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A plume of smoke is seen in the distance from Eilat after an Iranian missile attack on Jordan on July 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Telegram)
July 22, 2026, 4:01 pm
Iranian missiles target Jordan, interception explosions boom over Eilat
Jordanians say 4 missiles, 4 drones downed; US carries out another night of Iran strikes; Rubio warns that Iran’s designs for Strait of Hormuz set ‘dangerous precedent’
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
An Arkia flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, February 25, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
March 27, 2026, 2:46 pm
Mass cancellations as Arkia changes course, says long-haul flights to depart from Israel, not Jordan
After saying flights will take off from Jordan and Egypt, Arkia updates that flights to New York, Bangkok and Hanoi will revert to Israel, where planes are capped at 50 passengers each
By ToI Staff
Israelis stranded in Dubai board a plane chartered by Israir to Aqaba airport in Jordan, March 6, 2026. (Courtesy Israir)
March 9, 2026, 7:20 pm
First flights bringing Israelis back home from Dubai land at Ben Gurion Airport
604 Israelis stuck since start of Iran war arrive on flydubai flights in Tel Aviv; over 50% of Israelis stranded abroad on eve of war return home via air and land border routes
By Sharon Wrobel
Israelis boarding a Tus Airlines plane bound for Athens from Aqaba, Jordan, on June 24, 2025 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 25, 2025, 4:55 pm
Unaware of impending ceasefire, Israelis stage a last exodus through Jordan’s Aqaba airport
Despite long lines, confiscation of Jewish ritual objects and added travel time, the Jordanian border drew those desperate to leave amid dearth of flights
By Jessica Steinberg
Foreign residents evacuated from Israel after missile strikes cross at the Taba Land Port, a border crossing on the eastern border with Israel, to Egypt, June 19, 2025. (AP)
June 23, 2025, 3:43 am
Despite travel warning, most returning Israelis are coming home via Jordan and Egypt
Over 70,000 Israelis have got back since start of war with Iran; 39,000 of them entered via land border crossings with two Arab neighbors
By Sharon Wrobel
A Palestinian inspects the car that was targeted in an Israeli drone strike that the military said was targeting a terror cell near the West Bank village of Aqaba, Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Muhammad)
December 3, 2024, 10:58 pm
IDF says 3 gunmen planning ‘imminent terror attack’ killed in West Bank drone strike
Suspects, all of them Hamas members, targeted near Palestinian village of Aqabah; troops raid scene, seize weapons following strike
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
View of the Jordanian city of Aqaba, as seen from the Israeli city of Eilat. November 10, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
November 18, 2024, 2:08 pm
Malfunctioning IDF interceptor missile fired at drone appears to crash in Jordan’s Aqaba
Video footage shows errant projectile impacting near luxury development, just a few hundred meters from the border; kingdom’s military says no injuries or damage caused in crash
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, right, arrive to attend a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2023. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)
April 26, 2023, 4:09 pm
After pressing Jerusalem for Ramadan calm, US lauds Israeli handling of holiday rows
Police raid of Al-Aqsa on holy month’s second week nearly sparked regional conflict; Israeli conduct — pushed by US, UAE and Jordan — helped calm hostility, but concern remains
By Jacob Magid
From left, police chief Kobi Shabtai, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana at a Purim megillah reading on a Border Police base in the West Bank on March 6, 2023. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
March 9, 2023, 12:26 am
Why most right-wing gov’t in Israeli history attended a political summit with the PA
New hard-right leadership agreed to a meeting in Aqaba that previous centrist coalition refused to contemplate, with PM’s desire to keep tensions in check winning out over ideology
By Jacob Magid
Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian who was shot dead by Israeli security forces during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin on March 7, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
March 8, 2023, 12:57 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 8: Israel on alert after IDF Jenin raid kills brothers’ shooter
Emanuel Fabian on the military operation targeting terrorist who killed Yaniv brothers; Jacob Magid on US response and Aqaba summit; Luke Tress on tangled web of lies and sex abuse
By ToI Staff
Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO Hussein al-Sheikh at his office in Ramallah, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)
March 4, 2023, 10:49 pm
Top Abbas aide: Israel hasn’t fulfilled Aqaba promise to transfer withheld PA funds
Hussein al-Sheikh tells ToI Israel made additional unpublicized commitments at Jordan summit, but Netanyahu’s subsequent dismissal of confab puts planned Egypt gathering in doubt
By Jacob Magid
US Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr, left, speaks to residents as he inspects damaged Palestinian property during a visit to Huwara, on February 28, 2023. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
March 1, 2023, 4:35 am
US State Department report says Israel failing to prevent settler attacks
US envoy for Palestinians visits town attacked by settlers day after release of 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism, which notes conviction of 1 assailant in 496 attacks
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides speaks at an Institute for National Security Studies Conference in Tel Aviv on February 28, 2023. (Yair Valer)
March 1, 2023, 3:19 am
Clapping back at minister, envoy Nides says US won’t stay out of Israel’s business
After his call for Israel to ‘pump the brakes’ on its judicial overhaul led to angry pushback from Chikli, Nides says Israelis don’t want US to get out of their affairs
By Jacob Magid
Settlers pray as cars and homes burn in the West Bank town of Huwara on February 26, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 28, 2023, 3:06 am
US says it ‘expects’ Israel to prosecute settlers involved in Huwara rampage
State Department spokesman condemns terror attacks targeting Israelis, expresses appreciation to Netanyahu, Herzog for calling on civilians to not take law into their own hands
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the Hawara terror attack, February 26, 2023 (screenshot/PMO)
February 26, 2023, 9:49 pm
Netanyahu rushes to deny settlement freeze announced after Aqaba summit
Joint communiqué says Jerusalem won’t discuss new West Bank units for 4 months, authorize outposts for 6 months, but PM, Hanegbi insist ‘there is no change in Israeli policy’
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
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