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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

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Pictures of slain al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh hang on the facade of the building housing the television station's office in Ramallah in the West Bank, after Israel issued a 45-day closure order on September 22, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
May 13, 2025, 2:44 am
Al Jazeera says Palestinian Authority has allowed it to resume work in West Bank
Qatari network was banned by PA from broadcasting in the territory following ‘misinformation’ and ‘incitement’ in its coverage of Ramallah’s crackdown on terror groups
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza and supporters protest for their release in central Tel Aviv, May 12, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 12, 2025, 10:54 pm
Israel sending negotiators to Doha for hostage talks, after US-Israeli captive freed
Officials see ‘window of opportunity’ ahead of Trump’s visit to the Mideast this week; Netanyahu stresses negotiations will be held ‘under fire,’ planned Gaza offensive still on
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (left) Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong); Then-defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 12, 2025, 5:53 pm
Israel asks ICC to withdraw arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
Request comes amid allegations that court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan sexually assaulted staff member, prompting speculation he issued the warrants to protect himself
By Agencies and ToI Staff
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo published on May 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 12, 2025, 2:34 pm
IDF said to limit Gaza operations ahead of Edan Alexander release, but no truce
Hamas says it was informed Israel would halt reconnaissance, drone, and warplane flights, as well as combat operations, to create a safe corridor for release
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
A man holds a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, Turkish-jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), next to a bonfire during a gathering for Nowruz celebrations marking the New Year of the Persian calendar and the first day of spring, in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on March 21, 2025. (Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP)
May 12, 2025, 12:41 pm
Kurdish PKK group will disband and disarm as part of peace initiative with Turkey
Kurdistan Workers’ Party says decision was made at congress last week to ‘dissolve’ its organizational structure, claims to have achieved its ‘historical mission’
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 11, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 12, 2025, 12:40 pm
In Israel, German FM says Gaza war cannot be solved by ‘military means,’ urges deal
Marking 60 years of ties, Netanyahu touts ‘common interests’ in meeting with Berlin’s top diplomat in Jerusalem; Wadephul says criticism of Israel must not lead to antisemitism
By Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Palestinians jostle for position to get a hot meal, in front of a distribution point at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 10, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 12, 2025, 5:38 am
Sa’ar backs newly announced ‘US aid plan’ to bypass Hamas in Gaza
Despite FM’s framing of initiative as US-led, officials say Jerusalem helped design the mechanism; international groups resist plan, arguing it fails to address urgency of crisis
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Iranian filmmaker and activist Sepideh Farsi looks at a portrait of the Palestinian photographer Fatima Hassouna, during a photo session at her home in Paris on May 5, 2025. (JOEL SAGET / AFP)
May 11, 2025, 7:21 pm
Film about Gaza photojournalist premieres at Cannes this week after her death in airstrike
Fatima Hassouna and 10 relatives were killed in northern Gaza in a strike last month targeting a Hamas operative, the day after she learned the film had been chosen
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
May 11, 2025, 6:47 pm
In first Sunday blessing, Pope Leo XIV calls for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages
Pontiff also calls for humanitarian aid to ‘exhausted civilian population’ in Strip; urges ‘genuine, just, and lasting peace’ in Ukraine, welcomes India-Pakistan truce
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Left: US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Paris, France, April 17, 2025. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP); Right: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)
May 11, 2025, 10:20 am
Iran, US begin 4th round of talks in Oman, with focus on uranium enrichment
Iranian FM Araghchi and US special envoy Witkoff to speak directly and via Omani mediators, as Israel looks on with concern
By Agencies
Pakistani people flash victory signs as they celebrate after the ceasefire between Pakistan and India, in Multan on May 10, 2025 (Shahid Saeed MIRZA / AFP)
May 10, 2025, 4:39 pm
Trump announces India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire
Nations confirm agreeing to halt cross-border attacks after most serious military confrontation in decades
By Agencies
Hundreds of people gather in Somerville, Massachusetts on March 26, 2025, to demand the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student at Tufts University, who was arrested on March 25 by federal agents. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
May 10, 2025, 7:56 am
Judge frees Tufts Turkish student; anti-Israel op-ed insufficient to justify detention
Rumeysa Ozturk ordered released ‘immediately’ on bail, judge says no evidence she engaged in or advocated violence, warns of efforts to suppress free speech
By Agencies
Sgt. Yishai Elyakim Urbach (left), and Staff Sgt. Yam Frid (right)(Israel Defense Forces)
May 9, 2025, 10:40 am
Two IDF soldiers killed, six wounded in southern Gaza fighting
Sgt. Yishai Elyakim Urbach, 20, and Staff Sgt. Yam Frid, 21, named as fallen troops; terrorist who took Yaffa Adar hostage killed in airstrike; IAF hits 150 targets in 72 hours
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers and Agencies
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
May 9, 2025, 3:38 am
The first American pope is a Trump critic
Leo XIV has shared social media posts criticizing the policies of the administration and its views on immigrants and refugees
By Agencies
Palestinian schoolgirls leave a UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8, 2025, as Israeli security forces prepared to close the school. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 3:45 pm
Israel shutters UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem, in line with ban on aid agency
Police close six schools serving 550 students in Shuafat camp and other neighborhoods; Palestinian Authority condemns ‘violation of children’s right to education’
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
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