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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 476

Ron Dermer

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)
Israel downplays PA role in postwar Gaza, denies promising Saudis a Palestinian state
By Amy Spiro
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
A rocket launcher captured by IDF troops on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, in a photo published January 22, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 22, 2025, 10:07 pm
IDF seizes truce-violating weapons, including rocket launchers, in south Lebanon
Foreign Minister Sa’ar tells UN envoy to Lebanon no compromise on security; strategic affairs minister said to discuss with US security chief extending ceasefire grace period
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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
An electronic billboard beams an image of US President-elect Donald Trump and references his threat to unleash hell if hostages held in Gaza are not freed until his inauguration later this month, in Tel Aviv, January 8, 2025. (Oded Balilty/AP)
January 10, 2025, 10:22 pm
CIA chief says hostage talks ‘quite serious’; White House: Deal possible by Jan. 20
Washington optimistic on chances of closing agreement to release Israelis held by Hamas before end of Biden’s term; Netanyahu huddles with security chiefs to discuss negotiations
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot prepare to deliver remarks at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, on January 8, 2025. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
January 8, 2025, 11:23 pm
Blinken: We’re very close to hostage deal, it’ll be handed to Trump if not finalized
Secretary says Biden to hand off near-finished Gaza ‘Day After’ and Saudi normalization plans; US officials warn Trump aide of Gaza ‘catastrophe’ when anti-UNRWA laws implemented
By Jacob Magid
Melania Trump looks on as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 6, 2025, 7:38 pm
Report: Israel thinks Trump will back IDF strike on Iran nuke program or order US hit
Dermer said to leave Mar-a-Lago in November believing one of those two options likely, but others close to US president-elect think he’ll try for new nuclear deal before striking
By ToI Staff
Visitors at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 6, 2025, 11:33 am
Hamas purports to name 34 hostages to be freed; Israel: Meaningless; it’s our list from July
‘Hamas list’ is actually Israel’s 40-name roster, minus 5 killed hostages and 1 rescued; list comprises women, children, older men, and 11 unwell men under 50; does not specify who is alive
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Israelis attend a protest calling for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 4, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 6, 2025, 2:24 am
Hamas said to okay list of 34 hostages to be freed, but refuses to detail who’s alive
Official from terror group demands weeklong truce to get info, but Israel unlikely to agree; Smotrich reportedly tells hostages’ families he won’t agree to ‘pay a price for bodies’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Family members and activists marking the 25th birthday in captivity of hostage Matan Zangauker during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, December 18, 2024.(Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
December 19, 2024, 12:39 am
Netanyahu said set to huddle with top brass Thursday to discuss Gaza deal latest
Hamas showing flexibility, official tells ToI; Smotrich says truce would be a ‘serious error,’ CIA chief arrives in Qatar; US official says ball is in Hamas’s court
By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
File: Ron Dermer, Israeli ambassador to the United States, walks through the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
November 13, 2024, 4:45 pm
Despite optimism around chances for Lebanon deal, immense obstacles remain
US and Israeli officials laud progress toward ending fighting between Hezbollah and IDF, but the Iran-backed group is unlikely to accept Netanyahu’s core demands
By Lazar Berman
US special envoy Amos Hochstein, gestures as he meets with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 12, 2024, 10:52 pm
US envoy for Lebanon says ‘there is a shot’ to get Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire soon
Netanyahu reportedly wants a ceasefire, but must figure out how to sell it to his base; Israel said to determine Hezbollah wants one too, is seeking ‘image of victory’ in barrages
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer walks into the Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, DC on December 26, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
November 10, 2024, 3:04 pm
Top Netanyahu confidant visited Russia last week amid Lebanon ceasefire efforts — report
Strategic Affairs Minister Dermer reportedly followed that trip with one to Washington; US special envoy Hochstein said planning visit to Lebanon, confident agreement can be reached
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Yechiel Leiter, whom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tapped to serve as Israel's next ambassador to the US, is applauded during Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, after the prime minister tells the story of Leiter's son, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip; July 24, 2024. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 8, 2024, 7:30 pm
Netanyahu taps former official, settlement activist Yechiel Leiter as next US ambassador
American-born academic served as chief of staff to now-PM when he was finance minister; West Bank settlement leader lauds appointment; son was killed fighting Hamas in Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into the Gaza Strip from Erez crossing in southern Israel, October 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
November 2, 2024, 1:23 am
Blinken speaks with top Netanyahu aide as US deadline for Israel to boost Gaza aid nears
AP review of UN and Israeli data shows the number of trucks entering Strip daily remains well below the 350 per day that the administration is demanding by mid-November
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Palestinians sit near the site of an Israeli airstrike which allegedly sparked a fire in tents for displaced people two days earlier in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 16, 2024. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
October 17, 2024, 2:54 am
Israel lets 50 aid trucks into northern Gaza after US threat to curb arms deliveries
US notes initial steps taken by Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Strip, hours after confirming it sent letter warning of consequences if situation doesn’t improve in 30 days
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden flanked Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, speaks during a meeting with the members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 20, 2024. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
October 15, 2024, 9:01 pm
US gives Israel 30 days to address Gaza aid crisis, threatens to curb weapons supply
Letter from Blinken and Austin lists series of demands, including allowing 350 trucks daily into Strip, ensuring north Gaza isn’t ‘isolated’; deadline falls days after US election
By Jacob Magid
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