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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Benjamin Netanyahu

Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine (C) attends the funeral ceremony of slain top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
Netanyahu: Israel killed ‘Nasrallah’s replacement, and his replacement’s replacement’
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
PM presumably referring to Hashem Safieddine, targeted in raid last week, though neither Hezbollah nor IDF have said he’s dead; urges Lebanese to ‘free your country from Hezbollah’
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, listen to the playing of the Israeli National Anthem during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, June 25, 2024. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Gallant’s trip to US delayed, reportedly after Netanyahu sets last-minute obstacles
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Israelis in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv watch a screening of the National Memorial Ceremony for Bereaved Families in nearby Yarkon Park on October 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Commemorating October 7At separate memorials, families demand accountability as PM touts Israeli ‘strength’
By Sam Sokol and Jessica Steinberg
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) meeting with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan (CL) in Ramallah in the West Bank on December 2, 2023. (Thaer Ghanaim/PPO/AFP)
Israel claims ICC prosecutor denying country’s right to probe Gaza war allegations
By Jeremy Sharon
A Palestinian reacts as a child is carried from the rubble of a building after an airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
October 9, 2024, 2:17 am
Ex-Biden official claims Israel has higher tolerance for civilian casualties than US
Former head of Israel-Palestinian file at State Dept. says it took US time to realize ‘arm around Israel’ approach wouldn’t be effective after Oct. 7 like it was during 2021 war
By Jacob Magid
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, listen to the playing of the Israeli National Anthem during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, June 25, 2024. (AP/Susan Walsh)
October 8, 2024, 11:36 pm
Gallant’s trip to US delayed, reportedly after Netanyahu sets last-minute obstacles
PM said to block trip until he speaks with Biden and cabinet approves response to Iranian missile attack; defense minister was set to meet Austin and top Biden aide on Wedesday
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine (C) attends the funeral ceremony of slain top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
October 8, 2024, 10:06 pm
Netanyahu: Israel killed ‘Nasrallah’s replacement, and his replacement’s replacement’
PM presumably referring to Hashem Safieddine, targeted in raid last week, though neither Hezbollah nor IDF have said he’s dead; urges Lebanese to ‘free your country from Hezbollah’
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) meeting with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan (CL) in Ramallah in the West Bank on December 2, 2023. (Thaer Ghanaim/PPO/AFP)
October 8, 2024, 9:28 pm
Israel claims ICC prosecutor denying country’s right to probe Gaza war allegations
Letter says Karim Khan’s refusal to specify the allegations against Israeli leaders before seeking their arrest means he never gave authorities a chance to actually investigate
By Jeremy Sharon
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 25, 2024. (AP/Susan Walsh)
October 8, 2024, 7:28 pm
Biden said to call Netanyahu ‘a f**king liar’ after Israeli troops entered Rafah
According to new book from journalist Bob Woodward, the US president yelled at Israeli PM for having ‘no strategy’ for operation, said Israel was perceived as a ‘rogue state’
By Lazar Berman
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot holds a press conference in Jerusalem on October 7, 2024, after his meeting with his Israeli counterpart. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
October 8, 2024, 9:06 am
French FM backs Macron’s calls for arms ban, argues it’s for Israel’s security
‘When we call for a ceasefire, we cannot at the same time provide offensive weapons to the belligerents,’ Jean-Noel Barrot says as he meets various Israeli officials
By Lazar Berman
Israelis in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv watch a screening of the National Memorial Ceremony for Bereaved Families in nearby Yarkon Park on October 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 8, 2024, 1:39 am
At separate memorials, families demand accountability as PM touts Israeli ‘strength’
‘The legacy of the fallen demands national soul-searching,’ says father of soldier killed battling Hamas on Oct. 7; Netanyahu: ‘We were not defeated; we will continue to fight’
By Sam Sokol and Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a cabinet meeting on October 7, 2024 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 7, 2024, 6:15 pm
Netanyahu suggests changing name of Gaza war to ‘War of Revival’
Unsatisfied with existing moniker ‘Swords of Iron,’ PM tells cabinet official name of conflict should reflect nature of battle; Lapid pans proposal
By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol
Israelis attend an event calling for the release of hostages still held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, and in memory of those killed in the group's attack last October 7, on the eve of the first anniversary of the attack, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, October 6, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 7, 2024, 3:21 am
Officials said to warn PM that hostages are in dire conditions, intel is drying up
Netanyahu convenes what is reportedly the first discussion in a month on the hostages, half of whom are thought to be alive, as Israel marks one year since their abduction
By ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
October 7, 2024, 3:00 am
One year since Oct. 7, US resigned to limits of its influence over Netanyahu
Despite superpower status, US finds itself being led by Israel on Lebanon policy, retreating from its own ceasefire initiative and chafing at proposals to threaten security aid
By Jacob Magid
IDF troops are seen operating in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published October 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 6, 2024, 11:49 pm
IDF strikes 150 Hezbollah targets in 24 hours; rocket attack wounds man in north
Troops find weapons in almost every home in some villages, officers say; military imposes third closed zone on border; UN refugee chief warns of migration crisis from airstrikes
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L), as they hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. (Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP)
October 6, 2024, 10:25 pm
Macron speaks with Netanyahu, but doesn’t retract his call for arms embargo
PM says he expects friends to stand behind Israel as France pushes for ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza, a day after calling the French leader’s actions a ‘disgrace’
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wave as they disembark Air Force One upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport on May 22, 2017, as part of his first trip overseas. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
October 6, 2024, 6:58 pm
Melania: Smacking Trump’s hand in Israel wasn’t sign of marital ire
In memoir, former US first lady claims viral slap was simply because there wasn’t room on the red carpet for her together with her husband and Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video message released on October 5, 2024. (Telegram screenshot used in accordance of clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 5, 2024, 11:56 pm
Netanyahu: Israel has duty and right to hit back at Iran for missile attack, will do so
Prime minister says no country would accept rocket barrages on its citizens, and neither will Israel, touts successes in north against Iran’s proxy Hezbollah
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden speaks to the media prior to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 3, 2024. (Saul Loeb / AFP)
October 3, 2024, 11:50 pm
Biden says holding ‘discussions’ on possible Israeli strike on Iran’s oil facilities
Israel said closely coordinating with US on response to Iranian missile attack, expected in coming days; oil prices jump, Gulf states wary Iran will retaliate on their oil sites
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid
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