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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

Steve Witkoff

US President Donald Trump listens during an event to sign a bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, in the East Room of the White House, June 12, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
June 13, 2025, 4:59 pm
‘Excellent’: Trump lauds Israeli strikes on Iran, says Tehran can still make a deal
President says he ‘gave Iran chance after chance,’ warns next strikes will be ‘even more brutal’; tells regime to reach agreement ‘before there is nothing left’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
June 13, 2025, 1:33 am
Witkoff said to warn Iranian response to Israeli strike could lead to mass casualties
According to Axios, Trump’s envoy told Senate Republicans US concerned Israel’s air defenses could be overwhelmed by a retaliatory attack involving hundreds of ballistic missiles
By ToI Staff
People walk next to a sign with a portrait of US President Donald Trump in central Jerusalem, May 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2025, 9:44 am
‘No disrespect’ to Netanyahu, but Trump could do his job while president, says Witkoff
Speaking at gala for Jewish rescue group, US president’s special envoy also declares Iran must be stopped from obtaining nuclear weapons ‘no matter the cost’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
June 10, 2025, 2:22 am
Trump speaks with Netanyahu, stresses US wants Iran deal ‘so there’s no destruction and death’
More nuclear talks planned for next weekend as Tehran drafts counter-offer; PM said to tell Haredi MKs that ‘we’re in a dramatic period’ as he works to keep coalition together
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Relatives of the Gaza hostages stage a demonstration outside the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, June 9, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
June 9, 2025, 2:36 pm
Hostage talks stuck after brief US optimism about potential breakthrough — sources
Mediators frustrated by PM’s aversion to permanent truce, trying to push Hamas to soften stance; Einav Zangauker says Hamas lied to her son, told him he’d be freed with Alexander
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
US Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea (C) speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting to vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on June 4, 2025. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
June 5, 2025, 2:14 pm
Daily Briefing June 5: Day 608 – US and Israel against the world at the UN
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on hostage release-ceasefire talks, another day’s pause by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and the decision to block an Arab FM delegation from the West Bank
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Hostage families meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles at the White House on June 3, 2025. (Hostage Family Forum)
June 4, 2025, 10:00 pm
Mediators optimistic Hamas will soon submit softened hostage deal proposal — sources
Witkoff upbeat during meet with hostage families about chances for breakthrough by week’s end, but another round of proximity talks would still be needed to finalize details
By Jacob Magid
The Al-Ansar Mosque in Gaza's Deir al-Balah after Israeli airstrikes, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90)
June 4, 2025, 3:53 pm
Daily Briefing June 4: Day 607 – Iran balks, Spain reneges, Gaza aid closes for a day
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses hostages, nuke talks, Gazan aid and arms for Spain; reporter Ariela Karmel looks at settlement expansion and ex-hostage Eli Sharabi as author
By Jessica Steinberg, Lazar Berman and Ariela Karmel
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with teachers, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
June 4, 2025, 10:25 am
Iran’s Khamenei rejects US nuclear deal proposal, vows to keep enriching uranium
Senior Iranian official say Iran-based enrichment consortium ‘may warrant consideration,’ but anything outside borders ‘doomed to fail’; report suggests more talks this weekend
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the "National Day of Nuclear Technology", in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
June 3, 2025, 5:19 am
Trump insists no enrichment in Iran deal after US said to offer limited nuke activity
Proposal detailed by Axios and confirmed to AP would allow Tehran to enrich uranium to 3% if it shuts down underground facilities for period, seemingly backing off Israeli demand
By Lazar Berman and AP
A demonstrator wearing a gag on her mouth holds portraits of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip, at a protest in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on May 31, 2025. (Jack Guez/AFP)
June 2, 2025, 3:28 am
Hamas says ready for indirect talks to resolve ‘points of contention’ on Gaza deal
Announcement comes amid pressure from Arab mediators for terror group to soften its response to Witkoff proposal, but statement doesn’t specify whether its stance has been revised
By Jacob Magid
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff arrives for a signing ceremony at the Royal Palace in Doha on May 14, 2025. (Karim Jaafar/AFP)
June 1, 2025, 6:20 pm
Senior Israeli official: Hamas ‘must understand it has to accept the Witkoff outline’
Official says Israel ‘prepared for negotiations when Hamas comes to terms with reality’; IDF chief tells families of slain hostages that return of captives is ‘a top priority task’
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025, Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP)
May 31, 2025, 11:41 pm
As Hamas answers truce offer with new demands, Witkoff says response ‘totally unacceptable’
Terror group seeks truce of up to 7 years, amendments regarding ‘US guarantees, timing of hostage release, delivery of aid, withdrawal of Israeli forces’; Israel sees edits as rejection
By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and AP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to US Steel - Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2025, to mark the deal between Nippon Steel and US Steel. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
May 31, 2025, 4:27 am
Trump says Gaza deal ‘very close,’ suggests announcement could be imminent
Hamas says it’s still reviewing proposal; Trump believes terror group wants to accept it and ‘get out of that mess’; Defense Minister Katz: Hamas must take the deal or be destroyed
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Visitors at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 30, 2025, 1:41 am
PM said to principally back Witkoff outline; Hamas may okay it — with reservations
Hamas official says proposal ‘doesn’t respond to any of our people’s demands,’ but doesn’t reject it; terror group wants edits so Israel will be more clearly prevented from resuming war
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Nava Freiberg and Stav Levaton
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