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Sinwar: 'Tell Israelis I'm readying huge surprise for them'
Days before Oct. 7, UAE leader warned Netanyahu Hamas was planning war, but PM did nothing with info – report
Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Yahya Sinwar, center and Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90/ File, AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Stav Levaton
In month before massacre, Sinwar said to convey message via UAE he was ready to launch 'earthquake' amid moribund talks with Israel, PM didn't inform Shin Bet of Emirati president's warning; Netanyahu: 'Total lie'
Jacob Magid
Inside story
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US wanted Hamas to start disarming before Knesset election, but it’ll have to wait
Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner seen during a joint press conference with Ukrainian president following their talks in Kyiv on September 6, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Kushner: Israel acting ‘a little irrational’ on Gaza due to upcoming election
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Reuters
An IDF soldier is seen operating in the West Bank, early September 8, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 8, 2026, 8:55 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled ‘significant’ terror network in West Bank, Jerusalem
Over 30 Palestinian suspects detained; 5 Jerusalemites charged with slew of security offenses; IDF says troops killed Palestinian who attacked them during attempt to question him
By Emanuel Fabian
Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza under the US-backed “Board of Peace” tasked with implementing the October 2025 ceasefire plan, speaks at the Hili Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi on September 7, 2026. (FADEL SENNA/AFP)
September 7, 2026, 4:38 pm
Mladenov: Gaza deadlock, West Bank escalation making two-state solution ‘impossible’
Board of Peace high representative says ‘no credible pathway forward to a political resolution of the conflict’ unless Strip moves forward with Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal
By AFP and ToI Staff
Abdallah Nabhan, an aid worker in Gaza killed in April 2024. (Courtesy)
September 7, 2026, 5:16 am
Israel demands Belgium apologize after Gaza aid worker’s possible Hamas link emerges
Brussels had condemned April 2024 strike that killed employee of Belgium agency, who is seen in uniform and described as a ‘mujahid’ in a Hamas-linked channel’s post
By Nava Freiberg
Jewish men build temporary housing units made from shipping containers in the Chavat Meir La’Aretz outpost in the West Bank, March 12, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
September 7, 2026, 12:17 am
Netanyahu orders some West Bank outposts removed, amid US pressure over settler attacks
Not clear when move was ordered or will be carried out; 2 settlers arrested over Qusra violence, as High Court, considering separate attack, says phenomenon violates Israeli, Jewish principles of justice; IDF raids Hamas cell, finds rocket
By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian, Jeremy Sharon and Agencies
The Israeli army demolishes buildings east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
September 4, 2026, 7:18 pm
IDF says it killed a Hamas commander who led Oct. 7 assault on border post
Military says Mohammad Mahmoud Marshad al-Qadi also held hostages; captured Hamas internal security chief said cooperating with interrogators, providing ‘intelligence gold mine’
By Emanuel Fabian, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks at a Ynet conference, September 2, 2026. (Screenshot)
September 2, 2026, 8:08 pm
Katz: Israel will facilitate emigration from Gaza ‘by any means’ as soon as Trump allows
Defense minister claims 80% of Palestinians want to leave Gaza, but nobody will take them; PM visits IDF post in Strip, says Israel won’t withdraw from territory it currently holds
By Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
Muein al-Arabid, head of Hamas's internal security apparatus, was captured by Israel on September 1, 2026. (Social media/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 1, 2026, 9:28 pm
Israel confirms capturing Hamas internal security chief in Gaza City raid
Special forces from Shin Bet descend on building in Strip, nab Muein al-Arabid in ‘bold operation,’ PM, military, and security agency say
By Emanuel Fabian
After a three-year closure due to war, Israel's northernmost community of Metula celebrates a first day of school, September 1, 2026. (courtesy)
September 1, 2026, 4:52 pm
‘That’s victory’: In battle-scarred Metula, a reopened school offers hope on the border
School is again in session in Israel’s northernmost community, after 65% of its residents came back to live amid telltale signs of war. It was a celebration three years in the making
By Diana Bletter
People gather near a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on September 1, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 1:52 pm
IDF strikes Gaza as Hamas official captured in reported raid by Israel-backed militia
Military carries out heavy wave of strikes, says it struck targets to ‘remove threats to security forces’ amid apparent operation by anti-Hamas armed group; 3 said killed
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
Adi Rotem, a retired Shin Bet hostage negotiator, in a Channel 12 interview, August 29, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 30, 2026, 12:27 am
Shin Bet veteran confirms he held talks with Hamas’s Hamad; political echelon approved
Adi Rotem says resort to direct channel initiated because mediator Qatar was clearly acting in bad faith, talks were going in circles; Hamas captors killing 6 hostages in August 2024 was ‘the last straw’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian mourners carry the body of a man killed by the Israeli army, during his funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 29, 2026, 9:34 pm
IDF says strike on Gaza hospital compound killed Hamas commander
Unnamed commander accused of advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians; military reports killing another Hamas commander and a sniper in strike on Friday
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers remove the body of a Palestinian killed in an air strike from a house under construction, on the western outskirts of the northern city of Jenin, in the West Bank on August 28, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH/AFP)
August 28, 2026, 10:30 pm
In rare West Bank airstrike, IDF says it killed 3 Palestinian terror operatives
Strike targets Qais Bitawi, who Shin Bet says was head of Hamas activity in Jenin, and two accomplices; PM and defense minister praise operation as success
By Emanuel Fabian
An image from 'The Campaign,' an investigative documentary examining the anti-Israel Hamas social media campaign (Courtesy)
August 28, 2026, 5:16 am
A new documentary finds orchestrating hands behind global online hate after October 7
‘The Campaign,’ based on Warren Kinsella’s ‘The Hidden Hand,’ weaves in-depth interviews with investigative reporting to reveal a social media movement that spread anti-Israel messaging, fueling antisemitism
By Jessica Steinberg
Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a polling station in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026, amid the Likud primary elections. Right: Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's political bureau, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, October 26, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, AP/Bilal Hussein)
August 27, 2026, 5:57 pm
Netanyahu held secret talks with Hamas during 2014 Gaza war, report says; PM’s office denies
PM’s envoy reportedly spoke with terror official Ghazi Hamad, unbeknownst to official negotiators; in Gaza, IDF strikes kill Oct. 7 invaders, target Hamas ‘ambush position’
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Ex-hostage Evyatar David speaks to CNN, in an interview aired August 26, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 27, 2026, 2:30 pm
Ex-hostage Evyatar David says he still wakes with nightmares, almost a year after return
Former captive says government not providing enough help, tells CNN his Hamas guards were ‘eating cakes and drinking tea’ as they starved him in Gaza tunnel
By ToI Staff
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