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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Amir Ohana

Left to right: Benny Gantz (Miriam Alster/Flash90), Yair Lapid (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90), Bezalel Smotrich. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 28, 2024, 11:07 pm
Politicians across spectrum praise assassination of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah
Opposition leaders join ministers to laud ‘important achievement’ of killing Lebanese terror leader, though left-wing MK Merav Michaeli says government still broadly unfit
By Sam Sokol
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik in the Knesset on May 19, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
May 19, 2024, 5:31 pm
At Knesset, GOP lawmaker warns Oct. 7 ‘could happen in US’ if Israel not victorious
Addressing MKs, Elise Stefanik slams Biden’s decision to pause arms shipment over Rafah op, praises Trump’s ‘historic support’ for Israel
By Sam Sokol
Israel's Annual Independence Day ceremony begins at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024. The ceremony was prerecorded this year, without a live audience. (Video screenshot)
May 14, 2024, 5:05 am
With subdued state ceremony, Israel begins marking a somber 76th Independence Day
Torch-lighting pre-recorded for first time since COVID, amid reports government organizers wanted to avoid heckling of Netanyahu, other ministers as seen at Memorial Day events
By Sam Sokol
IDF soldiers stand to attention as the memorial siren sounds during the ceremony marking Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
May 12, 2024, 11:46 pm
‘A tear in the heart of Israel’: Nation marks a visceral post-October 7 Memorial Day
Army chief: ‘IDF failed on Oct. 7; I am responsible for those who fell; I will never forget’; Knesset speaker: Attack was ‘one of most horrific manifestations of evil in history’
By Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
The 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 5, 2024, 8:21 pm
Independence Day preparations disrupted by clash between minister, Knesset speaker
Amir Ohana cancels participation of Knesset Guard in annual torch-lighting ceremony after Miri Regev reportedly informs him he will not be giving speech at event
By Sam Sokol
Israelis protest in Jerusalem against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and for the release of the hostages on April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
April 3, 2024, 1:00 pm
Shin Bet chief on Jerusalem clashes: Violent protests could lead to ‘dangerous places’
Ronen Bar slammed by right-wing ministers for lax security around Netanyahu, as rioting at demonstration draws cold response even from some government opponents
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Likud leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to testify before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 7, 2024, 12:51 pm
How the damning findings of the Meron disaster inquiry are good for Netanyahu
In normal circumstances, a prime minister blamed for the deaths of 45 people would have packed up and gone — but not this one
By Yuval Yoaz
Security officials and rescuers at the scene of a fatal crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. (AP Photo)
March 6, 2024, 5:20 pm
Full text of inquiry’s findings on officials’ responsibility for 2021 Meron disaster
Commission finds Netanyahu ‘personally responsible’ for crush at shrine in which 45 men and boys were killed, but declines to make operational recommendations against him
By ToI Staff
Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene after a deadly crush during celebrations on Mount Meron in northern Israel on April 30, 2021 (David Cohen/Flash90)
March 6, 2024, 1:59 pm
State inquiry blames Netanyahu, but does not sanction him, for deadly 2021 Meron crush
Commission says there was ‘reasonable basis’ to conclude PM knew site was dangerous; also names Ohana, Shabtai as responsible for disaster in which 45 men and boys died
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, leads a cabinet meeting at the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
February 14, 2024, 12:25 pm
Netanyahu said seeking to outlaw publication of security cabinet leaks
PMO reportedly wants military censor approval for all defense-related content, while restricting what can be okayed; journalist union warns of chilling effect on press freedom
By ToI Staff
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks on his priorities for 2024 during a press briefing at UN headquarters on February 8 , 2024 in New York. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
February 9, 2024, 9:32 pm
Knesset speaker cancels meeting with UN chief Guterres, calls him ‘lost cause’
Amir Ohana, on New York visit, says he nixed meeting because of secretary general’s repeated criticism of Israel and calls for halt to war
By ToI Staff
Opposition Leader MK Yair Lapid speaks during a plenum session for the Israeli Knesset's 75th anniversary, January 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2024, 6:21 pm
What’s to celebrate? Lapid assails government at Knesset 75th anniversary celebration
Israel has ‘never been sadder,’ opposition leader says, citing war with Hamas; Herzog: ‘We must not return to the discourse of October 6’
By Sam Sokol
President Isaac Herzog and Michal Herzog light Hanukkah candles with Dvora Leshem, grandmother of hostage Romi Gonen, and other hostages' family members at Hostages Square on December 13, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 15, 2023, 6:34 pm
Grandmother of hostage Romi Gonen knocks on ministers’ doors during Hanukkah
Iranian-born Dvora Leshem, 87, spoke to a different politician each night of the holiday rather than lighting candles with her family
By Jessica Steinberg
A blood-soaked child's bed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza seen in a photo shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 11, 2023, in the aftermath of the Hamas assault on Israel on October 7. (X/Netanyahu)
November 7, 2023, 8:33 pm
Mental health professionals implore Netanyahu not to show atrocities film to public
Group focused on helping suffering Israelis warns against re-traumatizing a nation still in shock from October 7 and grappling with ongoing war against Hamas
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israelis being kidnapped and taken into Gaza by Hamas terrorists, October 7, 2023, as seen in pixelated videos from social media screened on Israeli television. (Channel 12 screenshot)
November 1, 2023, 6:08 pm
MKs are shown raw videos of Hamas atrocities; some leave in tears
Compilation previously shown in closed-door screenings to foreign press, ambassadors to Israel; ‘Don’t hate each other, hate the enemy, hate the monsters,’ one lawmaker says
By ToI Staff
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