Senior member of Gaza-ruling terror group accuses Jewish state of sinking effort to negotiate exchange, suggests Israeli political deadlock getting in the way of a deal

Talks said to include possible new desalination plant and hospital in Gaza, as well as the issue of Israelis held by the terror group; UN envoy to meet with Hamas representatives

Supreme Court has upheld the government's right to withhold remains, but only for the purposes of negotiations for return of IDF soldiers' bodies, not for Bennett's 'deterrence'

Arab Israeli leader also decries 'cruel, immoral' move by defense minister designed as deterrent and possible bargaining chip; Gantz voices support

Naftali Bennett orders sweeping move, which may lead to remains being used as bargaining chips in a swap deal; security cabinet must still approve decision

Decision reverses a 2017 ruling that suspended the practice until it was anchored in law

Right-wing demonstrators demand an 'Israeli victory' over the Palestinians, say chicken represents 'cowardice of past policies against Hamas'

Zehava Shaul says she will never give up efforts to bring home Oron's body for burial, tells Netanyahu 'you can't run from this... Wherever you go I will follow'

Spokesman claims Netanyahu government hasn't inquired into well-being of Ethiopian-Israeli captive Mengistu, in apparent effort to poke at recent racial tensions in Jewish state

Leah Goldin says she was called to Netanyahu's office for urgent meeting, only to be told premier wanted to send parents of Hamas captives to UN event which they'd attended before