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Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Poliin, parents of killed US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin sit with his sisters Orly and Leebie during his funeral in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / POOL / AFP)
January 29, 2025, 10:32 am
Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s high school reflects after losing 10 graduates in the Gaza war
Himmelfarb in Jerusalem is among the most prominent academies in Israel for religious Zionists, a demographic that has suffered great losses since Oct. 7 – yet spirits remain high
By Deborah Danan
Laly Derai in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
January 13, 2025, 4:45 pm
The mother of a fallen IDF soldier continues his crusade for universal IDF enlistment
Ahead of a crucial Tuesday Knesset meeting, Laly Derai is advocating for an end to military exemptions for the Haredi community after son Saadia Derai was killed in action in Gaza
By Deborah Danan
IDF soldiers guard a bus station at the Tapuah Junction next to the West Bank city of Nablus, June 30, 2020. (AP/Oded Balilty)
December 10, 2020, 5:00 pm
Amid virus, 2020 on track for fewest security-related deaths in Israel’s history
In year-end briefing, IDF chief says military driving Iran out of Syria, maintaining calm in Gaza; ‘We successfully fulfilled the primary mission of the IDF: providing defense’
By Judah Ari Gross
In this March 1, 2017 frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, Syrian forces take up positions during fighting between Government forces and Islamic State group militants in the ancient city of Palmyra, near Homs, Syria. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
October 4, 2017, 12:47 pm
Top Hezbollah commander killed fighting IS in Syria
Ali Al-Hadi Al-Ashiq, who also fought against Israel, was one of first Hezbollah commanders sent to fight in Syria civil war
By AP
Yarden Frankl
February 16, 2017, 4:45 am
Yarden Frankl
Thousands of Palestinian deaths???
The NY Times writers who claimed a 1 to 50 ratio for Israeli and Palestinian casualties should read their own paper
File: Syrians look at damage following an air strike on a vegetable market in Maaret al-Numan, in Syria's northern province of Idlib, April 19, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mohamed al-Bakour)
April 19, 2016, 9:17 pm
44 reported killed in regime strikes on Syria markets
Human rights group describes ‘massacre’ after shelling of two villages in Islamist-controlled Idlib province
By AFP
Yael S. Aronoff
April 19, 2016, 4:05 pm
Yael S. Aronoff
What Hillary should have told Bernie
You inflated the casualty figures 3 times and you mangled the meaning of proportionality in war
Feras Abu Inil, 13, walks past an apartment block in the northern Gaza strip that was all but destroyed in four weeks of clashes between Israel and Hamas, Wednesday, August 13, 2014. (photo credit: Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
February 13, 2015, 10:27 pm
Israeli strikes on Gaza homes ‘killed mostly civilians,’ report says
AP reviews identities of Palestinians killed in residential areas; Israel says it regrets civilian loss of life, blames Hamas for waging urban warfare
By AP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses tensions along Lebanon border during a cornerstone laying ceremony for a new neighborhood in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on January 28, 2015. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO)
January 28, 2015, 5:50 pm
Netanyahu warns of severe retaliation for Hezbollah attack
Prime minister points to Gaza pounding as precedent for what Hezbollah may suffer; foreign minister calls for ‘disproportionate’ response
By Tamar Pileggi
Sgt. Gilad Yacoby, 21, of Kiryat Ono, a Golani soldier killed in the Gaza Strip on July 20 2014 (Photo credit: Courtesy)
July 21, 2014, 11:39 am
Families hear sons killed via WhatsApp
Rumors circulating on social media are taking a toll on families, who have to deal with fear and uncertainty
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press on Sunday, July 20, 2014. (screen capture: Channel 2)
July 20, 2014, 9:38 pm
Netanyahu: Israel engaged in historic battle for its home
PM sends condolences to the families of 13 fallen soldiers, stresses Gaza op may continue for many days
By Mitch Ginsburg and Raphael Ahren
Palestinians seen walking among the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli missile strike, in Rafah on July 14, 2014. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
July 15, 2014, 11:42 pm
Why doesn’t Israel publish figures and details of Gaza casualties?
The world relies on data from the Hamas-run health ministry, and there’s nothing we can do about that, officials in Jerusalem say
By Raphael Ahren
Jihad Mishrawi speaks to the media, while carrying the body of his son Omar, on November 15, 2012. (photo credit: screenshot BBC)
March 10, 2013, 10:04 pm
UN clears Israel of charge it killed baby in Gaza
Jerusalem had been blamed for death of BBC correspondent’s son during mini-war, but otherwise critical report finds shrapnel from Hamas misfire responsible
By Raphael Ahren
From the WebSeptember 17, 2012, 9:52 pm
August produces worst death toll in Syria conflict, says UN
Record 1,600 people died in last week of the month, reports Reuters
Illustrative: An Iranian navy vessel launches a missile during a drill in the Sea of Oman, in January 2012. (AP/ISNA, Amir Kholousi)
August 15, 2012, 4:01 pm
Outgoing home front defense minister: ‘Iran war could last a month with up to 500 dead’
Government is prepared for hundreds of missiles and a multi-front war if Israel launches preemptive strike, says Matan Vilnai
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