Hadassah Lazar believed that her brother Shlomo Mantzur, the oldest of the hostages, would survive. When news came that he'd been murdered on Oct. 7, the family tore their shirts as is customary in Jewish tradition – then set them aside until his body is returned

There is a very good reason Benjamin Netanyahu is posting an op-ed by Joe Biden's Mideast envoy blaming Hamas for the lack of a hostage release last year: It provides him with political ammunition at the exact moment he is trying to blow up the hostage release deal

As Trump's attention turns elsewhere, the Netanyahu circus comes to a close. No-none-sense Mideast Envoy Steve Witkoff appears to be unmoved by Netanyahu's charm, and made it clear that the hostages must return, much to the PM's chagrin

'If war resumes, it's a death sentence for the remaining hostages,' said the cousin of Carmel Gat, who was murdered in Hamas captivity last year ■ Demonstrators marched from Netanyahu's residence to the Knesset ■ Protests around Tel Aviv occasionally disrupted traffic

Arab leaders from Gaza, Cairo and Amman are struggling to develop a viable post-Gaza plan ahead of key summits. Ironically, pressure from Trump's displacement plan is making it even harder to craft one that excludes Hamas

A new bill to establish an administration to handle antiquities in the West Bank effectively means annexation