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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

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A billboard showing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, 'The judicial seamstress to the government! in Tel Aviv on December 6, 2024 (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 27, 2025, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing May 27: Day 599 – Netanyahu, AG and High Court edge closer to crisis
Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon discusses latest in the Shin Bet chief saga; health editor Diana Bletter reviews what hospitals have learned from treating released hostages
By Jessica Steinberg, Jeremy Sharon and Diana Bletter
Druze clerics greet each other as they await visiting counterparts from Syria in a bus through a border barrier guarded by Israeli soldiers, near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
May 14, 2025, 12:36 pm
‘Maybe God put Druze in Israel to save the Druze there’: Minority fights for Syrian cousins
For the 150,000-strong member Druze community, attacks against their brethren across the border cause concern and a commitment to strengthen their rights as Israeli citizens
By Diana Bletter
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 7, 2025. (Stephanie Lecocq / POOL / AFP)
May 7, 2025, 5:05 pm
Syria confirms backchannel dialogue with Israel on security matters
Syrian president says talks aimed at ‘easing tensions’; report says they began in mid-April, centered on building confidence between Damascus and Jerusalem
By Nurit Yohanan, Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli security forces at the site where a missile fired from Yemen hit an area near Ben Gurion Airport, May 4, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 4, 2025, 3:55 pm
Daily Briefing May 4: Day 576 – Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion Airport
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on IDF operations in Gaza and Syria; environment reporter Sue Surkes on the rampaging wildfires last week and why we may well see more soon
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Lazar Berman and Sue Surkes
An Israeli military ambulance transporting injured Syrian Druze to an Israeli hospital crosses the border fence near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on April 30, 2025 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
May 3, 2025, 6:45 pm
Israeli chopper ferried aid to Druze in southern Syria, 70 km from border — source
IDF evacuates five more wounded Syrian Druze to hospital in Israel, amid deadly sectarian clashes; Israeli non-profit group says food packages also sent to Christian Syrians
By Emanuel Fabian
Syria's security forces gather after reaching a deal with Druze gunmen to deploy around Jaramana following sectarian violence in the Damascus suburb, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
May 3, 2025, 9:41 am
IDF strikes military targets across Syria, says troops deployed to protect Druze
Army says its soldiers in southern Syria ready to prevent hostile forces entering Druze areas; Israel said making list of Syrian gov’t targets to potentially strike over minority’s targeting
By AFP, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A man checks a charred car that was burnt after clashes erupted between members of the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters, in the town of Sahnaya, south of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
May 3, 2025, 6:44 am
What is behind latest clashes in Syria between Druze and pro-government gunmen
The tensions that led to the deadly violence, and how Israel has also become involved
By BASSEM MROUE
A man walks past a partially burnt building following sectarian clashes in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya near Damascus, Syria, May 1, 2025. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
May 2, 2025, 9:32 am
Israel strikes targets near Damascus presidential palace in ‘message to Syrian regime’
Regime slams ‘dangerous escalation’; Syrian Druze agree to hand over unlicensed weapons to new government; airstrikes come after Israeli Druze blocked roads to protest government’s inaction
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
A protester stands atop a car waving the Druze flag during a demonstration in northern Israel calling for the government to help the Druze community in Syria amid sectarian violence, May 1, 2025. (Screenshot, X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 2, 2025, 4:17 am
Druze protesters take to the streets, demand Israel step in to aid community in Syria
Demonstrators block traffic on several roads in north, leading to scuffles, also protest near Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea; Druze soldiers write to PM demanding IDF action in Syria
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a conference organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 9:51 pm
Sa’ar: World must intervene in Syria to defend Druze from regime’s ‘terrorist gangs’
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel also appeals to Netanyahu for ‘immediate intervention’ on behalf of minority, after two days of sectarian violence in Syria said to kill 73
By ToI Staff and AFP
A member of the Druze security forces stands guard in Jaramana in the suburb of Damascus on April 29, 2025, following overnight sectarian clashes. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
May 1, 2025, 2:48 pm
Some Druze in Syria begin to take up arms, as sectarian violence hits home
Hundreds of armed Druze men are seen setting up positions to defend their towns after dozens killed in attacks near Damascus by Islamists loyal to new government
By AFP and ToI Staff
Druze gunmen stand next to their sect's religious flag at a checkpoint at one of the Jaramana suburb entrances, after clashes in the area between members of the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters, in the southern suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
April 30, 2025, 5:26 pm
Israel carries out ‘warning strike’ in Syria in defense of Druze minority
Syria denies Jerusalem’s claim that strike foiled planned attack on civilians; IDF chief orders further strikes if violence against minority persists; Israeli Druze urge intervention
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
Druze clerics greet each other as they await visiting counterparts from Syria in a bus through a border barrier guarded by Israeli soldiers, near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
April 27, 2025, 5:07 am
Israeli, Syrian relatives reunite as 650 Druze clerics visit Israel for 2-day pilgrimage
Admitted for festival at Jethro’s tomb holy site, tearful participant hopes ties ‘won’t be cut off’; community chief hails ‘historic’ event in which some met their kin for 1st time
By ToI Staff and AFP
Anat Hetz-Golan, left, manager of Solaris, and Dr. Marina Hetz, CEO of Space Valley, which built and operates the first and only national solar observatory, in the Druze village of Isfiya on Mount Carmel on February 24, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel
March 20, 2025, 7:33 am
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community
By Diana Bletter
Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze and the owner of Taboonia, wraps up a pita with labneh in New York City, March 2025. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
March 19, 2025, 1:12 am
After tragedy, Supernova festival survivor opens Israeli Druze restaurant in NYC
Raif Rashed launches new eatery Taboonia following Oct. 7, finding comfort in the foods of his youth – and in the wave of Jewish and Israeli support that is pouring in
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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