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Shlomi Eldar

From left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Palestinian Authority minister Sufian Abu Zaida and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool Photo via AP, Screen capture/Facebook, AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
September 22, 2026, 1:36 am
Ex-PA minister: Israel, Hamas were nearing deal on 4 Israelis held in Gaza before Oct. 7 onslaught
Sufian Abu Zaida says talks sought hostage deal and relief for Gaza; vows to reveal message Sinwar asked him to convey to Israel weeks before attack in upcoming TV interview
By ToI Staff
An illustrative combination displaying, left to right, UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the now-deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP, Mandel NGAN/AFP, JOE RAEDLE/Getty Images via AFP)
September 10, 2026, 1:18 pm
Arab warnings to Netanyahu ahead of Oct. 7 massacre shatter his core political defense
PM’s threat to sue for libel cannot mask the growing evidence that he was alerted to an impending Hamas attack; warnings also raise questions about whether Sinwar wanted Israel to know what was coming
By Amir Bar Shalom
Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal in the Qatari capital of Doha, on August 10, 2014. (AFP/al-Watan Doha/Karim Jaafar)
August 29, 2014, 7:01 am
‘We will never disarm,’ vows Hamas chief
Terror group’s exiled political leader Khaled Mashaal pledges to restart fight against Israel if demands are not met
By ToI Staff
An Al-Qassam Brigades gunman in Gaza, May 2014 photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
July 23, 2014, 1:00 am
Is prime Israel target Muhammad Deif overseeing Hamas’s strategy?
As Israel bombs the home of terror chief who has survived three attempts to kill him, some Israeli experts believe he’s still in charge
By Elhanan Miller
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, right, meeting with political bureau head of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal on May 5, 2014 in Doha, Qatar. (photo credit: AFP/ PPO/THAER GHANAIM)
June 15, 2014, 4:08 pm
PM’s ‘repercussions’ could help Hamas take over PA
Hamas, declared responsible for the kidnapping of 3 teens, has in the past used terror against Israelis to weaken Fatah
By Mitch Ginsburg
Shay Pitowsky after a performance of 'I Shall Not Hate in Tel Aviv' (photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg/Times of Israel)
December 27, 2012, 3:38 pm
A Gaza doctor’s tragedy, brought to the stage by an Israeli soldier who was serving nearby
A combat reservist who served in Operation Cast Lead, exactly four years ago, has dramatized the life story of Izzeldin Abuelaish, who lost three daughters and a niece to IDF fire. The play is on now at Israel’s national theater
By Mitch Ginsburg
Members of Hamas rival organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad praying in Gaza on the 17th anniversary of the death of the group's founder, Fathi Shikaki (Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash 90)
November 25, 2012, 11:05 pm
United by a common threat: Israel, Egypt and Hamas all fear Iran and its Islamic Jihad proxy in Gaza
Some analysts believe that the bedrock of the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is a shared fear of Iranian influence
By Mitch Ginsburg
Slain Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
November 14, 2012, 7:20 pm
Ahmed Jabari: The ruthless terror chief whose bloody end was only a matter of time
The slain Hamas chief of staff used Gilad Shalit’s capture to become the ‘unrivaled leader of the Gaza Strip’
By Mitch Ginsburg
Illustrative photo of an Israeli tank along the Gaza border (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash 90)
November 11, 2012, 5:24 pm
The approach of an unwanted war in Gaza
Neither Israel nor Hamas nor Egypt seems to wish it, but as rocket fire intensifies again, a deeper conflict looms
By Mitch Ginsburg
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