Dispensing with music and experts, organizers of weekly protest at Hostages Square give mic to 40 anguished families; nearby, anti-government crowds return to Kaplan Street

Outside official Jerusalem residence, hostage families decry Netanyahu's choice to skirt hostage negotiations in Cairo; 'We are in critical days,' says daughter of captive

The harrowing experience of Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, as she takes to the streets in a passionate protest to demand his release

Senior Likud members say Netanyahu won't be able to go on after war with Hamas ends; Lapid says if he'd been premier on Oct. 7, Netanyahu ‘would have sent people to burn my house’

Faisal Ali Mussalem al-Naami identified by defense minister as one of 12 UN staff who 'actively participated' in massacre

Washington Post says Tehran warned it does not want to give Netanyahu cause for war, hopes to preserve achievements of Oct. 7

Netanyahu said to overrule position of some security officials, who warn move could unnecessarily antagonize Muslims during holiday; Opposition MKs react angrily to restrictions

Shtayyeh says world needs to 'stop focusing on October 7,' as Russia invites Palestinian factions to discuss coming together under banner of 'popular resistance'