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Smoke rises from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona after a rocket fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon struck the city, April 16, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
April 16, 2026, 10:32 pm
Opposition, northern mayors decry imposed ceasefires as Lebanon truce declared
Ministers said to fume at only learning about truce from Trump’s announcement; Lapid, Liberman vow to remove Hezbollah threat when in government; Metula mayor says residents ‘betrayed once again’
By Michael Horovitz and Stav Levaton
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on November 23, 2025. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
November 23, 2025, 8:45 pm
At cabinet meeting, PM vows to ‘continue to strike terrorism’ wherever necessary
Hours before Beirut strike on Hezbollah military chief, ministers argue over dairy prices; education minister, key MK join protest outside meeting, demanding Israel annex West Bank
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) is seen in Gaza City on September 30, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 9, 2025, 4:15 pm
Cabinet okays NIS 3.25 billion in benefits for IDF career soldiers
Package of grants and benefits aimed at ‘strengthening the soldiers’ economic security and encouraging continued long-term service,’ says government
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on October 19, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)
October 19, 2025, 3:25 pm
‘War of Revival’: Cabinet approves Netanyahu’s controversial renaming of Gaza war
Critics say name switch is attempt by PM to evade responsibility for failures around Hamas onslaught; Lapid: ‘It remains the Oct. 7 war. Attempts to erase what happened won’t succeed’
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third from left, convenes a cabinet meeting on September 21, 2025. (Maayan Taof/GPO)
October 17, 2025, 11:41 pm
‘War of Revival’: Cabinet to vote on Netanyahu proposal to rename Gaza war
Critics say proposal to rename ‘Swords of Iron’ is an attempt to avoid blame for the events of October 7, for which the prime minister has never taken responsibility
By Ariela Karmel
Protesters demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Office as the cabinet meets on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 11:24 pm
‘War of survival’: Thousands rally in rain as cabinet meets to oust Shin Bet head
Police smash windows of cars blocking entrance to PM’s office while passengers inside; former Likud minister says Netanyahu has ‘brought destruction’ upon Israeli society
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Likud MK Haim Katz speaks at a Knesset plenary session regarding his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution, February 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2025, 6:20 pm
Tourism Minister Haim Katz tapped to run all 3 of Otzma Yehudit’s former ministries
‘Even the most diligent minister in the world cannot invest effort in four ministries at the same time,’ protests Opposition Leader Yair Lapid
By Sam Sokol
Tourism Minister Haim Katz arrives for a group picture of the new government at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
January 22, 2025, 11:39 pm
Netanyahu said planning to hand over all 3 Otzma Yehudit portfolios to Haim Katz
Prime minister ‘is once again choosing petty politics that endangers lives,’ says Yesh Atid, calling to close two of the three available ministries
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters a courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his testimony, December 23, 2024. (Reuven Kastro/POOL)
December 28, 2024, 11:44 pm
Netanyahu to undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday
Operation follows the discovery of infection in PM’s urinary tract; cabinet meeting to be held on Sunday as planned, but some days of his testimony at trial could be put off
By Lazar Berman
View of the Druze town of Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, northern Israel, February 11, 2021. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 16, 2024, 12:53 am
Cabinet approves $11 million plan to double population of Golan Heights
Money to go toward education, renewable energy, establishment of a student village, and a plan for absorbing new residents in Israel’s northern region
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Oct. 7, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 28, 2024, 3:20 pm
Cabinet meeting moved to secure underground location in wake of drone attack on PM’s home
Ministers also prohibited from bringing along advisers; future meetings expected to be held at changing locations
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024. (Yariv Katz / Pool)
June 28, 2024, 8:56 pm
Tempers fray in cabinet as Smotrich accuses IDF chief of ‘going to sleep’ on Oct. 6
Ben Gvir criticizes defense minister’s willingness to make deal with Hezbollah ‘Nazis,’ urges all-out war; Netanyahu to convene coalition heads’ forum for first time in 2 months
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, in 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 5, 2024, 4:14 pm
‘Nobody needs to tell me what to do’: PM pushes back on far-right pressure over Rafah
Netanyahu says Israel won’t agree to a hostage deal that requires ending the war; Gallant: IDF op in south Gazan city could come ‘very soon’; Ben Gvir: IDF’s hands are being tied
By Sam Sokol
Hamas terror suspects, caught during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war in Gaza, crouch on the ground in the courtyard of a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 25, 2024, 10:54 pm
Ministers okay prison visit to October 7 Hamas terrorists by foreign monitors
Israel previously resisted pressure to allows checks on those imprisoned, as Israeli hostages not receiving Red Cross visits; Ben Gvir slams decision, says it hurts sovereignty
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd left) heads the weekly cabinet meeting alongside Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs (3rd left) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (1st left) at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
February 5, 2024, 4:07 pm
Senior Likud minister: We are only ‘at start of journey’ on hostage deal talks
As US push continues, minister tells ToI no specific deal has been brought to cabinet, and that it has not agreed to a long-term ceasefire or release of large number of terrorists
By Lazar Berman
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