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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Palestinian Authority security officers launch smoke grenades during clashes with Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin, December 16, 2024. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90)
January 18, 2025, 9:49 am
PA makes deal with Jenin Battalion, ending standoff in West Bank city and camp
Truce comes after rupture said caused by IDF’s resumption of airstrikes in area; members of battalion, affiliated with terror groups, to surrender arms to Ramallah after 6-week op
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
The security cabinet meets in Jerusalem on January 17, 2025 to discuss the ceasefire-hostage release deal. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 18, 2025, 4:31 am
Israeli government approves hostage-ceasefire agreement with Hamas
24 cabinet members back deal; PM’s office says it will start Sunday; 2 Likud ministers join far-right in voting against it; security chiefs back it but say Hamas will try to rebuild
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
PA President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, September 26, 2024. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images via AFP)
January 18, 2025, 1:37 am
Abbas: PA ready to assume ‘full responsibility’ in Gaza Strip when ceasefire begins
President of Palestinian Authority, which isn’t a party to the Israel-Hamas deal, said to issue 4-page document outlining his West Bank-based government’s plans for ruling Gaza
By AFP and Jacob Magid
Issachar Manne is seen opening a bottle of wine in his settlement in the West Bank, in this screen capture from a YouTube video posted September 1, 2022. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 17, 2025, 10:39 pm
Biden aides admit they mistakenly targeted 2 US citizens immune from settler sanctions
Officials tell ToI vetting process failed to identify pair accused of violence against Palestinians as dual nationals ineligible for targeting under executive order signed by US president
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden, right, hugs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 17, 2025, 2:18 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 469 – A look back at Biden on Israel: Patron or patronizer?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid takes stock of the fraught relationship between the outgoing US president and the Jewish state, from unprecedented aid packages to sanctions on settlers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
People walk past an installation consisting of a clock counting the time since Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre, set up on a square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square", in Tel Aviv on January 16, 2025. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 17, 2025, 2:25 am
Israel and Hamas sign Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal after mediators iron out final kinks
Full cabinet expected to approve deal on Saturday, implementation set for Sunday; Netanyahu’s coalition faces upheaval over agreement
By Jacob Magid, Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, speaks during a press conference at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on January 17, 2025 (Hostages Forum)
January 17, 2025, 1:36 am
Jan. 17: Macron says two French-Israelis among first hostages to be freed by Hamas
Agreement to come into effect on Sunday, when 1st three hostages are to be released; 33 set to be freed in 42-day first phase * Ministers okay deal after hours-long Shabbat meeting
By Jacob Magid and Elana Kirsh
Demonstrators stand beside mock coffins draped in Israeli flags, protesting the ceasefire deal with Hamas, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 16, 2025. The headline on the placard reads: "Until The Victory." (John Wessels / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 3:22 pm
Israel holds off on approving hostage deal, accusing Hamas of reneging on details
Cabinet vote on deal delayed amid dispute on identities of prisoners to be freed; Hamas denies backtracking; official not in PMO says Netanyahu stalling over ‘coalition politics’
By Amy Spiro and Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden, right, meets with US President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, November 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 16, 2025, 9:58 am
On a deadline: How Biden and Trump brokered hostage deal before ‘all hell’ broke loose
Mediators used framework outlined by outgoing US president and were empowered by Israel’s weakening of Iranian axis, but needed assistance from US president-elect to close the deal
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden, center, with Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, right, speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House on the announcement of a ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages after more than 15 months of war, January 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 16, 2025, 6:43 am
Biden: US-backed pressure on Iranian axis helped secure hostage deal, end of Gaza war
Outgoing US officials acknowledge that cooperation from Trump’s team provided boost, argue that Israel’s ‘defanging’ of Hezbollah isolated Hamas enough for it to accept ceasefire
By Jacob Magid
US Senator Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on January 15, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
January 16, 2025, 2:30 am
Trump’s pick for secretary of state says sanctions on violent settlers to be lifted
US Senator Marco Rubio doesn’t give timeline for reversal of Biden policy, says he expects Trump administration ‘will continue to be perhaps the most pro-Israel administration’
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during family photo session at G-20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)
January 15, 2025, 11:36 pm
‘EPIC’: Trump says he’ll use Gaza ceasefire’s momentum to expand Abraham Accords
President-elect is ‘thrilled’ with hostage deal, states his team will ‘continue to work closely with Israel and our allies’ to ensure Gaza is terror-free, expand Middle East peace
By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Demonstrators embrace each other after the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas is reported, Tel Aviv, January 15, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
January 15, 2025, 9:45 pm
After 15 months of war, Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire-hostage release deal
Officials from all sides confirm agreement, set to take effect Sunday; security cabinet set to meet Thursday morning to approve the accord
By ToI Staff, Agencies, Jacob Magid and Amy Spiro
A handout picture released by the official website of then Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him (R), the Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (2R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (2L) as they celebrate nuclear achievements during a ceremony marking the National day of Nuclear Technology in Tehran on April 9, 2017. (HO/IRANIAN PRESIDENCY/AFP)
January 15, 2025, 4:22 am
Senior Iranian official accuses Israel of placing explosives in centrifuge equipment
Zarif claims Tehran ‘managed to detect’ bombs, doesn’t specify when incident occurred or mention Natanz; Blinken hints at opposition to Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets US President-elect Donald Trump's Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff at his office in Jerusalem, January 11, 2025. (Prime Minister's Office Spokesperson)
January 15, 2025, 3:26 am
Arab officials: Trump envoy swayed Netanyahu more in one meeting than Biden did all year
‘Tense’ Jerusalem sit-down led to breakthrough in talks, with Israel and Hamas agreeing in principle to hostage deal two days later; sides now finalizing implementation details
By Jacob Magid
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