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Houthi supporters hold a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, July 17, 2026, against the Saudi-led coalition. The banner in Arabic reads, "All Saudi oil facilities are targets to our missiles and drones." (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

October 23, 2026, 3:53 am

Riyadh-led coalition says it downed Houthi missile targeting Saudi Arabia

Israel moves to deport 11 foreign activists who allegedly took part in uncoordinated West Bank olive harvest * Video shows cop cuffing Arab bus driver on the ground for allegedly entering crowded intersection

By ToI Staff

Settler extremists hoists weapons up in the air while dancing at a wedding in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank in October 2026. (Screen capture/X)

October 23, 2026, 2:42 am

Rifle-wielding settler extremists filmed dancing at wedding to anti-Zionist anthem

Separate video shows settlers stealing olives from trees belonging to Palestinians, while police detain foreign activists assisting with harvest for not coordinating their visit

By ToI Staff

The 'Bustan' (orchard) at the Holon Design Museum's new exhibition, The Circle, September 9, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

October 23, 2026, 1:12 am

Exhibit tackles role of design in cutting waste, protecting planet

Design Museum in central Holon encourages visitors to feel part of Earth, consider their consumer choices

By Sue Surkes

Pipe bombs found in Skyler AJ Rose's bedroom after he threatened to blow up a synagogue, from an October 21, 2026 court filing. (US District Court for the District of Utah)

October 23, 2026, 1:11 am

Utah man found with pipe bombs charged with threat to ‘blow up’ synagogue

Skyler AJ Rose allegedly searched for Jewish site in his area, posted ‘death to Israel’ and ‘heil Hitler’ on social media

By Luke Tress

Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot, right, and Likud party chairman Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 17, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)

October 23, 2026, 12:27 am

Netanyahu and Eisenkot in dead heat five days before election, final ToI poll shows

Most say they want Netanyahu to resign if he can’t form government; Eisenkot gets mixed reception at Western Wall; Kiryat Shmona mayor said to reluctantly appear in Netanyahu video

By Tal Schneider, Ariela Karmel, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Security footage shows a suspected antisemitic stabbing in New York City, October 21, 2026. (Screenshot)

October 22, 2026, 11:59 pm

NYPD investigating suspected antisemitic stabbing

Jewish man has back pierced by ‘unknown sharp object,’ is in stable condition, in 4th such attack in city since 2024

By Luke Tress

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony marking three years since the October 7 Hamas-led onslaught, at Zikim Base in southern Israel on October 5, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

October 22, 2026, 11:52 pm

Report: IDF chief says no operational need for strike on Iran before Israeli election

According to Channel 13, Zamir says ‘no indications’ of need for military action, but army would act if necessary; tensions rise as Tehran reports fresh tanker attacks in Hormuz

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustration: British Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson speaks to the class during a visit to meet students at the All Saints School in Anfield, Liverpool, January 16, 2025. (Peter Byrne, Pool Photo via AP)

October 22, 2026, 11:52 pm

UK adopts sweeping plan against antisemitism in schools; teachers union pushes back

Union accuses Israel of genocide; program includes training, education on Jewish life and improved incident reporting

By JTA, Zev Stub and ToI Staff

Mourners gather beside the grave of Muath Salama al-Baeer, a young man with a disability who state media said was killed during an early morning Israeli military incursion, during his funeral in Jamla, in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa province, Syria, October 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

October 22, 2026, 10:03 pm

Syrian man with disabilities shot dead by IDF during overnight raid in buffer zone

Army says troops opened fire after suspect kept approaching; residents say Muath Salama al-Baeer had Down syndrome and was unarmed; incident under military review

By Emanuel Fabian and AP

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ronnen presides over a court hearing, August 9, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 22, 2026, 9:23 pm

High Court rules polling station officials can’t transmit voter data to parties on election day

Ruling comes against backdrop of Likud efforts to track voter turnout in real time despite High Court decision banning the practice in September

By Jeremy Sharon

Palestinians walk along a street lined with buildings destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza City October 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

October 22, 2026, 9:21 pm

Report: Israel tells US Hamas doesn’t plan to disarm and is rebuilding its forces

Intel officials say the Palestinian terror group has up to 40,000 operatives, has strengthened its control in Gaza and restored much of its tunnel network amid stalled negotiations

By ToI Staff

President Isaac Herzog speaks at a state memorial ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, October 22, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

October 22, 2026, 9:15 pm

‘Words kill’: At Rabin memorial ceremony, Herzog pleads for civility ahead of election

President vows never to free Rabin’s killer, Yigal Amir; Netanyahu skips ceremony attended by IDF and Shin Bet chief, as well as Eisenkot, marking 31 years since 1995 assassination

By Nava Freiberg, Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Former hostage Yocheved Lifshitz holds a sign intended to stir voters on Election Day, stating, "My husband was killed in captivity, remember him in the voting booth!" (Courtesy)

October 22, 2026, 8:07 pm

At polling stations, Oct. 7 families will ask Israelis to vote with victims in mind

Yocheved Lifshitz, Gil Dickmann and others affected by disaster plan to stand outside polling centers on Election Day, urging voters to remember those killed, abducted and lost

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

IDF reserve soldiers take part in a surprise military drill in northern Israel along the border with Lebanon and Syria, November 24, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

October 22, 2026, 7:45 pm

Study: After 3 years of war, reservists face financial strain and stalled careers

Survey finds 70% of reservists have put off or abandoned career moves due to prolonged service, and only about a quarter say state assistance met their needs

By Sharon Wrobel

A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (Omar Havana/AP)

October 22, 2026, 5:39 pm

ICC wins EU’s top rights award as court faces sweeping US sanctions

Sakharov Prize goes to tribunal targeted by Trump, who vowed to dismantle it ‘brick by brick’; Europe pledges support for court’s independence

By AFP and ToI Staff