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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima

Illustrative photo of Eshel Prison, undated. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
March 16, 2024, 2:04 pm
Bedouin Israeli said to have joined Hamas in Gaza dies after found unconscious in cell
Prison Service says Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima was discovered March 12 and taken to hospital; he had been detained when trying to return to Israel after sneaking into enclave in 2016
By Emanuel Fabian
This picture taken from the Israeli border with the northern Gaza Strip shows Israeli soldiers watching Gaza City from a position on January 1, 2024, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the terror group Hamas. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 9, 2024, 3:08 pm
Bedouin Israeli who joined Hamas in Gaza in 2016 arrested trying to return to Israel
Northern Negev man charged with serious security offenses including aiding the enemy in war; Shin Bet releases footage of Hamas commander calling on terrorists to surrender
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A Jordanian mobile field hospital passes into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza from Israel, on May 21, 2021, after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas terror group. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
May 24, 2021, 11:46 pm
As ceasefire holds, Israel reopens Gaza crossings for humanitarian aid
Hamas said to threaten renewed fighting over any change to ‘status quo,’ reject proposed condition of releasing captives in exchange for Strip’s reconstruction
By Emanuel Fabian and Aaron Boxerman
Yaron Blum, coordinator for negotiating the return of POWs and MIAs, on April 3, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2019, 10:44 pm
Top negotiator: No true rehabilitation for Gaza until missing Israelis returned
Yaron Blum says Israel ‘leaving no stone unturned and sparing no efforts’ to bring back slain soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, as well as captured civilians
By ToI Staff
A composite photo of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul, left, and Hadar Goldin, right.
October 21, 2018, 6:19 pm
Ministers support bill banning family visits to Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails
Public Security Minister Erdan says that as long as terror group holds Israeli citizens and bodies of IDF soldiers captive, its incarcerated members will be denied visitations
By ToI Staff
Simcha Goldin, father of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body is held by Hamas, speaks at a protest calling on the government to return the bodies of his son and fellow late Israeli soldier Oron Shaul outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 1, 2018, 11:41 am
Norway mediating between Israel, Hamas for return of soldiers’ bodies – report
Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese daily says there is flexibility regarding Hamas’ preconditions; Oslo sent envoy to Gaza to receive approval from terrorist group to open negotiations
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Trucks loaded with goods and merchandise make deliveries to the Gaza Strip after the Kerem Shalom crossing was opened on August 15, 2018. (Flash90)
August 15, 2018, 8:55 pm
Israel says Gaza calm brokered with Hamas, but no ‘real’ deal without captives
As quiet returns to the border and goods crossing reopens, Netanyahu appears to respond to criticism over ceasefire by speaking of ‘cost of war’
By ToI Staff
The family of the late IDF soldier Hadar Goldin speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on November 5, 2017, announcing their intention to file a petition to the High Court. (Flash90)
November 6, 2017, 11:47 pm
Court orders state to answer petition urging pressure on Hamas to return bodies
Family of Hadar Goldin asks court to ensure government implements plan meant to help push for release of son’s body from Gaza
By ToI Staff
Manal al-Sayed holds up a picture of her son Hisham, held captive in Gaza by the Hamas terrorist group, in 2016. (Yoav Lemmer/AFP)
October 23, 2017, 2:01 am
Unlike slain soldiers, Israeli civilians missing in Gaza largely overlooked
4 Israelis are known to have illicitly crossed into Strip in the past 3 years, yet race, mental illness and complexities of the situation keep the issue on the back burner
By Judah Ari Gross
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer at a press conference at the American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem, September 7, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 7, 2017, 10:34 pm
Red Cross chief blasts settlements as ‘key humanitarian challenge’
Peter Maurer laments ‘process of de facto annexation,’ says Hamas violates humanitarian law by withholding information on missing Israelis
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 6, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 6, 2017, 6:39 pm
Netanyahu tells Red Cross chief of unbelievable Hamas ‘cruelty’
Meeting Peter Maurer, PM says terror group’s holding of Israeli citizens and bodies of slain soldiers contravenes all international norms
By Alexander Fulbright
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. (AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
September 5, 2017, 10:10 am
Red Cross chief to raise missing Israelis in talks with Hamas
Peter Maurer heads to Gaza Strip for meeting with terror group’s new Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar, will discuss fate of 3 civilians and remains of 2 IDF soldiers
By Stuart Winer
US President Donald Trump's peace envoy Jason Greenblatt (L) tours a Hamas terror tunnel near the Gaza Strip with Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories Yoav Mordechai, on August 30, 2017. (COGAT Spokesperson's Office)
August 30, 2017, 7:00 pm
US envoy calls on Hamas to return soldiers’ bodies, prisoners
During tour of Gaza border area, Jason Greenblatt condemns terror group for its ‘commitment to terrorist violence’
By Alexander Fulbright
Lior Lotan speaking to Channel 2 television in 2011. (screen capture:Channel 2)
August 28, 2017, 12:35 pm
Israel should kidnap enemy fighters to use in prisoner swaps – negotiator
Lior Lotan, who was in charge of efforts to return IDF soldiers’ bodies held by Hamas, says in recording he wants to play ‘with a full hand’ in talks
By Alexander Fulbright
Simha (R) and Leah Goldin, whose during a press conference responding to statements by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman rejecting the possibility of a deal to return the remains of their son Hadar Goldin, killed during the 2014 Gaza War, from Gaza, August 27, 2017. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
August 27, 2017, 7:05 pm
Father of fallen soldier held in Gaza blasts ‘weak’ Liberman
Simha Goldin calls defense minister ‘cowardly’ for failing to pressure Hamas to return bodies of his son and Oron Shaul
By Raoul Wootliff
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