<p>Senior Hamas official Mohammed Nazzal says the terror group won’t commit to disarmament and will retain control in Gaza, challenging Trump’s ceasefire plan. </p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

Hamas captivity survivors Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David reunite in Beilinson Hospital with friends Tal Shoham and Omer Wenkert, who were released earlier this year from Hamas captivity. Watch.

<p>President Trump says Saudi Arabia and other Arab states may soon join the Abraham Accords, citing recent talks and linking Gaza peace efforts to broader regional normalization.</p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

Instagram account 'Alon is home' publishes photo of Hamas captivity survivor Alon Ohel playing on a piano brought to the hospital especially for him.

The most combative, definitive action any university has taken against an SJP chapter to date is a permanent ban. From a legalistic perspective, this would seem to end the matter. But it won't. Opinion.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warned that he would leave the government if Prime Minister Netanyahu did not promote the death penalty for captured Hamas terrorists.

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Eliyahu Margalit, 75, was murdered during the October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Nir Oz and his body was kidnapped to Gaza.