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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Nimrod Cohen

A t-shirt depicting Omri Miran, who is held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, hangs at the family's home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
April 11, 2025, 12:55 pm
Yearning for modern Exodus: Israel marks another Passover awaiting hostages’ return
Families of captives struggle to celebrate the festival of freedom after 18 months without their loved ones; Netanyahu notes many families will mark holiday with ’empty chairs’
By Melanie Lidman
Defense Minister Israel Katz seen at the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 7, 2025, 12:12 pm
Hostage soldiers’ families scold Katz: ‘You returned to fighting to get Ben Gvir back’
Yehuda Cohen accuses defense minister of surrendering to far-right coalition partners, Katz retorts: ‘But why do you care?’; Anat Angrest: Potential deals are leaving soldiers behind
By ToI Staff
The cover of 'The Haggadah of Freedom' produced by the Hostages Forum for Passover 2025 with texts by hostage family members (Courtesy Hostages Forum)
April 4, 2025, 4:03 pm
Hostages’ families yearn and mourn in new Passover Haggadahs
‘I have to hold onto something that gives me hope,’ says hostage Nimrod Cohen’s mother, who illustrated a children’s Haggadah
By Jessica Steinberg
Crowds gather at the Begin Gate of the IDF's Kirya HQ in Tel Aviv calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Dana Reany / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 15, 2025, 2:57 pm
Saturday hostage rallies draw thousands as families end 1st week of encampment
Protests take place as Netanyahu convenes the cabinet a day after negotiators returned from Doha; families forum slam meeting as belated: ‘The opportunity is now’
By ToI Staff
Viki, Yehuda and Yotam Cohen at home in Rehovot, on February 6, 2025 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
February 12, 2025, 7:36 pm
Hostage Nimrod Cohen’s family tries pressure, protest and petition to get their son home
Family of soldier who was dragged from his tank on Oct. 7 accuses the gov’t of continued abandonment of the hostages; a newly freed captive has said Cohen was alive 8 months ago
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative image of a spy. (cyano66; iStock by Getty Images)
July 4, 2018, 4:51 pm
7 startups join forces with Israeli spooks in bid to boost AI skills
Entrepreneurs get cash and mentoring in accelerator program run by Shin Bet and TAU Ventures, as security agency gets access to ‘the most innovative ideas and solutions’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv University campus. (Andrew Tobin/JTA)
April 15, 2018, 5:47 pm
Tel Aviv University launches VC fund to invest in early-stage startups
The first of its kind in Israel, the seven-year, $20 million venture capital arm will back technologies developed mainly by students, university graduates
By Shoshanna Solomon
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