From the return of 20 hostages to Roei Shalev's tragic suicide note – 'I'm alive, but everything inside is dead' – Israel swung between elation and grief. Yet Prime Minister Netanyahu, focused on his trial and reelection, recasts the turmoil as triumph while Hamas regroups in Gaza

Beyond Netanyahu's public commitment to advancing the Trump plan, Israel had additional reasons to avoid further escalation. Officials were concerned about disrupting the slow and painstaking operation to recover the 16 remaining bodies of hostages

The woman who became a national symbol of the struggle for the release of the Hamas hostages spared no effort – from sending messages in Arabic to the captors to influencing the course of the war itself. 'There's no creature in nature with a pregnancy this long,' she said last week, just before the reunion with her son Matan

Hostage families speaking with lawmakers criticized Netanyahu's government for neglecting them financially, as released hostages need intensive rehabilitative care and their families, many of whom left work to focus on securing their release, require psychological and economic support

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been a fan of the name since the beginning and has been on a continuing mission to rebrand the war. Here's why

As the government allocates huge sums of money to the ultra-Orthodox, settlers and superfluous government ministries, the country is getting poorer. Will Netanyahu's 2026 budget save Israel?