Emanuel Fabian
File: In this photo released by the Iranian army on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, drones are launched during the air force nationwide drone drill centered in northern Semnan province, Iran. (The Times of Israel: Iranian Army via AP)
April 14, 2024, 8:26 am
Iran launches over 100 drones at Israel in first-ever direct attack
Suicide drones expected to take hours to arrive; airspace shuttered in Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon; all education Sunday canceled; army says air force ‘prepared and ready’.
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi speaks to the press from an army base in central Israel, April 7, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Israel Defense Forces)
April 8, 2024, 3:41 pm
IDF chief says withdrawal of troops from Gaza doesn’t mean war is close to end
Defense minister says pullout aims to prepare army for incursion into Rafah; Herzi Halevi says Israel is engaged in a ‘multi-front war,’ prepared for any attack from Iran.
By Emanuel Fabian
People gather around the remains of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. (The Times of Israel: AFP)
April 3, 2024, 10:07 am
Israel acknowledges killing 7 aid charity workers in ‘tragic, unintentional’ airstrike
World Central Kitchen halts Gaza ops after ‘unforgivable’ Israeli bombing; victims’ countries demand answers; PM says will ‘do everything’ to prevent recurrence; White House ‘heartbroken’.
By Emanuel Fabian, TOI STAFF and AGENCIES
Left: Marwan Issa, the deputy head of Hamas’s military wing, circled in a photo circulated on social media in 2015. The photo or its source could not be immediately verified. Right: An IDF strike early March 10 on a tunnel where Issa was believed to be hiding. (The Times of Israel: Social media; Israel Defense Forces)
March 12, 2024, 11:45 am
IDF airs footage of strike on Hamas’s No. 3, but says still unclear if he was killed
Military spokesman confirms fighter jets struck tunnel where Marwan Issa and other terror commanders were hiding early Sunday; says no hostages held in the area.
By Emanuel Fabian
US envoy Amos Hochstein, left, meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on March 5, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Shachar Yurman/Defense Ministry)
March 6, 2024, 9:12 am
As rockets fly at north, Gallant says Israel nearing military option against Hezbollah
Damage caused to home, store in Kiryat Shmona in attack claimed by Lebanese terror group; defense minister warns daily fire risks ‘dragging parties to dangerous escalation.
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli graphic of the UNRWA staffers it says directly participated in October 7.
February 29, 2024, 4:46 pm
The 12 staffers that took part in Oct 7
Among the staff who took part in the attacks are teachers who worked at UNRWA schools.
By Emanuel Fabian
Police at the scene of a terror shooting attack outside of Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank, February 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean); Inset: Matan Elmaliah, 26, from Ma'ale Adumim, who was killed in the attack. (X)
February 23, 2024, 10:47 am
One killed, 11 wounded in terrorist shooting attack near Jerusalem checkpoint
Three Palestinian gunmen open fire at Israelis stuck in traffic at checkpoint between Ma’ale Adumim settlement and capital; 2 attackers killed, 1 captured; pregnant woman wounded
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI STAFF
Shiri Bibas, with her sons Ariel and Kfir, in Khan Younis on October 7, soon after they were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz, in a still from a video released by the IDF on February 19, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Israel Defense Forces)
February 20, 2024, 9:57 am
IDF finds video of Bibas family in Gaza, ‘very concerned’ for mother, youngest hostages
Footage from day of kidnapping showing mom, toddler and baby wrapped in sheet and being forced into car is first proof of life since three were dragged into Gaza on October 7.
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI STAFF
The body of a terrorist lies at a bus stop as Israeli police investigate the site of a terror shooting attack at the Re'em junction near Kiryat Malakhi in southern Israel, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (The Times of Israel: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
February 17, 2024, 9:10 pm
Two killed, 4 hurt in terror attack at Re’em Junction in south Israel; gunman dead
One of the victims of shooting near Kiryat Malachi identified as Yishai Gertner, 23, of Modiin Illit; two of the wounded listed in serious condition.
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI STAFF
A soldier stands in a Hamas tunnel underneath a UNRWA school in Gaza City, February 8, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
February 11, 2024, 10:14 am
Directly beneath UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters, IDF uncovers top secret Hamas data centre
Subterranean facility for terror group’s intelligence needs, beneath UN complex in upscale Rimal neighborhood, discovered after interrogations of Palestinian prisoners.
By Emanuel Fabian
Demonstrators block a main road demanding an immediate deal for the release Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian terrorists, during a protest near the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 7, 2024, 8:42 am
At least 32 of the 136 hostages held in Gaza killed, 20 others feared dead – NYT
IDF spokesman says bodies of 31 captives held by Hamas, including soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin who fell in 2014, Hostages and Missing Families Forum concurs.
By TOI STAFF, LAZAR BERMAN and Emanuel Fabian
Soldiers killed in the central Gaza Strip on January 22, 2024: Top (L-R): Sgt. Maj. (res.) Mark Kononovich, Sgt. First Class (res.) Israel Socol, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Adam Bismut, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Shay Biton Hayun, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Itamar Tal, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Daniel Kasau Zegeye, Sgt. First Class (res.) Cedrick Garin; middle: Sgt. First Class (res.) Hadar Kapeluk, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Matan Lazar, Cpt. (res.) Ariel Mordechay Wollfstal, Master Sgt. (res.), Elkana Vizel, Cpt. (res.) Nir Binyamin, Sgt. First Class (res.) Sagi Idan, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ahmad Abu Latif; bottom: Sgt. Maj. (res.) Rafael Elias Mosheyoff, Sgt. First Class (res.) Nicholas Berger, Master Sgt. (res.) Yoav Levi, Sgt. First Class (res.) Yuval Lopez, Sgt. First Class (res.) Elkana Yehuda Sfez, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Sergey Gontmaher, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Barak Haim Ben Valid. (Israel Defense Forces, courtesy; combo image: Times of Israel)
January 23, 2024, 5:31 pm
IDF says 21 soldiers killed when two buildings collapsed, tank hit in central Gaza
Troops were operating in an area around 600 meters from the border, destroying structures and Hamas sites.
By Emanuel Fabian
The scene of a terror attack in Ra'anana, and Ra’anana resident Edna Bluestein, 79 (inset) who was killed in the attack, on January 15, 2024. (Times of Israel: Magen David Adom/Screenshot: Courtesy, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 16, 2024, 9:27 am
Woman killed, 17 wounded in car-ramming, stabbing spree by 2 terrorists in Ra’anana
Children, teens among injured; cars seized from owners during attack; police arrest the suspects — Palestinian relatives from Hebron area who were working illegally in the city.
By Emanuel Fabian, Renee Ghert-Zand and TOI STAFF
Director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital Ahmed Kahlot is seen being interrogated by the Shin Bet in a video published on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Shin Bet)
December 20, 2023, 9:00 am
Gaza hospital director admits Hamas used medical complex as operational hub
Ahmed Kahlot says doctors, nurses were members of al-Qassam Brigades and Islamic Jihad’s Quds Brigades; three soldiers killed in northern Gaza, IDF kills top Hamas money launderer.
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI STAFF
A soldier stands at the entrance to a large Hamas tunnel found near the Erez border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, in a handout image published December 17, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Israel Defense Forces)
December 18, 2023, 9:42 am
IDF uncovers largest-ever Hamas attack tunnel, near northern Gaza border crossing
Massive underground network is 50 meters deep in some places and wide enough for vehicles; footage from Strip shows terror group building passages with tunnel-boring machines.
By Emanuel Fabian
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