Daily Briefing Feb. 23: Day 506 - Torture, isolation: What 6 freed hostages endured

Editor David Horovitz on what we're learning of horrific conditions faced by men released yesterday and delay of handover of Palestinian prisoners by Israel rejecting 'humiliations'

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Israeli scientists fuse 'brain tissue' and electronic chips to test autism treatment

Biotech startup Itay & Beyond uses AI analysis of 'brain-on-a-chip' made from stem cells to predict drug efficacy for neuropsychiatric disorders and expedite testing and development

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Witkoff says he expects second stage of ceasefire-hostage deal, is working on phase one 'extension'

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IDF raises its readiness level along the Gaza border area

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German exit polls give conservatives lead, as far right has best post-war showing

Chancellor Olaf Scholz bemoans his Social Democrats' 'bitter' result, congratulates Friedrich Merz, whose coalition prospects are uncertain, due to 'fire-wall' around AfD

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Argentine president opening files on Nazi 'ratlines' that trafficked Eichmann, Mengele

Up to 10,000 Nazi war criminals fled Europe using these escape routes. Javier Milei pledges to declassify files related to how his country settled 5,000 of them

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As northerners sent home, hard-hit Metula says more time needed to heal war wounds

With main street a construction site, the school in ruins and most residents still reticent to return, Mayor David Azoulay wants the government to wait until July to reopen the city

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Israel said to tell mediators it will release prisoners if Hamas returns 4 bodies today without a ceremony

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Daily Briefing Feb. 24: Day 507 - Tanks in the West Bank and IAF buzzes Nasrallah funeral

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman updates us on possibility of a longer phase one hostage release, what Germany's election results mean for Israel and President Zelensky's 'offer'

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Breaking taboo, Foreign Ministry holding talks with three European far-right parties

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'He isn't dead, he's in his room': Ariel Bibas's 5-year-old friend struggles with his loss

Yoav Avital, who grew up with Ariel, asked to invent potion that could bring his friend back, dictated a letter imagining Ariel 'flying over Gaza' to 'fight the bad guys with a bow and arrow'

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Senior Hamas official says he wouldn't have backed Oct. 7 attacks if he knew the consequences for Gaza

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High-ranking gamer banned for pro-Israel stance could forge new legal precedent for US Jews

Lawsuit against gaming competitions that shut out a Zionist Jewish competitor aims to open a new front in the court battles over antisemitism and anti-Israel activism

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Daily Briefing Feb. 25: Day 508 - Is Hamas’s show of force in Gaza backfiring?

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses latest US diplomacy plans regarding the hostage deal, Hamas presence in Gaza, and a UN resolution backed by Israel with the US and Russia

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'Dad, now you're home': Family says final goodbye to slain hostage Oded Lifshitz

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Hamas hostage ceremonies angered US, spurring pressure for plan to push group out

Diplomats say Hamas's use of performances as show of force has roiled Trump administration, which now more forcefully demands Arab allies come up with plan to oust terror group

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Israel expects four slain hostages to be returned by Thursday; if no further hostages released by March 8, ToI told, ceasefire will end

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Katz confirms Israeli strikes in southern Syria: 'We will not allow it to become southern Lebanon'

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Hamas: Deal reached for 'simultaneous' release of 4 slain hostages, 602 Palestinian prisoners

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Crowds line streets to pay respects to Bibas family as funeral procession begins

Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, murdered in Gaza captivity, to be laid to rest this morning * IDF strikes in south Syria, which Katz vows Israel will not let 'become southern Lebanon'

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