Israel

Netanyahu says Israel is ‘leveling entire streets used by terrorists’ in West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

Bombs were also defused on two other buses. No one was injured in the explosions.

By Ben Sales February 21, 2025 5:29 pm

Trump says he’s ‘not forcing’ his plan to depopulate and take over Gaza after pushback

The president also said Israel had been wrong to ‘give up’ Gaza in 2005.

February 21, 2025 5:11 pm

Israelis hold photographs of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas at a gathering calling for their release at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Red Cross reportedly receives body that, Hamas says, is Shiri Bibas

The transfer of the body comes less than 24 hours after the Israeli military said that the remains it received Thursday were not that of the Israeli mother.

February 21, 2025 4:40 pm

IDF: Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by Hamas but 3rd body is not their mother Shiri

By Ben Sales February 20, 2025 7:48 pm

Attendees at a vigil for the four deceased hostages returned on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, held up a large cutout of one of the captives, Oded Lifshitz. (Alon Gilboa)

In Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square, Israelis mourn — and vow to keep fighting for the captives who remain

By Deborah Danan February 20, 2025 6:19 pm

Yony Alony came from southern Israel to pay her final respects at a vigil in Tel Aviv on Feb. 20, 2025. (Deborah Danan)

Israel grieves as bodies said to be of hostages Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, Oded Lifshitz return from Gaza

By Deborah Danan February 20, 2025 9:42 am

A rally marking 500 days since the Oct. 7 attack, held at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Feb. 17, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

At a Jaffa community center and beyond, tragic news of Bibas family’s fate sparks confusion, mourning and rage

By Deborah Danan February 18, 2025 6:56 pm

Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

By Ben Sales February 18, 2025 9:52 am

Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks at an American Jewish Committee conference in Tel Aviv on June 14, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Israeli diaspora minister tells US Jewish leaders he opposes advancing ceasefire and hostage deal

By Ben Sales February 17, 2025 9:59 am

3 hostages released from Gaza, including American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen

By Ben Sales February 15, 2025 9:15 pm

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Netanyahu says Israel is ‘leveling entire streets used by terrorists’ in West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

Trump says he’s ‘not forcing’ his plan to depopulate and take over Gaza after pushback

Red Cross reportedly receives body that, Hamas says, is Shiri Bibas

IDF: Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by Hamas but 3rd body is not their mother Shiri

In Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square, Israelis mourn — and vow to keep fighting for the captives who remain

Israel grieves as bodies said to be of hostages Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, Oded Lifshitz return from Gaza

At a Jaffa community center and beyond, tragic news of Bibas family’s fate sparks confusion, mourning and rage

Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

Israeli diaspora minister tells US Jewish leaders he opposes advancing ceasefire and hostage deal

3 hostages released from Gaza, including American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen

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