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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, talks with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, onboard a C-17 aircraft as he departs Israel for Cairo, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
Interview
‘We averted much worse’: Biden’s top Mideast diplomat looks back on tumultuous term
By Jacob Magid
Barbara Leaf ends diplomatic career hopeful about developments in Syria and Lebanon, regrets she could not convince Netanyahu to advance alternative to Hamas rule in post-war Gaza
Israel downplays PA role in postwar Gaza, denies promising Saudis a Palestinian state
By Amy Spiro
As terrorists go free, Israel debates keeping enemies close or sending them far away
By Amir Bar Shalom
An Israeli military vehicle drives during a raid inside the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, on January 25, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
January 26, 2025, 1:43 am
PA says toddler killed by Israeli fire in West Bank; IDF: investigating incident
Troops said to have opened fire on building near Jenin after intel said gunmen were sheltering there; three soldiers wounded in separate incident, one seriously
By Emanuel Fabian
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, talks with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, onboard a C-17 aircraft as he departs Israel for Cairo, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
January 24, 2025, 3:42 pm
‘We averted much worse’: Biden’s top Mideast diplomat looks back on tumultuous term
Barbara Leaf ends diplomatic career hopeful about developments in Syria and Lebanon, regrets she could not convince Netanyahu to advance alternative to Hamas rule in post-war Gaza
By Jacob Magid
Varda Ben Baruch, grandmother of Idan Alexander who is held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, holds a sign as she standing outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 23, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 23, 2025, 3:17 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 23: Day 475 – Tensions grow as next release of hostages nears
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses twists and turns of the ceasefire deal; the PA and Gaza; and the resignation of IDF chief Herzi Halevi
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
An Israeli protester holds a sign with bloody hands and Hebrew writing that reads, 'prison release form,' during a demonstration against a proposed release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
January 22, 2025, 4:13 pm
As terrorists go free, Israel debates keeping enemies close or sending them far away
History shows dangers and possible benefits of setting killers loose in West Bank or Gaza, but also points to risks that come with exiling terror leaders beyond Israel’s reach
By Amir Bar Shalom
Palestinian security forces take up positions to secure a rally by Fatah supporters in the West Bank city of Nablus, January 5, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
January 22, 2025, 3:05 pm
Israel downplays PA role in postwar Gaza, denies promising Saudis a Palestinian state
PM’s office partially refutes report claiming Palestinian Authority to control Rafah Crossing; Ron Dermer says there is ‘no promise’ to Riyadh on establishing Palestinian state
By Amy Spiro
Hamas gunmen secure aid trucks that arrived the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, January 21, 2025, days after a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel went into effect. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
January 22, 2025, 1:44 pm
Hamas presence in Gaza during truce is a message the terror group is still in charge
Though jubilant crowds celebrating ceasefire have been described by Israel as an exaggeration of Hamas’s strength, the group has begun to curb looting, restore basic services
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians survey the damage caused during a rampage by extremist Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, January 21, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
January 22, 2025, 4:46 am
IDF: Dozens of settler extremists involved in Monday night riots, troops also attacked
Cop who shot two settlers amid attack on Palestinian towns reportedly tells investigators that the masked suspects maced him with pepper spray: ‘I was afraid they would lynch us’
By Emanuel Fabian and Sam Sokol
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at a joint press conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, January 20, 2025. (Shlomi Amsalem, GPO)
January 21, 2025, 1:44 am
Sa’ar says a reformed Palestinian Authority could be involved in governing Gaza
But in a joint press conference with Italian counterpart, foreign minister says ‘pay to slay’ policy needs to end, as must incitement, before cooperation can occur
By Rossella Tercatin
Palestinian Authority security officers launch smoke grenades during clashes with Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin, December 16, 2024. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90)
January 18, 2025, 9:49 am
PA makes deal with Jenin Battalion, ending standoff in West Bank city and camp
Truce comes after rupture said caused by IDF’s resumption of airstrikes in area; members of battalion, affiliated with terror groups, to surrender arms to Ramallah after 6-week op
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
PA President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, September 26, 2024. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images via AFP)
January 18, 2025, 1:37 am
Abbas: PA ready to assume ‘full responsibility’ in Gaza Strip when ceasefire begins
President of Palestinian Authority, which isn’t a party to the Israel-Hamas deal, said to issue 4-page document outlining his West Bank-based government’s plans for ruling Gaza
By AFP and Jacob Magid
Demonstrators raise placards during a protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 2023, in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
January 15, 2025, 5:12 pm
Hamas said to agree to Gaza deal; PM’s office says no official word received yet
Long-sought hostage release-ceasefire agreement could be formally announced within hours, sources say, with captives possibly starting to go free Sunday
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Atlantic Council in Washington, on January 14, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
January 14, 2025, 11:05 pm
Laying out postwar Gaza vision, Blinken raps Israel’s war strategy, shunning of PA
In lengthy address, outgoing US top diplomat assesses Hamas has recruited as many members as it has lost, criticizes Israel’s refusal to include Ramallah in ‘day after’ plan
By Jacob Magid
Left image: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. Right image: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, poses with newly appointed PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, in Ramallah on March 14, 2024. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP; PPO / AFP)
January 13, 2025, 12:54 am
Israel, PA ink deal to release $500 million in withheld Palestinian tax revenues
Funds will be used to pay off debt to Israel Electric Corporation; both sides declare victory after agreeing to mechanism that US hopes can be used for release of additional money
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians hold yellow Fatah movement flags as they demonstrate in support of the Palestinian security forces in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, December 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
January 12, 2025, 10:31 am
Fatah vows not to let Hamas ‘replicate its actions’ in West Bank, slams Iran
PA President Abbas says terror group ‘sacrificed the interests of the Palestinian people for Iran,’ caused destruction of Gaza, as Ramallah cracks down on West Bank operatives
By Jacob Magid
IDF soldiers operate in the northern West Bank, in an image issued on January 7, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 10, 2025, 6:32 am
Shin Bet chief said to urge major counterterrorism operation in West Bank
Israeli TV says Ronen Bar told ministers that ‘Israel should learn from Oct. 7, not allow the intensification of these terrorist elements’; PA reports nearly 250 arrests in Jenin op
By ToI Staff
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