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Al Jazeera's Gaza coverage directed by Hamas, US Vice President Vance on way to Israel

JD Vance en route to Israel • Gideon Sa'ar expresses hope to restore ties with Bolivia • Haredim in Jerusalem, New York protest against IDF draft

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(Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump in front of a backdrop of the White House.
A Red Cross vehicle transports the bodies of hostages who were held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after they were handed over by Hamas terrorists as part of a ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 15, 2025.

Remains of hostage Tal Haimi return to Israel, Trump says Hamas violations will be 'taken care of'

Netanyahu meets with Witkoff, Kushner • Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Nabatieh • Clashes erupt at Knesset opening session

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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Israeli hostage Tamir Nimrodi, a soldier who, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, was kidnapped alive from his military base during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. October 16, 2025.

Two police officers injured in protests, Ceasfire resumes after Hamas violation kills two soldiers

Netanyahu says Gaza crossings will reopen for aid when Hamas bombing ceases • Maj. Yaniv Kula, St.-Sgt. Itay Yavetz killed in Rafah • Hamas says it located deceased Gaza hostage

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An armed Hamas terrorist stands guard as a Red Cross vehicle arrives to receive from Hamas terrorists the remains of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025.

US warns of imminent ceasefire violation by Hamas, hostage remains enter Israel

Rafah crossing to remain closed • West reportedly expects Egypt to lead Gaza force • Hostage remains identified as Eliyahu Margalit • IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist

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Israel at War Day 731: What's happening with the Trump peace deal?

First round of hostage deal negotiations successful • Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas's chief negotiator • Trump hosts former hostage Idan Alexander in the White House

OCTOBER 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF tank operates in the Gaza Strip. May 28, 2024.

Greta Thunberg to be deported to Greece, Trump says Hamas faces 'obliteration' if it rejects deal

Hamas collecting hostage bodies • Detained flotilla participant accused of biting prison medical staff • Israeli, Diaspora communities commemorate Oct. 7 Massacre anniversary.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

IDF intercepts missile from Yemen, IDF reveals Hamas tunnels by Jordanian hospital

US sends $230m. to aid Hezbollah disarmament • Israeli navy intercepts Sumud flotilla • PIJ says that Hamas response to Trump’s Gaza plan represents ‘stance of resistance'

OCTOBER 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A massive banner has been unfurled at Hostages Square during the two-year rally with a direct appeal to President Trump: “It’s Now or Never”

US sends $230m. to aid Hezbollah disarmament, Israeli navy intercepts Sumud flotilla

Colombian President Gustavo Petro expels Israeli diplomats • Amnesty calls for immediate release of hostages, excludes soldiers • Hamas close to deciding response to Trump deal, sources tell 'Post.'

OCTOBER 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli Navy vessel arrives at Ashdod Port, in southern Israel, October 2, 2025

Trump order considers attack on Qatar as US security threat, Hamas likely to reject Gaza peace plan

Gaza flotilla sails closer to Israeli waters • Israeli citizen returned from Jordan • IDF Oct. 7 probe finds military acted professionally to defend Kibbutz Nir Am • Iran vows longer-range missiles

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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025

Flotilla says drone activity increases, Hamas leaning towards accepting Trump peace plan

Gazan women say Palestinian men, UNRWA exploiting them • IAF destroys terror targets overnight • Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Dutch-flagged ship

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli armored personnel carriers (APC) manoeuvre on Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel, September 30, 2025.

WATCH: Netanyahu, Trump speak to press on hostage deal, Gaza ceasefire at White House

The meeting follows days of negotiations and public messaging from both sides on a 21-point plan that pairs a ceasefire and hostage release with a phased Israeli pullback in Gaza.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

Trump calls on Hamas to accept 'extremely fair deal', says it is Netanyahu's 'crowning achievement'

No PA involvement in Gaza after Hamas, Trump, Netanyahu say • Trump releases 21-point plan • Trump sais that under his plan, Arab and Muslim countries would demilitarize Gaza

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.

Netanyahu en-route to discuss Gaza with Trump, IDF continues assault on Gaza City terrorists

IDF strikes Hamas terror infrastructure in Gaza • Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages • IDF announces death of soldier in Gaza

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operates in Gaza, September 29, 2025.

Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages, one wounded in West Bank terror attack

Katz: Gaza will be destroyed, Hamas eliminated if terror group does not disarm, return all hostages • Lapid tells US gov't that Netanyahu has 'safety net.' • IDF announces death of soldier in Gaza

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Commander of the West Bank Division, along with additional commanders from an initial situational assessment at the scene of the terror attack at the Jit Junction.