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Hamas said it had returned the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two sons. The Israeli military announced that the boys were murdered in Gaza and that Ms. Bibas’s body was that of someone else.
“I was in Gaza. I survived. Keith survived. Others will not,” said Aviva Siegel, who with her husband was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. She urged the Israeli government to secure the release of others.
Israel said it had asked for a meeting with the Brazilian ambassador.
Demonstrators expressed their anger toward Benjamin Netanyahu and his government and called for immediate elections, in one of the country’s largest protests since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
The largely symbolic move followed proposals by international allies that were discussed during recent cease-fire negotiations in Cairo.
The demonstrations took a pause after the Oct. 7 attacks, but the anger at the Israeli leadership never went away.
Despite U.S. pressure, the idea of a Palestinian state seems further away than ever, as Israel’s Jews move rightward and its Palestinians fear a backlash.
The full decision, which exceeded 250,000 words, marked the first time that Israel’s highest court had struck down a quasi-constitutional Basic Law.
The Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, rejected a law pushed by Netanyahu allies that limited its authority to review government decisions.
Plus New Year’s offerings to the sea in Brazil.