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The head of Hamas's military wing Muhammad Deif in an undated photo. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 2, 2024, 4:38 pm
Hamas now accepts Israel killed Muhammad Deif, has arrested 2 people, sources tell paper
Tests of mangled remains produced inconclusive results, but after months without word from military chief, terror group now acknowledges he did not survive, Asharq al-Awsat reports
By ToI Staff
IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on August 2, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 3, 2024, 2:04 am
At least 19 rockets fired at Israel from southern Gaza, the largest barrage in weeks
Salvoes set off sirens in communities near border and around Kiryat Malachi, some 65 km from Strip; IDF confirms killing deputy head of Islamic Jihad arms manufacturing unit
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with the head of the Otzma Yehudit party Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 9, 2023, 4:09 pm
Cairo sees Israel as being led by ‘2 governments,’ Egypt official reportedly says
Source says ties steady despite censure of Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit; notes Cairo distinguishes between ‘far-right government’ and international-facing Netanyahu-led leadership
By Ash Obel
Planes are grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, March 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
December 10, 2022, 9:23 pm
Report: Israel warns will bomb Beirut airport if it’s used for Iran weapon shipments
Asharq Al-Awsat, citing Israeli political sources, says Jerusalem investigating report by Saudi TV claiming Tehran transferring weapons directly to Lebanon on civilian flights
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli soldier extinguishes a fire in a field close to the southern kibbutz of Nir Am, near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 25, 2020, after it was set off by incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
August 26, 2020, 4:58 am
IDF strikes Hamas targets in southern Gaza after continued arson balloon attacks
Strikes come hours after Qatari envoy arrives in Strip bringing $30 million in cash, seeking to ease Israel-Hamas tensions
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians receive financial aid from Qatar at a post office in Gaza City, November 27, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
August 26, 2020, 2:54 am
Qatar envoy arrives in Gaza with $30 million in cash seeking to placate Hamas
Arson balloons from Gaza spark 29 fires in Israel Tuesday; airborne bomb launched by terrorists explodes in basketball court in Netivot, as escalation continues
By ToI Staff and Agencies
View of a fire near kibbutz Be'eri, caused by incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip, on August 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 25, 2020, 10:14 pm
Arson balloons from Gaza spark 29 fires in Israel Tuesday
Airborne bomb launched by terrorists explodes in basketball court in Netivot, as escalation continues
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke and flames rise in the distance after war planes belonging to the Israeli army carried out airstrikes over Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on August 20, 2020. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
August 25, 2020, 5:17 am
IDF strikes Hamas targets in southern Gaza after continued arson balloon attacks
Hamas warns no end to Gaza violence until Israel completely lifts blockade; dozens of airborne devices cause at least 36 fires in southern Israel
By ToI Staff
A volunteer attempts to extinguish a fire started by an incendiary device launched from the Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 25, 2020, 1:29 am
Four Palestinian Islamic Jihad members killed in apparent bomb-making accident
Hamas warns no end to Gaza violence until Israel completely lifts blockade; dozens of arson balloons cause at least 36 fires in southern Israel
By ToI Staff
A suspected balloon-borne explosive device lands outside a community in the Hof Ashkelon region of southern Israel on August 24, 2020. (Israel Police)
August 24, 2020, 8:10 pm
Suspected Gaza bomb lands in air force base as Israel threatens to up reprisals
At least 36 fires sparked in southern Israel by airborne arson attacks from the Strip as tensions rise along the border
By Judah Ari Gross
Head of the IDF Southern Command Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi oversees an operation to assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata on November 12, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 24, 2020, 11:48 am
IDF Southern Command chief in Qatar to discuss Gaza ceasefire – report
London-based Asharq al-Awsat cites Israeli intelligence sources as saying Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi laid out terms for a truce that will be presented to Hamas officials in Doha
By Judah Ari Gross
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, speaks to reporters as he closes the US-sponsored Middle East economic conference "Peace to Prosperity Workshop" in the Bahraini capital Manama on June 26, 2019. (SHAUN TANDON / AFP)
June 27, 2019, 2:39 pm
Kushner hails Bahrain conference as ‘tremendous success’
Trump adviser says his ‘detailed and reasonable’ plan to revive Palestinian economy was well received by workshop attendees, says $50 billion stimulus package not a bribe
By ToI Staff
Russian Federation Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 1, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 2, 2019, 9:54 am
Israel, US to suggest legitimizing Assad if Russia curbs Iran in Syria – report
Arabic newspaper quotes Western diplomats on proposal regarding Syrian leader at upcoming meeting in Jerusalem of US, Israeli, Russian national security advisers
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid of the Blue and White party give a joint a statement in Tel Aviv on February 21, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 24, 2019, 6:21 am
Arabic press sees threat to Netanyahu in Gantz: 5 things from the past week
Saudi-owned newspaper reports centrist merger has aroused ‘alarm’ in Israeli right leadership; Morocco dismisses report of Netanyahu-Moroccan FM meeting as ‘rumors’
By Adam Rasgon
Iran army chief of staff Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, left, looks into binoculars as he visits and other senior officers from the Iranian military on a front line in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria, October 20, 2017, in a photo provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
October 6, 2018, 11:04 am
Russia seeking communications channel between Israel, Iran in Syria — report
Government source tells Arabic daily Moscow could serve as mediator to alleviate regional tensions
By ToI Staff
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