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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

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An IDF facility in southern Israel where released hostages will receive initial treatment, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
With doctors and therapists: Army completes preparations to receive hostages
By Emanuel Fabian
Three complexes set up near Gaza border, where freed captives will receive initial treatment before being taken to the hospital
People check the rubble of buildings hit in Israeli strikes the previous night in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2025, following an imminent truce announcement amid the war between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza, killing Oct. 7 terrorist as sides finalize deal
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest for the release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the IDF military headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 18, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
January 19, 2025, 2:39 am
Rallies for, against hostage deal held across Israel hours before it takes effect
In Tel Aviv, Bibas family relatives mark Kfir’s 2nd birthday as they hold out hope for his release; police officer lightly injured by rioters protesting against deal in Jerusalem
By Noam Lehmann, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
An IDF facility in southern Israel where released hostages will receive initial treatment, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 18, 2025, 10:33 pm
With doctors and therapists: Army completes preparations to receive hostages
Three complexes set up near Gaza border, where freed captives will receive initial treatment before being taken to the hospital
By Emanuel Fabian
People check the rubble of buildings hit in Israeli strikes the previous night in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2025, following an imminent truce announcement amid the war between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 8:58 pm
Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza, killing Oct. 7 terrorist as sides finalize deal
Hamas member who participated in Nova festival massacre killed in overnight airstrike, IDF says, amid dozens of attacks across enclave that terror group claims endangered a hostage
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators raise placards during a protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 2023, in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
January 15, 2025, 5:12 pm
Hamas said to agree to Gaza deal; PM’s office says no official word received yet
Long-sought hostage release-ceasefire agreement could be formally announced within hours, sources say, with captives possibly starting to go free Sunday
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sharon Sharabi and other relatives of Israelis held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip speak to the media after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
January 14, 2025, 10:01 pm
Hostage families meet with PM, warn phased-release deal will leave loved ones behind
Relatives of Hamas captives in Gaza urge Netanyahu to establish fixed deadline for release of everyone, rather than only 33 to be freed in first phase
By ToI Staff
An undated picture of four IDF surveillance soldiers held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, that was made public by their families on July 16, 2024. Behind them is a framed picture of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. From left: Liri Albag, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, and Karina Ariev. (Courtesy)
January 14, 2025, 9:24 pm
Amid emerging deal, medical experts warn released hostages face complex issues
‘Everyone needs to understand that they are not going back to what they used to be,’ says captive released from Gaza in November 2023 deal
By Diana Bletter
Youssef Ziyadne (left) and his son Hamza Ziyadne (Courtesy)
January 10, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF confirms death of hostage Hamza Ziyadne, day after father Youssef laid to rest
22-year-old father of two was abducted from Kibbutz Holit on October 7, 2023; his siblings Bilal, 18, and Aisha, 17, also kidnapped, were released after 54 days in captivity
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Keffiyeh-clad individuals slash and rip down posters of October 7 hostages hung in New York, as seen in Nim Shapira's film 'TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets.' (Courtesy)
January 7, 2025, 3:55 am
How posters of Hamas hostages became targets in the war for public opinion in NY
Documentary film ‘TORN’ examines the emotional toll and legal aspects of anti-Israel activists’ oft-violent ripping down and destroying of ‘KIDNAPPED’ notices
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Family, friends and activists hold posters of Israeli brothers Gili and Ziv Berman, who are held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, during a protest march for their release in Tel Aviv, December 26, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 27, 2024, 8:53 am
Report: Israeli, US officials say low odds of a hostage deal before Trump’s return
Hamas official tells Qatari newspaper terror group can’t provide list of living hostages amid fighting, but Netanyahu reported to say no agreement can be made until list presented
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Protesters in Tel Aviv call for a single deal to release all 100 hostages, living and dead, held captive by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, December 21, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Israel Pro-Democracy Protest Group)
December 21, 2024, 11:31 pm
Weekly protests urge Netanyahu to strike hostage deal, without phased release
Hostages’ loved ones vow they won’t let government ‘give up’ on captives, call on negotiators to ‘end the damn war,’ as Israel pours cold water on reports of new momentum in talks
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Protesters outside the IDF's Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv call for the release of the hostages on December 17, 2024. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
December 20, 2024, 1:52 am
Arab diplomat says hostage talks progressing but deal still likely to be weeks away
Hebrew media reports are slightly more optimistic, citing Israeli officials who speculate an agreement is possible before the year ends and credit CIA chief for recent advances
By Jacob Magid and 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
Dr Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture (right), speaks with Simona Steinbrecher (left), the mother of hostage Doron Steinbrecher, as she visits Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the Israeli communities ravaged during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas terrorists, December 18, 2024. (REUTERS / Stoyan Nenov)
December 18, 2024, 9:59 pm
UN torture expert visits Oct. 7 sites for first time, speaks to hostage families
Alice Jill Edwards calls hostage-taking a ‘war crime,’ says she’s hopeful for deal; pledges to speak to PA about sexual violence, and Israel about allegations of abusing detainees
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (not pictured) at the Ministry headquarters in the Turkish capital Ankara, December 13, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)
December 13, 2024, 2:15 pm
In Turkey, Blinken reports ‘encouraging signs’ Gaza hostage-truce deal is possible
Secretary of state says DC appreciates Ankara’s ‘voice with Hamas’ after terror group reportedly agrees to temporary IDF presence in Gaza, provided list of hostages to be released
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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