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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

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Hamas leader in Gaza killed in Israeli strike on hospital as IDF widens offensive

Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

Army says 3rd division moving south, preparing to enter fight * 3 arrested amid protests outside PM’s home * Shin Bet seems to confirm, then denies probing Kahanist infiltration into police

12:24 am

Lawmakers allocate NIS 3.5 billion for upgrading wastewater infrastructure for farmers
12:00 am

Shin Bet now denying report on probe into Kahanist cops; Ben Gvir urges putting Bar in dock
11:46 pm

Hamas confirms senior official killed in hospital attack
11:42 pm

UTJ head Goldknopf denounced over video of him dancing to draft dodger song

Ousting her could take weeks, will be challenged in court

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (center) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Ministers unanimously vote no confidence in AG, beginning formal process to dismiss her

By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol

Justice minister claims Gali Baharav-Miara caused rift with government by blocking its policies; she says it ‘seeks to be above the law,’ wants unlimited power; demonstrations grow

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the swearing in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the Israeli President's residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Government seeking to operate ‘above the law,’ AG charges ahead of no-confidence vote

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Benny Begin (L) with Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset in 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Benny Begin, ex-minister and son of Likud founder, warns government is ending democracy

Israelis attend a protest march against the firing of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara in Jerusalem, March 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Protesters march in Jerusalem as cabinet prepares for motion of no-confidence in AG

Protesters clash with police during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to oust Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Jerusalem, March 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Poll: 63% of public fears for Israeli democracy as government votes to fire Shin Bet head

LiveUpdated 56min ago

Hamas leader in Gaza killed in Israeli strike on hospital as IDF widens offensive

By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

Army says 3rd division moving south, preparing to enter fight * 3 arrested amid protests outside PM’s home * Shin Bet seems to confirm, then denies probing Kahanist infiltration into police

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (center) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Ministers unanimously vote no confidence in AG, beginning formal process to dismiss her

By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol

Justice minister claims Gali Baharav-Miara caused rift with government by blocking its policies; she says it ‘seeks to be above the law,’ wants unlimited power; demonstrations grow

Government seeking to operate ‘above the law,’ AG charges ahead of no-confidence vote

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Benny Begin, ex-minister and son of Likud founder, warns government is ending democracy

Protesters march in Jerusalem as cabinet prepares for motion of no-confidence in AG

Poll: 63% of public fears for Israeli democracy as government votes to fire Shin Bet head

Mahmoud Abu Watfa, the head of Hamas-led Ministry of Interior, accompanied by Hamas policemen, in Gaza in March 2025. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Analysis

Israel’s strikes on Hamas leaders in recent days haven’t hit key military commanders

Officials killed since war resumed were not leading fighting forces against IDF, but securing terror group’s grip over Gaza’s populace. The likes of Mohammed Sinwar are underground

Senior Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil. (Courtesy)

IDF strike in south Gaza kills senior Hamas official; ground ops restart in Beit Hanoun

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Palestinians inspect the rubble following an Israeli strike on a fishing harbor in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP)

Fatah urges Hamas to cede power in Gaza to safeguard ‘Palestinians’ existence’

By AFP and ToI Staff

US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff on Fox News, March 23, 2025. (Screenshot, Fox News)

Witkoff says Hamas may have ‘duped’ him into thinking it was interested in deal

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Trump envoy says resumption of war ‘is on Hamas’ for not agreeing to his ‘bridge’ offer; top security official Waltz says US wants ‘full dismantlement’ of Iran’s nuke program

US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff is interviewed on Tucker Carlson's podcast on March 21, 2025. (Screen capture/X)

Witkoff: Hamas isn’t ideologically intractable, Gaza conflict can end through dialogue

Palestinians queue to receive food aid from an UNRWA distribution center at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 3, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Israel to discuss taking full military control of Gaza with senior US officials: source

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer attends a Knesset plenum session on January 22, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Hostage negotiating team said displeased by conduct of new leader tapped by Netanyahu

Police clash with protesters in Jerusalem as thousands march against government

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

As cabinet votes no confidence in Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, thousands march across the capital towards Netanyahu’s private house, where police arrest at least three

Anti-government protesters clash with police during a protest outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on March 23, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Anti-government protesters rally at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2025. (Amir Goldstein / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Over 100,000 nationwide protest renewed Gaza fighting, Shin Bet chief’s ouster

By Noam Lehmann, Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid addresses a rally against the government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2025. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)March 22: Addressing Tel Aviv rally, Lapid and Golan urge strike if gov’t defies court

Released hostage Gadi Mozes speaks in a television interview broadcast March 20, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

Gadi Mozes recounts 482 days of solitary captivity: ‘Everything was psychological abuse’

Those we have lost

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

Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Valentin Ghnassia, 22: French ‘ray of sun’ volunteered for IDF

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Cpt. Eily Adany, 21: Platoon commander ‘gave everything to his soldiers’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
First Sgt. Sharon Rahmani, 34: Police officer also had law degree

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Staff Sgt. Eliasaf Ben Porat, 21: Immortalized by his trance tracks

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Mark Peretz, 51: Father slain while trying to rescue his daughter

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Maj. Moti Shamir, 29: Officer never got to meet his baby daughter

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Alex Samoilov, 28, Victoria Brandis, 22: Worked as rave security

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Dvir Rossler, 21: Golani soldier had ‘strength and charisma’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Nissim Levi, 30: Deliveryman attended music festivals to ‘feel alive’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Sgt. First Class Aviel Melkamu, 21: He left a twin and a list of dreams

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. Emil Samoylov, 22: Lone soldier immigrated from Russia to enlist

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Binyamin Rachamim, 52: Father of 9 murdered on his way to synagogue

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Chief Supt. Avi Amar, 54: Hero officer’s final hug caught on film

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Eliyahu Margalit, 75: Cattle breeder, horse lover known as ‘Churchill’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
David Kazir, 72: Raiser of pigeons and ‘uniting center’ of his family

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Alexander Masliy, 21: Combat engineer ‘loved this country’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Col. Jonathan Steinberg, 42: Commander and consummate family man

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Eliyahu Orgad, 72: Grandfather who was ‘a true intellectual’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. Kiril Brodski, 19: Motorcycle enthusiast and devoted friend

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Gideon and Noa Chiell, 24 & 27: Siblings with matching tattoos

By ToI Staff

Those we are missing

The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

Those we are missing
Taken captive: Evyatar David, IDed in a Hamas photo on Telegram

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: Rom Braslavski, rave guard who saved others

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Segev Kalfon, last seen running across Highway 232

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Elkana Bohbot, young son asking, ‘Where’s Daddy?’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Matan Zangauker ‘is a survivor’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Omri Miran, driven in his own car to Gaza

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Nimrod Cohen, twin working to bring him home

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Bar Kupershtein, last seen tied up by Hamas

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Eitan Mor, guard at rave who helped save others

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Yosef-Haim Ohana, helped injured at Supernova rave

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Guy Gilboa-Dalal, took a selfie with his brother for mom

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Maxim Herkin, was attending his first trance rave

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: David Cunio, abducted from burning house

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

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Tamir Nimrodi, walked by gunmen to base gate

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Bipin Joshi, Nepalese student who deflected grenades

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: Edan Alexander, told mother he was safe

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

By ToI Staff

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

If he were a rich man
Trump, taking over Kennedy center, says ‘Fiddler’ one of his favs

By PHILISSA CRAMER
Film review
Even Gal Gadot can’t hold this live-action Snow White together

By Jake Coyle
Ring bling
Netanyahu gifts silver-plated pager to visiting US Senator Fetterman

By Ben Sales
Back home
NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stranded in space

By Issam Ahmed
Sabra star
Gal Gadot is first Israeli actor to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

By ToI Staff
A round number
Israeli physicist sets national Pi memorization record

By Diana Bletter
Die-hard fans
Hostages feted as they attend first soccer games since release

By Michael Horovitz
Reaching for the stars
9 tiny satellites built by Israeli students blast off into space

By ToI Staff
Roaring trade
Police rescue lion cub, monkey from illegal animal traders

By ToI Staff
The sun will come out
‘Eretz Nehederet’ cast and Hanan Ben Ari sing for hostage Alon Ohel

By Jessica Steinberg
He says he's not dead
Still upright at 85, John Cleese to bring sit-down comedy to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg
Pie high
Haifa, Jerusalem pizzerias make 50 Top Pizza list for Asia-Pacific region

By Jessica Steinberg
Fan favorite
Israeli hit show ‘Fauda’ to start filming fifth season

By Jessica Steinberg
A real Pole
Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship after film wins Oscar

By Shira Li Bartov
That was Yeezy
Adidas sells last Kanye West shoes, donates some proceeds to charity

By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Classroom mode
Tel Aviv schools to ban smartphones starting in September

By AFP
Israelis by choice
Anu Museum introduces pilot program for veteran immigrants

By Jessica Steinberg
Ray of sunshine
Sagui Dekel-Chen sings song of hope to remaining hostages

By ToI Staff
Superman
Idan Amedi onstage for 1st major show since being wounded in Gaza

By ToI Staff
Women warriors
Hostages’ mothers, wives and sisters honored on Int. Women’s Day

By Jessica Steinberg

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