10 h. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Hostages and prisoners to be released within 72 hours of deal starting

Donald Trump announces that all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed upon lineFull report: ‘First phase’ of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and HamasAs part of the Guardian’s Israel-Gaza: two years on series marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack into Israel and the war in Gaza, the below has been published:The children’s names appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Gaza ceasefire talks live: Trump says Israel and Hamas have signed off on ‘first phase’ of peace plan

Trump says ‘all parties will be treated fairly’ while Israeli prime minster Benjamin Netanyahu says ‘with God’s help’ all hostages will be brought homeAs part of the Guardian’s Israel-Gaza: two years on series marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack into Israel and the war in Gaza, the below has been published:The children’s names appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago BBC issues apology over error in internal email addressing Hamas attacks anniversary

The BBC has issued an apology after an internal email from the Audiences team referred to the Hamas October 7 attack as an 'escalation' in the Israel-Gaza conflict

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49 h. ago Two years on from 7 October, hostage families hope that a deal can finally bring them home

Hamas militants captured 250 hostages in Israel in the most devastating attack on Israel in its history on 7 October, 2023. Their families tell Alex Croft that they hope a peace deal can finally bring them home - but say for two years they have been ‘collateral damage’

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51 h. ago Israelis honor victims 2 years after Hamas attack as talks resume, in photos

Israelis gathered Tuesday to honor those killed as the country marks two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, while indirect peace discussions with Hamas unfold in Egypt.

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52 h. ago This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine | Raja Shehadeh

Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our wayBeing an eternal optimist, I hoped that the events of 7 October 2023 – Hamas’s attack on southern Israel and breaking of the Israeli siege of Gaza – might precipitate a reappraisal of Israeli strategy towards the Palestinians. I hoped Israeli leaders would come to realise the futility of protecting their country by building walls, however impregnable.Instead, the attack did the opposite. It led to a war of revenge that has now lasted for close to two years, killing more than 65,000 Palestinians and causing the widespread devastation of Gaza, including destroying 92% of its residential buildings. Initially, I was shocked by this, and the dehumanisation of the people of Gaza which immediately came from Israeli leaders – Yoav Gallant, who was defence minister at the time of the attack, justified the war by declaring: “We are fighting human animals and are acting...

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53 h. ago Gaza latest: Ceasefire talks underway in Egypt as Israel marks anniversary of October 7 attack

Parties have wrapped up the first round of negotiations, agreeing on most of first-phase terms, which include ceasefire and release of hostages, Egyptian official says

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54 h. ago ‘It’s a big question’: kibbutz residents ponder return home after Hamas attack

Two years on, Israel has said the Holit community can go back – but memories of the horrific events are still rawShir Matias wants to move back to the Holit kibbutz but doesn’t know if she will be able to bear it. Now 23, she grew up in this tiny community in Israel’s farthest south-west tip, and its flower-lined paths hold some of her happiest memories.It is also the place where her parents were murdered by Hamas gunmen on 7 October 2023, and her brother Rotem was badly injured. Their mother, Shachar, used her own body to shield him from the bullets, saving his life in a last act of love. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago A place of ghosts and memories: kibbutz residents ponder return after 7 October

Two years after Hamas attack, Israel has said the Holit community can go back – but memories are still rawShir Matias wants to move back to the Holit kibbutz but doesn’t know if she will be able to bear it. Now 23, she grew up in this tiny community in Israel’s farthest south-west tip, and its flower-lined paths hold some of her happiest memories.It is also the place where her parents were murdered by Hamas gunmen on 7 October 2023, and her brother Rotem was badly injured. Their mother, Shachar, used her own body to shield him from the bullets, saving his life in a last act of love. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Gaza latest: Israel marks anniversary of 7 October attack after Trump hails ‘tremendous progress’ in peace talks

Parties have wrapped up the first round of negotiations, agreeing on most of first-phase terms, which include ceasefire and release of hostages, Egyptian official says

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55 h. ago Israelis gather to mark two years since 7 October Hamas attack that killed 1,200

Commemorations held in kibbutzim whose members were killed or kidnapped and Tel Aviv rally will call for hostages’ releaseIsraelis will gather across the country on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the 7 October attack, in which Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages during an assault on southern Israel.Unofficial commemorations will be held in the small kibbutzim of southern Israel whose members were killed or kidnapped, and a large rally will be held in Tel Aviv to call for the release of the remaining hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago A divided Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on and hostages languish

Israelis are mourning the dead and fearing for the remaining hostages as they mark two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war

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67 h. ago ‘I hear him screaming’: brother of Israeli hostage describes agonising two years

Guy Gilboa-Dalal was taken from Nova festival in 7 October Hamas attack that led to Israel’s devastating assault on GazaSometimes two years seem to have lasted for ever. Sometimes Gal Gilboa-Dalal feels trapped in an eternal present, still living the agonising, endless day when his brother, Guy, was kidnapped by Hamas.The siblings were at the Nova festival, dancing in a grove of trees just a few kilometres from Gaza, when militants broke through the border to launch the deadliest attacks since Israel was founded and take 250 people hostage. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Thousands of UK Jews gather in London to mark 2nd anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Thousands of UK Jews gather in London to mark 2nd anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack  The Times of Israel

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3 d. ago Fury over BBC decision to air show hours after the Manchester terror attack where expert blamed Israel and the British government for the atrocity

The broadcaster aired the news talk show called The World This Evening on its controversial Arabic service channel, which is part of the licence-payer-funded BBC World Service.

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3 d. ago A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu

For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastropheFor two years, the world has watched as Israel has systematically destroyed the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and maiming an untold number more. As dangerously, Israel continues to methodically target the healthcare, education, water and sewage systems to ensure that life cannot resume in the Gaza Strip.Western governments’ responses to Israel’s actions have ranged from cheerleading and unconditional support in the first year of Israel’s attack on Gaza after 7 October 2023, followed by statements of concern and handwringing, to, more recently, occasional expressions of consternation and empty threats that continued Israeli attacks may, at some unspecified time, lead to an arms embargo or a drop in trade relations. In the last few months, there have also been the greatly celebrated proclamations of conditiona...

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3 d. ago Heartbreaking final phone call of Nova festival victim who rang family to send final message of love after being shot three times by Hamas... only to be executed as her mother could only listen

Libby Cohen Meguri, described by her mother as 'the happiest person this world has ever known,' was one of the 1,200 victims murdered during Hamas' attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

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4 d. ago Barrister is reported to Bar Council over video claiming Israeli government was behind Manchester synagogue attack

Practicing barrister Sham Uddin posted a video making the claims to his social media accounts just 24 hours after Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, targeted Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Thursday.

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5 d. ago Greta Thunberg Gaza flotilla live: Netanyahu ‘ordered Israeli military to attack’ vessels carrying aid for starving Palestinians

Two boats were struck earlier in September with a drone and incendiary device

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5 d. ago 'True friend' of Israel Tommy Robinson invited to country after Manchester attack

Tommy Robinson will be hosted by the Israeli government "on behalf of the State of Israel" in a few weeks' time, with the announcement coming a day after a terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester

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