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Trump reiterates: 'If the hostages aren't released by the time I take office, there will be hell'

Trump added: "I am Israel’s best friend. I moved the embassy to Jerusalem—everything was good, including the Abraham Accords, and every major positive event in Israel recently was because of me.

'I came to make his cry heard': Hostage, bereaved families demand better treatment from Knesset

The October Council, representing October 7 victims' families, urged Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to ensure respectful treatment and announced plans to demand a state inquiry at the Knesset.

An ‘estimated 40% of Hamas tunnels’ still remaining, Israeli expert tells TML

IDF is continuing to find weapons depots, Hamas terrorists, and tunnels. Hamas' military abilities cannot be defeated as quickly as critics of the IDF strategy would like to believe. 

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
06/01/2025

'Hear them die': Recordings reveal horror of Hamas hostage crisis in Be'eri

Pessi Cohen's house became a symbol for the battles that went on in Be'eri, and the fight there lasted for about six hours.

Einav Zangauker speaks during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government

Stone-hearted: How the plight of the hostages has been 'normalized' and ignored

Families of hostages are subject to verbal and physical abuse while they demonstrate at the top of their voices at intersections.

By SHOSHANA TITA
03/01/2025

Hamas wants Gaza ceasefire deal as soon as possible, senior official says

Kirby repeated the White House's position that Hamas started this war putting its own people in the current position, and could easily end the suffering by signing the deal. 

03/01/2025
 Religious Zionist Party MK Simcha Rothman seen at a Knesset committee, December 16, 2024

MK Rothman walks out of committee meeting as 'October Council' calls for accountability

Rothman cuts Knesset meeting short as October 7 victims' families demand a national inquiry into government failures.

‘It was not the end’: Family of killed hostage explain decision to harvest son’s sperm

After Yotam Haim was mistakenly killed alongside two other hostages, his sperm was harvested. Now, the family waits court permission to have Haim's child.

Hamas, Israel have reached an impasse in hostage negotiations, Arab mediators tell WSJ

The Arab mediators said that a hostage-Gaza ceasefire deal is unlikely to be completed by the time US President Biden leaves office. 

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump delivers remarks in Palm Beach, Florida last week.

Hamas 'better let hostages out soon,' Donald Trump warns

Trump has made several similar statements in the past, promising severe repercussions if the hostages would not be released by the date he assumes office. 

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