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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

Operation Cast Lead

A soldier enters an armored vehicle at a staging area for troops on the border with Gaza, on May 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2023, 3:09 pm
After years of dead-end air campaigns, pinpoint use of ground forces may offer way out
Yet another round underlined the overreliance on fire power and Iron Dome. The IDF doesn’t want to retake Gaza, but has a ‘Concept for Victory’ that puts troops in enemy territory
By Lazar Berman
Palestinian Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish sits in Israel's Supreme Court for a hearing on his demand for an apology from Israel over a 2009 tank strike that killed three of his daughters and a niece in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
November 24, 2021, 11:47 pm
Supreme Court rejects Gaza doctor seeking redress for strike that killed daughters
Well-known peace activist Izzeldin Abuelaish says he is unsurprised but disappointed after Israel’s highest court upholds ruling that IDF is not liable for deadly bombing
By Agencies
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish lobbying for support for a college to honor his daughters and niece at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 10, 2021. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner)
November 16, 2021, 12:37 am
Court hears Gaza doctor’s plea for IDF apology over strike which killed 3 daughters
Izzeldin Abuelaish appears before Israel’s highest court to demand compensation for 2009 deaths of his 3 daughters during war with Hamas terror group
By Agencies
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish speaks with Israeli Minister of Agriculture Alon Shuster at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
November 12, 2021, 4:22 pm
Gaza doctor seeks apology from Israel for daughters’ 2009 deaths
Izzeldin Abuelaish to appear before Supreme Court on Monday to demand compensation for lethal strike
By Agencies
Iron Dome in action, on May 13, 2021. (Avichai Socher/IDF)
May 13, 2021, 1:11 pm
Iron Dome has saved many lives, but has it made Israel safer?
Though tactically a runaway success, some believe the active missile defense system blunted Israel’s traditional boldness and gave leaders cover to let the Hamas threat fester
By Lazar Berman
Children play with a flaming lump, allegedly containing white phosphorus, on a street in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza strip, January 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
November 9, 2020, 4:05 pm
Human toll of incendiary weapons documented in new report
Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School call for closing of loopholes in international law allowing countries, including Israel, to use white phosphorus
By AP and ToI Staff
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
Shahrar Ali (Screenshot from YouTube)
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
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