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Israeli negotiators including Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (2nd from left) and Gal Hirsch (left) in a photo indicating success in the mediated Israel-Hamas negotiations on a Gaza hostage-ceasefire agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the early hours of October 9, 2025. Photo: Screenshot
October 9, 2025, 10:59 am
Israel, Hamas agree to Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the agreement as "a great day for Israel" and said he would convene the government to authorise it
By TOI STAFF
Illustrative: Mossad chief David Barnea attends a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
October 28, 2024, 1:58 pm
As Mossad head goes to Doha, Egypt proposes 2-day ceasefire for release of 4 hostages
While Hamas wants a comprehensive agreement that ends the war and keeps it in Gaza, Israel looks for initial deal to understand who calls shots after terror chief Sinwar killed.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services, left, and Mossad chief David Barnea at the annual IDF Armored Corps memorial ceremony, marking the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, in Yad La-Shiryon, on September 27, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 11:28 am
Israel says Paris talks on hostage deal were ‘constructive,’ will continue this week
‘Significant gaps’ remain, says Prime Minister’s Office, after US, Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials meet to weigh pause in fighting in exchange for release of hostages.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Palestinians at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on October 16, 2023. Photo: Fatima Shbair/AP
October 20, 2023, 12:15 pm
Senior Arab diplomats ‘horrified’ by Hamas attack but critical of Israel’s response
Two senior officials say sympathy for Israel dissipated amid IDF operation, fume over Israeli proposals for Egypt and Jordan to take in Gaza refugees
By Jacob Magid
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant meets troops on the Gaza border on October 10. Photo: Ariel Hermoni/Defence Ministry
October 12, 2023, 9:01 am
Gallant: Israel moving to full offence
'Whoever comes to decapitate, murder women, Holocaust survivors, we will eliminate him with all our might, and without compromise'
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and JEREMY SHARON
The Negev Forum steering committee in Abu Dhabi in January 2022. Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry
July 4, 2023, 7:27 am
Morocco cancels next month’s Negev Forum
The gathering of foreign ministers from Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt and the US was originally slated to take place in March, but has been delayed several times amid escalating tension ...
By Jacob Magid
A copy of the file on Ulrich Schnaft that Israel's General Security Agency recently declassified. Photo: Israel State Archives via Haaretz
June 13, 2023, 7:03 am
The former Nazi who enlisted in the IDF
One report said he had shown a picture of himself in "SS uniform or German army uniform" while drunk. Asked about this later, Schnaft said it was just a costume.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Staff Sgt. Ohad Dahan, 20, Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, 19 and Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz, 20, combat soldiers in the IDF's Bardelas and Caracal battalions who were shot dead on the Egyptian-Israel border. Photo: Israel Defence Forces
June 8, 2023, 1:58 pm
Three IDF soldiers killed by Egyptian policeman
Israel has informed Egypt that it expects a full investigation into the killing of the three soldiers by an Egyptian policeman who crossed the border.
By TOI STAFF
Staff Sgt. Ohad Dahan, 20, (left) Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, 19, and Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz (centre), combat soldiers in the Bardelas Battalion, who were shot dead on the Egyptian border on June 3, 2023. Photo: IDF
June 4, 2023, 8:30 am
Egyptian policeman shoots and kills three IDF soldiers on border
Senior officer says nothing to stay ‘unsolved’ in probe of attack by Egyptian policeman who infiltrated into Israel, remained undetected for hours before and after initial shooting
By Emanuel Fabian
May 8, 2023, 12:59 pm
The story of antisemitism in four parts
A new documentary, showing on Docplay, chronicles the history of antisemitism, from its origins to the 'new faces'.
By AJN STAFF
Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
August 8, 2022, 8:15 am
Egypt-brokered ceasefire ends fighting
'Should the ceasefire be broken, Israel reserves the right to respond forcefully,' Israel says
By TOI STAFF
A Palestinian woman carries her child past the security barrier near the village of Abu Dis. Photo: Brian Hendler/JTA
June 1, 2017, 12:01 am
Time to end the occupation
FIFTY years ago, Israel braced itself for war. Egypt, Jordan and Syria surrounded the country and proclaimed Israel’s imminent destruction. But Israel struck first, delivering a fatal blow to Egypt’s air force within hours of the war beginning.
People praying at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jan. 12, 2017. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
May 4, 2017, 11:20 am
UNESCO votes to condemn Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem
The United Nations’ cultural agency voted to condemn Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem. UNESCO passed a resolution called “Occupied Palestine” by a vote of 22-10, with 26 countries abstaining or absent.
Fighters from Hamas's Ezz-Al Din Al Qassam Brigades at Monday's memorial service for Mazen Fuqaha. Photo: EPA/Mohammed Saber
March 30, 2017, 12:01 am
Hamas vows revenge over Fudaha killing
HAMAS is threatening to settle a “new blood debt” against Israel, after the death of one of its top military leaders in what it claims was a Mossad assassination.
September 4, 2016, 12:01 am
Putin to host peace talks?
The Palestinians are ready to participate in a peace initiative, the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said this week.
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