Security cabinet says it has 'cut all contact' with Gaza, vows to return detained laborers back to Strip; Washington had pushed Israel to release funds after Smotrich freeze
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Finance minister accused of seeking to 'inflame' West Bank by withholding millions, as Netanyahu, Gallant reportedly back handing over cash to help avert escalation of violence
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Commanders lament death of 16 soldiers as 'heavy price,' but vow to fight the war 'until the end'; foreign passport holders in Gaza start leaving to Egypt, along with some injured
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However, Israeli sources say steps against the Qatari-owned channel being frozen due to Doha's role in negotiating fate of hostages in Gaza
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Senior Pentagon official tells conference troops on ground aiding efforts to 'identify hostages, including Americans,' NY Times reports
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Knesset reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses Gallant's meeting with military reporters and her visit to Nir Oz with survivors, as tech editor Sharon Wrobel looks at Israel's ports
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The PM's press conference was no genuine effort to answer potent questions during wartime, but a characteristic exercise in evasion. But even he can't rewrite this story of failure
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Defense minister claims deal part of terror group's psychological games as representatives of relatives of abducted push government to agree to swap and bring loved ones home
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Three weeks into battle, defense minister says Israel does not have a plan for who will rule Gaza after Hamas is removed, but insists it 'will be better, whatever it is'
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Ministers of defense and justice seek to expand counterterrorism legislation first passed in 2016, to allow for individuals to be hit with same financial sanctions as terror groups
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