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‘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.
- by Henry Bodkin
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‘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.
- by Melanie Lidman
Thousands attend funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Hezbollah called on its supporters to attend the funeral in large numbers in what appears to be a move to show that it remains powerful, while Israeli warplanes flew overhead.
- by Bassem Mroue, Abby Sewell and Sally Abou Aljoud
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.
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammed Jahjouh and Melanie Lidman
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.
- by James Mackenzie and Maayan Lubell
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‘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.
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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.
- by James Mackenzie
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.
- by Aaron Boxerman and Isabel Kershner
Egyptian answer to Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ doesn’t involve emptying it
Egypt’s three-phase reconstruction proposal comes after international uproar over Donald Trump’s call for the removal of Gaza’s Palestinian population.
- by Samy Magdy
‘If you have blue eyes and blonde hair, Iran is not safe’: Tourists warned after couple’s arrest
Days before they were detained, Craig and Lindsay Foreman said they knew their travel route to Australia was high risk but they were going to go anyway.
- by Max Stephens and Akhtar Makoii
‘Only viable plan’: Netanyahu says he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to force Palestinians from Gaza
In a week marking 500 days of war, Israel’s PM signals readiness to resume fighting after the ceasefire’s current phase.
- by Matthew Lee and Natalie Melzer
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