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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024. (Yariv Katz / Pool)
June 28, 2024, 8:56 pm
Tempers fray in cabinet as Smotrich accuses IDF chief of ‘going to sleep’ on Oct. 6
Ben Gvir criticizes defense minister’s willingness to make deal with Hezbollah ‘Nazis,’ urges all-out war; Netanyahu to convene coalition heads’ forum for first time in 2 months
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, in 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 5, 2024, 4:14 pm
‘Nobody needs to tell me what to do’: PM pushes back on far-right pressure over Rafah
Netanyahu says Israel won’t agree to a hostage deal that requires ending the war; Gallant: IDF op in south Gazan city could come ‘very soon’; Ben Gvir: IDF’s hands are being tied
By Sam Sokol
Hamas terror suspects, caught during Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and during the ongoing IDF operations in Gaza, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 25, 2024, 10:54 pm
Ministers okay prison visit to October 7 Hamas terrorists by foreign monitors
Israel previously resisted pressure to allows checks on those imprisoned, as Israeli hostages not receiving Red Cross visits; Ben Gvir slams decision, says it hurts sovereignty
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd left) heads the weekly cabinet meeting alongside Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs (3rd left) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (1st left) at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
February 5, 2024, 4:07 pm
Senior Likud minister: We are only ‘at start of journey’ on hostage deal talks
As US push continues, minister tells ToI no specific deal has been brought to cabinet, and that it has not agreed to a long-term ceasefire or release of large number of terrorists
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a cabinet meeting at Chorazim in the north, January 23, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)
January 25, 2024, 1:00 am
PM denies not informing ministers of transfer of 6-months’ worth of flour to Gaza
Netanyahu’s office says cabinet approved phased entry of American flour waiting in Ashdod; National Unity minister backs up premier
By ToI Staff
File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), and Economy Minister Nir Barkat in the Knesset on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 21, 2024, 11:04 pm
Report: Barkat snipes at PM over aid to Gaza, reported openness to Palestinian state
Economy minister says cabinet hasn’t taken lessons from Oct. 7; charges Israel has ‘lost the north,’ as Hezbollah threat persists
By ToI Staff
Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet during a meeting to approve the amended 2024 budget, January 15, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)
January 15, 2024, 7:26 pm
Cabinet approves 2024 budget, making cuts to offset massive wartime defense boost
One Likud and five National Unity ministers vote against wartime budget to protest across-the-board reductions and failure to curb extraneous ministries
By Sam Sokol
Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2024, 4:45 am
Regev denies doling out popcorn or making light of latest wartime security cabinet spat
Gallant tells Ben Gvir that undergoing Shin Bet interrogations does not make him a military expert; PM tells Amsalem to cut it out after latter accuses Gantz of leaking to press
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video statement released by his office on January 6, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 7, 2024, 6:50 pm
Railing against cabinet leaks, Netanyahu calls to subject ministers to polygraph tests
‘I am not prepared to continue like this,’ PM declares after detailed reports emerge from of dustup between cabinet members and the IDF chief of staff
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, leads a cabinet meeting at the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 7, 2024, 1:54 pm
As cracks widen in coalition, National Unity members skip cabinet meeting
Ministers’ absence from meeting linked to recent ‘clashes in the cabinet,’ says Chili Tropper, whose party leader, Benny Gantz, slammed Netanyahu for attacks on military
By Sam Sokol
A picture taken by Hassan Eslaiah shows Palestinians celebrating by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP)
January 5, 2024, 10:23 pm
Amid political uproar, IDF says probe of army’s failures is crucial for future fighting
Military spokesman Hagari says results of probe will be presented to public when completed, day after ministers assail IDF chief for plans at cabinet meeting
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
File - Minister Benny Gantz, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2024, 7:04 pm
Gantz warns Netanyahu to choose unity or politics after cabinet attacks on IDF chief
War cabinet minister blames PM for allowing ministers to assail Halevi at raucous meeting; Gallant backs Halevi, also calls to stop playing politics with the IDF during war
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers check an Egyptian truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip, at the Kerem Shalom Crossing, December 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 4, 2024, 11:56 am
Under pressure, cabinet said mulling concessions ahead of meeting on postwar Gaza
As ministers set to convene, security officials reportedly consider start of war’s next phase as right time to let north Gaza residents return home, allow aid via Erez Crossing
By ToI Staff
Israelis celebrating New Year's Eve in Tel Aviv, December 31, 2023. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2024, 2:08 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 1: Day 87 – New Year’s Eve rockets; outrage as minister insults pilots
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses cabinet spat and Hezbollah tunnels as blogs editor Miriam Herschlag looks at top op-eds of 2023
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about the Israel-Hamas war during a press conference on November 11, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
November 12, 2023, 7:56 pm
PM warns ministers to pipe down after comments on new ‘Nakba’ and nuking Gaza
Netanyahu cautions cabinet, ‘if you don’t know – don’t speak,’ as members’ comments seen to harm Israel’s international legitimacy
By ToI Staff
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