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Empty chairs for hostages as Israel at war marks Passover

Jewish people mark on Monday the start of Passover, a celebration of freedom, and around many holiday tables in Israel chairs will stand empty for...

22.04.2024 10

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The mystery of Israel's last missing October 7 victim

As air raid sirens rang out on the morning of October 7, Bilha Inon and her husband Yakovi sheltered in the safe room of their home in Netiv Haasara...

12.04.2024 10

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Israel's war budget leaves top scientists in limbo

Israeli scientist Ellen Graber has spent years researching ways to save chocolate crops from climate change. But with the government slashing spending...

27.03.2024 5

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Displaced Israelis comforted by taste of home in Tel Aviv kitchens

After weeks of living in hotel rooms, Sigal Chayak from northern Israel broke into tears the first time she got to cook her family a meal again. "My...

18.02.2024 7

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Gaza war paralyses Israeli tourism for third year

In Israel's biblical city of Nazareth, the basilica is empty, restaurants and shops that usually thrive on Christian pilgrims are closed, and many...

08.02.2024 2

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Israeli wineries near Lebanon fear ruined crop as war looms

Black clouds loom over grapevines in northern Israel on hills that stretch to the Lebanese border, where months of violence have raised fears of a...

07.02.2024 2

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Israel's Hamas attack survivors find solace underwater

Deep under the Red Sea, a passing Israeli warship could barely be heard as Yamit Avital held her breath and dived, her mind briefly cleared of the...

02.01.2024 5

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Israel's kibbutzniks face long exile after Hamas attacks

Kibbutz Nahal Oz was supposed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding near Gaza on October 7 -- the day Hamas militants launched their...

14.12.2023 3

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'Why did they shoot?': Israeli soldiers kill man who stopped attack

When Yuval Kestelman saw gunmen firing at a Jerusalem bus stop, he acted swiftly to stop the attack -- but was killed by Israeli soldiers who likely...

04.12.2023 2

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Fighting for Israel, Druze demand end to demolition orders

In black robes, white moustaches and traditional hats, Druze religious elders stood before the coffin of Israeli soldier Adi Malik Harb, killed...

21.11.2023 5

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Kibbutz stalwarts stand ground on Israel's north front

Mya Pikoos used to leave the door of her kibbutz home in northern Israel unlocked. Now she sleeps with a commando knife and pepper spray under her...

16.11.2023 6

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