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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

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Israelis protest against the government and call for early elections, near the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 18, 2024. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 17, 2025, 4:17 pm
Protest groups plan huge Jerusalem rally against firing of Shin Bet leader
Business chiefs warn PM against ‘destructive’ move to oust Ronen Bar; minister threatens to suspend funds to Tel Aviv school after principal tells students they should join protest
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the district court in Tel Aviv, where he is testifying in his corruption trial, March 10, 2025. The display includes a 'suitcase of cash' representing Qatari payments to Gaza, and a banner about so-called 'Qatargate.' (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 11, 2025, 2:27 pm
Sweeping gag order slapped on probe into Netanyahu aides’ alleged ties to Qatar
Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court prohibits sharing details, including from foreign media, of police investigation into alleged work for Gulf states by figures in the PM’s office
By Jeremy Sharon
A youth pushes a bicycle loaded with filled-up water containers outside the Southern Gaza Desalination plant, which stopped working after Israel cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip, in Deir el-Balah in the center of the Palestinian territory on March 10, 2025. (Eyad BABA/AFP)
March 11, 2025, 11:32 am
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan condemn Israeli electricity cut to Gaza water plant
Arab states call for immediate resumption of aid and power amid Israeli pressure campaign to free hostages, as Rubio discusses Strip’s reconstruction in Riyadh
By AFP
An installation attacking alleged ties between Qatar and top aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during an anti-government protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on March 8, 2025. (Noam Lehmann/The Times of Israel)
March 8, 2025, 9:42 pm
Netanyahu aides reportedly suspected of recently receiving six-figure sums from Qatar
Investigators said taken aback by size of payouts, allegedly amounting to hundreds of thousands paid via outside firms; Tel Aviv protesters seize on latest ‘#Qatargate report
By ToI Staff
Former Israel Police chief Roni Alsheich speaks at a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, February 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 6, 2025, 11:11 pm
Ex-police chief says he begged Netanyahu to cut ties with Qatar; Likud: Fake news
Former top cop Roni Alsheich, who was appointed by PM but became a vocal critic, claims PMO-Qatar affair ‘is much more serious than two people having contact’ with Doha
By ToI Staff
Adam Boehler speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
March 6, 2025, 4:57 pm
US talks with Hamas said to hit snag after media leak; PM unhappy they’re taking place
Negotiations largely focused on securing release of hostages with American citizenship, but US has also reportedly proposed 60-day ceasefire in exchange for release of 10 hostages
By Jacob Magid
A group of released hostages meets US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on March 5, 2025. (White House/X)
March 6, 2025, 2:49 am
Trump tells ‘sick and twisted’ Hamas to free all hostages now ‘or it is over for you’
US president hosts 8 released hostages in Oval Office, promises to get the rest out, then issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas, tells its leaders to leave Gaza, says ‘People of Gaza’ who hold hostages ‘are DEAD’
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump speaks alongside former hostage Noa Argamani (left) and hostage envoy Adam Boehler (right) during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Angela Weiss / AFP)
March 5, 2025, 8:34 pm
In 1st, US holding secret direct talks with Hamas to free American hostages, end war
Trump’s envoy talking directly to the US-designated terror group in Qatar; White House consulted Israel on idea, but not all aspects of talks
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani speaks on the sideline of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos on January 21, 2025. (MICHAEL BUHOLZER / POOL / AFP)
March 5, 2025, 6:53 pm
Qatar blasts Shin Bet probe that said Doha’s funds to Gaza helped Hamas launch Oct. 7
Gulf state says no Qatari money went to terror group’s political or military wing, stresses that yearslong payments to Strip were made with consent of Israel, including Shin Bet
By ToI Staff
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians is set up amid destroyed buildings in the west of Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
March 5, 2025, 1:45 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 5: Day 516 – Arab states plan for Gaza, are frustrated with PA
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses former hostages at Trump’s address to Congress; an Arab summit opposing the president’s plan; and the role of the PA in postwar Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
File: Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Majed Al Ansari, speaking to Reuters after Qatar helped mediate a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, in Doha, Qatar, January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Imad Creidi)
March 3, 2025, 1:12 pm
As Israel, US align on new hostage proposal, Qatar urges sticking to existing framework
In rare interview with Israeli media, top Qatari official tells ToI that it’s up to Palestinians to decide on Gaza postwar role for Hamas, even as calls for ousting terror group grow
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court to testify in his corruption trial, February 24, 2025. (Moti Milrod/Pool)
February 28, 2025, 10:10 pm
Report: Netanyahu’s rejection of Saudi peace offer led to Qatari cash corridor to Hamas
Yedioth Ahronoth says days after the 2014 war in Gaza, Riyadh proposed to rebuild Strip and normalize ties with Israel, but PM thwarted talks to avoid empowering the PA over Hamas
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators raise placards and chant slogans during a protest calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian terrorists, in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on February 22, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)
February 28, 2025, 12:16 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 28: Day 511 – As phase 1 ends, can Cairo talks get more hostages out?
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on yesterday’s bus stop attack, first takeaways from the IDF’s Oct. 7 probes, and renewed ceasefire negotiations. Stay tuned for the Friday Focus
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
PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP)
February 28, 2025, 4:20 am
Feeling heat from Trump to ‘solve’ Gaza, Arab states losing patience with PA’s Abbas
Palestinian Authority president left out of Arab leadership summit in Riyadh, where Gaza was main agenda item; diplomat says regional leaders will abandon Abbas if backed into corner
By Jacob Magid
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