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Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

Arab Mediators Believe Hamas Could Be Open to Partially Disarming

People familiar with the mediators’ thinking say the militant group could compromise on a long-held red line, as long as President Trump can guarantee that Israel would not resume fighting.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Hamas members during a hostage handover in Khan Younis, Gaza, in February.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Witkoff and Kushner Expected to Join Israel-Hamas Talks

8 October 2025 at 02:33
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, both architects of President Trump’s plan to end the war, are expected to join mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas.

© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, last week.

Israel Marks Two-Year Anniversary of Oct. 7 in Subdued Fashion

8 October 2025 at 04:52
The somber milestone comes with peace talks underway, hostages from the Hamas-led attack still in Gaza, more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and Israel more isolated than ever.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Mourners at a memorial service marking two years since Oct. 7, 2023, in Kfar Aza, southern Israel, on Tuesday.

A Former Israeli Hostage Is Freed From Hamas, but Not Captivity

In the tunnels of Gaza where she was held captive, Emily Damari learned how to survive. These photos show her learning to be alive again.

Freed From Hamas, but Not CaptivityBack home in Israel, an ex-hostage fights for those left behind.

Trying to Survive Gaza’s War-Torn Present, and Hoping for a Future

Two years of intense warfare in Gaza has left its people with a dismembered and disordered society. The destruction is vast and many Gazans have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.

© Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times

In a New Memoir, an Israeli Captive Looks Ahead with Hope

6 October 2025 at 17:00
Freed after 14 months, Eli Sharabi learned that his family didn’t survive the Oct. 7 attacks. “Hostage” is testimony to his suffering and his hope.

© Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto, via Getty Images

“My life is full of meaning, full of action,” says Eli Sharabi, the author of “Hostage.”
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