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CNN —The Israeli military on Wednesday said that a February strike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza may have led Hamas militants to execute six hostages. Speaking at a press briefing about an investigation into the hostages’ deaths, an IDF official said the Israeli military struck “a terror target” on February 14 in Khan Younis, but did not know that hostages were being held nearby. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari later raised the possibility of the aftermath of the strike killing the hostages. Hamas said that it had executed them because it believed Israeli soldiers may have been closing in. Israel recovered 38-year-old dual German-Israeli citizen Itay Svirsky’s body from Gaza, after he was killed by his captors, the Israeli military and security agency Shin Bet announced.

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TEL AVIV — The Israeli government failed in its “primary duty to protect its citizens” in the lead-up to and during the Oct. 7, terrorist attacks, according to an Israeli civilian report released Tuesday. Some 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage during the attacks as Hamas fighters infiltrated Israel from southern Gaza and launched thousands of rockets. The Israeli report also identified a "major cause" of the Oct. 7 tragedy as a "glaring failure" by Israeli intelligence branches. It specifically pointed to Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security agency, and military intelligence for their inability to provide timely warnings or act on those that were issued. Israeli soldiers near houses that were destroyed during a Hamas attack on the kibbutz in Be'eri, Israel.

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☆ Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Nor, he said, was he motivated by the claim that UNRWA perpetuates Palestinian refugee status. AFP/Getty ImagesThe entrance to Aida Refugee Camp, near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. “If they shut down UNRWA, that means there is no Palestinian refugee cause. Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu/Getty ImagesAn UNRWA school in al-Am'ari Refugee Camp, in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, after an Israeli raid in September.

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☆ Israel’s kibbutz Be’eri became the symbol of Hamas’ brutality. Some survivors are determined to return
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Matthew Chance | Yon Pomrenze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel CNN —Scorch marks and bullet holes scar the battered walls of the Haran family home in kibbutz Be’eri. A child's ride-on toy is seen surrounded by rubble in kibbutz Be'eri, nearly a year after the Hamas-led October 7 attack. Aerial photographs show Kibbutz Be'eri after the October 7 attack, left, and as it was before. Yarden Tzemach, a farmer and surviving resident of kibbutz Be'eri, surveys the site where new construction is underway. “Kibbutz Be’eri has been my home for the past 56 years.

Persons: Israel CNN —, ”, Yarden Tzemach, Matthew Chance, “, Amit Solvy, Solvy, Be'eri, Yon Pomrenze, Yarden, Ayelet Hakim, ” Ayelet, Yehonatan, Be’eri, Jack Guez Organizations: Israel CNN, “, Hamas, CNN, Be’eri, That’s, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Be'eri, Israel, Be’eri, Gaza, Be’eri ., “, AFP

☆ India wants to become a semiconductor powerhouse, but it can't do it on its own
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | In Charmainemariajacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Bhatnagar pointed to how Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation will help India's Tata Electronics to build the country's first 12-inch wafer fab in Gujarat. However, analysts said India first needs to learn the ropes before it can compete with the East Asian giant, especially since its semiconductor manufacturing industry is still at a very nascent stage. "India is far behind China in semiconductor manufacturing. Earlier in September, the U.S. Department of State announced it will partner with the India Semiconductor Mission and India's electronics and IT government body to improve the global semiconductor value chain. "We are encouraging [the] semiconductor industry in a big way.

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☆ 'Don't fight the Fed': Barclays and Citi turn bullish on these stocks after rate cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The move prompted Wall Street giants Barclays and Citi to adopt a more optimistic stance on global cyclical stocks. Barclays believes the Federal Reserve's actions are "clearly designed to pull out all the stops to achieve a soft landing" for the economy. Barclays strategists noted that "cyclicals typically rebounded steadily after the Fed started its rate cut cycle ... as long as it was not followed by a recession." Citi strategists share a similar outlook for European stocks. "The scale of the downgrades has become so extreme of late that we're now approaching a point where negative ERI may be a useful contrarian indicator," the Citi strategists said.

Persons: Emmanuel Cau, Beata Manthey, we're, Safran, Atlas, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Federal Reserve, Wall Street, Barclays, Citi, Fed, Siemens, BBVA, ING, Holcim, ASM Locations: United States

☆ Middle East Crisis Israeli Forces Retrieve Bodies of 5 Hostages From Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | Lauren Leatherby | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The Israeli military said that the bodies were found in the Khan Younis area on Wednesday. Israeli forces retrieved the bodies of five Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the Israeli military said on Thursday, amid growing international pressure for a cease-fire deal that would involve the release of the remaining captives. The Israeli leader has been facing increasing anger from Israelis over the fate of the hostages in Gaza. The Israeli military said that the bodies were found in the Khan Younis area on Wednesday and that intelligence — including information from detained Palestinian militants — had guided forces to their location. “The war in Gaza could end tomorrow if Hamas surrenders, disarms and returns all the hostages,” Mr. Netanyahu said during his address to Congress on Wednesday.

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☆ Israel-Gaza War: Latest News
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

His speech there before a divided Congress figures to be contentious, particularly if he cannot close a deal with Hamas to end the war before he travels. Image Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Credit... Ammar Awad/ReutersSome in Mr. Netanyahu’s governing coalition have urged him to oppose a deal with Hamas. Mr. Netanyahu’s grip on power relies on the support of two far-right parties opposed to any agreement that would leave Hamas in power in Gaza. The war has killed more than 38,000 people and led to widespread hunger, according to Gazan health authorities.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, Ronen Zvulun, Yair Lapid, Mr, Lapid, ” Ella Ben, Ami, Ohad Ben, Ben, Be’eri, Raz Ben, Ella Ben, Yoav Gallant, ”, Gallant, Ammar Awad, “, Matthew Miller, Mike Johnson, Dani Elgarat, Nir Oz, Noa Argamani, Elgarat Organizations: Protesters, Hamas, ., Families, Wednesday, Credit, Reuters, Shas, Department, Democratic, Louisiana Republican, Mr Locations: Israel, Washington, Qatar, Egypt, Israel’s, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Louisiana, United States

“As a result, there were no additional reserve forces in the area that could have been sent to Kibbutz Be’eri,” the inquiry said. This led to several incidents where security forces grouped at the entrance to the kibbutz without immediately engaging in combat,” the report said. A home destroyed during the attack by Hamas is seen within Kibbutz Be'eri on October 14, 2023 in Be'eri, Israel. By 6 p.m., “about 700 IDF soldiers and security forces are operating in the area of the kibbutz,” the inquiry found. Members of “Kibbutz Be’eri did not need the results of the investigation to feel the failure of the IDF” that morning.

Persons: “, ”, Be’eri, Herzi Halevi, Kibbutz Be’eri, Leon Neal, Daniel Hagari, Halevi, ” Halevi, Amir Levy, Michal Paykin, Yoav Gallant, Shin, ” Gallant, ” Hagari Organizations: CNN, An Israel Defense Forces, General Staff, Division, Palestinian, “, IDF, of Defense, Staff Locations: Be’eri, Israel, Kibbutz, Be'eri

☆ Israel-Gaza War: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Two Israeli officials confirmed that Mr. Biden’s proposal matched an Israeli cease-fire proposal that had been greenlit by Israel’s war cabinet. “Put your money where your mouth is.”But at home, Mr. Netanyahu faces a host of competing pressures. Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel’s parliamentary opposition, also urged Mr. Netanyahu to take the deal as outlined by Mr. Biden. He repeated that his party would back Mr. Netanyahu’s government if hard-liners like Mr. Ben-Gvir, the national security minister, left over a hostage release deal. Political analysts said Mr. Netanyahu has tried to avoid that scenario, as it would make him dependent on some of his harshest critics.

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☆ Israeli Soldier’s Video Undercuts Medic’s Account of Sexual Assault
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Adam Rasgon | Natan Odenheimer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New video has surfaced that undercuts the account of an Israeli military paramedic who said two teenagers killed in the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7 were sexually assaulted. The unnamed paramedic, from an Israeli commando unit, was among dozens of people interviewed for a Dec. 28 article by The New York Times that examined sexual violence on Oct. 7. He said he discovered the bodies of two partially clothed teenage girls in a home in Kibbutz Be’eri that bore signs of sexual violence. The Associated Press, CNN and The Washington Post reported similar accounts from a military paramedic who spoke on condition of anonymity. But footage taken by an Israeli soldier who was in Be’eri on Oct. 7, which was viewed by leading community members in February and by The Times this month, shows the bodies of three female victims, fully clothed and with no apparent signs of sexual violence, at a home where many residents had believed the assaults occurred.

Organizations: The New York Times, Associated Press, CNN, Washington Post, The Times Locations: Be’eri

☆ Japan's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, high court says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A high court in Japan on Thursday said the country's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, ruling on a matter that has divided lower levels of the judiciary and put the conservative government at odds with shifting public opinion. Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven industrialized nations that doesn't offer legal protection for same-sex unions. Although polls show 70% public support for same-sex unions, they are opposed by the Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. "Enacting same-sex marriage does not seem to cause disadvantages or harmful effects," the court said. The government will eye other upcoming court decisions, its top spokesperson, Yoshimasa Hayashi, told a briefing.

Persons: Fumio Kishida, Eri Nakaya, Fumiyasu Tsunamori, Yoshimasa Hayashi Organizations: Valentine's, Rights, Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Locations: Shinagawa, Japan, Tokyo, Sapporo

The World Food Program said that its delivery, containing food for 25,000 people, was its first since Feb. 20 to the northern part of the enclave. For five months, aid groups had been able to reach northern Gaza only by entering through one of two southern border crossings, and then attempting a difficult and hazardous drive to the north. Little aid has reached northern Gaza after major relief groups suspended operations there, citing lawlessness, poor road conditions and Israeli restrictions on convoys. The convoy included one truck full of flour and five carrying food packages. “The significance of this is that it revives the hope of continued access to northern Gaza over land,” Ms. Etefa said.

Persons: Abeer Etefa, Ms, Etefa, “, ” Organizations: United Nations, Food Program, World Food Locations: Israel, Gaza, Be’eri

CNN —A road being built by the Israeli military splitting Gaza in two has reached the Mediterranean coast, a CNN analysis of satellite imagery shows. The plan has not been adopted by the IDF, but it includes elements that are coming into existence, including the Netzarim Corridor. Satellite imagery from November shows the tracks emerging, at a time when the military’s focus turned to surrounding Gaza City, advancing from the east. I remember it vividly.”Abu Holi was seldom open, Munther Al-Ashi, a lawyer from Gaza City, told CNN. “If our house in Gaza City has not been shelled, I would like to go back to it.

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☆ Israel’s Druze Arabs, fiercely loyal to the state, feel let down after ‘paying with their blood’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

About a million-strong, the global Druze community is largely spread across Israel, Lebanon and Syria. Some 130,000 Israeli Druze live in the Carmel and Galilee in the country’s north. There have been rumblings of discontent since 2018, when tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv to protest Israel’s controversial “nation-state” law. “The (nation-state) law didn’t affect our identity – it affected our sense of belonging,” he said in a video call with CNN. “The Druze community has no dream to have a country – we don’t want it, we don’t believe in it.

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☆ Israel Presents Video Allegedly Showing UN Aid Worker Taking Body of Israeli on Oct. 7
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A video made public by Israeli officials allegedly shows a U.N. relief worker loading the limp body of a shot Israeli man into the back of an SUV and driving away from a southern Israeli village during Hamas' Oct. 7 cross-border attack. Jonathan Fowler, an UNRWA spokesperson, said in response to the video: "It is not possible for UNRWA to verify the footage or photographs and ascertain who the person is. In the CCTV footage, a white SUV drives into Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the communities hardest hit on Oct. 7. A screen shot of the video was posted on X by an Israeli military spokesperson and a clip of it was posted by a Foreign Ministry official. Reuters did not and could not independently verify the identities of the men in the video.

Persons: Faisal Ali Mussalem Al Naami, Jonathan Fowler, Kibbutz, Yoav Gallant, Ari Rabinovitch, Nidal, Giles Elgood Organizations: Washington Post, United Nations Relief Works Agency, UNRWA, UN, Be'eri, Foreign Ministry, Reuters, Israeli Locations: JERUSALEM, Gaza, Israel, Kibbutz Be'eri

☆ Israel releases names and details of alleged involvement of UNRWA employees in October 7 attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The additional details also included screengrabs of what Israel said were two UNWRA employees – a social worker and math teacher – in Israel on October 7. The defense ministry also provided ID photos of 10 other alleged Hamas members, their positions and alleged involvement in the deadly incursion, but did not provide any supporting evidence to back up their claims. CNN could not independently verify the identity of the men or Israel’s allegations about their involvement with Hamas. The UNWRA spokesman said the agency annually shares the names, employee numbers and functions of all staff members with Israel. It said the names shared included the names of the 12 individuals identified by Israel in the dossier, and that Israel had not informed UNRWA of those staffers’ alleged involvement with Hamas prior to January.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Israel, –, Khan Younis, Nasser, ”, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, ’ Organizations: CNN, Nasser Hospital, Ministry of Health, United Nations, UNRWA, UN, Israeli, United, Israel, UN Security Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rafah, Egypt, Khan, United States, Hamas’s Deir el

Al-Shifa, Israeli officials have argued, is an example of Hamas’s willingness to use hospitals as cover and turn civilians into human shields. The portion of the tunnel visible in the Israeli military video is at least 350 feet long. But beyond accusing the Israeli military of planting evidence at hospitals, Hamas and Gazan officials have not directly refuted the evidence presented by Israel. The Israeli military declined to provide additional imagery to support its assertion that this was a tunnel entryway or part of a tunnel complex. Concrete sections of the Al-Shifa tunnel are visible in this still image from the video released by the Israeli military.

☆ Israeli Military Opens Probe Into Reports of Oct. 7 Friendly Fire Deaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By James MackenzieJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has begun investigating possible breaches of the law by its forces during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, the military said on Tuesday, following reports some Israeli civilians may have been killed by friendly fire in the fighting. Once an investigation is completed, all materials would be handed over to the Military Advocate General's office, which would decide if there were grounds to open a military police investigation. "The IDF is committed to conducting a thorough review and investigation," the military said. Asked about the Be'eri incident, the Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the army was still focused on fighting in Gaza but was preparing its investigation. "We will emerge on the other side strengthened and much better, and that is exactly what we need," he said.

Persons: James Mackenzie JERUSALEM, Daniel Hagari, General Herzi Halevi, Henriette Chacar, Howard Goller Organizations: Haaretz, Israel Defence Forces, IDF, Military, General Staff Locations: Israel, Be'eri, Gaza

☆ Israeli soldiers struggle to square political views with the realities of war
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Netanyahu’s government is the most right-wing in Israel’s history, rejecting the idea of a Palestinian state and supporting Jewish settlements inside the West Bank. His political views are sometimes difficult to square with the realities of being a soldier, fighting on behalf of a government he doesn’t support. We enter Ramallah, we neutralize the threat.”Some of Netanyahu’s coalition partners are going a step further, proposing to build Jewish settlements in Gaza. The issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank is already a major fault line within Israeli society and in the country’s diplomatic relationships. The idea of building settlements in Gaza has alarmed Israel’s allies, with the United States’ top diplomat rebuking the plans.

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☆ An Israeli Charity for Palestinians Grapples With Oct. 7 Attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Gal Koplewitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly every week for a decade, Iri Kassel picked up sick Palestinian children at Israel’s Erez border crossing with Gaza and drove them with their guardians to Israeli hospitals for treatment. But on Oct. 7, the crossing was raided by Palestinian militants who blasted the passport control booths and magnetic scanners as they stormed into southern Israel. The deadly attacks plunged Israel into all-out war in Gaza and disrupted the work of Road to Recovery, the Israeli nonprofit organization that Mr. Kassel volunteers for, which has ferried more than 1,500 Palestinian patients a year to Israeli hospitals. Several of the group’s volunteers died in the Hamas-led attack, including Vivian Silver, a prominent peace activist who was killed in her home at Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel. The group helps Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank access medical treatment in Israel, where health services are among the most advanced in the region.

Persons: Vivian Silver, Yocheved, Nir Oz, Mr, Yuval Roth Organizations: Iri Kassel, Palestinian, Mr, Kibbutz, Hamas, West Bank Locations: Israel’s Erez, Gaza, Israel, Kassel, Kibbutz Be’eri

☆ The father of an IDF soldier killed on October 7 claimed his son's decapitated head was found in an ice cream store's freezer, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Adir Tahar, an IDF soldier, was killed during Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel. A militant decapitated him and tried to sell his head for $10,000, his father has claimed. He said his head was found by Israeli forces in an ice cream store's freezer. AdvertisementThe head of an IDF soldier who was killed during Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel was found in an ice cream store's freezer, his father said in an interview on Israel's Channel 14 news station. During an interrogation, a Hamas militant also claimed that he had attempted to sell the head for $10,000, he added.

Persons: Adir Tahar, —, David, David Tahar, Mount Herzl, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, beheadings, Major Nir, Joe Biden, Biden, Mohammed Salem Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel's, Business, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Sky News, REUTERS Locations: Israel, Gaza, Mount, Kibbutz Be'eri, Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Palestinian, Israeli

☆ Israeli Teenager Recounts Her Time as a Hostage in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Nadav Gavrielov | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hila Rotem Shoshani had invited her friend Emily Hand over for a sleepover in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel. For about six hours, Hila and Emily hid in the home’s safe room with Hila’s mother, Raaya Rotem, 54, as Hamas attackers overran the kibbutz. I didn’t notice,” Hila said on Friday in an interview in New York, before she spoke at a rally in support of the remaining hostages. She said she, her mother and Emily were taken to a home in Gaza, where they were put in a dark room with a couple of other hostages. At first, an armed guard stayed in the room, but eventually moved to the living room.

Persons: Hila Rotem Shoshani, Emily Hand, Emily, Raaya Rotem, “, ” Hila, Hila Locations: Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, New York, Hila, Gaza

The first video, released Sunday, showed clips of the three hostages – Noa Argamani, Itai Svirsky and another man, whose family have requested his name be withheld - speaking to a camera. The third video, released later Monday, appeared to show the dead bodies of two of the hostages, Itai Svirsky and the other man. ‘Please know that I love you very much’Hamas and other groups took around 240 hostages into Gaza on October 7. Argamani was seen in a video, released by Hamas at the time, being dragged away on a motorbike. According to his family, one of the hostages released in November contacted his sister to let her know he was alive after memorizing her phone number.

Persons: CNN — Israel, ”, Yoav Gallant, – Noa Argamani, Itai Svirsky, Noa Argamani, Argamani, Daniel Hagari, ” Hagari, “, ” Naama Weinberg, Manu Fernandez, Avinatan, Leora, “ Noa, ” Svirsky, Be’eri, Orit, Rafi – Svirsky’s, –, Aviva Sela, Grace Cabrera, Svirsky Organizations: CNN, Monday, Israeli, Hamas, IDF, Nova, Aviva Locations: Gaza, Israel, Tel Aviv

☆ Israel-Hamas War Israel Will End ‘Intensive’ Phase of War Soon, Defense Minister Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Hila Rotem Shoshani, 13, in New York on Friday. Hila Rotem Shoshani had invited her friend Emily Hand over for a sleepover in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel. For about six hours, Hila and Emily hid in the home’s safe room with Hila’s mother, Raaya Rotem, 54, as Hamas attackers overran the kibbutz. About a month and a half into their captivity, the captors suddenly separated the girls from Hila’s mother. The separation of mother and child violated the terms of the exchange deal, drawing outrage in Israel.

Persons: Hila Rotem Shoshani, Kibbutz Be’eri, Emily Hand, Emily, Raaya Rotem, “, ” Hila, Hila, we’re, you’ll, ’ ”, hammam, ’ ” Hila, ”, Freedom, “ Mom, Raaya Locations: New York, Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Hila, Gaza

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