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  "id": 4635716,
  "title": "Report: Netanyahu approved direct Hamas channel in 2025, ran secret contact during 2014 war",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/report-netanyahu-approved-direct-hamas-channel-in-2025-ran-secret",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T18:46:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ynetnews",
    "slug": "ynetnews",
    "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyqmr110wmx"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ronen Bar reportedly told Cabinet ministers of a direct Hamas channel that helped break the hostage-talk deadlock; separate report says Netanyahu used a businessman to relay messages to senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad in 2014, claims his office denies",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "MK Gotliv accuses Netanyahu of pushing her down Likud list due to secret judicial reform deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/mk-gotliv-accuses-netanyahu-of-pushing-her-down-likud-list-due-to",
        "published": "2026-08-31T23:52:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}