music Festival' by Zoya Cherkassky, October 2023.
October 28, 2023, 1:19 pm
With gut-wrenching drawings, artist Zoya Cherkassky shares Israel’s pain with world
There is no escaping the sheer horror, pain and trauma in mixed-media works on paper, in which even the brightest colors are overshadowed by the blackness of Saturday, October 7
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Palestinians fill containers with water in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 20, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 28, 2023, 10:42 am
Amid concern for humanitarian situation, how much water and power does Gaza have?
Israel has severely reduced water supply to Strip and halted provision of all electricity and fuel, but maintains there is enough water and power to prevent a humanitarian crisis
By Jeremy Sharon
Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon (left) and his father, retired IDF general Noam Tibon. (screenshot/ Flash90)
October 23, 2023, 5:18 am
How Haaretz’s Amir Tibon and family were rescued by his dad, retired general Noam Tibon
When Hamas terrorists invaded Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Tibon locked himself and his young family in a safe room in his house. ‘I prepared to die,’ he said later. But salvation was coming
By ToI Staff
Rhoda Smolow, president of Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, visits Michael Elon, who was injured by a Hamas terrorist at the Zikim IDF base on October 7, 2023. Hadassah Medical Center, October 19, 2023. (Ariel Jerozolimski)
October 22, 2023, 1:11 am
Hadassah Organization heads double down on support for their hospitals during war
At Hadassah Ein Kerem on her 2nd trip to Israel since Oct. 7, president Rhoda Smolow joins CEO Naomi Adler to comfort the victims of Hamas’s brutality while raising emergency funds
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Amichai Shindler (back row, left), his wife during the Sukkot holiday, October 2023. Days later, Hamas terrorists attacked the family in their home and Amichai was badly injured. (Courtesy of Shindler family)
October 18, 2023, 3:05 pm
Young dad of 6 absorbed blast to protect family in attack on Kerem Shalom
Amichai Shindler, whose older brother was killed in 2010 terror shooting, was severely injured as Hamas terrorists blasted open saferoom door as he held it closed
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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