Israel-Hamas War

Ran Gvili's return: Israel did not 'win,' it negotiated and paid a price - opinion

The return of Ran Gvili’s body does not mean Hamas has been defeated. It does not mean justice has been served. It means something narrower, heavier, and more tragic: that the price has been paid.

Pallbearers from the Israeli Police sit in the hearse with the casket of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, the last captive held by Hamas in Gaza, on January 28, 2026.
IDF works to identify body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.

‘It felt like victory’: IDF dentist on identifying last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili - interview

THE BIG question, postwar, is how Israelis will respond at the ballot box to the trauma. Here, political opponents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Yair Lapid shake hands during a special session in honor of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, at the Knesset on Monday.

Middle Israel: Entering the post-war political era - opinion

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of the body of Ran Gvili before the burial in Meitar, southern Israel, on Wednesday.

What last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili's funeral revealed about Israel's fleeting unity


IDF Golani soldier injured in southern Gaza in second 'operational accident' in 24 hours

The soldier was injured after falling from a building in the Gaza Strip, according to Army Radio's military correspondent, Doron Kadosh.

The IDF 13th Golani Battalion together with the 7th Armored Brigade seen withdrawing their positions in Gaza, back into Israel October 10, 2025.

State tells High Court it remains dangerous to allow journalists into Gaza without military escort

In its updated response, the state acknowledged that the war has entered what it described as a “different factual phase,” following the October agreements and a fighting intensity reduction.

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Mar-a-Lago through Arab eyes: Power, Turkey, Iran, and the cost of Trump’s diplomacy - analysis

Arab outlets offered sharply divided readings of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting, reflecting regional fault lines over Gaza, Iran, Turkey’s role, and US-led power politics.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025.

In the age of Gaza and Mamdani, 'accountability' is now the most menacing word of all - opinion

At once frustratingly vague yet pointed and menacing, "accountability" has evolved from standard acts of contrition and reflection into political calls to action – if not outright arms.

Zohran Mamdani looks on at Old City Hall Staion on the day he is sworn in as mayor of New York City, New York, US, Thursday, Jan 1st 2026.

WATCH: IDF destroys two-kilometer-long Gaza terror tunnel in Beit Lahiya

IDF soldiers destroyed a two-kilometer-long terror tunnel in northern Gaza as part of ongoing operations to dismantle Hamas infrastructure, the military said.

IDF troops operate in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, January 4, 2026.

Civil Advocacy Center head urges single ‘command’ for Israel’s public diplomacy - interview

Fragmented responsibility, unfilled top post, short-term thinking undermined Israel’s international messaging, even as civil initiatives fill gaps left by the state.

Civil Advocacy Center head Eliav Batito speaking at the Jerusalem Theatre.

Israeli women honored at Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards

The ceremony honored Israeli women whose courage, heroism, and strength helped carry the nation during Operation Swords of Iron 

HONOREES AT Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards together with Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Chochmat Nashim director (top row, 2nd L); and Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Foreign Ministry special envoy for innovation (bottom row, 1st R)

‘They shot the dog, they shot Emily’: Berman twins reveal life and fear under Hamas

In addition to starvation and abuse, the brothers were held by Hamas in two separate locations. For the first six months of captivity, neither one knew the fate of the other, they tell N12

Former Gaza hostages Gali and Ziv Berman of Kibbutz Kfar will present US President Donald Trump with the mezuzah that survived the fire in their Kfar Aza home.

BBC compensates family who survived Oct. 7 after filming inside home without consent - report

The Horensteins recieved NIS 120,000 from the British media outlet, along with an apology written in Hebrew by Middle East bureau chief for BBC News Joaquin Floto, Jewish News reported.

A woman stands at the site of a burned house in the aftermath of the deadly October 7 attack, at moshav Netiv Ha’asara which borders the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, November 19, 2023.

Why Israel has suppressed its legal narrative on the war for two years - exclusive

LEGAL AFFAIRS: While the record is problematic, it should be noted that Israel is far from having abandoned the playing field entirely.

‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April.