July 29, 2014
9:03 pm

Right-wing Israelis wave the Israeli flag during a demonstration in Rabin square in Tel Aviv, as they rally in support of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip ,July 26, 2014. (photo credit: Danielle Shitrit/FLASH90)

Over 90% of Jewish Israelis say Gaza op justified

Fewer than 4% of this month’s Peace Index poll participants think Operation Protective Edge is disproportionate

By Yifa Yaakov

July 28, 2014
11:32 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (C), and IDF Chief of Staff, Benny Gantz seen during a meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on July 26, 2014. (Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)

Israeli leaders vow to keep up Gaza operation until tunnels destroyed

Blasting Hamas for refusing ceasefires, PM, Ya’alon, Gantz urge patience for ‘lengthy campaign,’ seek demilitarized Gaza

By Yifa Yaakov

July 28, 2014
10:58 pm

A wheat field at Kibbutz Nahal Oz near the border of the Gaza Strip (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash 90)

Terrorists attempt to infiltrate kibbutz via tunnel

Army confirms one gunman killed in shootout with IDF soldiers just outside community of Nahal Oz

By Yifa Yaakov and AFP

July 28, 2014
8:45 pm

President Reuven Rivlin visiting an injured soldier in Beersheba, Monday. (photo credit: Mark Neiman/GPO)

Rivlin makes plea for unity in Ramadan greeting

New president sends bilingual message of interfaith unity, urges trust between Jews, Arabs ‘in trying times’

By Yifa Yaakov

July 28, 2014
7:48 pm

A Palestinian man, wrapped in his national flag, inspects the rubble of destroyed buildings and houses in the Shejaiya residential district of Gaza City, on July 28, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/MAHMUD HAMS)

IDF: Terrorists’ rockets hit Gaza hospital, refugee camp

Palestinians report seven killed in missile strikes on building in medical compound

By AFP and Yifa Yaakov

July 28, 2014
6:54 pm

Israeli UFC fighter Noad Lahat. (screen capture, YouTube)

Israeli UFC pro heads home to fight Hamas

Just after winning a featherweight bout in California, Noad Lahat heads to Israel to join his IDF unit in Gaza

By Yifa Yaakov

July 28, 2014
6:23 pm

Hebron-based graphic designer Bushra Shanan's imaginative take on the smoke rising over Gaza. (Facebook)

Palestinians turn smoke into art

Skies blackened by Israeli airstrikes capture the imagination of graphic artists in the Gaza Strip and West Bank

By Yifa Yaakov

July 26, 2014
12:32 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, third from left, stands with from left, Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini after their meeting regarding a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, Saturday, July 26, 2014, at the foreign ministry in Paris, France. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

IDF toll rises to 42 with 2 more deaths; Hamas breaches truce, resumes rocket fire

Israel said fuming at Kerry for ‘capitulating to Hamas’ in ceasefire efforts; two soldiers die of their wounds; Gaza death toll said to climb to 1,000 — including hundreds of Hamas gunmen

By Yifa Yaakov, Ricky Ben-David and Ilan Ben Zion

July 24, 2014
12:26 am

Parents, siblings and friends of IDF lone soldier Max Steinberg, killed in Gaza, follow his coffin to the burial on Mount Herzl on Wednesday morning, June 23 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

Two killed in clashes near Jerusalem; 15 die at UN school; rocket fire on Eilat, Tel Aviv

Europe lifts warning after US ends ban on flights to Ben-Gurion; Egypt says it foiled border attack; Gaza death toll said to pass 700, hundreds of them Hamas fighters; 150 Haman gunmen said to surrender

By Lazar Berman, Marissa Newman and Yifa Yaakov

July 23, 2014
9:01 pm

A traveler stands in front of a departure time flight board displaying various cancellations at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (photo credit: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Israeli airlines pick up some slack from canceled flights

El Al and Arkia boost flights after world airlines halt traffic to Tel Aviv, but inflated prices draw criticism

By Yifa Yaakov

July 23, 2014
12:44 am

Soldiers from the Givati brigade seen at the entrance to a Hamas 'attack tunnel' on Wednesday, July 23. The brigade's mission is to target Hamas' tunnels that cross under the Israel-Gaza border and enable Hamas terrorists to infiltrate into Israel and carry out attacks. (Photo credit: IDF Spokesperson/FLASH90)

Cabinet mulls expanded Gaza op as IDF toll reaches 32; FAA extends ban on Israel flights

Three IDF soldiers killed in Gaza; Kerry meets Netanyahu; Thai worker killed by shell; IDF finds maps, plans for terror attack in Gaza tunnel; Israeli airlines beef up after much of world suspends flights

By Ilan Ben Zion, Marissa Newman and Yifa Yaakov

July 20, 2014
4:24 pm

Reuven Rivlin at the Western Wall after winning the presidency, June 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rivlin to be inducted in modest ceremony

As Gaza operation continues, president-elect and Knesset speaker opt for scaled-down event

By Yifa Yaakov

July 20, 2014
1:59 pm

A doctored 'screenshot' of The Times of Israel's homepage, purporting to show the Israel Air Force raids on the Gaza Strip being screened on a beach in Tel Aviv. (screen capture)

No, beachgoers are not watching Gaza airstrikes on giant screens

And no, The Times of Israel did not report on it. Don’t believe everything you see on Twitter

By Yifa Yaakov

July 20, 2014
12:56 pm

The Backstreet Boys canceled their sold-out Raanana shows (Courtesy Backstreet Boys)

Backstreet Boys nix Israel shows

Concerts that had sold out within hours are postponed; no new dates announced

By Yifa Yaakov

July 19, 2014
12:14 am

This image made from video shot through a night vision scope released by the Israeli military on Friday, July 18, 2014, shows troops during the early hours of a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces)

IDF steps up hunt for Hamas terror tunnels after two soldiers killed in raid

After Major (res.) Amotz Greenberg, 45, and Sgt. Adar Barsano, 20, killed in Hamas raid, IDF intensifies search for terror tunnels, says 34 found so far. Gunman killed in southern Gaza emerging from tunnel, firing on troops. 94 rockets fired from Gaza on Saturday

By Yifa Yaakov, Itamar Sharon and Ricky Ben-David

Writer: Yifa Yaakov

Yifa Yaakov is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.

Over 90% of Jewish Israelis say Gaza op justified

Fewer than 4% of this month’s Peace Index poll participants think Operation Protective Edge is disproportionate

Israeli leaders vow to keep up Gaza operation until tunnels destroyed

Blasting Hamas for refusing ceasefires, PM, Ya’alon, Gantz urge patience for ‘lengthy campaign,’ seek demilitarized Gaza

Terrorists attempt to infiltrate kibbutz via tunnel

Army confirms one gunman killed in shootout with IDF soldiers just outside community of Nahal Oz

Rivlin makes plea for unity in Ramadan greeting

New president sends bilingual message of interfaith unity, urges trust between Jews, Arabs ‘in trying times’

IDF: Terrorists’ rockets hit Gaza hospital, refugee camp

Palestinians report seven killed in missile strikes on building in medical compound

Israeli UFC pro heads home to fight Hamas

Just after winning a featherweight bout in California, Noad Lahat heads to Israel to join his IDF unit in Gaza

Palestinians turn smoke into art

Skies blackened by Israeli airstrikes capture the imagination of graphic artists in the Gaza Strip and West Bank

IDF toll rises to 42 with 2 more deaths; Hamas breaches truce, resumes rocket fire

Israel said fuming at Kerry for ‘capitulating to Hamas’ in ceasefire efforts; two soldiers die of their wounds; Gaza death toll said to climb to 1,000 — including hundreds of Hamas gunmen

Two killed in clashes near Jerusalem; 15 die at UN school; rocket fire on Eilat, Tel Aviv

Europe lifts warning after US ends ban on flights to Ben-Gurion; Egypt says it foiled border attack; Gaza death toll said to pass 700, hundreds of them Hamas fighters; 150 Haman gunmen said to surrender

Israeli airlines pick up some slack from canceled flights

El Al and Arkia boost flights after world airlines halt traffic to Tel Aviv, but inflated prices draw criticism

Cabinet mulls expanded Gaza op as IDF toll reaches 32; FAA extends ban on Israel flights

Three IDF soldiers killed in Gaza; Kerry meets Netanyahu; Thai worker killed by shell; IDF finds maps, plans for terror attack in Gaza tunnel; Israeli airlines beef up after much of world suspends flights

Rivlin to be inducted in modest ceremony

As Gaza operation continues, president-elect and Knesset speaker opt for scaled-down event

No, beachgoers are not watching Gaza airstrikes on giant screens

And no, The Times of Israel did not report on it. Don’t believe everything you see on Twitter

Backstreet Boys nix Israel shows

Concerts that had sold out within hours are postponed; no new dates announced

IDF steps up hunt for Hamas terror tunnels after two soldiers killed in raid

After Major (res.) Amotz Greenberg, 45, and Sgt. Adar Barsano, 20, killed in Hamas raid, IDF intensifies search for terror tunnels, says 34 found so far. Gunman killed in southern Gaza emerging from tunnel, firing on troops. 94 rockets fired from Gaza on Saturday

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