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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

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A girl stands with a pot as people queue to receive charity meals from a kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025 (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Trump says he told Netanyahu ‘we’ve got to be good to Gaza’ and get more aid in
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
US president reminded PM ‘those people are suffering’ in enclave: ‘There’s a very big need for food, medicine. We’re taking care of it’; says Netanyahu ‘felt well about’ request
Mounds of trash are seen at the former site of the Firas Market in Gaza City, which was transformed into a landfill during the war, on April 21, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Israeli delegation holds talks in Cairo as mediators float long-term truce – report
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan and AFP
A girl stands with a pot as people queue to receive charity meals from a kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025 (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
April 25, 2025, 10:19 pm
Trump says he told Netanyahu ‘we’ve got to be good to Gaza’ and get more aid in
US president reminded PM ‘those people are suffering’ in enclave: ‘There’s a very big need for food, medicine. We’re taking care of it’; says Netanyahu ‘felt well about’ request
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
A still image of a Hamas propaganda video released on April 23, 2025, showing hostage Omri Miran. (Screenshot)
April 24, 2025, 9:55 pm
‘Do everything’: In Hamas propaganda clip, hostage Omri Miran begs to return home
Captive father of 2, kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, appeals to Trump, saying president is ‘probably the only person in the world strong enough’ to make another deal
By ToI Staff
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
April 24, 2025, 4:33 pm
IDF says strike targeted Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists in north Gaza command center
Hamas-run civil defense says at least 25 dead in IDF strikes across Strip; Israel’s Foreign Ministry blasts UK-France-Germany call for resumed aid, says ‘no shortage of aid in Gaza’
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
A still image of a Hamas propaganda video released on April 23, 2025, showing hostage Omri Miran. (Screenshot)
April 23, 2025, 8:06 pm
Hamas posts video of Omri Miran; Family: ‘Disgrace’ he’s in tunnel on Holocaust day
‘Never again? An Israeli citizen is crying out for help in a Hamas tunnel’: Family allows publication of still from clip of father of two small girls lighting 48th birthday candle
By Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and AFP
Yael (R) and Adi Alexander, parents of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who is held in Gaza by Palestinian terrorists, walk back into the West Wing of the White House after talking to reporters on December 13, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
April 23, 2025, 7:58 am
Father of American-Israeli hostage urges Boehler’s return to negotiating table
Adi Alexander says closest Edan got to release from captivity was during talks Trump’s hostage envoy held with Hamas, which were abandoned following Israeli and GOP uproar
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians examine the remains of bulldozers hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
April 22, 2025, 11:41 pm
IDF destroys dozens of Gaza construction vehicles it says used for terror activities
Military notes some of the equipment it targeted was used by Hamas in Oct. 7 assault; Gazan officials report 26 killed in other strikes across Strip
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies
Mounds of trash are seen at the former site of the Firas Market in Gaza City, which was transformed into a landfill during the war, on April 21, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
April 22, 2025, 8:40 am
Israeli delegation holds talks in Cairo as mediators float long-term truce – report
Mediators said to offer years-long agreement involving end to war, release of all Israeli hostages; Hamas-run civil defense agency says seven killed in airstrikes
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan and AFP
Pro-Palestinian protesters at a demonstration in London on April 5, 2024. (Kin Cheung/AP)
April 22, 2025, 3:51 am
Israel warns its citizens abroad about planned global protests over Gaza on Tuesday
Israelis should not display national symbols, says National Security Council, which is expecting pro-Palestinian protests around the world; Hamas calls for West Bank campus rallies
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
IDF troops are seen in the Morag Corridor area in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
April 21, 2025, 8:09 pm
As troops advance in south Gaza, IDF says it’s seeing cracks emerge in Hamas’s rule
Remaining terror operatives in Rafah trapped after military constructs new road in Morag Corridor; officers vow army ‘very focused on returning hostages’
By Emanuel Fabian
Fighters from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups before the handover of hostages to the Red Cross in the south Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, Jan. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
April 21, 2025, 3:21 pm
Islamic Jihad terrorist who took part in October 7 assault killed in strike, IDF says
Army reports airstrikes hit over 200 targets in Gaza over weekend, including terrorist cells and weapons depots
By Stav Levaton
FILE - Pope Francis is flanked by Israel's President Shimon Peres, right, and PA President Mahmoud Abbas during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican gardens, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
April 21, 2025, 3:19 pm
‘Man of boundless compassion’: Leaders in Israel, Mideast mourn death of Pope Francis
Condolences offered by Herzog, PA’s Abbas, Hamas leaders, Lebanon, Iran and European Jewish leaders, who all hail his commitment to peace and interfaith dialogue
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Palestinian youth walks around a large crater caused by an Israeli strike at a camp for displaced Palestinians in northern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 19, 2025. (AFP)
April 20, 2025, 6:42 pm
Hamas said to recruit 30,000 Gaza youths into its military wing
Saudi report says most recruits lack real training beyond rocket launching, guerilla tactics; at least 25 reported killed in IDF strikes across Strip on Sunday
By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
A child looks into a weapon as Hamas gunmen take up a position ahead of handing over the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages, including a mother and her two children, to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
April 20, 2025, 6:21 pm
Hamas claims it won’t develop weapons, dig tunnels during long-term truce with Israel
In nonstarter for Israel, terror group is seeking comprehensive deal under which it would cede control of Gaza’s governance but would stop short of full disarmament
By Jacob Magid
Yael (R) and Adi Alexander, parents of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who is held in Gaza by Palestinian terrorists, walk back into the West Wing of the White House after talking to reporters on December 13, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
April 20, 2025, 8:40 am
Father of US-Israeli hostage hopeful son still alive, calls for direct talks with Hamas
Adi Alexander’s comments come after Hamas claimed it doesn’t know Edan’s fate; desperate father urges US to speak with terror group as other negotiations seem ‘stalled’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
FILE: Protesters chant slogans as they wave Hamas, Turkish and Palestinian flags outside the residence of the Israeli ambassador in Ankara, on May 14, 2018, during a demonstration against the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Adem Altan)
April 19, 2025, 10:46 pm
Turkey’s spy chief meets with Hamas leaders for talks on Gaza aid delivery
Turkish state media says Ibrahim Kalin and delegation from terror group also discussed efforts to reach permanent ceasefire in Strip
By AFP and ToI Staff
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