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Shin Bet director David Zini at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day on April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 22, 2026, 10:01 am
Shin Bet chief said to visit France for security talks amid violent rioting
Zini’s working trip reportedly planned a while ago, included meetings with top intelligence officials to discuss confronting terrorism and Islamic extremism
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, arrives for a hearing in his corruption trial at the Jerusalem District Court on October 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
October 11, 2026, 11:07 pm
Netanyahu demands criminal probe of soldiers who testified in ‘NAZA’ film on Gaza killings
PM calls on AG and heads of IDF, Shin Bet to identify soldiers who appeared anonymously in ‘NAZA’ and prosecute them for spreading ‘false’ libel, exposing secrets
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Passengers from flydubai flight FZ1073 walk through the arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport, after their original flight from Dubai to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following a terror attack by the copilot, who attacked the captain and tried to crash the plane, September 30, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 2:03 am
As with Oct. 7, so too with Sept. 30’s flydubai attack: A failure to prevent obvious deadly threats, and a refusal to take responsibility
The gaping holes in security for passengers on foreign airlines serving Israel truly boggle the mind. Until they are clearly addressed, travelers should be very careful in their choices… And so, too, should Israeli voters
By David Horovitz
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian security officer Ali al-Bazari at Rafidia Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, after he was killed in a clash in the village of Burqa on October 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
October 7, 2026, 8:17 pm
Palestinians say man killed as settlers raid West Bank village accompanied by IDF
Incident follows apparent clash at outpost; army says 44-year-old ran at troops with ‘suspicious object’; settlers torch Israeli activist’s car
By Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton, Jeremy Sharon, AFP and ToI Staff
Volunteers sit under a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei while attending a military training course at a camp set up in Imam Hussein Square in Tehran, Iran, on October 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 6, 2026, 9:32 pm
National Security Council warns Iran could attack Israel, Jews on Oct. 7 anniversary
Israelis abroad urged not to speak Hebrew in crowded places or approach demonstrations; heads of IDF, Shin Bet and police discuss plans to keep Oct. 27 election ‘orderly and safe’
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Agence France-Presse’s (AFP) photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh is carried by Palestinian first responders to seek medical assistance after being beaten by several Israelis in Aqraba in the West Bank on October 6, 2026. (JOHN WESSELS/AFP)
October 6, 2026, 6:37 pm
Settlers reportedly open fire on Palestinians, beat journalist, try to take over home
Several wounded by gunfire during the olive harvest near village of Aqraba, as Palestinian tells ToI that settlers have been laying siege to his home since attacking it last night
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan, AFP and Jeremy Sharon
An Arkia plane takes off at Ben Gurion Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, May 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 6, 2026, 5:22 am
Most Arkia and Israir flights use planes and crews leased from foreign airlines, in arrangement okayed by PM
‘Wet lease’ aircraft not subject to all of Israel’s stringent security protocols; Transportation Ministry sent security directives to foreign airlines day after flydubai attack, stressed that it is responsible for security of inbound flights
By Sharon Wrobel and Stav Levaton
Head of the Shin Bet David Zini on November 3, 2025. (Moshe Shai/ FLASH90); Minister of National Missions Orit Strock in Jerusalem, August 6, 2026. (Moshe Shai/ FLASH90, Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 5, 2026, 11:37 pm
Shin Bet chief to far-right minister: The Palestinians do not burn the homes of Jews
After clashing with Settlements Minister Strock over extremist settlers’ West Bank attacks on Palestinian civilians, Zini warns he may reinstate administrative detention for Jewish suspects, reversing previous stance
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Yair Golan, chairman of the Democrats party, attends an election campaign event in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, September 28, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 1:31 pm
Citing death threats, Democrats petition High Court for Shin Bet to guard Golan
Left-wing party claims the refusal so far to provide protection for party chair Yair Golan makes his campaigning opportunities unequal, and potentially deadly
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Yashar party chairman and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot meets with families of former hostages, hostages who were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip, and victims of the October 7 attack at the Families’ Sukkah at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, September 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 12:55 pm
Report: After earlier refusals, Shin Bet to provide security for Yashar’s Gadi Eisenkot
Security detail with state-funded bodyguards expected to be finalized in coming days, while agency has yet to decide on protection for Democrats chair Yair Golan
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet chief David Zini is seen at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day, April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 25, 2026, 2:53 am
Shin Bet chief said refusing to track domestic bot-powered election influence campaigns
Zini reportedly insists handling interference by ‘domestic actors’ is outside the agency’s purview, prompting sources to accuse him of having ‘completely shirked responsibility’
By ToI Staff
Hamas terrorists move towards the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, during the terror group's onslaught on October 7, 2023. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)
September 17, 2026, 11:06 pm
Two Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel on Oct. 7 killed in recent Gaza strikes, IDF says
Military says probing reports of a child killed in strike on Nukhba operative Sharif Shadi Ibrahim Labad; PM, Shin Bet chief vow to keep pursuing Gaza terrorists until the last
By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2026, 6:05 pm
Culture minister urges Shin Bet to probe whether Hamas helped ‘NAZA’ filmmakers
Miki Zohar asks intel service to check how filmmakers got their source material, as part of push to revoke their citizenship; military probes said stalled until army sees movie
By ToI Staff
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit presides over a court hearing, August 26, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 30, 2026, 11:05 pm
High Court suggests Shin Bet chief ‘reconsider’ demand to reveal petitioners’ names
Court president Amit says Zini’s demand petitioners against his appointment disclose their names ‘not doing him any good’; court has previously said petitioners must reveal names
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg presides over a hearing at the High Court of Justice on petitions against the law freezing arrests, investigations, and enforcement measures against Haredi draft evaders, July 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2026, 10:30 am
Election czar seeks clarification on party leaders’ requests for security protection
CEC chair Sohlberg asks National Security Council to determine who is responsible for assessing inquiries from non-MK party leaders and to set out clear criteria on the matter
By ToI Staff
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