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Former defense minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Yonit Levi and Amit Segal of Channel 12 news in an interview broadcast on February 6, 2024. (Channel 12 screen capture)
September 27, 2026, 11:11 pm
Gallant says Shin Bet received Sinwar ‘quake’ warning before Oct. 7, but misread its meaning
Ex-defense minister says message was assessed as relating to talks about Israeli held hostage in Iraq, not preparations for assault; claims he was never told of reported UAE or Egyptian warnings
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip on November 19, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
September 25, 2026, 11:53 pm
Despite pre-Oct. 7 warnings, PM reportedly opposed strikes on Hamas leaders, feared harming Saudi peace talks
NYT says Netanyahu pushed back on security chiefs’ proposals for strikes in Gaza, stressing need for calm; separate report says Egypt spymaster flew to Israel to warn Hamas was mobilizing
By ToI Staff
Sufian Abu Zaida speaks to Alghad TV, September 24, 2026. (Video screenshot)
September 25, 2026, 3:26 pm
Former PA minister details Sinwar’s pre-Oct. 7 warning to Israel of coming ‘earthquake’
Sufian Abu Zaida says secret Israel-Hamas talks were nearing deal for 4 Israeli captives when Hamas chief told him to convey ominous message word for word, shows his handwritten note; Israeli security officials told him they lost sleep over it
By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
This undated photo provided by the Hekmati family on March 5, 2026, shows Kamran Hekmati. (Hekmati Family via AP)
September 12, 2026, 2:29 pm
Jewish Iranian American released from notorious Evin prison but barred from leaving Iran
Family concerned that Kamran Hekmati, jailed over trip to Israel 13 years prior to arrest, not getting necessary medical treatment: ‘The Iranian regime couldn’t care less’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A general view shows the Jewish cemetery in the Sodeco district of the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 24, 2010. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
August 10, 2026, 11:42 am
Israel-Lebanon talks said to include request to relocate Jewish graves to Israel
Jerusalem reportedly noted graves in Beirut and Sidon belonging to people whose relatives are now in Israel; Lebanon’s Jewish community has shrunk to no more than a few dozen
By Nurit Yohanan
This photo released by the state-run WAM news agency shows US-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina getting on a private jet after her release at an airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 10, 2025. (WAM via AP)
April 10, 2025, 4:17 pm
US and Russia exchange prisoners in 2nd swap since Trump took office
Moscow frees Ksenia Karelina, a US-Russian citizen sentenced to 12 years on treason charges, in exchange for Arthur Petrov, a Russian exporter held in US for sanctions violations
By AFP
Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Tous gives an interview to Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news outlet on January 31, 2025. (Screenshot from Youtube)
February 2, 2025, 3:00 pm
Following release, elderly Palestinian security prisoner bashes Hamas, price of Oct. 7
Citing Gaza war’s heavy Palestinian death toll, 69-year-old Mohammed al-Tous tells Arab outlets that he is warning his grandchildren against armed resistance
By Charlie Summers
Former prisoner held by Russia, US journalist Evan Gershkovich is welcomed by US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 1, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
August 2, 2024, 9:25 am
Gershkovich, other freed prisoners met by families, Biden and Harris as they land in US
WSJ journalist says he feels ‘not bad’ after finally returning home; ex-US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian dissidents also released as part of major exchange with Moscow
By Agencies
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands listening to the verdict in a glass cage of a courtroom inside the building of 'Palace of justice,' in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on July 19, 2024. (AP)
August 1, 2024, 10:09 pm
US reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in 24-prisoner swap between Russia, West
Biden hails ‘diplomatic feat’ alongside American prisoners’ families at White House; Medvedev celebrates Russians who ‘worked for the fatherland’
By Danny Kemp and Volkan NAKIBOGLU
Former hostage Ilana Grisewsky, center, takes part in a protest in Tel Aviv calling on the government to return the remaining abductees held by Hamas in Gaza, on February 24, 2024. The protesters merged with anti-government demonstrators, prompting police to use water cannons to disperse the crowds. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
February 25, 2024, 2:07 am
As hope for deal fills Hostages Square, chaos erupts at nearby anti-Netanyahu rally
Using mounted officers and water cannons, police in Tel Aviv clash with protesters in scenes reminiscent of pre-Oct. 7 civil unrest over judicial overhaul; 21 arrested
By Canaan Lidor, Iddo Schejter and Charlie Summers
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant gives a video statement from a display of Hamas weapons and intelligence findings found by troops in the Gaza Strip, at the Julis Base, February 11, 2024. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)
February 11, 2024, 4:23 pm
Gallant hails Gaza intelligence treasure trove as key to ‘realistic’ hostage deal
Defense minister says information on Hamas used against it, as terror group maintains tough position for temporary truce amid upcoming Cairo talks, looming military op in Rafah
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Abdullah Barghouti is taken to Jerusalem Magistrate's Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership, on June 20, 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
February 5, 2024, 1:31 am
Hamas wish list of prisoners includes terror masterminds of Second Intifada
Terror group expeced to demand the freeing of planners of suicide bombings at Hebrew University, Park Hotel, Sbarro restaurant as part of potential truce and hostage release deal
By ToI Staff
People walk by photographs of civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at 'Hostages Square' in Tel Aviv, December 19, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 19, 2023, 5:02 pm
Families of hostages seen in new Hamas video urge release deal at any price
Amid reports Israel is in talks for a fresh prisoner exchange deal, families note that the only hostages coming out of Gaza recently are dead
By ToI Staff
Eyal Lahiani, right, speaks at a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel on December 16, 2023 with a demonstrator at another rally in favor of a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
December 17, 2023, 11:58 am
Partisan divisions resurface at rival rallies for release of Gaza hostages
Hostility toward Netanyahu simmers at weekly solidarity gathering whose organizers say is nonpartisan; right-wing counter-protest says no one should ‘get in the way’ of IDF campaign
By Canaan Lidor
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 29, 2023, shows him greeting members of the Basij ahead of a speech in Tehran. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
December 1, 2023, 5:39 am
US House advances measure blocking Iran from $6 billion freed up in prisoner swap
Bill, which is unlikely to pass Democrat controlled Senate, would impose new sanctions on Tehran and permanently bar it from accessing funds in light of its support for terror
By Agencies
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