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Israel's Credit Outlook Stabilizes Amid Ceasefire and Recovery Plans

11/8/2025

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Israel's Outlook Stabilized

S&P Global Ratings has changed Israel's outlook to stable from negative following a ceasefire with Hamas, maintaining its A credit rating.
The ceasefire may reduce military tensions and aid Israel's economic recovery, though GDP is projected to stay below pre-war levels.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich plans to lower the budget deficit to 3.2% of economic output in 2024.
The US is pursuing UN support for a proposal to deploy foreign troops to Gaza to maintain the truce and assist in rebuilding.
Hamas is exploring an alternative security force, which would likely be opposed by the US and Israel.

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Israa al-Areer's Search

Israa al-Areer, a journalist, continues the search for her husband and brother missing since the war began on October 7, 2023.
She visits hospitals in Khan Younis to examine decomposed bodies returned by Israel, many showing torture that complicates identification.
Her family has received no information from authorities.
She struggles with grief and isolation while criticizing the lack of identification resources for Gaza’s bodies.

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Israel's Outlook Stabilized

S&P Global Ratings has changed Israel's outlook to stable from negative following a ceasefire with Hamas, maintaining its A credit rating.
The ceasefire may reduce military tensions and aid Israel's economic recovery, though GDP is projected to stay below pre-war levels.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich plans to lower the budget deficit to 3.2% of economic output in 2024.
The US is pursuing UN support for a proposal to deploy foreign troops to Gaza to maintain the truce and assist in rebuilding.
Hamas is exploring an alternative security force, which would likely be opposed by the US and Israel.

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