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An ‘estimated 40% of Hamas tunnels’ still remaining, Israeli expert tells TML

IDF is continuing to find weapons depots, Hamas terrorists, and tunnels. Hamas' military abilities cannot be defeated as quickly as critics of the IDF strategy would like to believe. 

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
06/01/2025

'Hear them die': Recordings reveal horror of Hamas hostage crisis in Be'eri

Pessi Cohen's house became a symbol for the battles that went on in Be'eri, and the fight there lasted for about six hours.

Einav Zangauker speaks during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government

Stone-hearted: How the plight of the hostages has been 'normalized' and ignored

Families of hostages are subject to verbal and physical abuse while they demonstrate at the top of their voices at intersections.

By SHOSHANA TITA
03/01/2025

Hamas wants Gaza ceasefire deal as soon as possible, senior official says

Kirby repeated the White House's position that Hamas started this war putting its own people in the current position, and could easily end the suffering by signing the deal. 

03/01/2025
 Religious Zionist Party MK Simcha Rothman seen at a Knesset committee, December 16, 2024

MK Rothman walks out of committee meeting as 'October Council' calls for accountability

Rothman cuts Knesset meeting short as October 7 victims' families demand a national inquiry into government failures.

‘It was not the end’: Family of killed hostage explain decision to harvest son’s sperm

After Yotam Haim was mistakenly killed alongside two other hostages, his sperm was harvested. Now, the family waits court permission to have Haim's child.

Hamas, Israel have reached an impasse in hostage negotiations, Arab mediators tell WSJ

The Arab mediators said that a hostage-Gaza ceasefire deal is unlikely to be completed by the time US President Biden leaves office. 

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump delivers remarks in Palm Beach, Florida last week.

Hamas 'better let hostages out soon,' Donald Trump warns

Trump has made several similar statements in the past, promising severe repercussions if the hostages would not be released by the date he assumes office. 

  Shin Bet officers in action; Freed hostage Ori Megidish, Louis Har and Fernando Maman

'You'll be home soon': Shin Bet releases recordings of Gaza hostage rescues

The recordings came as part of a Shin Bet yearly report on counter-terrorism operations over 2024.

Hamas refusing to release 12 out of 34 hostages in first phase of deal

While Hamas has refused to release all the requested 34 living hostages, the terror group has reportedly upped the number of security prisoners it demands released.

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