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At the Nova rave site in Re'im on January 16, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Oct. 7 survivors and bereaved to hold separate commemorations at Nova site, Tel Aviv
By Jessica Steinberg
Kumu, formed by October 7 mourners, and Nova Tribe community each plan ceremonies on anniversary of the 2023 Hamas terrorist attack, timed so that both can be attended
Anti-Zionist protesters wearing Hamas headbands outside Baruch College, in New York City, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
Alleged Hamas fundraiser to undercover agent: I have a network in New York
By Luke Tress
United States ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, March 11, 2026. (Seth Wenig/AP)
American envoy to UN: US having ‘tough conversations’ with Israel
By ToI Staff
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An Arkia plane takes off at Ben Gurion Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, May 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 2, 2026, 10:58 am
Arkia, Israir indicate UAE rescue flights are a go after El Al scraps its Friday repatriations
Statement from flagship carrier says Israeli airline’s landing permit was revoked, but other airlines now say they have the necessary approvals to fly
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
Ynon Kreiz poses for a portrait during the 96th Academy Awards Oscar nominees luncheon on February 12, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP/Chris Pizzello)
October 2, 2026, 9:34 am
Israeli-American Ynon Kreiz, a cost-cutter, tapped as co-CEO of Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery
Kreiz, who lived in Israel until his mid-20s, known for launching the blockbuster ‘Barbie’ movie is now expected to bring fiscal discipline to media giant
By Reuters and Amy Spiro
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)
October 2, 2026, 9:32 am
IDF steps up combat training for troops behind front lines after Oct. 7 exposes gaps
New military school provides ‘infantry-oriented’ training for soldiers from medical, logistics, maintenance, comms, HR, and even rabbinate units, citing lessons from Hamas massacre
By Emanuel Fabian
President of French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) Jordan Bardella arrives for an election night event for the French Senate, in La Seyne-sur-Mer, southern France, on 27 September 2026. (Thibaud MORITZ/AFP)
October 2, 2026, 6:38 am
French outlet says it published images of far-right leader’s antisemitic messages
Investigative reporters say it has been able to authenticate messages from 2013, in which Jordan Bardella claims, among other things, that Jews have to ‘dominate other peoples’
By AFP
A children's "Beetlejuice" costume formerly listed on the Zara website which was compared to prison garb worn by inmates in Nazi concentration camps. (Zara)
October 2, 2026, 4:43 am
Zara pulls Halloween costume likened to uniform for inmates at concentration camps
Costume resembling garb worn by ‘Beetlejuice’ removed after raising eyebrows online; claims conference head says repeated incidents by firm show need for Holocaust education
By Gabe Kahn
Tennis balls with stickers of the Palestine flag and the text, “#StopTheGame,” are removed from the field after being thrown by protesters during the UEFA Nations League, Group B3 match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on October 1, 2026. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
October 2, 2026, 3:56 am
Protesters throw tennis balls, call on Ireland to boycott 2nd match against Israel
Balls bearing Palestinian flag thrown on to pitch during Ireland-Austria game prompting timeout, man with Palestinian flag runs onto pitch when match resumes
By AP
Motorcyclists drive past a billboard depicting a Persian legendary hero and flying figure hitting US aircraft carriers alongside the message in English and Farsi: “From the Persian Gulf a new power rises,” “The army of Satan will be drowned in the Persian Gulf," during a state-organized motorcycle parade called “Janfada,” meaning “Sacrifice for Iran,”, in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 2, 2026, 2:29 am
US sanctions target Iran’s auto, rail sectors as blockade chokes shipping lanes
Rubio reportedly orders Iranian FM to.leave US, but delegation claims they were on their way out anyway; amid stalled talks with Tehran, Trump says he may need to ‘blow them up’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Passengers disembark from a flydubai Boeing 737 MAX from Dubai to Tel Aviv which landed at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia, September 30, 2026. The rudder shows damage. The flight suffered an emergency mid-air, with the copilot subdued after stabbing the captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane full of Israelis, September 30, 2026 (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 2, 2026, 1:07 am
Before flydubai attack, dozens of Omani pilots flew to TLV despite ban — report
Report says pilots from nations without Israel ties are prohibited from flying into country, but authorities trusted airlines to enforce rule and Shin Bet did no background checks
By ToI Staff
Captain Smit Machchhar (left) speaks by video chat to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on October 2, 2026. (Screenshot via X)
October 2, 2026, 1:06 am
‘I was not going to let others die’: Flydubai pilot recounts opening cockpit door with ‘one last push’
Small plane crashes near Kafr Qara in north; one dead, another injured * US congressman calls for release of Marwan Barghouti * 25-year-old Arab Israeli suspected of spying for Iran
By ToI Staff
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)
October 2, 2026, 12:30 am
The wounded captain, the bound attacker, shouts for a doctor and a pilot: New video shows chaos on flydubai flight
Captain Machchhar filmed explaining he can no longer squeeze his hand shut, after copilot ‘hit me so many times’; footage also shows passengers and crew guarding assailant: ‘This is terrorist, you understand?’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) director Ben Davis, 2026. (The Italian Insider/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 1, 2026, 11:35 pm
Senior UN agency figure claims he lost job for criticizing Israel on Gaza
Food and Agriculture Organization director accused of breaking impartiality over ‘silent protests’; Israeli diplomat said to have provided video that led to his dismissal
By AFP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of masked people throwing stones in the West Bank village of Yasuf, October 1, 2026. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 1, 2026, 11:05 pm
Palestinian reportedly shot dead by settlers in West Bank amid olive harvest clashes
Violence hits village of Yasuf; police open probe after Palestinians stone Israeli hikers; PA later says settlers killed resident; elsewhere, settlers attack Israeli rights activists, 5 injured
By Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and AFP
British police officers stand at a checkpoint near RAF Fairford airbase, in Fairford, England September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
October 1, 2026, 9:20 pm
UK-Iranian dual national arrested in London over suspected terror plot against US-run airbase
British cops question another suspect under caution, search properties in capital as part of ‘hugely complex’ investigation; Netanyahu: Israel provided intel before UK announced settlement sanctions
By Agencies
A composite of 170 Gazans who, according to the IDF, were identified as journalists but who were in fact members of terror groups, October 1, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 1, 2026, 9:06 pm
IDF documents terror affiliations of 170 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza war
Army’s online database lists Palestinians who worked for major international media outlets, which it slams for ‘repeatedly accusing Israel… of deliberately harming journalists’
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with passengers who helped thwart a copilot's September 30, 2026, attack on a flydubai plane, at his office on October 1, 2026. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 1, 2026, 8:38 pm
Netanyahu says Omani copilot who tried to bring down flight ‘underwent Islamist radical indoctrination’
Official tells ToI that copilot’s social media ‘talks about killing Jews’; after passenger hero tells Netanyahu assailant called out ‘kill me, kill me,’ PM says this makes it ‘clear he was suicidal’
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman
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