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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: KHAMENEI.IR / AFP

April 19, 2024, 1:26 pm

Israel launches strike on Iran in response to last weekend’s attack

Iran says it shot down several drones and that there had been 'no missile attack for now'', after explosions were heard near the central city of Isfahan

By TOI STAFF

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

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

Amit Soussana, taken captive by Hamas terrorists from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023 and released on November 30, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Courtesy)

March 27, 2024, 12:43 pm

Released hostage Amit Soussana reveals she was sexually assaulted by Hamas captor

In interview with New York Times, freed captive becomes first to speak out publicly on sexual abuse, says she was forced at gunpoint to commit ‘a sexual act’ on guard.

By TOI STAFF

Uriel Baruch, who was presumed taken hostage from the Supernova desert rave by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and whose death in Hamas captivity was announced on March 26, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Courtesy)

March 27, 2024, 12:11 pm

Hostage Uriel Baruch murdered by Hamas, his body held in Gaza, his family reveals

Tikva Forum says family informed by IDF of fate of 35-year-old father of two, who was abducted from Supernova festival on October 7; relatives remember ‘happy and loved man’.

By TOI STAFF

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

South African ambassador Vusimuzi Madonsela at the ICJ in The Hague.
Photo: Patrick Post/AP

February 22, 2024, 1:57 pm

Israel back at world court

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that the case that opened on Monday was "aimed at harming Israel's rights to defend itself from existential threats".

By TOI STAFF

Natan Sharansky (left) and Alexei Navalny. Photo: montage: AP

February 22, 2024, 1:53 pm

Navalny corresponded with Sharansky about prison

Navalny, who had become a cause celebre worldwide for opposing Putin, was serving three prison terms on a number of charges he rejected as politically motivated.

By TOI STAFF

US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield casts a veto vote during a UN Security Council meeting on the Israel-Hamas war, at UN Headquarters in New York City on February 20, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Angela Weiss/AFP)

February 21, 2024, 1:48 pm

US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza war

Veto of Algerian-drafted text is the third time Washington has blocked resolutions since outbreak of fighting as Washington pushes alternative draft; UK abstains in 13-1 vote.

By TOI STAFF, Jacob Magid and AP

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

Rescued hostages Norberto Louis Har (L) and Fernando Simon Marman (The Times of Israel: Courtesy)

February 12, 2024, 2:19 pm

IDF safely rescues 2 hostages from Rafah in special operation

"I offer my full appreciation to the IDF, Shin Bet and the National Counter-Terrorism Unit,” said Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

By TOI STAFF

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

Images released by the IDF on January 20 from a tunnel in Khan Younis. Left: drawings by Emilia Aloni; right: an area where hostages were held. Photos: IDF

January 25, 2024, 12:59 pm

Hostages subjected to regular sexual abuse

Israeli women held hostage in the Gaza Strip are being subjected to regular sexual abuse, with their guards treating them like "dolls", survivors of October 7 testified.

By TOI STAFF

Harrison Ford presents the award for Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

January 18, 2024, 2:54 pm

Jewish entertainers slam exclusion of Jews from Oscars diversity push

Michael Rappaport, Debra Messing, David Schwimmer and Iliza Schlesinger are among 250 signatories on a missive urging inclusion for Jews in 'under-represented' groups outlined by the Academy.

By TOI STAFF