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This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat, who were held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, the Hostages Families Forum announced their deaths while in Hamas captivity. (The Hostages Families Forum via AP)

Israel releases video of a Gaza tunnel where it says Hamas killed 6 hostages

September 10, 2024 at 3:56 p.m.

The Israeli military on Tuesday released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says six hostages were recently killed by Hamas.

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin an Israeli hostage in Gaza, Aug. 21, 2024, during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Israel recovers the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin

September 1, 2024 at 3:54 p.m.

Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas.

Oil tanks burn at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, Saturday, July 20, 2024. The Israeli army said it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. (AP Photo)

Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after a deadly Israeli strike on Houthi rebels

July 21, 2024 at 9:59 a.m.

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula country.

Palestinians evacuate a body from a site hit by an Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 13, 2024. Israel said it targeted Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials. Hamas immediately rejected the claim that Mohammed Deif was targeted. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Massive Israeli strike inside designated safe zone in southern Gaza kills at least 90 Palestinians

July 13, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.

Israel said it targeted Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people.

FILE - A battle-scarred home in Kibbutz Be'eri, an Israeli communal farm on the Gaza border, is seen on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Hamas held more than a dozen hostages in the home when it overran southern Israel on Oct. 7. The Israeli military said Thursday that Israeli hostages held in a home that was struck by tank fire last Oct. 7 were killed by Hamas militants, not Israeli shelling, as it released the results of its first investigation into failures during the deadly attack that triggered the nine-month war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures, including slow response times and disorganization

July 11, 2024 at 4:24 p.m.

The Israeli military on Thursday acknowledged a string of errors in its response to the deadly Hamas attacks last Oct. 7.

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo /Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements

July 4, 2024 at 4:31 p.m.

The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group said Thursday.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip walk through a makeshift tent camp in Khan Younis, Gaza, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Rifts seem to appear between Israel’s political and military leadership over conduct of the Gaza war

June 19, 2024 at 5:21 p.m.

The Israeli army’s chief spokesman on Wednesday appeared to question the stated goal of destroying the Hamas in Gaza in a rare public rift between the country’s political and military...

A screenshot taken from AP video showing a general view of northern Gaza as seen from Southern Israel, before it was seized by Israeli officials on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating the country’s new ban on Al Jazeera. Shortly before the equipment was seized, it was broadcasting a general view of northern Gaza. (AP Photo)

Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP

May 21, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

The Israeli government will return a camera and broadcasting equipment it had seized from The Associated Press on Tuesday, reversing course hours after it blocked the news organization’s live video...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Kirya military base, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Dec. 24, 2023. The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday, May 20, 2024 he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

War crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu

May 20, 2024 at 3:52 p.m.

The chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court sought arrest warrants Monday for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during...

A crane loads food aid for Gaza onto the container ship Sagamore docked at Larnaca port, Cyprus, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

In response to US threat to withhold arms, Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel will fight with its ‘fingernails’ if needed

May 9, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.

President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to go ahead with such an operation over fears it would exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe in the Palestinian enclave.

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