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Screen grab from video of Mira Shoshani, a senior Shin Bet agent whose daughter was murdered on October 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as she speaks to Channel 12 in an interview broadcast September 16, 2026. (Channel 12)
Shin Bet’s most senior female agent speaks of how she heard daughter die on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Mira Shoshani was in Kfar Aza when terrorists invaded, but to this day mourns being unable to save Ofir, an off-duty soldier who was murdered in her home in the kibbutz
Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a press conference in the Knesset, May 10, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2026, 10:54 pm
Levin allows Shin Bet final say on providing security to political party chiefs
Justice minister makes decision unilaterally after no other ministers show up to committee hearing; parties of Eisenkot, Golan have demanded protection, citing threats
By ToI Staff
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
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)
September 8, 2026, 1:59 pm
Days before Oct. 7, UAE leader warned Netanyahu Hamas was planning war, but PM did nothing with info – report
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’; Eisenkot: He’s unfit for office
By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Stav Levaton
Yaqoub Shibli (right) being arrested by police on August 16 for allegedly pledging allegiance to ISIS. (Screenshot/Israel Police)
September 7, 2026, 11:28 am
Teen from northern Bedouin town charged with pledging allegiance to Islamic State
Yaqoub Shibli, 19, consumed online ISIS content, say police and Shin Bet, in latest in string of arrests of Israeli youth associating with terror group
By Noam Lehmann
Palestinians inspect burned-out cars after an attack by settlers, where they also spray-painted Hebrew graffiti on the walls of a house in Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
September 5, 2026, 2:23 am
‘Doing the minimum:’ IDF said angry at Shin Bet for not taking settler violence seriously
Army official tells Israeli TV that the security agency is ‘not providing us with intelligence or early warnings,’ suggests political leaders ‘prefer the current situation continues’
By ToI Staff
Artyom Kirpichenok. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 4, 2026, 4:15 pm
Russian reports say dual citizen historian indicted by Israel for security offenses
Reports on Artyom Kirpichenok, missing since arriving in Israel last month, come same day as indictment filed against unnamed Israeli civilian involved in foreign influence campaign
By Emanuel Fabian
Moshe Feiglin attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, August 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 4, 2026, 2:56 pm
How far-right outcast Moshe Feiglin resurrected his political career
After years on the political fringes, the fundamentalist whom Netanyahu once pushed out of Likud has secured spot No. 2 on Smotrich’s slate, putting a senior ministerial post well within his reach
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Palestinians inspect burned-out cars after an attack by settlers, where they also spray-painted Hebrew graffiti on the walls of a house in Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 2:24 am
US issues harsher censure of ‘West Bank violence,’ without explicitly blaming Israel
Washington urges legal action against perpetrators, but doesn’t use the word ‘settler’; 2 Palestinians reportedly shot dead after security forces enter village to find missing pets
By Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
Illustrative: Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during a military operation to regain control of a village outside Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, file)
September 2, 2026, 5:12 pm
Former IDF soldier charged with training to fight abroad with Islamic State
Indictment charges that Khamis Sawaed, from the Bedouin village of Hussniyya, became interested in ISIS in 2023 and was planning to travel to Syria or Africa to join group
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit presides over a court hearing, August 26, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 30, 2026, 11:05 pm
High Court suggests Shin Bet chief ‘reconsider’ demand to reveal petitioners’ names
Court president Amit says Zini’s demand petitioners against his appointment disclose their names ‘not doing him any good’; court has previously said petitioners must reveal names
By Jeremy Sharon
Artyom Kirpichenok. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 30, 2026, 3:05 pm
Russia appeals to UN over Israel’s ‘arbitrary’ detention of Russian-Israeli historian
Israel-critical Artyom Kirpichenok has been missing since arriving in Tel Aviv on Aug. 4, with Moscow claiming he is being held by the Shin Bet over his ‘political views’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Yair Netanyahu at a court hearing on his request for a restraining order against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav at the Jerusalem District Court in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 29, 2026, 10:39 pm
Shin Bet confirms spiriting Yair Netanyahu back from Miami due to ‘significant threat’
Security agency doesn’t specify nature of threat to harm PM’s son or who was behind it, days after Netanyahu said Iran tried to ‘murder one of my sons’
By ToI Staff
Hamas official Ghazi Hamad and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar. (Collage/AP)
August 29, 2026, 1:47 am
Secret, direct channel between Israel and Hamas credited for enabling Jan. 2025 hostage deal
Israeli TV reveals further details about Netanyahu’s authorization of direct talks between Shin Bet and the terror group, which began after it executed six hostages in August 2024
By ToI Staff
The family of missing girl Haymanut Kasau meet with President Isaac Herzog (center) in his office in Jerusalem on August 25, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 25, 2026, 11:56 pm
Shin Bet confirms joining police probe into case of missing girl Haymanut Kasau
Herzog meets with family of girl who went missing from absorption center in Safed more than two years ago, vows that case is a ‘top priority for law enforcement’
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security detail seen with his gun drawn near beachgoers as his team clears the area ahead of the premier's arrival to Charles Clore Beach, to film a video hailing the finding of the Altalena cargo ship, August 24, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 25, 2026, 10:32 am
Netanyahu guard appears to raise gun near beachgoers while clearing area to film video
In second such incident within a week, Shin Bet says weapon was only raised because officer was climbing stairs, and posed no risk, as Tel Aviv shore secured for PM’s arrival
By ToI Staff
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