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Demonstrators in Tel Aviv protest against the Israeli government and for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, July 5, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 13, 2025, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing July 13: Day 646 – With hostage talks at a standstill, who is to blame?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s whirlwind DC tour and extremist settler violence that allegedly left two Palestinians dead — including a US citizen
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Demonstrators protest for the release of hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip, outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, June 28, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
June 28, 2025, 11:58 pm
Israeli officials temper expectations for Gaza deal amid heavy US pressure
Despite mediators’ optimism, Israeli and Hamas sources accuse each other of refusing to budge; IDF said to warn further ground ops will endanger living hostages; PM to weigh options
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Palestinians attend Eid prayers in Khan Yuni in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 2:25 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 31: Day 542 – IDF tells Gazans to leave Rafah, Trump threatens Iran
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses Gaza, Iran and the rise in rhetoric, as reporter Sue Surkes describes challenges facing Kibbutz Kfar Aza residents
By Jessica Steinberg, David Horovitz and Sue Surkes
Palestinians buy clothes in a shop next to a destroyed apartment building in preparation for Eid al-Fitr celebrations at Al-Rimal neighborhood in the center of Gaza City, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
March 30, 2025, 2:50 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 30: Day 541 – Israel adds pressure on Hamas to advance ceasefire talks
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on where hostage release negotiations currently stand, a report about a proposed truce with Hamas in June 2023 and unrest in Turkey
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Protesters march for the release of hostages from Gaza and against efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, on Route 1 outside Jerusalem, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 19: Day 530 – US fully supportive of Gaza strikes, but Trump stays silent
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses White House support for Israel’s strikes, the latest on US hostage envoy Adam Boehler, and US payments to the Palestinian Authority
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
An Israeli army soldier signals for the driver of a Merkava battle tank attempting to park at a position in southern Israel along the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
March 18, 2025, 3:06 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 18: Day 529 – With US backing, Israel ends ceasefire in Gaza
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on the overnight IAF strikes on the Gaza Strip after hostage talks stalled, potential preparation for a larger ground operation
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, left, US president Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel on March 26, 1979. (AP/ Bob Daugherty)
March 7, 2025, 8:22 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: During Gaza War, cold peace with Egypt gets frostier
ToI’s diplomatic reporter on a history of conflict that evolved into a March 1979 peace accord, Egypt’s role as mediator and whether, if pressed, Israel is still militarily superior
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
A former Palestinian prisoner, released as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange, is carried on a person's shoulders upon arrival in Ramallah on February 27, 2025. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
February 28, 2025, 8:34 am
Friday Focus: Negotiating with terrorists, again
As phase 1 of hostage release deal ends, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman reviews the timeline of negotiations since Oct. 7, 2023, and weighs in on paying ransom as a Jewish value
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Israeli protesters carry mock coffins draped in the national flag of Israel during a protest against the ceasefire with Hamas outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 16, 2025. (John Wessels / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 16: Day 468 – The complexities of making a deal with the devil
Editor David Horovitz outlines what we know about the ceasefire/hostage release/security prisoner release deal that was trumpeted by mediators last night
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
Protestors at Begin Gate in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2025, calling for the release of all the hostages and the end to the war (Credit Yoav Loeff)
January 15, 2025, 1:24 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 15: Day 467 – Hostage deal could be signed Wednesday or Thursday
Reporter Amy Spiro offers details of the proposal, which Foreign Minister Sa’ar calls gradual, not partial; reporter Sue Surkes reviews import changes and cave art
By Jessica Steinberg, Amy Spiro and Sue Surkes
Police clash with protesters during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)
January 5, 2025, 2:01 am
Restive protesters demand Gaza deal, look to Trump after video shows hostage alive
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem call on incoming US president to ‘end war’ and bring captives home, accusing Biden of dropping ball; at least five arrested
By Noam Lehmann, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
A display of 27 coffins of the hostages who were killed while in captivity in Gaza set up at Habima Square in Tel Aviv. (Zohar Ben Yehuda)
September 7, 2024, 12:13 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 7: Day 337 – Haviv Rettig Gur on Israel’s Sophie’s Choice
After a tumultuous week, we ask some big questions about how Israelis are viewing this decisive moment as the country, and its leadership, are torn in two as negotiations falter
By ToI Staff
Hamas's Gaza Strip leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, October 10, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 6, 2024, 10:52 pm
Hamas document details tactics to up pressure on Israel, stall hostage talks — report
According to Bild, terror organization seeks to introduce Arab forces to Strip to serve as buffer with Israel as it rebuilds, disregards Palestinian civilians
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference at the end of his one-day visit to Haiti, at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 5, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt/Pool photo via AP)
September 6, 2024, 12:45 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 6: Day 336 – Blinken spins positive on potential hostage deal
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses latest comments from US secretary of state regarding negotiation sticking points, reviews remarks by Trump on Israel
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands before a map during a press conference at the Government Press Office in Jerusalem, September 4, 2024. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)
September 5, 2024, 1:30 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 5: Day 335 – PM speaks to world, says hostage deal many steps away
Editor David Horovitz compares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Hebrew and English press conferences and discusses the Philadelphi Corridor negotiation sticking point
By ToI Staff
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