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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Daniel Hagari

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police after a rally against the drafting of Haredi youth to the IDF, in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025.(Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 27, 2025, 11:47 pm
Two rioters detained for assaulting cops at ultra-Orthodox protest against IDF draft
Firefighters, reporter also attacked at Jerusalem demonstration; IDF officers said to fear Haredi exemption from service is contributing to spike in reservists’ refusal to show up
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Incoming IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin speaks at a handover ceremony at an army base in Tel Aviv, March 27, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 27, 2025, 8:34 pm
Entering role, new IDF spokesman Effie Defrin seeks to bolster trust in army
Popular outgoing spokesman Hagari says public trust ‘is most important asset’; urges ‘all parts of society’ to enlist, in comments aimed at ultra-Orthodox
By Emanuel Fabian
Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, the outgoing head of the IDF's international cooperation unit, during a handover ceremony on August 1, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 9, 2025, 8:44 pm
Former head of IDF’s foreign liaison unit named new military spokesman
Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin to replace Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari soon, after latter was passed over for promotion; appointment made by new IDF chief Zamir, approved by Defense Minister Katz
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers operating inside the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, on February 9, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 9, 2025, 2:50 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 9: Day 520 – As Gaza ceasefire reaches day 50, no sign of IDF pullout
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on where the IDF is operating within the Strip and IDF strikes on Syria and Lebanon. Plus, for Women’s Day, a focus on female officers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari with a motorcycle in a Hamas command center underneath Gaza City's Rantisi Hospital, in a photo released by the military on November 13, 2023. Hagari said the IDF believes the motorcycle was used by Hamas terrorists to bring a hostage abducted from southern Israel to the basement center on October 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 8, 2025, 3:57 am
Hostages activist: IDF’s Hagari should be given a medal rather than shown the door
Gil Dickman, cousin of murdered captive Carmel Gat, relates how outgoing army spokesman went above and beyond his job to personally present family with information about her fate
By ToI Staff
IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari gives a statement to the media in Tel Aviv on October 16, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 7, 2025, 12:47 pm
IDF spokesman Hagari to retire from military, in move widely seen as dismissal
New IDF chief Zamir doesn’t promote popular wartime spokesman after his 2-year tenure; presumed Katz wouldn’t sign off on advancement; he had sought to be next defense attaché to US
By Emanuel Fabian
Ariel and Kfir Bibas (Hostage Family Forum)
February 21, 2025, 6:45 pm
IDF: Captors murdered children Ariel and Kfir Bibas ‘in cold blood’ with ‘their bare hands’
Spokesman said Yarden Bibas insisted he tell the world the horrific truth; Hamas professes surprise after body of Gazan woman sent to Israel in place of Shiri Bibas; Israel demands Shiri be returned immediately
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and members of the General Staff Forum at the Defense Ministry, November 11, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
January 8, 2025, 6:20 pm
Amid growing spat, Katz orders Halevi to ‘fully cooperate’ with Oct. 7 probe
IDF hits back, says issues shouldn’t be resolved via the media, military already cooperating with state comptroller; defense minister’s spokesman threatens army spokesman Hagari
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari speaks to the media on December 4, 2024 (Video screenshot)
December 5, 2024, 12:22 am
IDF spokesman draws sharp rebuke for criticizing bill that could protect intel leakers
Army chief reprimands Hagari, defense minister says he will face disciplinary action, some legislators demand he be fired for warning that legislation endangers national security
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
A portrayal of IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi in a Channel 14 clip berating him on October 22, 2024, with the Channel's slogan "God willing, We will win together!" on the top left. (X screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 23, 2024, 5:14 pm
IDF censures right-wing TV network for mockery of military chief
Channel 14 publishes clip making fun of Herzi Halevi, showing his eyes enlarging in response to a soldier sporting a Messiah badge
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A graphic presented by IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari showing the location of a Hezbollah bunker, under the Al-Sahel Hospital, in the southern Beirut suburb known as Dahiyeh, October 21, 2024. (Screenshot: IDF)
October 21, 2024, 11:32 pm
IDF: Hezbollah hiding $500 million in gold, cash in bunker under Beirut hospital
Amid operation against group’s finances, military spokesman calls on Lebanon and international groups to prevent use of money to fund terror
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian civil defense firefighters extinguish a blaze in a building in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2024. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
October 7, 2024, 7:25 pm
IDF strikes Gaza rocket launching sites used to target Israel on Oct. 7 anniversary
Jets destroy Khan Younis launchers used in day’s second barrage; army orders civilians there to evacuate beforehand while widening similar directive in northern Strip
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Rockets are launched by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, in Gaza, October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa)
October 6, 2024, 4:15 pm
IDF preparing for possible long-range rocket attacks from Gaza on Oct. 7 anniversary
Army assesses projectiles could be fired at central Israel as nation marks 1 year since Hamas attack; IDF bolsters defenses on Gaza border, deploys troops to surrounding towns
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Troops of the 162nd Division prepare to enter the northern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo issued October 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 6, 2024, 10:34 am
IDF launches new ground op in north Gaza’s Jabaliya to foil Hamas efforts to regroup
Army says preparing for evacuation of all civilians from north of Strip into expanded humanitarian zones; confirms strikes on operatives at former school, mosque in Deir al-Balah
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Image taken from video shows missiles fired from Iran being intercepted over Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (AP)
October 1, 2024, 11:31 pm
Iran fires 181 missiles at Israel; PM: They made a ‘big mistake’ and ‘will pay for it’
IAF, along with US and Jordan, intercept most of the projectiles; 1 Palestinian killed, 2 Israelis hurt; IDF says no harm to ‘competence’ of Air Force as some missiles target bases
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
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