Body handed over by Hamas was not that of mother taken hostage, Israel says
Israel claims body received is not that of Shiri Bibas or any other hostage
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Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel
UN says parading of bodies is abhorrent and flies in the face of international law
Israel and Hamas to begin negotiations on second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal
Palestinian militant group says six living hostages will be released this weekend
Israel sets up body to facilitate ‘emigration’ of Palestinians from Gaza
Directorate set up within Israeli defence ministry to offer ‘among other things, special departure arrangements by sea, air and land’
Families urge Israeli government to ensure all hostages are released under ceasefire
Israel expected to receive bodies of four hostages on Thursday
Rubio pushes for next stage of Gaza ceasefire and says Hamas must be eliminated
Netanyahu again describes US president as the greatest friend Israel has had in the White House
Washington DC feels like a city benignly anticipating its own ruin
The question implicit in US foreign policy - ‘who’s going to stop us?' - is now live in the country’s domestic affairs
Writer Omar El Akkad: ‘There have been so few bright spots in terms of ... national or institutional moral compass. Ireland has been a rare exception’
The US-based Egyptian-Canadian’s new book reads as a break-up letter with a West that has seen a derailment of normalcy
Saudi Arabia launches ferocious state media attack on Netanyahu
Onslaught points to growing frustration in Gulf state’s royal court with Israeli prime minister and war in Gaza
Trump repeats Gaza takeover plan as he meets Jordan’s King Abdullah
Israel’s Netanyahu threatens to end ceasefire if Hamas does not release hostages on Saturday
Trump’s adoption of imperial manner is a function of failure
The essential question for Ireland is: to grovel or not to grovel?
Emaciated state of latest released hostages piles pressure on Israel to bring the rest home
Three captives report having been tortured and deliberately starved, and that captors denied them water for days at a time
There’s no way Americans will support Trump sending troops to Gaza
Outlandish and utterly unacceptable as the Riviera of the Middle East plan is, it may succeed in derailing negotiations to bring a long-term end to the conflict in Gaza
Israeli forces withdraw from key Gaza corridor as part of ceasefire deal
Joy of some Israelis watching release turned to shock when they saw emaciated state of hostages
‘Will the US go to war for Estonia or Latvia?’ Former French ambassador on the new world disorder
Worldview: Gérard Araud says the idea of fighting for democracy is completely alien to Trump
Hamas releases three Israeli hostages in central Gaza
Militant group hands over Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy to Red Cross in Deir Al-Balah
Donald Trump’s first 16 days: Pardons, 956 immigration arrests and everything he’s done so far
From gender to Gaza, climate policy to USAID, the start of Trump’s second term as seen a deluge of orders and pronouncements overturning what has gone before
Trump imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
Order accuses ICC of ‘illegitimate and baseless actions’ against the US and ‘close ally’ Israel
Government criticises ‘provocative’ Israeli comments on Irish ‘obligation’ to Gaza refugees
Controversy comes as figures show the number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland has increased more than eightfold
Number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland rises eight-fold
Israel must respect that ‘Ireland is for Irish people and Palestine is for Palestinians’, says Palestinian ambassador to Ireland
Trump’s idea to relocate population of Gaza to other countries takes Israel by surprise
Poll carried out since Trump’s plan was unveiled finds 72% of Israelis support the idea, although only 35% believe it will be implemented
Trump calls for immediate nuclear talks with Tehran
US president dismisses reports that United States and Israel planned to ‘blow Iran to smithereens’ as ‘greatly exaggerated’
The Irish Times view on Trump’s statement on Gaza: an extraordinarily ill-judged intervention
It is one of the most dramatic U-turns in US policy in history and has enraged potential regional and international allies
Palestinians will ‘never give up our land’, says ambassador
Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid calls for humanitarian support, not ‘business deals’, for devastated enclave
‘We’ll own it’: Trump’s shocking plan to take over Gaza and displace two million Palestinians
US president’s proposal sounded like a pitch for an upmarket gated community rather than the enforced displacement of a people
Netanyahu returns to a different White House, and a less patient president
The Israel leader hopes to return from Washington with significant achievements on two fronts
Is Ireland anti-Semitic, an outlier of tolerance or in the middle ground?
Critics decry Michael D Higgins speech for Holocaust Memorial Day, politicians’ stance on Gaza and the Occupied Territories Bill
Vincent Durac: Even if ceasefire holds, war in Gaza will affect whole region for years
West Bank at risk of even more violence, and events in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria have significantly weakened Iranian regime
Hostage releases show Hamas still in charge in Gaza
Neither Israel or the US likely to accept military group’s involvement in any postwar administration
Steve Witkoff visits Jerusalem to discuss next phase of Gaza ceasefire
Trump’s Middle East envoy held prior talks in Saudi Arabia over US president’s plan for region
Trump invites Israel’s Netanyahu to be first foreign leader to visit White House
Trump letter to Netanyahu says US president wishes to discuss ‘efforts to counter shared adversaries’
Top general resigns over Hamas attack but Netanyahu will not follow him
Resignation ties in with right-wing narrative that it was the army and the intelligence community that was solely responsible for the October 7th disaster and not the political echelon
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire
Hamas remains in control of Gaza even as ceasefire takes effect
Widespread support in Israel for ceasefire amid relief at return of hostages despite high price involved in release of Palestinian detainees
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