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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

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US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
April 28, 2025, 1:10 pm
Biden officials vent frustrations in dealing with Netanyahu, decry missed chance of Saudi deal
In interviews with Israeli TV, 9 senior officials from previous US administration speak with unprecedented candor; ex-envoy Shapiro: Saudi deal would have required Israeli election or coalition shuffle
By Jacob Magid
An electronic billboard beams an image of US President-elect Donald Trump and references his threat to unleash hell if hostages held in Gaza are not freed until his inauguration later this month, in Tel Aviv, January 8, 2025. (Oded Balilty/AP)
January 10, 2025, 10:22 pm
CIA chief says hostage talks ‘quite serious’; White House: Deal possible by Jan. 20
Washington optimistic on chances of closing agreement to release Israelis held by Hamas before end of Biden’s term; Netanyahu huddles with security chiefs to discuss negotiations
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators march with a cutout depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the United Nations headquarters, September 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
September 27, 2024, 1:45 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 27: Day 357 – PM flipflops on Hezbollah ceasefire, upsets US
US bureau chief Jacob Magid reviews what happened to the proposed 21-day truce initiative, discusses comments about Middle East made by Biden in UN speech
By ToI Staff
National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)
September 20, 2024, 8:28 pm
US ‘deeply disturbed’ by video of IDF troops pushing bodies of gunmen off a rooftop
Israel says it will investigate incident, which ‘is not in line with IDF values’; military says local terror leader killed during Qabatiya operation
By Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian
View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
September 4, 2024, 1:41 am
US: Israel agreed to withdraw from parts of Philadelphi as part of hostage deal
Kirby says proposal requires pullout from crowded areas of corridor in phase 1 after PM claimed IDF will control it indefinitely; Barnea told Qatar Israel would fully withdraw in phase 2
By Jacob Magid
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House, July 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
August 28, 2024, 7:44 am
Unapologetic optimism: How US approaches its messaging around hostage negotiations
Biden spokesperson tells ToI positivity voiced repeatedly throughout talks has always been warranted, even if deal hasn’t yet materialized; insists US ‘clear-eyed’ about challenges
By Jacob Magid
Activists carry a message for US President Joe Biden as relatives of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and their supporters call for their immediate release and to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, in Tel Aviv on August 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
August 27, 2024, 5:53 am
US says talks still moving ahead but ‘up to those in the room’ when deal can be sealed
White House says teams working on deal’s ‘finer details’; report says negotiators setting aside for now deadlocked issues of IDF presence on Egypt-Gaza border and Netzarim Corridor
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services, left, with Mossad chief David Barnea at the annual IDF memorial ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War at Yad La-Shiryon, September 27, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
August 23, 2024, 9:55 pm
Signs of modest progress as Israel, Egypt discuss future of latter’s Gaza border
Israel, US officials claim progress made in ‘constructive,’ ongoing talks in Cairo; PM said to agree to Biden request for partial withdrawal from one section of Philadelphi route
By Lazar Berman
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza lift flags and placards as they demonstrate calling for their release in Tel Aviv on August 15, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
August 15, 2024, 10:19 pm
Gaza truce talks in Doha get off to ‘promising start,’ set to continue Friday
White House spokesperson says significant work remains to be done but administration upbeat on high-stakes negotiations, downplaying Hamas refusal to formally participate
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid
An anti-Israel billboard showing Israeli soldiers running with a slogan in Farsi which reads: 'Laugh a little now, for you will be crying soon,' is seen on a building in Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024. (AFP)
August 13, 2024, 2:25 am
IDF on ‘peak alert’ for Iran, Hezbollah attacks; US expects it may happen this week
Senior officials say Iran has made same preparations as it did before April attack, though exact timing of launch unknown; army says still no changes to civilian guidelines
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: An Iranian flag made from binary code. (Sergio Lacueva/iStock Photo by Getty Images)
August 12, 2024, 10:31 pm
US threatens to hold Iran accountable for election interference after Trump hacking
Washington says Tehran has been working for years to influence US democracy, but does not confirm Islamic Republic behind recent hacking of Trump documents
By AFP
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a conference hosted by the Makor Rishon newspaper, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. (Sindel/Flash90)
August 10, 2024, 11:27 pm
Smotrich fires back at Kirby, vows to maintain opposition to Gaza ‘surrender deal’
Far-right leader says he respects US but tells White House ‘to respect Israeli democracy,’ likens prospect of deal with Hamas to US reaching ‘agreement with al-Qaeda and Bin Laden’
By ToI Staff
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks while meeting with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, July 26, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 27, 2024, 1:20 am
Sources: PM ‘taking dangerous bet on hostages’ lives’ by toughening negotiating stance
Mossad chief, CIA head, Qatari and Egyptian officials set to meet in Rome; White House spokesman: ‘Closer’ then we’ve ever been to deal
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Supporters cheer as newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) arrives at the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 9, 2024, 3:49 am
US not expecting policy change from Iran after election of reformist president
Administration spokespeople downplay chances to resume nuclear talks with Tehran, noting that supreme leader Khamenei still calls shot as Massoud Pezeshkian enters office
By AFP
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