Operation Cast Lead

Ben Spitzer, the worst-injured Israeli soldier in the 2009 Gaza war, gets married outside the city of Ashkelon on October 7, 2019. (courtesy Chabad Youth Organization)

October 8, 2019, 2:06 pm

Worst-injured Israeli soldier in 2009 Gaza war marries in emotional ceremony

11 years after friendly fire left him fighting for his life, Ben Spitzer ties the knot surrounded by friends and family

By TOI staff

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert attends a celebration at Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan in northern Israel on March 31, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

July 24, 2019, 11:36 pm

Olmert said to cancel Switzerland trip over threat of arrest for ‘war crimes’

Defense, justice officials persuade ex-premier who oversaw Gaza and Lebanon conflicts to scrap visit, TV news reports

By Stuart Winer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Donald Trump are seen prior to their meeting at the Palace Hotel in New York City ahead of the United Nations General Assembly on September 18, 2017.(AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

May 7, 2019, 1:03 am

Under Trump, US a mere bystander in Israel-Hamas ceasefire efforts

Preferring to stand in Jewish state’s corner, White House allows Egypt and UN to fill vacuum as mediators during Gaza conflicts in break from traditional policy

By Jacob Magid

Illustrative: IDF soldiers vote in elections for Israel's 18th Knesset at a West Bank checkpoint near Bethlehem, February 9, 2009. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

March 25, 2019, 2:04 pm

Voting under fire: It’s (almost) impossible to delay elections because of war

Calls from across the political spectrum for a harsh response to the latest rocket fire from Gaza could pose a real chance of an unwanted ‘khaki election’

By Raoul Wootliff

US President Barack Obama meets with Saudi King Abdullah at Rawdat Khuraim, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

February 13, 2019, 12:45 am

Netanyahu rejected secret Saudi peace plan after 2014 Gaza war — report

Officials say Israeli PM showed no flexibility regarding proposal, which would have seen joint Riyadh-Jerusalem effort against Iran and Saudi assistance in rehabilitating Strip

By TOI staff

People walk by posters of ex-IDF chief Benny Gantz before the official launch of his election campaign for the April 2019 elections, in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

February 8, 2019, 7:37 pm

Anyone but Bibi: In Israel, ex-general stirs hope of change

Benny Gantz, the great hope of the country’s shrinking ‘peace camp’ has a message that is anything but dovish

By Josef Federman

An image from 'Samouni Road,' a film about the 2009 Zeitoun incident in Gaza (screenshot)

February 5, 2019, 2:11 pm

Gaza film wins top documentary at Paris foreign press awards

Partly animated ‘Samouni Road’ tells story of a family killed by Israeli troops during 2009 fighting; Gaza short wins Spain’s Goya award, director slams ‘Zionist terror’

By TOI staff and AFP

In this May 7, 2009 file photo, Palestinian Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish poses for a picture with his children in his house in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

December 3, 2018, 5:56 pm

Court rules against Gaza doc who sued over IDF shelling that killed 3 daughters

Izzeldin Abuelaish wanted an apology and reparations for the deadly 2009 incident; justices find deaths stemmed from terror groups’ fighting from within civilian population

By TOI staff

August 12, 2018, 7:48 am

UK Green Party leadership frontrunner rapped for likening Gaza op to Holocaust

As Shahrar Ali’s anti-Israel speech from 2009 surfaces, spokesperson for party says it has ‘inadequately’ dealt with the issue

By TOI staff

An image from 'Samouni Road'. (Courtesy/Cannes Film Festival)

May 17, 2018, 6:21 am

With Gaza again in spotlight, ‘Cast Lead’ war film earns rave reviews at Cannes

‘Samouni Road’ tells the story of an extended Palestinian family killed by Israeli forces during the 2009 Hamas-Israel conflict

By Fiachra GIBBONS

Izzy Ezagui, center, and fellow reserve soldiers in 2014 (Courtesy of Izzy Ezagui)

March 20, 2018, 3:03 pm

One-armed IDF sharpshooter still fights on the front lines — from the US

Published March 20, Izzy Ezagui’s memoir ‘Disarmed’ charts the American-born IDF vet’s battle for Israel — and himself

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Meir Ben-Shabbat, who was named National Security Adviser on August 13, 2017. (Courtesy)

August 13, 2017, 2:02 pm

PM appoints new national security adviser: Meir Ben-Shabbat

Ex-Shin Bet officer fills role vacant since 2015, takes over for acting adviser Eitan Ben-David

By Judah Ari Gross

Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni at a faction meeting in the Knesset on January 16, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

June 1, 2017, 3:07 pm

Switzerland considers war crimes complaint against Tzipi Livni

Attorney general’s office says request by pro-Palestinian group over 2008-9 Gaza war ‘is presently being studied’

By TOI staff

March 21, 2017, 2:28 pm

Jenni Frazer

Israel’s appalling error

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish deserves an apology and reparations for the Israeli tank shell that hit his Gaza home, killing 4

March 14, 2017, 12:30 am

Gaza doctor sues Israel over 2009 shelling that killed 3 daughters

Izzeldin Abuelaish, now a Canadian, wants Israel to take responsibility for apparent mistaken targeting of his home during Operation Cast Lead

By TOI staff