The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/muammar-gaddafi/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:22:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Muammar Gaddafi | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/muammar-gaddafi/ 32 32 Son of late Libyan dictator Gaddafi said killed in his home outside Tripoli https://www.timesofisrael.com/son-of-late-libyan-dictator-gaddafi-killed-officials-say/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:15:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3747648 Circumstances of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi's death not immediately clear; father Muammar ruled country for 40 years before being killed in 2011 civil war that plunged country into chaos

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]]> French court frees former president Nicolas Sarkozy from jail, pending appeal https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-court-frees-former-president-nicolas-sarkozy-from-jail-pending-appeal/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:40:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3685299 Ex-leader set to go free 20 days after beginning 5-year sentence over a scheme to secure campaign funds from Gaddafi's Libya, with appeal meaning he's again presumed innocent

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]]> Ex-French president Sarkozy starts 5-year prison sentence over funds from Gaddafi scandal https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-french-president-sarkozy-starts-5-year-prison-sentence-over-funds-from-gaddafi-scandal/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:08:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3670215 Sarkozy to be held in isolation, will get 3 visits a week, prison officials say; supporters gather outside former leader's home, as he maintains his innocence in affair

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]]> French ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years for seeking funds from Gaddafi https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-ex-president-sarkozy-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-seeking-funds-from-gaddafi/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:06:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3650428 France's former head of state convicted of criminal conspiracy for attempting to raise campaign money from Libyan strongman, with sentence to take effect immediately

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]]> Egypt’s Nasser said in 1970 he had ‘no interest’ in Palestinian cause, recording reveals https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-nasser-said-he-had-no-interest-in-palestinian-cause-recording-reveals/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:06:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3537969 Audio released by Nasser's son of conversation with Libya's Gaddafi said to raise questions among president's critics over his publicly militant persona

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]]> Legal earthquake: ICC charges against Netanyahu would be unprecedented in court’s history https://www.timesofisrael.com/legal-earthquake-icc-charges-against-netanyahu-would-be-unprecedented-in-courts-history/ Mon, 20 May 2024 17:37:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3294162 Court may take weeks or months to approve warrants. Gravest charges of crimes against humanity relate to humanitarian crisis in Gaza, alleged use of starvation as tool of war

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]]> Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says https://www.timesofisrael.com/flooding-death-toll-soars-to-11300-in-libyas-coastal-city-of-derna-aid-group-says/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 01:03:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3097028 Search efforts underway following massive flood in coastal city fed by breaching of two dams in heavy rains caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel

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]]> Daily Briefing Sept. 5: PM talks pipelines in Cyprus; no deal on judicial overhaul https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-sept-5-pm-talks-pipelines-in-cyprus-no-deal-on-judicial-overhaul/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:39:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3088556 Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses latest compromise efforts, plus PM's trip to Cyprus; Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani looks at Libyan Jewish perspective

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]]> Libya’s anti-Israel protests fueled by rage at unelected leaders clinging to power https://www.timesofisrael.com/libyas-anti-israel-protests-fueled-by-rage-at-unelected-leaders-clinging-to-power/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:19:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3082389 Though Israel certainly isn't popular, citizens have more to worry about than normalization, which is seen as a ruse by the elites to win Western support while avoiding elections

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]]> Recalling ‘cruelty’ of former homeland, some Libyan Jews cast wary eye on contacts https://www.timesofisrael.com/recalling-cruelty-of-former-homeland-some-libyan-jews-cast-wary-eye-on-contacts/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:30:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3082764 Several exiles say little to gain from Israel ties, others want access to community's forsaken heritage sites, and one man reveals his own role in years of high-level interaction

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]]> FM Mangoush seen as scapegoat for an Israel meet all Libya’s rival leaders knew about https://www.timesofisrael.com/fm-mangoush-seen-as-scapegoat-for-an-israel-meet-all-libyas-rival-leaders-knew-about/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:04:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3082744 Libya's first female foreign minister, sacked and believed to be in Turkey, has been used as 'the fall person for decisions they all partook in,' says one analyst

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]]> Peace with Libya is doubtful, but contact, aided by local Jews, started years ago https://www.timesofisrael.com/peace-with-lybia-is-doubtful-but-contact-aided-by-local-jews-started-years-ago/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 05:02:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3081970 Raphael Luzon claims he initiated the first bilateral meeting that led to the top-level meeting in Rome last week, which Tripoli now disavows

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]]> Libyan militia held suspected Lockerbie bombmaker before he was handed over to US https://www.timesofisrael.com/libya-militia-held-lockerbie-suspect-before-handover-to-us/ Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:02:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2901589 Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, explosives expert for Libya’s intelligence service, was captured in mid-November nighttime raid in Tripoli, Libyan officials reveal

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]]> Lockerbie bomb suspect announcement puts spotlight back on decades-old investigation https://www.timesofisrael.com/arrest-of-lockerbie-bomb-suspect-puts-spotlight-back-on-decades-old-investigation/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:30:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2896823 US authorities have long pursued those behind 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103, though only sought Abu Agila Mas’ud after he admitted to building explosive following 2017 arrest in Libya

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]]> Libyan Jews whose graves were bulldozed during Gaddafi era remembered in Rome https://www.timesofisrael.com/libyan-jews-whose-graves-were-bulldozed-during-gaddafi-era-remembered-in-rome/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 06:11:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2893771 Names of 1,800 deceased memorialized on series of marble plaques in Italian Jewish cemetery after former North African dictator destroyed nearly all Jewish grave sites

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