Hamas gains leverage in hostage deal, as Netanyahu navigates Trump's regional ambitions
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These Are the Four Hostages Released by Hamas on Saturday
 
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Four Israeli hostages stand on a stage before Hamas fighters hand them over to a team from the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday.
 
Israel at War Day 477 || After 477 Days in Captivity: IDF Releases Footage of Freed Hostages Reuniting With Parents
 
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A rally marking the second birthday of Kfir Bibas, who remains in Hamas captivity.
 
Explained: What We Know About the Israel-Hamas Cease-fire and Hostage Deal
 
Rachel Fink  
 
 
 
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PODCAST | 'All of Israel is hugging the hostages, but the government isn't'
 
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An aerial photo of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Friday.
 
Analysis || Hamas Gains Leverage in Hostage Deal, as Netanyahu Navigates Trump's Regional Ambitions
 
Amos Harel  
 
A freed Palestinian prisoner is carried by people after he was released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 25, 2025.
 
200 Palestinian Prisoners Freed for Four Israeli Women Hostages; 70 of Them to Be Deported
 
Josh Breiner  
 
 
Israeli soldiers looking over the border into Lebanon last week.
 
Analysis || Is Israel's Strategic and Geopolitical Situation Better Now Than It Was Before the War?
 
Alon Pinkas  
 
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The Fate of Netanyahu's Coalition Could Seal the Fate of the Remaining Hostages
 
Yossi Verter  
 
 
Law professor Omer Shatz. "As an Israeli, I personally felt how the collective post-trauma of Israeli Jews is activated."
 
Israeli Lawyer Filing Landmark Incitement to Genocide Case Against Israel at ICC
 
Etan Nechin  
 
מזג אויר סוער ברמת הגולן
 
Israel Needs a Bigger, Stronger Army? To the Contrary
 
Uri Bar-Joseph  
 
 
כנס הכנה לקראת התיישבות בחבל עזה
 
He'll Do Anything to Save His Son. Including Asking the ICC Prosecutor to Press Netanyahu
 
Bar Peleg  
 
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'In Gaza, They're Amputating Limbs Without Drugs. Imagine Your Child Going Through That'
 
Ayelett Shani  
 
 
מצב הומנטרי בעזה עזה הריסות
 
The Reconstruction of Gaza: Facts and Fantasies
 
David Rosenberg  
 
Israeli soldiers on a tank on the Israel-Lebanon border, November.
 
IDF to Remain in Southern Lebanon Beyond Cease-fire's Sunday Deadline, Netanyahu Says
 
Jonathan Lis  
 
 
Pro-Palestinian students protest at U.C. Berkeley, California, in October 2024.
 
Berkeley Moving Ahead With Event Disputing Oct. 7 Rapes, Citing Academic Freedom
 
Judy Maltz  
 
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'To Dislodge Netanyahu, You Need a Revolt': An Interview With an Israeli Communist Icon
 
Shany Littman  
 
 
A rainbow stretching across the sky as a man sits on the promenade in Haifa, on the day of the Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in November.
 
How to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for Good, Right Now
 
Dahlia Scheindlin  
 
Jonathan Jaffe, ReCheng Tsang, Knoa Tsang Jaffe, Avi Tsang Jaffe; and dogs Mitzi and Ditto.
 
'At School in Scotland, I Had to Deal With Social Isolation When War Broke Out in Israel'
 
Anna Burd  
 
 
Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaking in the Knesset. It will be no pleasure to negotiate with people like him.
 
Opinion || Israel's Democratic Camp Must Compromise on Selecting Judges
 
Ravit Hecht  
 
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When This Hostage Was Freed This Week, No One in Israel Cared
 
Gideon Levy  
 
 
 
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