Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the war after October 7 in the name of national survival and correcting national humiliation. That's what's keeping us entrenched in never-ending escalation

After Netanyahu tried to impose demands and blame Hamas for the breakdown in talks, Edan Alexander's release signals coordination between Qatar and the U.S. Witkoff instructed Netanyahu to send a team to Doha, where tight schedules await

The American-Israeli hostage was met by his family at the Israeli army's Re'im base near the Gaza border, before flying by helicopter to Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital for medical examinations

On the way to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, U.S. President Donald Trump may be securing deals with the Houthis and Hamas by circumventing Israel, but the Netanyahu government could still stand in the way of his bigger plans

With top suspects refusing to unlock their phones and foreign tech firms unwilling to help, Israeli police are left relying on local tools - securing Cellebrite a lucrative new contract

Alexander, a 20-year-old IDF soldier who came to Israel from New Jersey, was abducted from an IDF post near Kibbutz Nirim during Hamas' October 7 attack. The four remaining American hostages in Gaza have been pronounced dead

The Israeli deputy attorney general asked to cancel the arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict. There are no deadlines set for an ICC response