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Israel-Hamas War Day 233: What's happening in Gaza?

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A photo from Hamas purporting to show rockets fall on Tel Aviv. May 26, 2024. (photo credit: Hamas Telegram)
A photo from Hamas purporting to show rockets fall on Tel Aviv. May 26, 2024.
(photo credit: Hamas Telegram)

Two Hezbollah members killed in strike in central Syria - KAN

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Two Hezbollah members were killed in a strike in central Syria, according to a KAN report.

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Israel pushing to renew talks on a hostage deal

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(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST/REUTERS)

The War Cabinet is set to meet on Saturday to discuss negotiations for the hostage deal, a senior Israeli official said.

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IDF strikes Hezbollah threats in eight different areas in Lebanon

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  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

Israel Air Force fighter jets struck several Hezbollah military structures southern Lebanon, the military said on Saturday.

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Reserve soldier critically wounded during combat in northern Gaza Strip

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An IDF reservist was critically wounded in combat in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Saturday.

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Yemen's Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles towards Red Sea

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The Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the Red Sea early on Saturday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

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Hope for new hostage deal talks grows despite continuing fighting in Gaza

Israel pressed on with its offensive in Gaza to eliminate Hamas after the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to stop attacking the southern city of Gaza.

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IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, May 21, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, May 21, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Prospects grew on Saturday for the resumption of hostage deal negotiations, according to an official with knowledge in the matter. 

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Hostage's cousin: 'Netanyahu is sabotaging a deal, because of him girls are raped in Gaza'

Ifat Kalderon, cousin of hostage Ofer Kalderon, blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the condition the girls are being held in.

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Hostage relatives and protesters gather in front of Begin bridge in Tel Aviv, demanding a deal, May, 25, 2024. (Viaa Maariv)

Ifat Kalderon, cousin of hostage Ofer Kalderon, blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the condition female hostages are being in while in captivity in the Gaza Strip.

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Hostage families rally in Tel Aviv as demonstrations erupt throughout country

Protests are happening in Beersheba, Kfar Saba, Caesaria, Herzliya, Netanya, Zikhron Ya'acov, and Tel Aviv - with the largest and main protest is happening on Kaplan Street.

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 Protesters take to Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv demanding the government to accept a hostage release deal and immediate new elections May 25, 2024. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV)
Protesters take to Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv demanding the government to accept a hostage release deal and immediate new elections May 25, 2024.
(photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV)

Protesters took to the streets in many cities throughout the country on Saturday night calling for an immediate hostage deal and new elections.

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Rape underreported: Seven NYT articles mention Israel's viewpoint vs. 1,398 Gaza's - analysis

Some 172 headlines dealt with the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but none of them mentioned Hamas fighters taking over and looting aid trucks.

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 Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after Hamas terrorists infiltrated areas of southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)
Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after Hamas terrorists infiltrated areas of southern Israel, October 7, 2023.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)

The New York Times's coverage of the Israel-Hamas war has suffered from unreasonable imbalance.

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IDF Spokesperson clarifies no soldier was abducted, following Hamas's claims

The Hamas armed wing spokesman did not say how many soldiers had been abducted and showed no proof of the claim.

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 Abu Obaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019 (photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)
Abu Obaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019
(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)

IDF Spokesperson clarified on Sunday that no soldier had been abducted after Hamas claimed it had kidnapped a soldier in Jabalya, in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 125 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 39 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says