Unlike the Israeli military, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not launched a comprehensive commission to review the failures of Oct. 7, 2023.

Officials from Israel, Qatar and the United States started 'intensive discussions' on the cease-fire accord's second phase in Cairo, Egypt‘s state information service said.

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a second phase, in which Hamas would release dozens of remaining hostages in exchange for more prisoners and a lasting ceasefire, have not yet begun.

An NBC News team in Gaza filmed local residents in Khan Younis preparing for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan while the fighting between Israel and Hamas paused during peace talks.

An Israeli hostage who was held by Hamas for more than a year described his captivity, saying the treatment of hostages was tied to how Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody were treated, according to Israeli media.

Israeli and Hamas officials say they've agreed to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, concluding the first phase of a fragile ceasefire.

Israel had delayed the release of over 600 Palestinian prisoners since Saturday to protest what it called the cruel treatment of hostages during their handover by Hamas.

A Hamas official shared with Newsweek data indicating that Israel was in the possession of hundreds of Palestinian bodies.

As cease-fire talks stall, Israel has charted a course for gradually increasing pressure on Hamas to the point of another invasion of the Gaza Strip.

But the subtext of the president’s rhetoric is even more damning. It is an admission that Israel has failed to achieve its own declared war objectives of deposing Hamas and freeing the hostages. And the fact that the U.S. has been secretly speaking to Hamas directly makes Israel look like an obstacle.