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Egypt races to diplomatic solution while Israel steps up war - analysis

Cairo convened Palestinian factions and staged a show of unity. Every group but Hamas backed the partial deal, leaving it isolated in the very room where it once claimed leadership.

 Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip March 26, 2025.
An Israeli soldier stands inside a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis at the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2025.

An impossible dilemma: Will Israel take a partial deal or fight Hamas to the end? - analysis

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist displays guns on the day of the handover of hostages,  in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Further Hamas ambushes to kidnap IDF soldiers expected, IDF officials say

Authorities conduct manhunt for escaped terrorist who shot at Jewish shepherds, August 21, 2025.

Arab Israeli released from Lebanese imprisonment, Police conduct manhunt for West Bank terrorist


IDF begins invasion of Gaza City as hostage deal talks continue

Defrin: "Our forces already control the outskirts of the city" • Netanyahu orders to accelerate operations to seize Hamas's final strongholds in Gaza

An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) manoeuvres on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, Israel August 19, 2025

Hamas terrorists attempt ambush on IDF southern Gaza outpost, manhunt ongoing

An aerial hunt is underway for the remaining terrorists while attacking targets with the help of fighter jets, with the incident still ongoing.

IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, August 11, 2025.

Netanyahu calls to accelerate Gaza ops., State Dept. fires press officer over Gaza policy disputes

Dermer meets Qataris in France • Four IDF soldiers injured by hand grenade explosion in southern Syria • Ultra-Orthodox Jews block central Israel highways, protest outside military prison

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Netanyahu pens letter accusing Australia's Albanese of 'rewarding Hamas,' not fighting antisemitism

Netanyahu said in the letter that he recommended the Australian leader to follow in the footsteps of US President Donald Trump to combat antisemitism and to "replace weakness with action."

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia , August 11, 2025.

'Murdering Jews is paying off': Recognizing a Palestinian state is horrifying, evil - opinion

When you make deals with terrorists, you give them power, and the result is even more dead Jews.

Burned out vehicles on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the aftermath of Hamas's October 7 massacre; illustrative.

How important is Gaza City to Hamas? - analysis

Gaza City presents a challenge. In 2024, it was largely cut off from central Gaza because the IDF held the Netzarim corridor. The IDF left that area in January 2025 and never retook it fully.

Palestinians look at aid packages that are airdropped over Gaza, in Gaza City, August 8, 2025.

In light of ongoing hostage talks, families delay large protest after IDF update - report

The group has instead called for smaller protest activity nationwide instead of one mass rally in Tel Aviv.

Einav Zangauker, mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, holds a placard with a picture of him at a protest to demand the return of all hostages and an end to the war in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 17, 2025.

IDF, Shin Bet kill terrorist responsible for kidnapping Yarden Bibas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7

The IDF and Shin Bet killed Najjar on August 10, publishing the confirmation on Tuesday.

Hamas terrorist Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar (L) kidnapping Yarden Bibas (center) from Kibbutz Nir Oz, October 7, 2023.

Israel insists all hostages must be freed before reaching end of Gaza war, source tells 'Post'

"We are at the final decisive stage against Hamas and will not leave any hostage behind," the source added.

 Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2025.

Killing of aid workers surges to record high during Gaza war, UN claims

"It is catastrophic, and the trend is going in right the opposite direction of what it should," said Jens Laerke, UN humanitarian office spokesperson. 

A worker prepares to release food aid from a cargo plane within Nasir town airspace, ravaged by fighting between local militiamen and the army, in an operation run by Fogbow, a U.S. company organising the airdrops with funding from the South Sudanese government, in Nasir County of Upper Nile State,

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem August 13, 2025.