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US President Donald Trump pictured with ex-hostage Omer Shem Tov.

Trump threatens Hamas after secret talks with terror group revealed

An Israeli official said Israel learnt that the US was directly negotiating with Hamas through “other channels”.

  • Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick

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A woman walks with an Israeli flag near the remaining house of the Kunio family after it was burnt during the October 7, 2023 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Israeli intelligence had ‘deep understanding’ of Hamas threat

Shin Bet has implicitly blamed the country’s political leadership for the October 7 attack, saying it was thwarted in its efforts to act on what it knew.

  • Emily Rose
Egyptian-Canadian journalist and author Omar El Akkad.

This critique of Western apathy about the war in Gaza is blistering

Journalist and novelist and Omar El Akkad’s book is a response to decades of reporting on the US-led “war on terror” and the Western response to Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • Antony Loewenstein
Peter Dutton has been urged to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Israel urges Dutton to recognise West Jerusalem as nation’s capital

Most countries do not officially recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital even though it is the site of the Israeli parliament.

  • Matthew Knott
Gaza has been left devastated by the Israeli bombardment.

Israel cuts off aid to Gaza, pressures Hamas to accept new ceasefire plan

Hamas accused Israel of trying to derail the truce and said its decision to stop the entry of all goods and supplies was “cheap extortion”.

Assala Sayara at the launch of The Muslim Vote in November.

Sydney Muslim Vote backer attends Hamas anniversary rally

The prominent activist is seen participating in chants weeks after she spoke at the launch of The Muslim Vote, a movement targeting western Sydney Labor MPs.

  • Paul Sakkal
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The home of Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver who was murdered by Hamas during the October 7 attack in Kibbutz Be’eri.

‘Unfeasible’: How seven years of Hamas planning were dismissed by Israel

The IDF has released the report of its internal inquiry into the “historic failure” of October 7, 2023.

  • Henry Bodkin
The AI-generated video of “Trump Gaza” may be a fantasy, but the president’s platform approves.

When we look at Gaza, we see a human catastrophe. Trump sees The White Lotus

Even Trump’s supporters are recoiling at the video posted on his Truth Social platform.

  • Bill Wyman
Thousands of people line the entrance to the Ayalon highway to watch and pay their respects as the funeral procession carrying the caskets of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel pass by with the family in minibuses behind them.

‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you’: Father bids farewell to wife and little boys who captured a nation

After tens of thousands of Israelis lined the roads to honour his family, Yarden Bibas reflected on the last moment he shared with them.

  • Melanie Lidman
British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari and her mother, Mandy, on a call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after her release from captivity in Gaza.

Inside the hostage hotel, where freed Israelis come to terms with their new normal

No other hotel is quite like it. Close to a hospital, it shelters people who have had their faces in the world’s newspapers for 16 months.

  • Nicole Lampert

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