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A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.

Israel carries out strike targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar

Tal Shalev, Mostafa Salem, Oren Liebermann, CNN September 9, 2025

(CNN) — Israel carried out an attack targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, in an unprecedented strike on a key mediator in the Gaza conflict that threatened to derail renewed peace efforts...

Hamas on Friday released a video of two hostages being driven around Gaza City, in a move apparently aimed at swaying Israeli public opinion as the military ramps up its assault on the city.

Hamas releases video of hostages in Gaza City as Israeli military advances

(CNN) — Hamas on Friday released a video of two hostages being driven around Gaza City, in a move apparently aimed at swaying Israeli public opinion as the military ramps up its assault on the city. The...

A majority of Israelis favor any kind of deal that would bring the hostages home and end the war.

Israeli protesters push harder for hostage deal as divide with Netanyahu deepens

Tal Shalev, CNN August 27, 2025

(CNN) — Worlds away from the public outrage and cries of protest echoing through Tel Aviv’s packed streets on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beamed from the podium in Jerusalem,...

Jewish Faculty, Staff and Friends Association issues open letter to Kent State community

Barry Dunietz, Guest Columnist May 8, 2025

The Kent Stater hopes to encourage lively debate about today’s issues in our Opinion section. To submit an opinion piece for potential publication, email your article to [email protected]. Dear...

Dozens of casualties and more feared buried in Israeli airstrike on Gaza humanitarian zone targeting Hamas militants

Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN September 10, 2024

CNN — An overnight Israeli airstrike on an area that Israel itself had designated as a humanitarian zone for displaced people in southern Gaza killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, according to...

Hamas responds to ceasefire proposal but accuses Israel of ‘stalling’

CNN--Hamas said Tuesday there could be no “exchange of prisoners” before a permanent ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as it responded to proposals from Egyptian...

Talks on a Gaza deal are at an impasse. Here’s what we know

CNN -- Talks on a hostage and ceasefire deal for Gaza appear to be at an impasse. Israel’s top-level delegation has returned from Cairo, and there has been no word from Hamas...

Netanyahu says Hamas’ demands on hostage and ceasefire deal are ‘delusional’

Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Tim Lister, CNN February 8, 2024

CNN -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed Hamas’ proposals for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza as “delusional,” in a setback to diplomatic efforts...

Letter to the Editor: Good versus evil, or when impressionable minds are manipulated to raise antisemitism

Barry Dunietz January 29, 2024

This letter is written in response to an opinion letter, written by Destiny Torres, which was published on KentWired on Dec. 11, 2023. John Spencer, a retired U.S. army officer expert on urban warfare,...

Three months on, Israel is entering a new phase of war. Is it still trying to ‘destroy’ Hamas?

Rob Picheta, CNN January 16, 2024

CNN -- Three months ago, speaking to citizens rocked by a horrific day of attacks by Hamas, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a promise. “The IDF will immediately use all its strength...

Desperate families of Israeli-American hostages plead with White House to get creative for loved ones’ release

MJ Lee, CNN December 7, 2023

CNN -- For some of the family members of the Israeli-Americans that Hamas is believed to have taken hostage, evenings can feel especially excruciating. Ruby Chen, whose 19-year-old reservist son Itay,...

How the truce between Israel and Hamas was extended another day – and why it could end soon

 A deal to extend a truce between Israel and Hamas into Thursday went down to the wire after Hamas declined for hours to produce a list of hostages that had 10 women and children on it – a condition...

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