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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

2025 Israel-Iran war

Illustrative: A United Airlines flight lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, March 31, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
United to resume flights from New York to Tel Aviv on July 21; Wizz also to return
By Sharon Wrobel and AFP
US carrier originally said flights would be paused until at least July 31 due to war with Iran; low-cost carrier Wizz also expected to resume flights to Larnaca, Budapest on Aug. 8
Illustrative: Israeli Air Force soldiers pose in front of an Arrow air defense system battery, in a photo issued by the IDF on June 26, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
7 soldiers from Arrow unit detained for alleged abuse of junior troops
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli troops stand outside Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. (Marc Israel SELLEM / POOL / AFP)
High defense spending set to threaten fiscal stability and welfare services – report
By Sharon Wrobel
ToI podcastWhat Matters Now to Micah Goodman: Israel may soon remake the region
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
US President Donald Trump, left, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, July 8, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
July 9, 2025, 3:19 pm
Daily Briefing July 9: Day 642 – After PM’s 2nd Trump meeting, what’s next in Doha?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Netanyahu’s second White House meeting, which ended without announcement of a breakthrough, and sticking points in the ceasefire talks in Qatar
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Prompt to DALL-E by Shoshanna Solomon: Image of a cyborg draped in an Israeli flag that falls behind in a race with two other cyborgs, one with the UAE flag and one with the Saudi Arabia flag, as Israeli warplanes and an Iranian flag appear in the background. (Shoshanna Solomon)
July 9, 2025, 2:50 pm
Distracted Nation: As Israel focuses on wars, its neighbors are winning the AI race
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are increasingly investing money, time and effort into developing a resource that could shift the global power balance. Has Israel missed the bandwagon?
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Israeli Air Force soldiers pose in front of an Arrow air defense system battery, in a photo issued by the IDF on June 26, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 9, 2025, 1:33 pm
7 soldiers from Arrow unit detained for alleged abuse of junior troops
Around 10 new soldiers in air defense unit suspected of assaulting, including with acts of sodomy, in so-called ‘hazing’ rituals; several suspects said to claim it was ‘in jest’
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli troops stand outside Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. (Marc Israel SELLEM / POOL / AFP)
July 9, 2025, 10:03 am
High defense spending set to threaten fiscal stability and welfare services – report
Taub Center paints worrying picture of healthcare system and welfare spending gaps, with funding for security needs soaring
By Sharon Wrobel
July 9, 2025, 9:43 am
What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: Israel may soon remake the region
After 21 months of war against Hamas, the public intellectual and author weighs in on how the 12-day Israel-Iran war is rewriting the script for Israel in the Mideast
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
US President Donald Trump, right, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, July 8, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
July 9, 2025, 3:40 am
After strikes, Israel and US diverge on how to further pressure Iran
While Trump says his priority is diplomacy, source familiar with Netanyahu’s thinking says the premier wants to use more force to compel fundamental concessions from Tehran
By Samia Nakhoul
Nicolas Lerner, head of the French foreign intelligence service DGSE, speaks to French outlet LCI, July 8, 2025. (Screen capture: LCI via X)
July 9, 2025, 12:41 am
French spy chief: Uncertain where Iran’s remaining highly enriched uranium is located
Nicolas Lerner says nuclear program set back several months, could continue covertly; French diplomatic source: European powers may restore UN sanctions on Iran if no deal reached
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A United Airlines flight lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, March 31, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
July 8, 2025, 8:36 pm
United to resume flights from New York to Tel Aviv on July 21; Wizz also to return
US carrier originally said flights would be paused until at least July 31 due to war with Iran; low-cost carrier Wizz also expected to resume flights to Larnaca, Budapest on Aug. 8
By Sharon Wrobel and AFP
An Arrow anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile during Israel's 12-day conflict with Iran, in am image cleared for publication on July 1, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
July 8, 2025, 7:56 pm
Israeli military official confirms Iran missiles hit some IDF sites last month
Official tells Reuters that ‘very few’ locations were hit and that they remained functional; attacks were in addition to 36 Iranian missile impacts in populated areas
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, with their respective teams, as the White House press corps watches, July 7, 2025. (GPO)
July 8, 2025, 5:12 pm
Trump lets Netanyahu have his say on Hamas, even as he pushes for a deal to end the war
At White House meet, rather than publicly trying to force Netanyahu’s hand, the president allows the PM to explain why Hamas must not be allowed to survive. That leaves Witkoff trying to square the circle
By David Horovitz
Smoke billows from the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa, northern Israel, after an Iranian missile hit early on June 16, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 8, 2025, 4:18 pm
Interior Ministry seeks to exempt oil refinery hit by missiles from building permit
Haifa Municipality petitions High Court, says move lacks transparency and is being made over the heads of residents and elected authorities
By Sue Surkes
The home of Moody's credit rating agency, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, on Oct. 9, 2011. (AP/Henny Ray Abrams)
July 8, 2025, 2:45 pm
Moody’s keeps Israel outlook negative, citing defense costs, fragile Iran ceasefire
Global credit rating agency sees high geopolitical risks for Israel and raises concerns about the impact of elevated defense spending and weaker economic growth
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A boy looks over a Palestinian tent city in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 6, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 12:20 pm
Daily Briefing July 8: Day 641 – In DC, official says Israel may temporarily govern Strip
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and US bureau chief Jacob Magid break down remarks made before a dinner between the PM and US president, and by a senior Israeli official at a briefing
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
An Arrow anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile during Israel's 12-day conflict with Iran, in am image cleared for publication on July 1, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
July 8, 2025, 11:17 am
Wartime innovation boosts Israeli defense tech growth, drawing global interest
Reservists use their combat experience to create new technologies that meet soldiers’ needs, while Trump administration shift on NATO financing creates growing market
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) hands over a letter to US President Donald Trump as they meet at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
July 8, 2025, 11:06 am
Netanyahu surprises Trump with Nobel nomination as both leaders talk of evacuating Gazans
At White House dinner, two hail their joint successes; Trump says he’d strike Iran again, but doesn’t think it will be necessary; PM says ‘getting close’ to finding countries to take in Gazans
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
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