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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a reception marking the opening of the Colombian Embassy in Jerusalem, held at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, October 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 15, 2026, 4:55 pm
Netanyahu’s Macbeth complex: Ex-spy chief exposes a leader consumed by paranoia
Ronen Bar’s defamation suit reveals the gravity of the prime minister’s toxic rift with his security chiefs. Three years after Oct. 7, Netanyahu is still hunting for conspiracies
By Tal Schneider
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel attends a meeting of Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers and heads of intelligence at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, February 8, 2018. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)
October 15, 2026, 9:47 am
Contradicting PM and reports, Egypt’s spy chief said not to have been in Israel days before Oct. 7
After claims about Abbas Kamel’s alleged flying visit to warn about a Hamas attack, multiple reports now say he wasn’t aboard private Egyptian jet that arrived on Sept. 26, 2023
By ToI Staff
An illustrative combination displaying, left to right, UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the now-deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP, Mandel NGAN/AFP, JOE RAEDLE/Getty Images via AFP)
September 10, 2026, 1:18 pm
Arab warnings to Netanyahu ahead of Oct. 7 massacre shatter his core political defense
PM’s threat to sue for libel cannot mask the growing evidence that he was alerted to an impending Hamas attack; warnings also raise questions about whether Sinwar wanted Israel to know what was coming
By Amir Bar Shalom
Masked Hamas members parade with Qassam rockets through the streets of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on May 27, 2021. (AP/Yousef Masoud)
April 16, 2022, 11:18 pm
Report: Egypt talked Hamas down from rocket fire after Temple Mount clashes
Israeli TV says Israel agreed to release those detained during Friday’s riots; no rockets were fired, but many Palestinians remain detained
By ToI Staff
Leah, right, and Simcha Goldin, parents of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body was kidnapped by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, attend a press conference in Ramat Gan, April 25, 2018. (Flash90)
July 15, 2021, 5:43 pm
Bennett meets with family of fallen IDF soldier held by Hamas
PM tells Hadar Goldin’s parents ‘my door is always open to you,’ amid reports of possible prisoner exchange deal with Gaza-ruling terror group
By ToI Staff
Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza, gestures during a rally in Beit Lahiya on May 30, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/ Flash90)
July 13, 2021, 2:53 pm
Egypt expresses growing optimism on Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange — report
According to Lebanese media, a possible first stage of the deal could see Hamas provide information on captives, bodies to Israel in exchange for the release of some prisoners
By ToI Staff
Palestinian rioters throw stones towards Israeli forces at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 27, 2019. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
December 27, 2019, 7:17 pm
Low turnout in last planned Gaza border protest until March 2020
Several Palestinians throw rocks and explosives at IDF troops, who respond with tear gas and rubber-coated bullets, but no live fire
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian protesters riot along the security fence east of Gaza City as smoke billows from fields across the fence caused by an incendiary device attached to a kite and flown across the border into Israel from the Gaza Strip, on May 15, 2019. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
December 26, 2019, 3:34 pm
Gaza groups say border protests to stop until March, resume infrequently in 2020
High Commission for the March of Return says demonstrations will occur on a monthly basis, plus whenever there is a need and ‘during prominent national occasions’
By Adam Rasgon
Rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel, followed the targeted killing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror chief Baha Abu al-Ata, by an Israeli strike, on November 12, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
November 12, 2019, 7:28 pm
Egypt, UN push for ceasefire as Gaza terror groups warn of imminent escalation
‘The coming hours will speak for themselves,’ says Palestinian Islamic Jihad official after arch-terrorist killed in Israeli strike; 200 rockets fired at Israel through Tuesday
By Adam Rasgon
Anti-government protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, September 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
October 3, 2019, 4:35 pm
Israeli firm traces cyberattacks on Egyptian activists to Cairo government
Check Point Software Technologies says major hacking campaign targeting opposition figures, journalists and academics run out of Egyptian spy shop
By ToI Staff
A young Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl rocks at Israeli troops during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces across the barbed-wire fence during a border demonstration near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
July 19, 2019, 9:23 pm
Thousands protest at Gaza border, over 100 said injured amid riots
Gaza’s Hamas health officials report dozens struck by live fire; IDF vehicle said hit by bullet near border, none hurt
By AFP and ToI Staff
Hamas's leader Ismail Haniyeh (C-R) meets with Egyptian Intelligence Minister Khalid Fawzi at the latter's office in Gaza City on October 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
July 14, 2019, 5:55 pm
Egyptian delegation meets with Palestinian factions to prevent new Gaza flareup
Deputy intelligence chief holds talks with Abbas, Hamas leaders as ceasefire deal between the latter and Israel comes under strain
By AFP and ToI Staff
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh flashes a 'v for victory' sign on March 27, 2019, next to the rubble of what was once his office in Gaza City, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike two days earlier. (Hamas)
March 28, 2019, 11:07 am
Israel said to offer Hamas numerous concessions in return for curbing violence
Egyptian delegation reportedly conveys Jerusalem’s proposal to Palestinian terror groups, but they rule out halting border rallies entirely
By Michael Bachner
Palestinians holding Palestinian flags walk past burning tires during clashes near the security fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on February 22, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
March 6, 2019, 10:32 am
Israel said to warn Hamas that attacks from Gaza risk wide-scale military action
Egyptian officials reportedly convey message from Jerusalem telling the terror group not to try to intervene in Israel’s election campaign
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2016, a university identification card belonging to slain Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni is displayed (Egyptian Interior Ministry via AP)
December 4, 2018, 11:43 pm
Italy investigating 5 Egyptians secret service members in student’s murder
Giulio Regeni disappeared in Cairo in 2016; his body was found several days later by the side of a highway
By AP
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