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3 weeks ago | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann |Emanuel Fabian
Hamas on Saturday published a new photo of hostage Matan Zangauker, claiming Israeli troops were “besieging” the area where he was being held in Gaza and threatening to execute him should troops come near. The military stressed in a statement that no attempt had been made to extract Zangauker. In the image, Zangauker is propped up on his side as a blanket covers his lower body, while an IV drip bag can be seen in the background.
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1 month ago | 
timesofisrael.com | Jessica Steinberg |Noam Lehmann
At Hostages Square protest, freed captive Iair Horn recalls fear of death while in Hamas captivity; 62 protesters arrested after storming Likud party HQ, clashing with police Thousands of Israelis attended nationwide demonstrations on Wednesday, marking 600 days since hostages were taken by Hamas terrorists during their onslaught of October 7, 2023, with families, freed captives and their supporters shedding light on the plight of those who remain held in the Gaza Strip. Some 3,000 people...
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1 month ago | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann
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timesofisrael.com | Jessica Steinberg |Noam Lehmann |Amy Spiro |Ben Sales
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann
Thousands of people pack into Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, in tense anticipation of Hamas’s answer to the drafted agreement to bring the captives home. The Square hosts a regular “Singing for Their Return” event on Tuesdays, featuring Israeli musicians, which usually draws a few dozen people. The crowd tonight is noticeably larger than previous Tuesdays.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann
Tel Aviv police push anti-government, pro-hostage deal protesters to the sidewalk outside the Begin Road entrance to the IDF headquarters after declaring the demonstration illegal. Protesters initially ignored police orders, triggering a large shoving match between activists and law enforcement that saw officers drag away at least two people.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann
Cops detain at least two people at the anti-government, pro-hostage deal protest outside the Begin Road entrance to the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, after demonstrators largely ignored orders to vacate the road and the police’s declaration of the protest as illegal. More from today’s Liveblog:
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann
During the weekly rally at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, the mother of captive surveillance soldier Liri Albag addresses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, saying the video Hamas released last week of Liri was a “living testament to your ongoing failure.”“Have you watched the video?” Shira Albag asks. “Did you sleep well at night?”She says Liri does not look like herself in the video.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann
Legal scholar Barak Medina tells some 1,000 anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv that the agreement reached this week between Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar regarding changes to the Judicial Selection Committee will “destroy the judiciary as an independent branch of government,” making it “nothing more than a little Knesset” in which judges are appointed for their political positions.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
timesofisrael.com | Noam Lehmann
Dueling groups of protesters, each about 100-strong, rally on either side of the entrance to the Tel Aviv District Court as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins to testify in his corruption trial. Police separate Netanyahu’s supporters and detractors, who largely drown each other out in a din of competing chants. Coalition lawmakers and ministers, who arrive to show support for Netanyahu, shake hands and take selfies with the premier’s loyalists.
