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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh speaks to the press at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on September 19, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
April 17, 2018, 11:35 pm
Hamas leader says prepared to reach prisoner swap deal
Haniyeh tells Gazans: 'The day will come when the occupation will pay the price and release our prisoners'
By Khaled Abu Toameh and AFP
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert attends a celebration at Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan in northern Israel on March 31, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 1, 2018, 12:41 pm
Ehud Olmert takes no prisoners in conspiratorial and unrepentant memoir
Ex-PM rips into rivals, and insists, at remorseless length, he's the victim of a plot encompassing right-wing 'extremists,' the media, US Jewish money, and the entire legal system
By Marissa Newman
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh speaks to the press at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on September 19, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 3, 2018, 10:34 pm
Egypt warns Hamas against escalation of violence with Israel
Cairo delegation in Gaza reportedly tells ruling terror group that provoking another round would be akin to 'playing with fire' and that Israel 'may topple' its leadership
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Hamas supporters take part in a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Islamist terror movement, in Gaza City, on December 14, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
March 3, 2018, 11:07 am
Report: Hamas refusing to provide Egypt with details on missing Israelis
Rejection comes weeks after US envoy implies that IDF soldier declared killed in action is still alive and being held by Gaza-based terror group
By TOI staff
Screenshot of previously unseen footage of Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier held in Gaza from 2006 to 2011, released by Hamas November 1, 2017. (Facebook)
November 1, 2017, 1:29 pm
Hamas releases new footage of Shalit in captivity
Israeli soldier seen sitting among uniformed guards during his period of imprisonment in the Gaza Strip
By Dov Lieber
The brother of Avraham Mengistu speaks with the media at their home in Ashkelon, after a gag order was been lifted over Mengistu's disappearance in the Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 25, 2017, 12:21 pm
Brother of Israeli held in Gaza says world needs to press Hamas
Ilan Mengistu, whose brother Abera is captive of terror group, welcomes new negotiator, laments country's apathy
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Ronen Zvulun)
October 22, 2017, 2:22 pm
New negotiator for Israelis held in Gaza is right man for job, Netanyahu says
After announcing appointment of Yaron Blum, PM says Israel has a 'moral and human duty' to return missing citizens
By TOI staff
Former Shin Bet official Yaron Blum speaks in a Channel 10 interview on September 15, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)
October 21, 2017, 8:43 pm
PM appoints new chief negotiator for release of Israelis held in Gaza
Shin Bet veteran Yaron Blum to coordinate Israeli efforts to bring back three civilians, remains of two fallen IDF soldiers
By TOI staff
Oron Shaul, Hadar Goldin and Avraham Mengistu. (Flash90/The Times of Israel)
August 25, 2017, 12:57 am
Official leading efforts to return captive Israelis in Gaza quits
Retired IDF colonel Lior Lotan steps down from role; family of slain soldier Hadar Goldin says Netanyahu has 'forsaken' them
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) hosts his weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Ronen Zvulun)
May 21, 2017, 1:55 pm
Ministers okay economic package for Palestinians ahead of Trump visit
Netanyahu: Trump a 'true friend of the State of Israel'; Trump: Israeli-Palestinian peace possible if three major faiths can cooperate; dozens of Palestinian hunger strikers taken to hospital
By TOI staff
Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, attend a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
April 6, 2017, 9:31 pm
US State Dept. designates Hamas commander a global terrorist
Abu Anas al-Ghandour, accused of involvement in Gilad Shalit abduction, sanctioned, US assets to be frozen
By JTA
Palestinian high-school students attend a graduation ceremony from a military school course organised by the Hamas security forces and the Hamas Ministries of Interior and Education on April 2, 2017 in Gaza City (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
April 5, 2017, 7:20 pm
Hamas says ‘collaborators’ were behind Faqha assassination
Terror group arrests 'several' suspects in killing of top commander; officials say they don't want escalation with Israel
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, gives a speech during a rally in Gaza City, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
April 1, 2017, 8:04 pm
Hamas vows ‘divine punishment’ for assassins of terror chief
Ismail Haniyeh says group will 'cut off hands' of those responsible for death of Mazen Faqha last week
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of Hamas security forces standing guard at the Erez border crossing into Israel, in Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
March 31, 2017, 6:50 pm
Hamas steps up security following terror chief’s assassination
Four new roadblocks set up between Erez Crossing and Gaza City; security checks for visitors made more stringent
By TOI staff
Roi Avrahami. (Screen capture: Channel 10)
March 30, 2017, 10:46 am
Son of soldier killed in Ramallah lynching says no one told him of attacker’s release
Victims' families learn from media that Hatam Faiz Khalil Magari, who was imprisoned for the 2000 attack, has been set free
By Alexander Fulbright and Sue Surkes
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