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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

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Israel repeatedly striking arms, military warehouses in Syria, reportedly airbases too

Michael Bachner, Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

IAF taking out weaponry, production sites, to ensure materiel won’t be used against Israel * PM tells hostage families Assad’s fall could help; relatives say he said ‘time ripe’ for deal

8:12 pm

Israeli strikes in Damascus today have been 'very intensive,' defense sources say
8:04 pm

Assad and family arrive in Moscow after Russia grants them asylum, Russian media reports
7:49 pm

Footage purports to show Israeli strikes targeting airbase near Syrian capital
7:38 pm

UN chief Guterres hails end of Syria's 'dictatorial regime'

MKs hail Syria developments as another blow to Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, tours Mount Bental on Israel's border with Syria along with military officers and Defense Minister Israel Katz, left, on December 8, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu claims credit for starting ‘historic’ process that led to fall of Assad regime

By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF takes control of buffer zone along border, including Syrian side of Mount Hermon, said to bomb missile research facilities, and chemical weapons stores around Damascus

Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, on December 7, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

IDF deploys in Golan buffer zone with Syria, girding for post-Assad regime chaos

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Anti-government forces drive in Syria's west-central province of Homs on December 7, 2024, on their way to the city of Homs. (Aref TAMMAWI / AFP)

Syrian rebels take Homs, advance into Damascus as Hezbollah ousted from key border city

By AP and ToI Staff

IDF soldiers near the Israeli border with Syria, December 7, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Syria rebels take areas near Israel border; IDF warns them not to ‘turn in our direction’

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

File: Then-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad looks on at his country's flag at the opening of the 16th ordinary session of Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia, May 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Assad’s fall marks end of regime that crushed dissent, fostered anti-Israel terror

By AP and ToI Staff

PM says will cooperate with 'any leadership chosen by people'

Rebels declare Damascus captured in stunning end to Assad family rule in Syria

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People celebrate in streets; Syrian president said to flee, whereabouts unknown; prime minister offers to cooperate; IDF deploys to buffer zone with Syria, bolsters border forces

An Iranian flag lies on the ground at the entrance of the Iranian embassy which damaged by opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Once staunch Assad backers, Iran and Russia now calling for deescalation in Syria

By Reuters and ToI Staff

People gather to celebrate the Syrian government fall in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, December 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

ExplainerWhere Turkey stands after Assad regime falls to Syrian opposition

By Susan Fraser and andrew wilks

Members of the Syrian community wave Syrian flags in Berlin, Germany, and celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2024. (Frank ZELLER / AFP)

Global leaders urge calm, stability after rebels oust Assad regime

A man steps on a damaged portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and late IRGC Quds Force general Qassem Soleimani as Syrians loot the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus on November 8, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Rebels storm Iranian embassy in Damascus, rip banner of Nasrallah and Soleimani

By AFP

LiveUpdated 11min ago

Israel repeatedly striking arms, military warehouses in Syria, reportedly airbases too

By Michael Bachner, Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

IAF taking out weaponry, production sites, to ensure materiel won’t be used against Israel * PM tells hostage families Assad’s fall could help; relatives say he said ‘time ripe’ for deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, tours Mount Bental on Israel's border with Syria along with military officers and Defense Minister Israel Katz, left, on December 8, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu claims credit for starting ‘historic’ process that led to fall of Assad regime

By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF takes control of buffer zone along border, including Syrian side of Mount Hermon, said to bomb missile research facilities, and chemical weapons stores around Damascus

IDF deploys in Golan buffer zone with Syria, girding for post-Assad regime chaos

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Syrian rebels take Homs, advance into Damascus as Hezbollah ousted from key border city

By AP and ToI Staff

Syria rebels take areas near Israel border; IDF warns them not to ‘turn in our direction’

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Assad’s fall marks end of regime that crushed dissent, fostered anti-Israel terror

By AP and ToI Staff

Rebels declare Damascus captured in stunning end to Assad family rule in Syria

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People celebrate in streets; Syrian president said to flee, whereabouts unknown; prime minister offers to cooperate; IDF deploys to buffer zone with Syria, bolsters border forces

Once staunch Assad backers, Iran and Russia now calling for deescalation in Syria

By Reuters and ToI Staff

ExplainerWhere Turkey stands after Assad regime falls to Syrian opposition

By Susan Fraser and andrew wilks

Global leaders urge calm, stability after rebels oust Assad regime

Rebels storm Iranian embassy in Damascus, rip banner of Nasrallah and Soleimani

By AFP

Russia says Assad has left office and fled Syria, but whereabouts remain unknown

By Agencies and ToI Staff

One report indicates ousted dictator was killed in plane crash, another hints he departed Russian base on aircraft; Syrian civilians loot his home in Damascus

A damaged portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs in the city of Qamishli, as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters on December 8, 2024. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist group led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, poses for a selfie during a press conference in the area of Bab al Hawa crossing northern Syria late on March 12, 2024. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

ProfileWho is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of insurgency that toppled Syria’s Assad?

By Kareem Chehayeb

US President-elect Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at The Elysees Presidential Palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

Trump says US should stay out of Syria civil war: ‘Let it play out’

By AFP

IDF soldiers near the Israeli border with Syria, December 7, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)Dec. 7: Foreign minister: Israel watching Syria with concern, no plans to step in

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of those held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Preparing for deal, Hamas tells fellow Gazan terror groups to identify hostages they hold

By AFP, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Israeli official says two recent propaganda videos released by Hamas of young male hostages indicate the group is looking for a comprehensive deal to free all captives

Demonstrators raise placards, including one showing a large picture of Matan Zangauker, and wave flags during an anti-government protest demanding action for the release of hostages, in Tel Aviv on December 7, 2024. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Hamas video shows Gaza hostage Zangauker for first time as thousands rally for deal

By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Protesters in Jerusalem's Paris Square rally on behalf of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, urging the government to finalize a deal for their release, November 16, 2024. (Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

‘Act swiftly and decisively’: Hostage families rallying as talks seem set to restart

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, Iraq, December 6, 2024. (Hadi Mizban/AP)

Iranian foreign minister meets with Hamas leaders in Doha

Cpt. Avraham Ben Pinchas. (IDF)

IDF soldier killed by Hamas anti-tank fire during fighting in southern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Cpt. Avraham Ben Pinchas, 24, is killed during combat in Rafah; COGAT says over 3,270 tons of flour on 218 trucks delivered to Strip in past week

IDF troops at the scene of a car-ramming attack near the West Bank's Fawwar camp, close to Hebron, December 7, 2024. (Rescuers Without Borders)

Soldier seriously hurt in West Bank ramming; attacker flees, later turns himself in

By Emanuel Fabian

Troops of the 401st Armored Brigade operate in northern Gaza's Jabalia, in a handout photo published by the military on December 4, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says it killed Hamas officers involved in Oct. 7 glider infiltration, massacres

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Smoke rises during an Israeli strike near a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians, in the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza on December 4, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

IDF says top commander in Hamas internal security forces killed in south Gaza airstrike

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Those we have lost

Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

Those We Have Lost
Livia Dickman, 24: Newlywed was pregnant with first baby

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. Tamir Barak, 19: Soldier’s uncle was killed in Yom Kippur War

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Jonathan ‘Joni’ Ken-Dror, 28: Restaurateur who was ‘larger than life’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Hodaya and Tair David, 26, 23: Sisters who held hands in last moments

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Cpt. Shir Eilat, 20: Selfless observation soldiers commander

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Berta Shamayev, 56: Sodastream worker ‘starting to live for herself’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Staff Sgt. Adi Landman, 19: Observation soldier with a love of music

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Idan Haramaty, 22: Partygoer with ‘infectious laugh and radiant smile’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Binyamin Loeb, 23: Orthodox paratrooper son of French rabbi

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Cpt. Amir Zur, 23: ‘You will always be our guardian angel’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Joseph ‘Sefi’ Genis, 30: Hi-tech success charged at terrorist unarmed

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Shachar Fridman, 21: Left ‘ethical will’ before entering Gaza

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Nadejda Spravchikov, 75: Trained chemist devotedly cared for elderly

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Cpl. Noa Marciano, 19: Soldier known for ‘dimples and smiles’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Sgt. Benji Needham, 19: UK-born champion kickboxer

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Amir Tanbora, 20: Palestinian from Sderot; Family: ‘eliminate Hamas’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
2nd Lt. Yannai Kaminka, 20: US-Israeli soldier died saving lives

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Shalev Baranes, 20: Golani soldier who loved his motorcycle

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Daniel Braslavsky, 31: ‘Funny and mischievous’ who respected everyone

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Noa Glazberg, 43: Devoted daughter ‘never stopped laughing’

By ToI Staff

Those we are missing

The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

Those we are missing
Taken captive: Shlomo Mansour, as his wife of 60 years escaped

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Karina Ariev, told parents ‘continue your lives’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Sagui Dekel-Chen spotted first incoming terrorists

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Rom Braslavski, rave guard who saved others

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Romi Gonen, after being shot in car by terrorists

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Thai field hand Watchara Sriaoun

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Itzik Elgarat, shot in his hand by Hamas terrorists

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Edan Alexander, told mother he was safe

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Tsahi Idan, terrorists promised daughter his safe return

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Hamza Ziyadne, Rahat resident working in Kibbutz Holit

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Youssef Hamis Ziyadne from Rahat

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Naama Levy, Hands of Peace project alumnus

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Ziv Berman, from his home in Kfar Aza’s young generation neighborhood

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Ariel Cunio told brother ‘We are in a horror film’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Alon Ohel, pianist’s family recorded song for him

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Amazon employee Sasha Trufanov

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Eviatar David, IDed in a Hamas photo on Telegram

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Avinatan Or, planning to move in with girlfriend

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Arbel Yehud, third generation on Kibbutz Nir Oz

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Gali Berman, from Kfar Aza’s ‘young neighborhood’

By ToI Staff

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

Ballin' hard
Innovation delivers an array of instant matzah ball options

By Rachel Ringler
Extra challenges
Jerusalem’s Sam Spiegel Film Lab launches 13th year

By Jessica Steinberg
Real TV
Actor Guri Alfi returns to the US for new episodes of ‘The New Jew’

By Jessica Steinberg
Ming leftovers
Mount Zion dig unearths 16th century Chinese porcelain bowl fragment

By Gavriel Fiske
Historic move
Jerusalem ancient citadel museum to host accessibility conference

By Jessica Steinberg
Happy ending
Former Hamas hostage Mia Schem engaged to childhood friend

By ToI Staff
Tiny treasure
Girl, 12, finds 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet on hike in central Israel

By Gavriel Fiske
Elon, watch your back?
Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

By AFP
Year of discord
October 7 reverberates at Israeli music awards

By Jessica Steinberg
Sensory arts
At Nalaga’at festival, the blind lead the public to food and fun in the dark

By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox LGBTQ+
Israel’s Nir Bergman wins director’s prize in Tallinn

By Jessica Steinberg
Fiction meets reality
3rd season of ‘Tehran,’ featuring Hugh Laurie, returns to Kan

By Jessica Steinberg
Her legacy lives on
Murdered peace activist Vivian Silver remembered with new prize

By Jessica Steinberg
'Greatest gift to Israel'
Warner Bros, Aaron Sorkin to tell story of ‘father’ of IAF

By ToI Staff
'We will dance again'
Pop stars spotlight October 7 massacre at ADL concert against hate

By ToI Staff
Counting sheep
Israelis swiftly snatch up tickets for ‘The 16th Sheep’ shows

By Jessica Steinberg
Feast of words
Book offers guide to Israel’s ethnic groups through family restaurants

By Jessica Steinberg
Fist of Jewry?
Jake Paul brings a touch of Jewish heritage to boxing

By JTA and ToI Staff
Identity crisis
Boycott calls over Israeli cast as Mary in Netflix’s Jesus mom epic

By Michael Horovitz
A royal reception
Israeli action star Lior Raz meets King Charles at London premiere

By ToI Staff

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