21 h. ago Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says Netanyahu

PM vows not to end war before destroying Hamas, as Israeli strikes kill more than 90 people in 48 hoursBenjamin Netanyahu said again Saturday that Israel had “no choice” but to continue fighting in Gaza and will not end the war before destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages.The Israeli prime minister also repeated his vow to make sure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago I have no choice but to keep up war in Gaza, says Netanyahu as Israel continues to pummel territory with air strikes after breaking ceasefire deal

The Israeli Prime Minister is under growing pressure at home not only from families of hostages and their supporters but also from Israeli soldiers who question the continuation of the war.

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4 d. ago Hamas blames Israeli strike after ‘losing contact’ with American hostage Edan Alexander

Palestinian group claims Israel is ‘deliberately trying to kill’ captive soldier

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5 d. ago Trump live updates: President threatens Harvard tax status after Obama calls funding freeze ‘ham

White House freezes more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts for Ivy League school after it refuses to comply with long list of ideological demands

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5 d. ago Israel strikes Gaza hospital as pressure mounts on Benjamin Netanyahu over hostages

Israeli troops have hit another Palestinian hospital in Gaza as pressure from loved ones and military campaigners mounts on PM Netanyahu to enter into ceasefire talks with Hamas

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5 d. ago Trump enacts swift revenge against Harvard after university refused to comply with bombshell list of demands

Donald Trump 's education department put the hammer down on Harvard, freezing over $2.2billion in funding after they rejected a list of demands from the federal government.

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5 d. ago Harvard defies Trump's demands and risks $9B in federal funding

Harvard University says it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as a condition for it to received almost $9 billion in funding

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6 d. ago Hundreds of former Mossad operatives criticise Israel’s return to war in Gaza

Over 250 former intelligence agency figures back letter urging prioritising return of hostages held in GazaHundreds of former operatives from Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency have criticised the return to war in Gaza amid growing frustration over the failure to bring home the remaining hostages held by Hamas.A group of more than 250 former Mossad figures – including three ex-chiefs – gave their backing to a letter first signed by air force veterans and reservists that urged the Israeli government to prioritise bringing back the hostages over fighting Hamas in Gaza. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hamas releases full list of demands for ALL Israeli hostages to be released

Hamas figures have made their demands clear as the conflict continues to devastate the besieged territory.

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1 week ago Inside Youth Demand: The Gen Z protest group vowing to 'shut down' London

Youth Demand say they have 25,000 people on their mailing list and have seen interest surge since police raided a Quaker House meeting

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1 week ago Bizarre moment Trump says he asked Israeli hostages if Hamas winked at them

Donald Trump says he asked Israeli hostages whom he met at the White House whether Hamas “winked at them” while they were held captive.

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1 week ago Trump says he asked Israeli hostages if Hamas winked at them

Donald Trump says he asked Israeli hostages whom he met at the White House whether Hamas “winked at them” while they were held captive.

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2 w. ago Israeli influencer speaks up for Gaza hostages on London Underground

Israeli influencer speaks up for Gaza hostages on London Underground  New York Post

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2 w. ago Israel restarts ground operations in northern Gaza Strip in renewed campaign

At least 25 killed in attack on Khan Younis in south as Israel says it is aiming to pressure Hamas into releasing hostagesIsrael has restarted ground operations in the northern Gaza Strip and killed at least 25 people in airstrikes on the southern city of Khan Younis in what it says is a renewed military campaign aimed at pressuring Hamas into releasing Israeli hostages.At least 25 people were killed in the attack on Khan Younis early on Friday, the local Nasser hospital told AFP, as the search for survivors continued. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hostage families urge Keir Starmer to take ‘bold steps’ in helping to end war

Two British families of Israeli hostages have written to the Prime Minister asking for ‘diplomacy’ and ‘bold steps’ to help end the war in Gaza.

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2 w. ago Fresh horror in Gaza and fears for hostages as Israel expands to 'crush' Hamas

Israel has unleashed more bloody attacks on Gaza , warning its offensive will expand into large areas of the Strip in a bid to wipe out diehard Hamas fighters - amid fears for locals and hostages

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2 w. ago Israel announces plan to seize ‘large areas’ in Gaza – latest updates

Defence minister Israel Katz says large areas of the territory will be seized and added to the security zones of IsraelAirstrikes continued on Gaza on Wednesday morning after the Israeli defense minister announced that Israel intended to expand its war. In a statement, Israel Katz said the offensive was “expanding to crush and clean the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and capture large areas that will be added to the security zones of the state of Israel.”The move has been condemned by the Hostages Families Forum, who said it appeared that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government were making the return of 59 hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas “a secondary task” that had been “pushed to the bottom of the priority list.”I wish success to the IDF soldiers who are fighting bravely and powerfully in Gaza for the return of the kidnapped and the defeat of Hamas. The goal of Operation “Strength and Sword” is first and foremost to increase pressure for the release of all the hostage...

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3 w. ago ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe

Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza• ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killedMore than a year after his abduction by Israeli soldiers, the first thing Alaa Abu Zeid wanted to do on his return to Gaza was hold his wife and children. He didn’t know that Ali, his brother, would be the only person waiting when he arrived in Khan Younis earlier this month: Alaa’s wife, Hala, and all five of the couple’s children had been killed in an Israeli airstrike last summer.Abu Zeid, 48, the headteacher of a primary school funded by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Bureij in central Gaza, was arrested along with dozens of other men when Israeli troops raided the school turned shelter in December 2023. He would never see his family again. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hamas releases sickening video of Israeli hostage begging for his life before threatening 'time is running out' as terrorist group demands 50

Hamas has released a sickening video of an Israeli hostage begging for his life before threatening 'time is running out' in a haunting message.

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3 w. ago Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire

Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflictHamas has allegedly agreed to free five living Israeli hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, as the militant group released a video of a hostage making an appeal for his freedom.Hamas’s chief, Khalil al-Hayya, reportedly said on Saturday that the militant group expressed willingness to release the five hostages over the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Sunday, after a proposal it received two days ago from Egypt and Qatar, Reuters has reported. Continue reading...

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