Daniel Hagari

Explosions spread along the underground complex as the IDF blows up a tunnel network in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, in footage released on November 19, 2023. (Kan TV screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

November 22, 2023, 2:27 pm

Ahead of slated truce, IDF says it’s destroyed 400 Hamas tunnels, continues to fight

Deaths of Cpt. Liron Snir, Staff Sgt. Eitan Dov Rosenzweig bring toll in the ground operation to 70; sources indicate that four-day pause in fighting will begin Thursday at 10 a.m.

By Emanuel Fabian

These images released by the IDF on November 21, 2023, show the inside of a Hamas tunnel found under Gaza's Shifa Hospital. (Israel Defense Forces)

November 22, 2023, 2:20 am

IDF breaches blast door in Hamas tunnel under Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

Health Ministry accuses WHO of ignoring terror activities at medical centers in the Strip; military says hostage deal won’t impact mission of toppling Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian and Renee Ghert-Zand

Hamas terrorists bring a hostage into Shifa Hospital, as seen on surveillance footage from October 7, 2023. (IDF)

November 19, 2023, 11:36 pm

IDF: Hostage was killed in Shifa; clip shows Hamas take 2 other hostages there on Oct 7

Army says terror group took Noa Marciano to Gaza hospital after she was hurt in an IDF strike, murdered her there; unveils long-awaited footage of Hamas tunnels under compound

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari shows the press a graphic of alleged rocket launches near al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza at a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

November 19, 2023, 6:33 pm

From shadows to limelight: Special forces vet becomes face of IDF war effort in Gaza

Daniel Hagari has earned high levels of trust from Israelis for keeping them abreast of offensive in Strip, ‘filling a void’ and reassuring a public traumatized by Oct. 7 horrors

By Sophie MAKRIS

IDF ground forces operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in this photo released for publication on November 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

November 7, 2023, 1:45 pm

IDF: Troops capture Hamas redoubt, strike terrorists hiding near Gaza City hospital

Troops press offensive on outskirts of Gaza’s largest city, uncovering weapons and calling in airstrikes on terror squads amid fighting

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

IDF ground forces operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in this photo released for publication on November 6, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

November 7, 2023, 12:06 am

Ground forces push further into Gaza City, ‘deepening pressure’ on Hamas, IDF says

Fighting reported near Shifa Hospital; IDF: Strikes on field commanders ‘significantly harm’ group’s ability to counterattack; IDF chief: Israel can ‘reach anywhere in Mideast’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

This infographic released by the IDF on November 5, 2023, shows a tunnel underneath the Indonesian Hospital in the Gaza Strip, as well as a nearby rocket launcher. (Israel Defense Forces)

November 5, 2023, 8:18 pm

IDF releases new intel detailing Hamas use of Gaza hospitals for terror purposes

Video footage shows gunmen emerging from tunnel at entrance to Qatar-funded Sheikh Hamad Hospital, others firing from building at Israeli forces

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari briefs media that Hamas's main operations center is located under Gaza's Shifa Hospital, October 27, 2023 (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

October 27, 2023, 8:53 pm

Hamas’s main operations base is under Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, says IDF

Military charges terror group has several underground complexes under Gaza’s largest hospital, says ‘hundreds of terrorists flooded into hospital to hide’ after Oct. 7 massacres

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Sgt. Tamir Barak, a soldier in the IDF's Combat Engineering Corps, who was killed on the Israel-Gaza border on October 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

October 22, 2023, 4:59 pm

Soldier killed, 3 hurt in Hamas attack on troops just across the Gaza border fence

Tamir Barak killed in op searching for bodies of missing; IDF kills senior Hamas members, intensifies Gaza strikes; Netivot man hurt by rocket; Israel sorry for hit on Egyptian post

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Palestinian terrorists kidnap an Israeli civilian, center, later identified as 85-year-old Yaffa Adar, into the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 (AP Photo/ Hatem Ali)

October 22, 2023, 1:13 am

Family of elderly Israeli held by Hamas fears for hostages without dual nationality

Granddaughter of 85-year-old Yaffa Adar, who was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz to Gaza aboard a golf cart, worried by lack of pressure to release captives without foreign passport

By Michael Horovitz

Merkava tanks roll into position outside Kibbutz Be'eri, near the border with the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

October 22, 2023, 12:16 am

IDF stepping up strikes to create ‘best conditions’ for ‘next phase of war’ on Hamas

Military spokesperson says Israel ‘strong on defense, offense’ in north amid Hezbollah attacks, but ‘main mission’ is Gaza; IDF chief says Hamas readying surprises and so is Israel

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Trucks of Egyptian Red Crecent carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip cross the Rafah border gate, in Rafah, Egypt, October 21, 2023. (Mohammed Asad/AP)

October 21, 2023, 2:59 pm

1st aid trucks enter Gaza as number of confirmed hostages held in Strip reaches 210

Rocket fire on southern, central Israel; IDF says 550 projectiles fired from Gaza fell inside Strip; confirmed hostage tally at 210; official says ‘no humanitarian crisis in Gaza’

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli tanks head toward the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

October 16, 2023, 10:03 am

As Israel prepares massive ground campaign, the end game remains opaque

After October 7 horror, Netanyahu’s cabinet is determined to bring Hamas down, but confounding questions will have to be answered

By Lazar Berman

A photo released by the IDF which it says shows Hamas roadblocks preventing Gazans from leaving the northern Strip, as the military has instructed them to do ahead of an expected ground offensive, October 7, 2023 (IDF)

October 14, 2023, 9:17 pm

IDF says it’s completing preparations to strike Gaza ‘from air, sea and land’

Army releases photos of Hamas blocking residents from evacuating north Gaza after Israeli warning; PM visits devastated southern communities; Blinken urges protection of civilians

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

An Israeli soldier flashes a V-sign from an armoured personnel carrier (APC) as they head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

October 14, 2023, 2:50 pm

IDF kills two Hamas commanders in Gaza involved in murderous attack on south

Ahead of expected ground operation, military says evacuation corridor open for residents of northern Gaza, hundreds of thousands fled south; IDF says will attack with ‘great force’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff