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Jon and Rachel Goldberg-Polin speak at a dedication ceremony for a community fridge in memory of their son Hersh in Skokie, Illinois, on September 2, 2026. (Times of Israel staff)

September 2, 2026, 9:13 pm

First-ever kosher community fridge in the US is dedicated to slain Hamas hostage

Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents attend Chicagoland ceremony, reflecting on how project embodies their late son’s values by providing food for those in need in a dignified manner

By ToI Staff

Boats belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla depart for Gaza from the port of Marmaris, Turkey, May 14, 2026, in an attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade. (AP/Murat Kocabas)

September 2, 2026, 8:48 pm

New Gaza flotilla due to set sail in October in bid to break Israeli blockade

Ships will stop in Spain, Portugal and Italy to gather support and raise funds for their cause before departing for the Palestinian enclave

By ToI Staff

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks at a Ynet conference, September 2, 2026. (Screenshot)

September 2, 2026, 8:08 pm

Katz: Israel will facilitate emigration from Gaza ‘by any means’ as soon as Trump allows

Defense minister claims 80% of Palestinians want to leave Gaza, but nobody will take them; PM visits IDF post in Strip, says Israel won’t withdraw from territory it currently holds

By Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party and a former IDF chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Nordiya, August 31, 2026. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

September 2, 2026, 7:56 pm

Amid Oct. 7 blame game, Eisenkot says PM was unreachable for 2 hours after Syria downed F-16 in 2018

Netanyahu’s main election rival, a former IDF chief of staff, says premier ‘can blame himself’ for ‘environment’ that did not pass on Gaza intel on morning of Hamas onslaught

By ToI Staff

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Knesset House committee meeting, Jerusalem, June 8, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 2, 2026, 7:32 pm

AG says Ovadia Yosef memorial event can be held before election if it is privately funded

In letter to Religious Affairs Ministry, Baharav-Miara proposes splitting planned ceremony for late Shas spiritual leader into two separate events to assuage electioneering concern

By ToI Staff

Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate against Cafe Basimta operating on Shabbat and clash with police, while secular protesters hold a counter-demonstration in support of the cafe in central Jerusalem, August 15, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

September 2, 2026, 6:15 pm

As weekly Haredi protests take a toll, Jerusalem cafe says it may close on Saturdays

Spokesperson for Cafe Basimta says business will make decision in coming days as some fear ultra-Orthodox rallies hounding the coffeehouse may escalate out of control

By Zev Stub

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit speaks during a conference held by the Israel Bar Association, in Tel Aviv, September 2, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

September 2, 2026, 6:14 pm

Supreme Court chief blames public officials’ rhetoric for rise in attacks on judges, lawyers

Isaac Amit warns attacks on legal professionals are becoming routine, says courts have closed to public and attorneys require security escorts

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Israel's 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

September 2, 2026, 5:36 pm

Netanyahu, who set policy and held the levers of power, now seeks to pin all blame for October 7 on others

Desperate for reelection, the PM claims he was a political victim on Oct. 7, while his wife spreads a foul conspiracy theory; but there’s no escaping that the invasion took place on his watch, by a terrorist government whose rule in Gaza he insistently funded

By David Horovitz

Dean Livne, acting director-general of the Central Elections Committee, attends a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 2, 2026, 5:14 pm

Elections czar gears up to preempt any ‘speck of a claim’ of a tainted vote

Dean Livne, director general of the Central Elections Committee, details plan to fight deepfakes, protect voter privacy and release real-time data to keep polls clean on October 27

By Tal Schneider

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

General view of a water desalination facility near Rishon LeZion, central Israel, September 2, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

September 2, 2026, 4:41 pm

New masterplan needed after desalination shutdown underlines dangers of tech overreliance

Experts blast complacency, urge reviving wells, natural buffers, and conservation to lower the 80% of drinking water that comes from coastal facilities

By Sue Surkes

A man drives past a banner showing a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

September 2, 2026, 4:37 pm

Israel says it’s ready to ‘decisively’ strike Iran if attacked during upcoming holidays

‘They like to attack on Jewish holidays because, after all, they hate Jews,’ says DM; Tehran says it targeted US military sites in Gulf states, as Saudi Arabia accuses it of killing two crew members on a state-owned tanker traversing Hormuz

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A view of the Ali Taher ridge from Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 7, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

September 2, 2026, 3:23 pm

IDF says it hit Hezbollah after group launched 2 drones at troops in Lebanon

Military says explosive-laden drones aimed at forces in Ali Taher Ridge area, no soldiers injured; retaliatory attacks hit Nabatieh, 1 reportedly killed; EU countries to help train Lebanese Army

By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters

US President Donald Trump prepares to depart after speaking in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, August 31, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

September 2, 2026, 3:05 pm

Trump aides, fearing midterm rout, push to keep Iran war ‘quiet’ for now

Vance and Rubio among those said to support keeping conflict contained until after November election, after which heavier US strikes could return — but no decision made

By Nandita Bose, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)

September 2, 2026, 1:51 pm

Daily Briefing Sept. 2 – In bold Israeli op, Hamas commander nabbed in Gaza City

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the special forces mission deep inside the Gaza Strip, the IDF’s punishment of 16 Givati soldiers, and the evolving role of women in the military

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian