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Yishai Ishi Ron, author of the award-winning novel 'Dog,' appears on the May 19 What Matters Now podcast (Courtesy)
May 19, 2026, 10:27 pm
Yishai Ishi Ron: Ex-commando writes novels about trauma and recovery
Award-winning author of ‘Dog’ discusses PTSD and how writing aided his healing process
By Jessica Steinberg
Medics and IDF troops at the scene of an attack at the Bar-On industrial park in the West Bank, during which a civilian security guard was hit over the head with a hammer by a Palestinian terrorist, August 18, 2024; inset: Gidon Peri, who was killed in the attack. (Magen David Adom; courtesy)
November 25, 2025, 2:02 pm
IDF troops kill Palestinian terrorist who murdered Israeli guard in West Bank last year
Army says Sultan al-Ghani, who fled after killing Gidon Peri in August 2024, was slain in exchange of fire with commando unit south of Jenin
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. First Class Yona Betzalel Brief (Israel Defense Forces)
July 23, 2025, 10:12 pm
Sgt. First Class Yona Brief, 23: Combat medic with a ‘zest for life’
Died on November 26, 2024 of wounds sustained while fighting Hamas in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Amir Fisher (IDF)
July 20, 2025, 6:57 pm
Sgt. 1st Class Amir Fisher, 22: Lone soldier dreamed of soccer career
Killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza
By ToI Staff
Shireen Abu Akleh stands next to a TV camera above the Old City of Jerusalem, in an undated photo. (Al Jazeera Media Network via AP)
May 8, 2025, 9:15 pm
Documentary claims to ID soldier behind 2022 killing of Al Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh
In ‘Who Killed Shireen,’ two unnamed soldiers from Duvdevan unit say Cpt. Alon Scagio shot Abu Akleh during riots in Jenin; Scagio was killed by roadside bomb last year
By ToI Staff
Palestinian shopkeepers look as Israeli armored vehicles drive by during a raid in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin amid a weeks-long operation in the West Bank on March 4, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
March 11, 2025, 2:18 pm
Four Palestinians reported killed in West Bank anti-terror raids
IDF says three armed Palestinians shot during Jenin clash amid ‘Iron Wall’ operation; PA forces said to take out senior terror operative Abdel Rahman Abu Muna, angering Hamas
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Maj. Ben Bronshtein (Courtesy)
February 21, 2025, 6:04 pm
Maj. Ben Bronshtein, 24: Elite unit commander lived ‘an abnormal life’
Killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza
By ToI Staff
Maj. Or Yossef Ran (IDF)
November 17, 2024, 9:58 pm
Maj. Or Ran, 29: Elite unit commander loved his motorcycles and jeeps
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
Israeli forces take position near their vehicles during a raid at the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the West Bank on October 1, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
October 1, 2024, 2:28 pm
Four soldiers injured, one seriously, in Nablus firefight
3 other members of Duvdevan unit moderately hurt during battle, gunman killed ; terror operative slain amid series of raids across West Bank, 6 suspects arrested
By ToI Staff
David Roytman explains to volunteers of his Jerusalem Shield emergency team how to use the CornerShot system in Jerusalem on February 24, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
September 5, 2024, 3:21 am
In Jerusalem’s center, an elite emergency team prepares for an intense, lonely fight
One of 1,000 volunteer units set up after Oct. 7, Jerusalem Shield trains with expensive gear for extreme situations
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank in a photo cleared for publication on March 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 11, 2024, 11:22 pm
IDF: Soldiers kill would-be suicide bomber ‘en route’ to carry out attack in Israel
Commandos shoot Palestinian man in Zeita, close to West Bank security barrier; top security official quoted as saying ‘large terror attack in Tel Aviv was thwarted tonight’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers seen during a military raid at the Al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, in the West Bank, March 4, 2024. (Flash90)
March 8, 2024, 5:36 pm
Seven soldiers wounded by IED blast in West Bank town; troops launch manhunt
Soldiers reportedly chasing gunmen who attacked army post near Silat ad-Dhahr when they came under attack; Islamic Jihad operative killed in overnight raid
By Emanuel Fabian
Itai Bausi (right) with his mother Julie Bausi (Courtesy)
January 10, 2024, 5:16 am
US-born Israeli mother feels tortured not knowing her son’s last moments on Oct. 7
Kibbutznik and former New Yorker Julie Bausi is furious at the IDF and government after son Itai died without help at the Nova music festival; she now feels more Israeli than ever
By Jessica Steinberg
Staff Sgt. Alemnew Emanuel Feleke who died on December 6, 2023 after being injured in Gaza the day before. (IDF)
December 13, 2023, 11:03 pm
Staff Sgt. Emanuel Feleke, 21: Predicted he would die for homeland
Injured while fighting in Gaza on December 5 and died of his wounds December 6
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Itai Bausi, 22, of the Duvdevan commando unit, was killed during the Supernova desert rave on October 7 (Courtesy)
October 25, 2023, 2:18 pm
Sgt. First Class Itai Bausi, 22: Fought terrorists with his bare hands
Off-duty soldier in elite Duvdevan unit killed at the Supernova music festival, October 7
By ToI Staff
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