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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

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Hostages Maxim Herkin (left) and Bar Kupershtein. (Courtesy)
April 5, 2025, 11:23 pm
Hamas hostage video shows Maxim Herkin and Bar Kupershtein, in first signs of life
Both captives’ families ask Israeli media not to publish the clip itself; official says PM ‘updated’ on video, recently spoke with the families
By ToI Staff
Images of those held captive in Gaza are displayed at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 5, 2025, 12:50 am
Hamas says it won’t move hostages to safety, Israel responsible for their lives
IDF chief meets with worried families, assures them fighting will bring home captives; Jon Polin in message to PM: Enough with the paranoid TikTok videos, bring back the hostages
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot speaks in a Hamas propaganda video issued on March 29, 2025. (Screenshot: Telegram)
March 29, 2025, 10:40 pm
In disturbing Hamas video, distraught hostage Elkana Bohbot shouts and begs for release
36-year-old captive insists he asked terror group to film clip, the 2nd video of Bohbot released this week: ‘I’m afraid every second of every day that I’ll die here!’
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Daniella Gilboa is seen with her parents after being freed from Hamas captivity on January 25, 2025 (Israel Defense Forces)
February 12, 2025, 11:51 pm
Hamas forced Daniella Gilboa to stage her own death during captivity, her mother says
Orly Gilboa says daughter ‘pleaded for her life’ not to do it, but was forced to be covered in powder and debris to make it look like she was hit in IDF strike in propaganda video
By ToI Staff
An illustrative image of a person looking at Wikipedia on their phone. (iStock/pressureUA)
February 1, 2025, 1:23 am
Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides
Case emerged amid allegations of widespread anti-Israel bias that have cast doubt on the open-source encyclopedia’s credibility and dovetailed with claims it has a liberal skew
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Family members of Liri Albag, held hostage by Hamas, demonstrate in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025, after the terror group released a video showing signs of life of Albag (Jack Guez / AFP)
January 5, 2025, 2:29 pm
Officials acknowledge slow progress in hostage talks, but warn obstacles remain
Israeli, Saudi reports quote sources saying agreement could be clinched on key issues before Trump takes office, but Israel sees low chance for comprehensive deal
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Hostage Edan Alexander, 20, is seen in a Hamas propaganda video released November 30, 2024. (Video screenshot)
November 30, 2024, 8:59 pm
In Hamas propaganda video, hostage Edan Alexander pleads with Trump to push for deal
In comments likely dictated to him, 20-year-old dual US citizen addresses the Israeli PM and US president-elect directly, begging for release; family allows media to publish video
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage and wife of hostage Keith Siegel, listens during a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable discussion with families of US hostages held by Hamas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 23, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
September 7, 2024, 11:10 pm
Freed hostage says she was forced to read lines, pose with food for propaganda clips
Aviva Siegel, released in November deal, tells WSJ she refused to neaten her hair when captors gave her a brush and hair clip, was made to repeat lines she forgot
By ToI Staff
The Department of Justice seal at the Department of Justice in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
September 6, 2024, 2:43 am
US: Russia sought to exploit judicial overhaul to divide Jews, influence ’24 election
Justice Department affidavit reveals disinformation plot to twist opinions of those invested in Jewish state in order ‘to rip Israel out of the general Western anti-Russian agenda’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Two posters disseminated by Hamas in August 2024 following a failed suicide attack in Tel Aviv, vowing to blow up Israeli buses. (Via Telegram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 26, 2024, 4:02 pm
Terrorize Israelis while eliciting sympathy abroad: Inside Hamas’s propaganda strategy
In accordance with its founding charter, Hamas uses a sophisticated media presence and uniform narrative to rally its base — and turn the world against Israel
By Gianluca Pacchiani
The 'All Eyes on Rafah' AI graphic that has gone viral on Instagram is superimposed on a real-life scene as Palestinians packed up tents in Rafah following an Israeli bombing in the area, May 28, 2024. (Jehad Alshrafi/Anadolu via Getty Images/ via JTA)
June 2, 2024, 2:11 am
After ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ AI graphic goes megaviral, pro-Israel rebuttals proliferate
Shared nearly 50 million times on Instagram this week, an image has spurred debate over the role of AI graphics in online advocacy about the Israel-Hamas war
By jacob gurvis
Ela (L) and Dafna Elyakim are seen in a photo released by the IDF on May 19, 2024, which was taken while the two sisters were held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip last year. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 19, 2024, 10:48 pm
IDF releases Hamas propaganda video recovered from Gaza of former child hostage
Short clip shows Ela Elyakim, 8, identifying herself and asking for freedom; family ‘asked us to share it with the world to expose Hamas’s terror,’ says military spokesman
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
From left: Noa Argamani, Yossi Sharabi and Itay Svirsky, seen in an undated Hamas propaganda film released on January 14, 2024. (Screenshot combo)
January 15, 2024, 11:42 pm
Israel says it fears for lives of two hostages after latest Hamas propaganda video
IDF rejects terror group’s claim Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi were killed when the military targeted a building where they were being held; Noa Argamani believed to be alive
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A Hamas propaganda video of the terror group releasing hostages in Gaza, late November 25, 2023. (Screen capture/X)
November 28, 2023, 12:40 pm
‘Keep waving’: Daily Hamas propaganda clips show freed hostages’ forced goodbyes
Demonstrating that the gestures are made under duress, one of the videos failed to edit out gunman’s orders; many released abductees have family and friends still held in Gaza
By Michael Bachner
Aussie influencer Nate Buzolic (third from right) says he came to Israel to help fight the social media battle (Courtesy)
November 6, 2023, 4:58 pm
Aussie influencer Natebuzz in Israel to fight social media battle
Actor and born-again Christian Nate Buzolic believes in Israel and the Jews, and wants to shift the online pro-Palestinian narrative
By Jessica Steinberg
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