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Alan Shatter: Palestine ‘cult’ endangers future of Irish Jews
By Lazar Berman
The Omani copilot who attacked the captain and allegedly attempted to crash a flydubai airliner is seen after he was subdued and bound, September 30, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)
The wounded captain, the bound attacker, shouts for a doctor and a pilot: New video shows chaos on flydubai flight
By ToI Staff
Combat support soldiers are seen loading explosives onto an army vehicle outside the Paga military post on the border with the Gaza Strip, December 15, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
IDF steps up combat training for troops behind front lines after Oct. 7 exposes gaps
By Emanuel Fabian
This photo shows the New York Times building entrance after being vandalized with red tint by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, November 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
October 3, 2026, 10:16 am
As The New York Times turns 175, the fight over its Israel coverage again heats up
Hometown paper for largest Jewish community outside Israel, NYT has long and tumultuous relationship with Israel and the Jews that was again brought sharply into focus after Oct. 7
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
In this October 26, 2018 file photo, released by Oman News Agency, Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, left, receives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Muscat, Oman. (Oman News Agency via AP)
October 3, 2026, 9:32 am
What is Oman’s relationship with Israel – if any?
The Gulf Sultanate has been thrust into the spotlight after an Omani pilot tried to crash a plane full of Israelis on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv
By Tomer Almagor
FILE; Nitzan Alon attends the Herzliya Conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 3, 2026, 8:20 am
Ex-hostage point man says Israel could have returned all Oct. 7 captives a year earlier
Nitzan Alon says ‘political and personal considerations’ prevented signing of hostage deal, says Israel ‘could and should have shortened the war,’ prevented deaths on both sides
By ToI Staff
Former hostage Shoshan Haran speaks about being taken captive in video for an Open University award on May 29, 2025 (Courtesy)
October 3, 2026, 8:04 am
Former hostage Shoshan Haran waged peace as Hamas turned plowshares into swords
Written from the perspective of a pre-Oct. 7 left-wing activist, ‘Mission in Captivity’ chronicles her captors’ psyche after 20 years of terrorist rule — and lists two conditions that may save Gazans
By Bernard Dichek
Illustrative: A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft prepares for landing at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, on September 30, 2026. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 3, 2026, 6:42 am
Jewish communities worldwide on heightened alert after flydubai attack
Netanyahu spokesman says Israel ’employing additional procedures’ in light of ‘intelligence about threats against Israelis and Jews in Israel and around the world’
By Tomer Almagor
British police near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following a terror attack targeting the synagogue during Yom Kippur services. (Oli Scarff/AFP)
October 3, 2026, 4:47 am
UK cops charge Iranian men for plotting Yom Kippur terror attack in Manchester
Counterterrorism police say the two suspects obtained materials to make an IED, scouted targets; interior minister says the pair arrived in UK on a small boat, one was granted asylum
By Agencies
Wounded flydubai Flight 1073 Captain Smit Machchhar is taken off the plane after it made an emergency landing in Tabuk, northwetern Saudi Arabia, on September 30, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot, from footage used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 3, 2026, 3:39 am
Flydubai copilot attacked captain with emergency axe in ‘terrorist act,’ UAE attorney general says
Katz says he ordered cargo planes to depart to UAE to retrieve luggage of passengers affected by flight cancellations following hijacking attempt * Trump’s top national security aides reportedly held secret meeting at Camp David on Iran, Yemen
By ToI Staff
Hamam al-Hammami, the man identified as the copilot who tried to bring down a flydubai flight to Israel, in an undated image from his recently deleted LinkedIn profile.
October 3, 2026, 3:20 am
Oman reportedly banned flydubai terrorist from flying due to suspected extremism
US media names Omani copilot who attacked plane’s captain as Hamam al-Hammami; CNN says social media accounts in his name posted videos after attack that included al-Qaeda figures
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Saudi military personnel and visitors gather near armored vehicles on display before the start of an air show and military parade marking Saudi National Day in Malham, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Baraa Anwer)
October 3, 2026, 12:49 am
Saudis planning offensive to break grip of Houthis on Red Sea chokehold
Regional and Western officials say campaign will be led by Yemeni ground forces overseen by Riyadh, which will provide air support; Pakistan yet to decide whether to send troops
By Timour Azhari and Mubasher Bukhari
Mohammed Abed, 36, a Palestinian systems engineer who arrived in Mexico in 2025 with 17 family members after losing his daughter in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, prepares Palestinian food at an open-air market in the Condesa neighbourhood of Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2026. (Fred Ramos/Reuters)
October 2, 2026, 11:13 pm
Palestinians from Gaza rebuild in Mexico City through food
After losing 4-year-old daughter in IDF airstrike, Mohammed Abed fled with 17 relatives and now sells hummus, falafel and shawarma in Mexico’s capital, helping double country’s tiny Palestinian population
By Diego Oré
A giant American flag is unfurled on Lisner Hall on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, May 3, 2024, as demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
October 2, 2026, 10:26 pm
US says it’s ‘dismantling’ multimillion-dollar Hamas finance network
Treasury Department sanctions 3 people along with 2 France-based charities accused of funneling over $2 million in donations to terror group; alleged Gaza-based ringleader indicted
By AFP and Luke Tress
Electoral posters of National Rally (Rassemblement National) party with the pictures of Marine Le Pen (L) and Jordan Bardella are seen pasted on in Henin-Beaumont on June 10, 2024, a day after the European elections. (Denis Charlet/AFP)
October 2, 2026, 8:51 pm
Israel courts Europe’s far right, finding friends but also unease
Netanyahu government embraces parties once kept at arm’s length over antisemitism; former diplomats warn ties may damage Israel’s standing, harm local Jewish communities
By Shaun Tandon
Palestinians mourn around the body of Hamas militant Izz al-Din al-Bik, draped in the group’s flag with a rifle placed on top, during his funeral after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
October 2, 2026, 6:37 pm
IDF says Hamas Northern Brigade chief killed this week held 15 hostages during war
Northern Gaza Brigade chief targeted in Tuesday strike allegedly also participated in Oct. 7 attack; army says Hamas sniper killed separately in Khan Younis; Palestinian sources report additional casualties
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP
Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, speaks at the Hili Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi on September 7, 2026. (FADEL SENNA/AFP)
October 2, 2026, 5:47 pm
In first, senior UAE official calls flydubai plane attack an ‘act of terrorism’
Anwar Gargash warns against ‘simplistic interpretations’ and conspiracy theories surrounding incident; PM says Israel investigating whether attacker acted alone, warns ‘whoever sent him will pay heavy price’
By Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Baha al-Natshah, a resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab, who was killed in the West Bank on October 2, 2026. (Courtesy)
October 2, 2026, 3:11 pm
19-year-old Palestinian shot dead amid bloody day of West Bank clashes
Reports conflict as to whether settlers, IDF opened fire on teen near village of Kobar; settlers separately filmed attacking Palestinians, Israeli activists during start of olive harvest
By ToI Staff, AFP, Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
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