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Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military’s Arabic language spokesman, stands beside weapons the army says were seized from Hezbollah in Lebanon, at an army base in northern Israel, December 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
June 9, 2026, 6:48 pm
IDF’s viral Arabic-language spokesman sparks fear, fascination in Gaza and Lebanon
Avichay Adraee has become one of the region’s most recognizable influencers through his evacuation orders and social media presence, though some view him as Israel’s ‘face of evil’
By Melanie Lidman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the state comptroller election at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2026, 1:41 pm
IDF kills Hezbollah chief engineer; 3 troops hurt in Lebanon clashes
Ministers said to demand cabinet vote on truce deal, but Netanyahu answers he is waiting for terror group to agree to terms
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Lebanese soldiers and first responders inspect the site of an Israeli drone strike that reportedly killed the passengers of a vehicle on the Khalde highway at the southern entrance to Beirut on June 3, 2026. (FADEL itani / AFP)
June 3, 2026, 3:03 pm
IDF strike reported near Beirut, sirens blare in north after peace talks in DC
Two rockets, suspected Hezbollah drone shot down over Galilee Panhandle, morning after Home Front Command eases restrictions
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Israeli security forces are seen at a home in Metula, near the Israel-Lebanon border, that was hit by a Hezbollah unmanned aerial vehicle on May 25, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
May 25, 2026, 3:04 pm
Hezbollah UAV hits Metula home amid wave of attacks, none hurt; ministers urge escalation
IDF warns residents of 10 south Lebanon towns to leave ahead of strikes on terror group; Ben Gvir, Smotrich demand major attacks, as Aoun calls Israeli withdrawal ‘non-negotiable’
By Stav Levaton, Sam Sokol and Agencies
Trails of rockets fired toward Israel from south Lebanon are seen from northern Israel, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 4, 2026, 10:04 pm
Hezbollah, Iran launch simultaneous strikes on Israel; 2 soldiers wounded in Lebanon
Terror group claims ‘direct combat’ with Israeli troops as IDF ground forces advance and army urges all Lebanese to evacuate north of Litani River; IAF strikes Beirut arms depots
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Military spokesperson Maj. Ella Waweya in an undated portrait. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 3, 2026, 12:51 pm
Senior female Muslim officer tapped as next IDF Arabic-language spokesperson
Maj. Ella Waweya, known as ‘Captain Ella,’ to replace Col. Avichay Adraee in coming weeks
By Emanuel Fabian
Destroyed homes in southern Lebanon, as seen from Israel, on December 13, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
December 13, 2025, 7:32 pm
IDF postpones planned strike on alleged Hezbollah site as Lebanese army searches it
After Israel issues evacuation warning, Lebanese Armed Forces request via ceasefire mechanism to access building in south Lebanon, leading to rare pausing of declared strike
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesman, during a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, March 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 11, 2025, 3:21 pm
IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson retiring after 20 years
Col. Avichay Adraee was the military’s face in the Arab world for two decades, especially throughout the war
By Emanuel Fabian
Displaced Palestinians fleeing Jabalia move with their belongings on a street in Gaza City, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
August 27, 2025, 6:49 pm
IDF says mass evacuation from Gaza City ‘inevitable’ as troops push further into city
Israel envoy Yechiel Leiter says ceasefire proposals ‘under discussion’ but reiterates Hamas must be destroyed; Italy’s Meloni says war has surpassed ‘principle of proportionality’
By Stav Levaton, Lazar Berman and Agencies
Screengrab of an undated video showing apparent Hamas members enjoying fresh fruit in a tunnel underneath the Gaza Strip, shared by the IDF's Arabic Spokesman on July 23, 2025. (Screenshot/IDF)
July 23, 2025, 5:54 pm
As hunger mounts, IDF shows apparent Hamas terrorists flaunting food in Gaza tunnel
Army’s Arabic spokesman shares undated images and videos, which he says refute famine claims and show ‘the blatant disregard of Hamas saboteurs for the suffering’ of Gazans
By ToI Staff
Employees work inside a bakery in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, after Israel allowed limited humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian territory on May 22, 2025.(Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 22, 2025, 4:53 pm
After delays, Palestinians say first food aid beginning to be distributed in Gaza
‘We expect distribution of bread to begin,’ says Gazan aid worker, but it’s ‘a drop in the ocean’ of need; IDF issues large evacuation order for north Gaza
By Agencies, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Lebanese rescuers extinguish a fire at a site hit in an Israeli strike following evacuation orders in Beirut's southern suburb on April 27, 2025. (AFP)
April 27, 2025, 9:19 pm
IDF strikes Hezbollah missile warehouse in Beirut, kills operative in south Lebanon
Military issues evacuation alert, fires warning shots before hitting storage site — no casualties reported; Lebanon condemns strike, appeals to the US and France for protection
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Nurit Yohanan
A boy attends the funeral of Hezbollah fighters, killed before the November 27 ceasefire with Israel, in southern Lebanese village of Taybeh, Lebanon on April 6, 2025. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
April 9, 2025, 10:59 pm
IDF: Hezbollah working to rebuild Beirut arms production site in breach of ceasefire
Terror group has allegedly returned equipment to facility — located under residential buildings, next to a school — that Israel bombed in November, as US urges group’s disarmament
By Emanuel Fabian
Displaced Palestinians fleeing from Rafah amidst renewed fighting, arrive in Khan Younis, Gaza, on March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
March 31, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF tells Gazans to flee entire Rafah area in largest evacuation since fighting resumed
Israel says it is targeting Hamas infrastructure, senior officials in renewed fighting; Red Crescent: bodies of 15 health workers recovered after Israeli strike last week
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Israelis take cover in a supermarket basement as siren alerts are sounded in Tel Aviv, March 20, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 5:05 pm
Three rockets fired from Gaza at Tel Aviv as IDF ground troops expand operations in Strip
Rockets are the first fired at central Israel since October, with one intercepted, two hitting open areas; Hamas says mediators trying to revive truce but ‘no breakthrough’
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
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