A week after the euphoria of the hostages' return, Israel is facing grim realities: the slow retrieval of bodies, Hamas' brutal control, and Trump's tightening grip on postwar diplomacy. Gaza's ruins now expose both Hamas' savagery and Israel's loss of control

The Democratic candidate for New York City mayor leads in the polls among voters who align more with his stance on Israel. Mamdani would be the city's first Muslim mayor if elected in the general election on November 4

Only a few years ago, Turkey was considered 'worse than Iran.' Now, alongside former foes Qatar and Egypt, it will be a key player in the establishment of an interim government in Gaza, the management of the Strip's reconstruction budget and the disarmament of Hamas

Hundreds accompanied deceased hostage Inbar Haiman's funeral procession, including Israeli President Herzog, after her body was returned from Hamas captivity on Wednesday. 'You simply waited for all the Nova festival partygoers to come, and you were the last,' her mother said

The Knesset Special Committee for Public Petitions was led by Yitzhak Pindrus, but has remained without a head since his resignation in July ■ All committee hearings have been suspended since

By isolating Gaza from the West Bank and Palestinians from their land, Israel helped entrench Hamas and erase political alternatives. Even if the dream of luxury villas in Gaza has vanished, the logic behind it remains: control of territory, indirect expulsion, and the continued suffocation of the Palestinian people under the guise of security

The steamroller that almost ran over Netanyahu, the man made of steel and the ecstasy in Tel Aviv. It was a week of release, in more ways than one

A foreign official told Haaretz that Israel was aware Hamas would struggle in locating the bodies and that recovering them is expected to take months. Meanwhile, Jerusalem is eyeing sanctions, including delaying the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza