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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 343

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Palestinian terrorists celebrate the blowing up of a Boac Airliner hijacked to Dawson's field, a desert airstrip North of Amman, Jordan, September 14, 1970. (AP Photo)
On anniversary of 1970 Black September hijacking, six survivors on life after captivity
By Mati Wagner
As Hamas continues to hold 97 hostages kidnapped on October 7, marking the September 6 PFLP terror group’s takeover of four planes paints new wounds in an old light
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant holds a document written by the former commander of Hamas's Khan Younis Brigade, Rafa'a Salameh, at an IDF intelligence base in central Israel, September 11, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
September 11, 2024, 10:32 pm
Gallant reveals document from top Hamas commander warning Sinwar of dire losses
IDF strikes Hamas command center in Nuseirat school-turned-shelter, announces earlier killings of Hamas operatives who participated in Oct. 7, guarded hostage Noa Marciano
By Emanuel Fabian
Yagev Buchshtav was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, from Kibbutz Nirim (Courtesy)
September 9, 2024, 2:41 pm
Hostage Yagev Buchshtav was ‘executed’ by Hamas in Feb. as IDF closed in, mother says
‘Military pressure does not bring hostages back alive. It kills them,’ mother tells Knesset, citing autopsy report; Buchshtav’s death echoes murders of six hostages in late August
By ToI Staff
Palestinian terrorists celebrate the blowing up of a Boac Airliner hijacked to Dawson's field, a desert airstrip North of Amman, Jordan, September 14, 1970. (AP Photo)
September 7, 2024, 3:40 pm
On anniversary of 1970 Black September hijacking, six survivors on life after captivity
As Hamas continues to hold 97 hostages kidnapped on October 7, marking the September 6 PFLP terror group’s takeover of four planes paints new wounds in an old light
By Mati Wagner
Screen capture from video of former Hamas hostage Erez Calderon, September 3, 2024. (Instagram. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 3, 2024, 9:14 am
Released hostage Erez Calderon, 12, issues video plea for captive dad’s return
Youngster says he hopes clip will somehow reach father Ofer, who was also abducted on October 7 and has been held in Gaza ever since
By ToI Staff
The coffin of the slain hostage Almog Sarusi, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, is placed in a grave during his funeral at a cemetery in Ra'anana, September 1, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit)
September 1, 2024, 9:25 pm
Autopsy finds 6 hostages were shot multiple times at close range in last 48-72 hours
Findings indicate captives were executed by Hamas guards as IDF troops closed in on Rafah tunnel complex; IDF chief visits site where bodies were found
By Emanuel Fabian
Idit Dayan (center, wearing yellow), the principal of the Gil Rabin School in Sderot, southern Israel, welcomes children back for the new school year, on September 1, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
September 1, 2024, 4:07 pm
While Israeli kids near Gaza rejoice at return to school, parents remain ambivalent
More than 550 children start new school year at the Gil Rabin School in Sderot, where soldiers and police stand guard outside while staff and students dress in yellow for hostages
By Sue Surkes
Hostage families and their supporters standing next to pictures of Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip, during a protest urging a deal to secure their release, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, August 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 2:05 pm
Protesters to rally for deal as PM said to prioritize Philadelphi route over hostages
Saturday night Tel Aviv demonstration to highlight hundreds of kids starting school with loved ones still held in Gaza; regulator blocks ad alluding to sexual abuse of hostages
By ToI Staff
Aryeh Zalmanovich. (Courtesy)
August 29, 2024, 4:47 pm
Son says Aryeh Zalmanovich, 86, ‘was murdered’ in Gaza hospital next to Farhan al-Qadi
Rescued hostage updated Nir Oz resident’s son upon return to Israel, said two forged ‘special bond’ when held together in hospital; son says dad didn’t get medicine, care he needed
By ToI Staff
A rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, August 24, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 1:53 pm
Israeli team returns to Cairo for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal talks as north erupts
Israeli official says US pressuring Jerusalem to send message it doesn’t seek wider war, is still interested in talks seen as key to keeping fighting from spreading regionwide
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Family members of Israeli hostage Romi Gonen celebrate her 24th birthday, in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 18, 2024, 4:55 pm
Hostage Romi Gonen’s family marks her 24th birthday with event to ‘spread light’
Father Eitan describes his daughter, now in Hamas captivity for over 300 days, as ‘magical,’ says there is ‘no doubt’ she will return
By ToI Staff
Illustratice: Workers prepare the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, September 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
August 17, 2024, 1:25 am
US official: Talks in Doha on hostage-ceasefire deal were most constructive in months
Senior Biden Administration official downplays Hamas comments criticizing latest round of negotiations, says return of terror group’s fighters to northern Gaza would violate deal
By Jacob Magid
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza march to call for their release, in Tel Aviv on August 15, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
August 16, 2024, 8:43 pm
Mediators push updated Gaza truce offer, hope for deal next week, as Doha talks break
Biden says sides closer than ever to a deal after progress made in two days of talks, but Hamas rejects what it calls ‘new conditions’ from Israel; Netanyahu to meet Blinken Monday
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) at a conference in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) National Security Council spokesman John Kirby (right) speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
August 10, 2024, 2:06 am
US slams Smotrich for opposing Gaza ceasefire deal: ‘Jeopardizing’ the hostages
In unusually blunt remarks, White House national security spokesman John Kirby says far-right minister should be ‘ashamed of himself’ after he denounced proposal as ‘dangerous trap’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People hold up images of five young female soldiers held hostage in Gaza, framed in the five Olympic rings during a protest in Tel Aviv on July 27, 2024. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
August 9, 2024, 11:51 pm
Top security official tells TV network some hostages don’t have much time left
Source says it’s incorrect to think captives still in Gaza are in same fair condition as 4 rescued in June: ‘The argument that they are ”suffering but not dying” does not hold up’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Mossad chief David Barnea, April 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 28, 2024, 5:01 pm
Mossad chief meets negotiators in Rome after Israel submits new hostage deal draft
David Barnea discusses updated Israeli proposal with Qatar, Egypt, US; Netanyahu aide warns that public critique of PM’s demands gives Hamas false hope
By Lazar Berman
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