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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

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Hamas fighters prepare for the handover ceremony of Israeli hostages in Gaza on Saturday.

Israel delays prisoner release over ‘humiliating’ hostage ceremonies

Vehicles apparently carrying hundreds of Palestinian prisoners left the jail gates early on Sunday, only to turn around and go back in.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammed Jahjouh and Melanie Lidman
A poster shows Shiri Bibas, who was kidnapped to Gaza with her husband and two young sons.

Israel confirms body of Shiri Bibas has been returned, Hamas to free six more hostages

The fragile truce in the war between Israel and Hamas militants had been threatened with derailment by the misidentification of a body released on Thursday as that of Bibas.

  • James Mackenzie and Maayan Lubell
Posters of Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir, who were taken hostage by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023.

‘Violation of utmost severity’: Israel says body released by Hamas is not of a hostage

Two of the bodies were identified as infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, while a third body that was supposed to be their mother, Shiri, was found not to match with any hostage, the military said.

Kfir Bibas, at nine months, was the youngest hostage taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

Netanyahu vows revenge as Hamas hands over bodies of youngest hostages

The bodies of the two boys and their mother, along with that of a fourth hostage, were collected by a Red Cross convoy.

  • James Mackenzie
Kfir Bibas, at nine months, was the youngest hostage taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

Two tiny captives, symbols of hostage crisis, to come home dead, Hamas says

For many, the kidnapping of Shiri Bibas, her husband Yarden and their redheaded children – Ariel, 4, and Kfir, nine months – epitomised the cruelty of the Hamas-led attack.

  • Aaron Boxerman and Isabel Kershner
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Hostages (from left) Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Alexander Troufanov are taken by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters to be handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.

Hostages, prisoners exchanged after dispute threatened to reignite war in Gaza

The releases were part of a truce that began nearly four weeks ago, but has in recent days appeared on the brink of collapsing.

Mohammed Shula displays a picture on his cellphone of himself, centre, with his sons Bilal and Yazan.

Pregnant woman shot dead as Israel shifts operations to potential ‘new front’ for Iran

The call came in the middle of the night. Sondos Shalabi was whispering. There was panic in her voice. “Help please,” she whispered to her father-in-law. “You have to save us.”

  • Isabel Debre
Trump hosts Jordan’s King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House.

How Jordan’s king managed an awkward moment with Trump

The Middle Eastern leader did everything in his power to avoid being put on the spot during his meeting with the US president.

  • Michael Birnbaum and Dan Diamond
President Donald Trump.

Trump threatens to ‘let hell break out’ after Hamas halts hostage release

The US president has given Hamas a new deadline to release all remaining hostages at once, contrary to the ceasefire deal done with US help and which Hamas claims Israel violated.

  • James Mackenzie, Emily Rose and Alexander Cornwell

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