The IDF chief is expected to present the plans to Defense Minister Israel Katz for approval on Tuesday or Wednesday, after which they will go to the security cabinet; The Gaza health ministry reported that seven people died from hunger and hunger-related causes

Egypt is hoping to mobilize international support for its postwar proposal for Gaza and force Israel to accept it. A PLO source, however, isn't hopeful: 'Success depends on whether the U.S. will adopt and impose it on Netanyahu'

As protesters took to the streets, the memory of the six hostages killed by Hamas during last year's Rafah operation was on everyone's minds. With the Netanyahu government now poised to expand the war, Sunday's massive turnout felt like a warning sign

A mass rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages' Square capped a day of protests and strikes led by freed hostages and families of those still in captivity. Ruby Chen, whose son Itay's body is held by Hamas, addressed Netanyahu: 'After the October 7 failure, you have the nerve to say the price is too high to bring them back. Where is your shame?'

After a video showed the far-right minister visiting Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti's cell over the weekend, the Prime Minister's hostage coordinator spoke with Ben-Gvir. Freed hostages say his past calls to tighten Palestinian prison conditions worsened their treatment in captivity

In the video, Matan appears with a shaved head and addresses his sisters and his partner, who was kidnapped with him and released after 50 days

As Idan Amedi slings his guitar like a rifle and readies a mega-concert in Tel Aviv, Shye Ben Tzur's mystical hymn finds new life on Tyler, the Creator's Billboard-topping album. Asked how Tyler discovered him, he said: 'Music has its own life, it travels in unexpected ways'

Yonatan Urich, Prime Minister Netanyahu's close adviser, acted against his employer and endangered 'Israel's security and financial gain,' the Israel Police wrote in a court appeal. Evidence was gathered from phones and a key suspect's testimony

Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska ended much like Netanyahu's three White House visits this year: without a cease-fire deal. But the U.S. president has the leverage to end Netanyahu's 'forever war' in Gaza – he just needs to decide to use it

Trailers were set up in Hebron's Tel Rumeida on land designated initially as Palestinian under the Hebron agreement. A later map places it under Israeli control, though the IDF has not explained the change. Israel's Civil Administration said the caravans were unauthorized, and enforcement will follow government instructions

Both 'Weapons' and 'Together' prove that intelligent horror isn't an oxymoron, but don't bother seeing 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' unless you enjoy regurgitated slashers. Your guide to this summer's long list of horror films

Last week, 12-year-old Milana Bobkova and a friend jumped from the roof of an old winery building in central Israel. Relatives remember a smart, creative, loving child whose struggles to adapt, like so many young immigrants, ultimately overcame her

Despite IDF 'examinations,' there is not enough food in the Gaza Strip. The chaos, hunger, shortage and uncertainty that we created in Gaza, are all contributing factors to the fact that aid does not reach the weakest members of society, including those with preexisting conditions

Hominins in Kenya were sourcing quality stone for their tools from as far as 13km away, revealing standards - and 'resource redistribution' hundreds of thousands of years earlier than thought

Just as the Gaza war has awaked much of the West, the Israeli opposition should also wake up and join in the effort to establish an independent Palestinian state

In recent years, graphic novels and comics, in general, for an adult audience, have grown more popular in the Arab world, including among Palestinians. But how can you create during a war, when even having a desk is not a given

Dvir Kupershtein has spent nearly two years struggling to understand how his brother Bar remains captive while life goes on around him. On Sunday morning, standing with protesters, he felt for the first time that he wasn't alone: 'Today, at least people are doing something.'

Demonstrations have taken place at multiple locations across Israel, calling for the hostages' release and an end to the Gaza war. The protests were organized as part of a strike initiated by families of hostages and families of those killed during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack

In 'My Undesirable Friends,' Julia Loktev follows journalists at Russia's last independent news channel as the Kremlin strangles free expression in the year before the invasion of Ukraine. She tells Haaretz her friends in Israel warn the film 'hits so close to home'

Likud MK and Finance Committee chair Hanoch Milwidsky, who is currently under investigation for rape allegations, described the nationwide protests demanding a hostage release deal as 'riots supporting Hamas'

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, son of late Shas leader Ovadia Yosef, said Netanyahu 'betrayed the Haredim in 2013' and warned ultra-Orthodox lawmakers they cannot rely on him to pass the IDF draft exemption law for yeshiva students

The IDF said that the strikes were carried out in response to missile and drone launches toward Israel

For Kyiv, no deal was better than a bad one, as Ukraine's president sees a silver lining in Trump not fully yielding to Putin and leaving some routes open

Recordings of former IDF intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, who resigned over the October 7 failure, show him blaming himself and others, underscoring that only a state probe can uncover the truth, unless Netanyahu stays in power

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists on an all-in-one-phase hostage deal with several binding conditions, senior officials caution that such insistence would endanger their lives, as mediators work on a phased deal based on concessions that Hamas may make

On Sunday at 6:29 A.M., families of hostages being held in Gaza and bereaved families launched a day of protests across Israel, with many businesses shuttering down in solidarity with their call to 'save the lives of hostages and IDF soldiers'

'Israeli artists are the ones punished,' one of the organizers said after the prestigious Jerusalem contest was canceled. Italian harpist Claudia Lucia Lamanna said her planned participation was already hurting her career

The posts reflect a larger effort by DHS and ICE, who are seeing a massive budget increase and hiring spree under President Trump, to use nostalgic language and images depicting American 'culture' and 'heritage' as under attack from outsiders

The Netanyahu government is already perpetrating a Nakba against the Palestinians of the West Bank, and is planning to inflict another on the Palestinians of Gaza. It's time to end the disaster that the settlement movement has inflicted on Israel, end the war and establish a Palestinian state

Gaza rescue services say they are struggling to reach casualties amid ongoing fire. The Health Ministry reported 11 deaths from hunger, including a child, and 62 from Israeli fire in the past 24 hours. The IDF said tents will be allowed into Gaza Sunday to prepare for 'population relocation'

Tel Aviv's Hostage Square was dotted with Nepali flags, in honor of hostage Bipin Joshi's family, who attended the protest for the first time; Shiri Bibas' sister told the crowd: 'A country that does not do everything in its power to return its sons loses its right to call itself a country'

Aryeh Lightstone, a senior U.S. official regarded as Witkoff's right-hand man and a sharp critic of the UN, is playing a key role in the talks. Recently, he told Arab diplomats that the UN feels threatened by the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Benjamin Netanyahu should step down, arguing he harms Israel's interests, and added that sanctions could target settlers, ministers, or Israel, including trade and research

The suspension comes after far-right influencer Laura Loomer, a Trump ally, shared videos of Palestinian refugees arriving at U.S. airports while demanding that the State Department stop allowing entry to 'Islamic invaders'

Las Vegas police say the official, Tom Alexandrovich, was detained, along with seven other men, on suspicion of attempting to lure a minor online for sex while visiting the city this month. He was not arrested upon returning to Israel

Lishay Miran-Lavi, whose husband, Omri Miran, is being held in Gaza, is leading the calls for a general strike to advance the hostages' release. 'On Sunday, we are pausing daily life because we don't want more families to join this circle of grief,' she said

Aharon Haliva, Military Intelligence chief during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, said in a recording aired by Israeli Channel 12 that mass deaths in Gaza were not revenge but 'a message for future generations'

This Week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A Russian living in Argentina seeks to experience the real Israel but gets caught off guard by the war with Iran, while an Israeli in California searches for a wife 'who knows what wars are'

Researcher Sarit Zaibert explains how the Nazis turned the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin into the greatest propaganda show in history

The aftershocks of Labor's crushing '77 defeat half a century ago still haunt Israeli politics, says historian Eran Eldar

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was not invited to the talks, and his European allies fear Trump might sell out Ukraine by essentially freezing the conflict and recognizing – if only informally – Russian control over one fifth of Ukraine

In Khan Yunis, IDF jets targeted a residential compound in the city center, causing severe damage to nearby buildings and sewage systems, whose destruction led to sewage flooding at the Nasser Hospital complex

Settlers reportedly entered the town of Susya and beat a married couple with clubs and stones before fleeing to a nearby outpost. While police promised the town's residents that forensic laboratory personnel would arrive to help collect evidence, locals said nobody arrived

Every minute the newscasts devote to the state comptroller's bashing of former IDF chief Herzl Halevi diverts attention from Sunday's general strike, where protesters will be demanding an end to the Gaza war and a hostage deal

European Football Associations President Aleksandr Čeferin said in an interview that while 'Israel is allowed to play in our facilities' and that he does 'not support banning athletes from participating in competitions ... it is difficult to know what will happen in the future'

Despite being detained for disorderly conduct, Israel Police claimed that their goal was to check that they were not carrying dangerous items into their cell. For the men arrested, the police were content to search over their clothing

Maccabi Haifa fans lifted the banner in response to Rakow Częstochowa fans displaying a sign that read 'Israel murders and the world is silent' during the previous game between the two teams ■ The banner was met with condemnation from Poland's president, deputy PM and Israel's embassy in Warsaw

Captain Yosef-Haim Ashraf killed himself in a forest near Tiberias on Thursday, bringing the number of soldiers who died by suicide in 2025 to 18

Sunday's planned strike will become a widespread protest day, including demonstrations and protest actions in hundreds of locations around the country. 'The goal is to show our decision-makers that the people are with us,' said hostage Alon Ohel's father. 'The people of Israel want the hostages back'

The Egyptian plan for Gaza's day after calls for a cease-fire, Hamas's disarmament, and defined borders – all requiring agreement from Israel, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority, each with its own vision for Gaza's future

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem publicly declared that the government would bear full responsibility for 'any internal conflict or destruction that may occur in Lebanon' if it works to disarm the group

'Out of Nowhere: The Ultimate Rescue,' which tells the story of Noam Tibon rescuing his family on Oct. 7, will be shown at the festival after organizers said they found a solution to 'legal concerns.' Over 1,000 entertainment leaders, including actresses Amy Schumer, Debra Messing and Mayim Bialik, signed an open letter critiquing the festival's handling of the film

The left has ceded the police to the right, resigned to the reality that this vital institution has become ineffective, politicized and violent. But it doesn't have to be this way

Israelis are taking their summer vacation abroad to escape the malaise of the war and the horrific sights in Gaza. But when they reach their destination, the walls shout reality at them

This time the Israeli police didn't even bother to open an investigation. To them, a settler firing an automatic rifle at Palestinians, killing one and wounding several others, is no reason to question anyone – especially now, when Palestinian lives seem to count for nothing

The fate of the hostages, the Haredi draft-exemption, the Gaza quagmire and the attacks on the IDF chief. Will we reach a stage when Israeli citizens say enough is enough? ■ Was the standoff between the political echelon and the military merely exacerbated by the Gaza war?

Pete Buttigieg, a likely 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, clarified his stance on U.S.-Israel relations after his earlier remarks on a popular podcast were criticized as a 'non-answer.'

The 23 three leading economists - including 10 Nobel Prize laureates - sent an open letter to the Israeli prime minister in which they also warned that there could also be 'catastrophic' economic consequences for Israel.

UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 420 children were for malnutrition every day in the beleaguered enclave last month; World Food Program: The trucks were looted mainly by starving, unarmed civilians

This is the first public footage of Barghouti, a senior Fatah official who was sentenced to five life sentences plus 40 years for his role in the Second Intifada, to be circulated in years

'We took to the streets because we cannot remain silent in the face of what is happening in Gaza,' one of the organizers in Haifa told Haaretz. 'The world must know that this is not just a war – this is the deliberate starvation of civilians'

According to Secretary General António Guterres' report, Israel's refusal to allow access to UN observers makes it difficult to verify patterns of sexual violence. Israel was also urged to conduct exhaustive and independent investigations into claims of sexual crimes committed by its forces - especially in detention facilities - and to prosecute those responsible

Armed settlers, often backed by soldiers, are rapidly expanding illegal outposts, violently seizing Palestinian land. Despite multiple killings, enforcement against settlers is minimal, leaving Palestinians increasingly isolated and vulnerable

Twenty years from the scenes of soldiers pulling citizens from their homes in Gush Katif, Israeli TV is broadcasting an avalanche of Gaza nostalgia, converging on one message: the disengagement was a national trauma, and nothing will heal it except its reversal

Concurrently, an Israeli court cancelled the injunction banning Yonatan Urich, an advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from the Prime Minister's Office, and allowed the police to appeal by Monday

Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sued Haaretz and Josh Breiner for 3 million shekels (about $886,000), over a report that exposed that a Kahanist charged with terrorism was advising Ben-Gvir. The court accepted Ben-Gvir's request to withdraw the suit, but ruled he must pay legal fees

Israel's Foreign Ministry has funneled tens of thousands of dollars for about a dozen influencers to visit Israel through Israel365, a pro-settlement organization attempting to bolster evangelical support for the Jewish State

Israel's impending approval to build in the E1 area of the West Bank will kill the two-state solution – and threatens Donald Trump's coveted Nobel Peace Prize, since Saudi-Israel normalization is contingent on a Palestinian state

Danny Elgarat said that an autopsy report on his brother Itzhak's body, which was returned to Israel in February, showed "a large number of broken ribs" as well as fractures in other parts of the body. Elgarat was previously believed to have died from a heart attack during interrogation

Tel Aviv is in the midst of a bagel craze. But if the bagel stands for liberalism and humanism, it can't be adopted here the way it was by our Jewish American cousins – an Israeli bagel is a contradiction in terms

In considering recognizing a Palestinian state, Berlin isn't mulling a withdrawal of its commitment to Israel, it's striving to fulfill it based on its devotion to peace, human rights and international law

Sa'ar told Newsmax that a Palestinian state would be 'extremely dangerous,' accusing the West of pushing empty slogans while ignoring the risk to Israelis: 'we will have to live with the consequences' – not the countries demanding a two-state solution

The well-documented rising starvation in Gaza is now acknowledged by nearly the entire world, yet Israel continues to peddles the lie that it's all a Hamas conspiracy

Around 100,000 Palestinians have fled the war for Egypt, but it's hard to secure a permit that will allow them to live the most basic life. In the meantime, they worry about their families back home and the prospect of deportation

The only sustainable solution is a diplomatic one. But how to negotiate a new nuclear agreement when Iran doesn't believe in a deal, Israel doesn't want a deal and the U.S. has proven to be a deal-breaker?

Smotrich vows to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state' with 3,400 homes in E1. 'They'll talk of a Palestinian dream, we'll build a Jewish reality,' he said, as the plan deepens West Bank divisions and draws global criticism

Record profits in the business sector are lulling philanthropists, foundations and business leaders into complacency. After a decade of silence by the elites Israel is on the road to total collapse

I come from a country and a continent where thinking in nationalities and ethnicities has brought immeasurable pain, suffering and death. But conversely, doing the opposite – building on what unites rather what divides – has brought the longest period of peace and prosperity in history

Love in the time of reinforced concrete: A psychedelic Tu B'Av video from the Jewish National Identity Authority swaps flowers and vows for sirens, shelters and a sermon on eternal war

In July alone, the Israeli army conducted over 1,300 raids on Palestinian neighborhoods. Residents endure constant harassments, knowing every soldier acts with impunity, and no one will intervene. 'We see that every soldier behaves like a commander, doing whatever he wants, with no fear of higher rank'

Shimon Elkabetz always preferred to stay behind the scenes, but has been interviewing nonstop since his daughter, Sivan, was killed on October 7, 2023, in hopes of helping to release the hostages from Gaza and allow the families what he will never get – an embrace from their loved ones

The fire that scorched the Betiha nature reserve exposed mounds all over el-Araj: These were the homes of Bethsaida, archaeologists say. And there was a public building too

Eyal Zamir's fall from grace shows the far right's unending cycle: coronate, humiliate, replace

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman refused Herzl Halevi's request to shelve the draft reports after the former army chief claimed that Engelman refused to meet with him and created a false narrative against him

In Lebanon and Iraq, the Islamic Republic is trying to make it clear that it still has the power to influence their stability and policies – but the main concerns are the reimposition of international sanctions and public pressure to rehabilitate the economy

A joint letter, signed by organizations such as Oxfam and Save the Children, was spurred by 'desperation,' said a director of an NGO that signed the letter: 'It's like sending up a flare from a boat in the middle of the ocean, hoping somebody sees you and does something'

According to the source, 'Hamas is feeling the political isolation and knows it cannot dig in its heels.' Meanwhile, an Israeli source told Haaretz that if the U.S. and the mediators present a plan that meets Israel's demands, negotiations could be renewed

The Australian government's decision to recognize a Palestinian state – along with France, Canada and the U.K. – will do nothing to end the war in Gaza. But it has spurred a quiet panic among Australia's Jews