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Trump Says US Will Sell F-35 Jets to Saudi Arabia

Deal raises concerns about Israel's military edge, possible transfer of tech info to China

(Newser) - President Trump announced Monday that the US will sell F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signaling a renewed embrace of the kingdom ahead of a White House meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Trump offered no details about the pending arms deal, but the move is widely seen...

Netanyahu: OK, We'll Investigate Oct. 7 Failures

'This is not an investigative commission, this is a cover-up commission,' says critic

(Newser) - After repeated delays, Israel's government has agreed to launch an investigation into government failures leading to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that triggered the Gaza war. But the AP reports that questions about the investigation's independence drew accusations Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying...

Report: Abuse in Israeli Prisons So Bad One Is Called 'Graveyard'

Nearly 98 Palestinian prisoners have died in custody since the start of the war

(Newser) - The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published Monday by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contributed to many of the...

NYC Mayor to Jewish New Yorkers: Be Concerned

Adams warns of rise in antisemitism with election of Zohran Mamdani. A critic sees 'fearmongering'

(Newser) - On a visit to Israel, outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams made some jarring statements over the weekend related to his soon-to-be successor, Zohran Mamdani.
  • "If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I'd be concerned about my children," said Adams at an event in Tel Aviv
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Militants Return Remains of 1 of Last 4 Slain Hostages

First phase of ceasefire deal is almost complete

(Newser) - Israel said Thursday that militants have handed over the body of one of the last four remaining hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that launched the war in Gaza. Israel identified the returned body as that of Meny Godard, who was abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri in southern...

Trump to Israel: Pardon Netanyahu Before Verdict

US president calls Bibi's corruption trial political, urges clemency by Israeli President Isaac Herzog

(Newser) - President Trump has formally asked Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who's currently on trial for corruption. In a letter made public by Herzog's office, Trump described Netanyahu's prosecution as politically motivated and unfair, while praising the latter's leadership during recent conflicts,...

Hamas Returns Remains of Soldier Killed in 2014

Hadar Goldin will finally receive a Jewish burial, says Benjamin Netanyahu

(Newser) - The Red Cross received the remains of another hostage in Gaza on Sunday, but it's an unusual case: Hamas said the remains are from an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014, per the AP . The militant group said it found the body of Hadar Goldin in a tunnel...

Hamas Returns Body of Last American Hostage in Gaza

Itay Chen, 19, was killed fighting in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023

(Newser) - Hamas has returned the body of the last deceased American hostage in Gaza, 19-year-old Israeli-American soldier Itay Chen, bringing a measure of closure to families whose relatives were seized during the group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Chen, who also held German citizenship, was killed fighting alongside his...

After 'Frantic' Search, Ex-Israeli Military Lawyer Arrested

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is accused of leaking video showing abuse of Palestinian detainee

(Newser) - Israel has arrested Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the nation's former top military lawyer, after she admitted to leaking footage showing Israeli soldiers sexually abusing a Gaza detainee at the Sde Teiman detention center. Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned Friday as military advocate general, said she released the video to counter "...

Israel: Hamas-Returned Remains Aren't of 3 Hostages

Yet another setback for the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire

(Newser) - The remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week don't belong to any of the hostages, Israel said Saturday, the latest development that could undermine the US-brokered agreement for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The handover followed Israel's return on Friday...

Palestinian Militants Turn Over Remains

Israel will attempt to identify the two hostages

(Newser) - Israel's military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over remains of two hostages, the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire agreement is moving forward despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week. The two sets of remains were given to the Red Cross in Gaza, then transported into Israel under...

Red Cross: Hamas' Latest Move Is 'Unacceptable'

Humanitarian group, Israel say militants staged fake recovery of Israeli hostage's remains in Gaza

(Newser) - Israel is claiming that Hamas staged the recovery of a hostage's body in Gaza, alleging that the militant group is manipulating the process for political gain and further straining a fragile ceasefire. Israeli officials released drone footage they say shows Hamas burying the body of Ofir Tzarfati, a 27-year-old...

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Israel Reenters Ceasefire Mode

Gaza officials report 104 Palestinians were killed in overnight strikes

(Newser) - Israel says that after it briefly suspended its ceasefire in Gaza, the truce is back on as of Wednesday morning. The Washington Post reports it was Israel's second interruption to the ceasefire in the less than three weeks it has been in place, consisting of 14 hours of airstrikes...

Israeli Strikes Kill 60 in Gaza, Including Children

Hospital officials say more than half of the dead were children

(Newser) - Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials said Wednesday, in what is likely the most serious challenge to the tenuous ceasefire deal in Gaza since it came into force earlier this month. The development came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

Radiohead Frontman: No Way I'd Play in Israel Right Now

Thom Yorke addresses longstanding controversy

(Newser) - Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke says he would "absolutely not" play in Israel today, a reversal from the band's controversial 2017 Tel Aviv concert that sparked backlash from pro-Palestinian activists and artists, the Guardian reports. Speaking to the Sunday Times magazine, Yorke cited his opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin...

US Sends Drones Over Gaza to Keep an Eye on Ceasefire

American military seeks independent view as other nations join effort

(Newser) - The US monitoring of ceasefire compliance by Israel and Hamas now includes deploying surveillance drones over Gaza, an effort to gain an independent view of the situation on the ground. Israel has consented to the flights, American and Israeli officials said, which are connected to the new Civil-Military Coordination Center...

Vance: Israel's Vote to Annex West Bank Is an 'Insult'

Upon departing Israel, VP calls Knesset's move a 'very stupid political stunt'

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about the annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an "insult" and went against Trump administration policies. Hard-liners in the Knesset had narrowly passed a symbolic preliminary vote in support...

Vance Responds to Claims He's 'Bibisitting'

VP says Israel is not a 'toddler,' as US officials try to keep fighting at bay

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday, emphasizing that the recent wave of US visits to Israel is about safeguarding the fragile Gaza cease-fire—not micromanaging Israeli policy. "We don't want a vassal state ... We want a partnership," Vance...

Hamas Has Now Handed Over Remains of 13 Dead Hostages

15 remain in Gaza as Israel pushes militant group to act faster

(Newser) - The body of a thirteenth hostage was turned over to Israel by Hamas Monday night, leaving the remains of 15 hostages still in Gaza, the Times of Israel reports. The release of the body of Tal Haimi, 41, who was killed while defending Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak during the Oct. 7,...

Israel Receives Bodies of 2 More Hostages

Though remains have not been identified yet

(Newser) - Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage . The confusion added to tensions over the fragile truce that has paused the two-year war. The coffins carrying the remains were...

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