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Israeli political leaders still in denial about responsibility for Hamas October 7th attack
Israel Defense Forces inquiry focused on military aspects of the attack but political leadership has yet to examine multiple other factors in the lead-up to the attack
Israeli military underestimated Hamas, says report on October 7th attacks
Belief was that Hamas could be influenced through pressures that would reduce its motivation for war, primarily by improving Gaza Strip living conditions, report says
Israel releases some Palestinian prisoners after Hamas returns bodies of four hostages
Total of 602 prisoners were due to be released by Israel on Saturday in exchange for six surviving Israeli hostages
As Israel is set to free more Palestinian prisoners, thousands still detained face alleged mistreatment
Conditions of detention have deteriorated dramatically with Israel holding an estimated 10,000 Palestinian prisoners
Israelis line streets as hostage family killed in Gaza are buried in emotional funeral ceremony
Shiri Bibas (32) and her children Ariel (4) and Kfir (nine months) were abducted from Nir Oz in October 7th Hamas attack
Israeli soldiers flee Netherlands following accusations of Gaza war crimes
Similar incidents are reported to have happened in 12 countries
West Bank Palestinians fear Gaza-style clearance as Israel squeezes Jenin camp
Army engineering teams seen making preparations for long-term stay
Israel and Hamas pushing for delivery on each other’s promises before second phase of Gaza ceasefire begins
Trump’s envoy to Middle East has to ensure final clauses of first stage are honoured before peace deal can progress
Israel-EU relations should not be ‘held hostage’ by Gaza conflict – foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar
Israel will resume Gaza campaign if Hamas fail to disarm, Israeli minister says
Mary Lou McDonald’s White House boycott is a sign of a more aggressive Sinn Féin approach
In the North, Sinn Féin has stumbled into a trap; it has been able to hold on to the position of First Minister only by virtue of doing very little with it
Hamas condemns Israel’s decision to postpone release of 600 Palestinian prisoners
Israel says releases delayed until the release of next hostages ‘has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies’
Uncertainty over Ukraine war sees Gaza slip off EU agenda
Displaced Gazans must be allowed to return to their homes, EU to tell Israel
Trump, America’s Emperor of Chaos, is far more dangerous this time
Trump’s opponents cower before him, and many of the country’s institutions look unfit for opposition
Six Israeli hostages released by Hamas in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
The six are the last living hostages from group of 33 due to be freed under first stage of ceasefire deal
Sinn Féin’s White House boycott is ‘manoeuvre’ for O’Neill’s Irish presidency bid, DUP says
Sinn Féin taking ‘principled stance’ against Trump’s suggestion to remove Palestinians from Gaza
Hamas releases new body after misidentification of Shiri Bibas
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu threatens revenge after wrong body was returned on Thursday
Thanks to Trump, Saudi Arabia gets a big week in international diplomacy
The Russia-US talks on Ukraine and Arab summit on Gaza place the Gulf kingdom front and centre in world affairs
Saudi Arabian crown prince tries to rally Arab leaders to counter Trump’s Gaza plan
Mohammed Bin Salman is expected to host counterparts from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in Riyadh on Friday to discuss the proposal
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
America divided: Musk and Trump on Fox News, Sanders on CNN
Switching from one channel to the other underlines the seismic drift between competing ideologies
Two tiny captives, symbols of hostage crisis, to come home dead, Hamas says
Hopes have dissipated that Shiri Bibas and her children, aged four and nine months at time of Hamas-led attack, will be returned alive
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’
Egypt developing plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing out Palestinians
Gaza proposal calls for 'secure areas' where Palestinians can live while construction work is carried out
Saudi Arabia set to host mini-summit to discuss Trump’s proposal to deport Gazans
Aim is to formulate plan before full meeting of 22-member Arab League
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
Israel receives shipment of heavy bombs cleared by Trump
Marco Rubio expected to push president’s proposal to displace Palestinians in Gaza during first visit to region
With fighting stilled, Palestinians face new trauma: searching for their dead
Some Gazan families have returned home to find corpses of loved ones so decomposed, they cannot tell them apart
Three more Israeli hostages released by Hamas in Gaza
Israel has also began releasing 369 Palestinians, easing fears that the ceasefire could collapse
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and The World after Gaza: holding the West to account
Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in little doubt that attitudes will broadly remain the same
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
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