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Top: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the Likud party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem following elections on March 24, 2021, Bottom: Palestinians stand next to makeshift shelters at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2026. (AFP/Collage/Emmanuel Dunand and Bashar Tale)
June 12, 2026, 10:42 am
Gaza mediators glum on chances for breakthrough before Israeli elections in the fall
Mideast diplomats say Netanyahu’s cooperation with Trump plan diminishing as campaigning ramps up, fear he’ll renew war; US official insists Israel can be brought on board if Hamas first agrees to disarm
By Jacob Magid
Britain's Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, center, walks with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong right, and Canadian Foreign Minister, Anita Anand, in Sevenoaks, England, ,June 11, 2026. (Carl Court, Pool Photo via AP)
June 11, 2026, 5:03 pm
UK, Australia, Canada announce ‘International Peace Fund’ for Israelis and Palestinians
Three countries will each contribute £1 million annually for next three years, hope others will join initiative to ‘strengthen civil society, and support dialogue and cooperation’
By Lazar Berman
A child walks amid rubble and landfill in Gaza City, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
June 8, 2026, 10:02 pm
IDF strikes said to kill 6 in Gaza; Israel briefly closes crossings amid Iran fighting
8-year-old boy reportedly among dead in Jabalia; IDF says 3 top Islamic Jihad operatives killed in weekend strike; Cairo talks between mediators, Palestinian factions continue
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 7, 2026, 10:48 pm
Nine reported killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as Egypt hosts new round of talks
One attack hits Hamas police post in Khan Younis; IDF says another targets ‘two Hamas terrorists’ in Gaza City; terror group tells mediators Israeli strikes preventing progress
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
Police officers stand guard as pro-Palestinian demonstrators stage a demonstration against the arrival of Israeli cruise passengers in Heraklion Port, on the island of Crete, on August 28, 2025. (Photo by Costas METAXAKIS / AFP)
June 7, 2026, 1:54 pm
Greece arrests suspected Hamas operative said planning terror attack on Israeli cruise ship
Gaza man, granted asylum in Greece, was reportedly planning to target Israeli vessel due in Crete on Tuesday; material to make bombs said found in his home
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Destruction in Kibbutz Kissufim in Hamas's October 7 onslaught, on November 20, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 7, 2026, 1:26 pm
Israel says Hamas terrorist who participated in Oct. 7 attack killed in strike
Military identifies Sakr Abu Karim as commander in elite Nukhba Force who led raid on Kissufim area where 20 people were slain; Gazan authorities report 10 dead in other strikes
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Akram Awwad works on a locally manufactured toilet, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 7, 2026, 11:59 am
Gazans resort to makeshift toilets amid sanitation crisis in Strip’s vast tent camps
Without a single normal toilet in the camps, residents are forced to use communal latrines or dig their own; efforts by aid groups to supply solutions are limited, while officials blame Hamas for holding up reconstruction
By WAFAA SHURAFA and TOQA EZZIDIN
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) is seen at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 14, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations on May 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2026, 9:35 pm
Ireland bans Smotrich, Ben Gvir for anti-Palestinian remarks, flotilla actions
Irish PM cast comments by ministers as pushing for ‘elimination of Palestinians from Palestine,’ says behavior justifies sanctions at EU level
By AFP and ToI Staff
A damaged apartment in a residential building is seen after an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)
June 4, 2026, 9:35 pm
Senior Hamas officials killed in Gaza strikes, IDF says; 9 Palestinians reported dead
Military targets commanders in Hamas’s general security mechanism; Gaza medics report five members of same family killed
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)
June 4, 2026, 1:56 pm
Hamas operative indicted for allegedly holding Oron Shaul’s body in fridge in Gaza
Ibrahim Hilu said to have hidden remains of the 20-year-old IDF soldier, killed in 2014 war, until they were recovered by the IDF in January 2025
By Charlie Summers
Hamas terrorist Youssef Ayesh Awad Ramadan is seen during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, in footage published by the IDF on June 2, 2026, retouched to include the word "eliminated." (Israel Defense Forces)
June 2, 2026, 11:50 pm
Alon Ohel rejoices as IDF kills Hamas terrorist who took him and friends hostage on Oct. 7
Youssef Ayesh Awad Ramadan among those who abducted Ohel, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy from a roadside bomb shelter after killing others seeking shelter
By Emanuel Fabian, Stav Levaton, Reuters and ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)
June 2, 2026, 5:02 pm
Hamas operative who allegedly held Oron Shaul’s body in Gaza to be charged this week
Ibrahim Hilu reportedly kept the remains of the 20-year-old soldier, killed in 2014 war, in a fridge under his shop in Gaza City, where they were recovered by the IDF in January 2025
By Charlie Summers
Palestinians walking along a street surrounded by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2026. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
June 1, 2026, 2:10 pm
Gaza mediators to resume Hamas disarmament talks in Egypt looking to unblock impasse
Arab diplomats tell ToI negotiators considering alternatives to initial framework for implementing Trump’s Gaza plan in bid to jumpstart process stalled by Hamas intransigence and Israeli ceasefire violations
By Jacob Magid
An IDF soldier occupies a military position overlooking the Yellow Line in the central Gaza Strip, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 30, 2026, 9:49 pm
‘A jungle’: Reservists speak of permissive open-fire rules along Gaza’s Yellow Line
Troops say little discretion is exercised in shooting those who come near truce line, call ceasefire ‘a joke’; IDF says line clearly marked, no reason for Palestinians to approach
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed by Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 30, 2026, 5:30 pm
Hamas warns of ‘dangerous escalation’ after PM orders army to seize more Gaza land
UNICEF says move to take 70% of Strip’s territory will cause further suffering among children; Germany expresses concern over permanent division of enclave
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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