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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Ein Habesor

Yaara Cohen, 16, will perform the song she composed on May 9, 2024 at the National Library for her music teacher Shlomi Mathias, killed with his wife, Deborah Mathias, by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
May 9, 2024, 12:07 pm
Teen musician gets national platform to perform song she wrote for teacher killed Oct. 7
Yaara Cohen will sing ‘Grapefruit Tree’ at a pre-Memorial Day event at the National Library, in memory of Shlomi Mathias, killed with his wife at Kibbutz Holit
By Jessica Steinberg
A scene from the 1300 Candle Vigil in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on October 12, 2023. (Eli Katzoff)
October 15, 2023, 2:30 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 15: Day 9 of Israel at war — pulse-racing story of bravery
Editor David Horovitz on US backing as the world awaits a ground incursion into Gaza and how Israel stands unified; reporter Sue Surkes on how reservists’ supply needs are being met
By ToI Staff
Yftach Gepner of Moshav Ein Habesor inspects the bullet hole in his car. (Courtesy Ynet)
October 15, 2023, 12:40 pm
Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught
Evacuating a moshav member shot while fighting involved a terrifying car race with dozens of Hamas gunmen shooting at the speeding vehicle, hitting the wounded man
By Sue Surkes
Daniel Mualem, toting a plastic bag, looks at the house of Rachel and David Edry in Ofakim, Israel, on October 9, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
October 10, 2023, 1:22 pm
In Ofakim, one woman’s graceful bravery offers precious solace to a grieving nation
Rachel Edry charmed five armed captors holed up in her home as she conveyed information secretly to a SWAT team she knew was watching
By Canaan Lidor
Ketem, in better times. (Courtesy, Moran Ajami)
February 14, 2021, 4:04 pm
Post-lockdown outing ends in poisoning deaths of pet dogs
Nature and Parks Authority probing whether Ketem and Gulliver died from land-based poison or water drunk from Besor River in southern Israel
By Sue Surkes
The Snir stream. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 5, 2020, 1:10 pm
Some 20 national parks and nature reserves to open Wednesday by advance booking
Internet site for registration to open Tuesday, with visitor quotas and visit duration times to be set for each site
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Masked Palestinians calling themselves the "night confusion units" hold incendiary devices attached to balloons to be flown toward Israel, near the border with Israel east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
October 7, 2018, 7:28 pm
IDF fires at Gazans launching incendiary balloons at Israel
No word on casualties in strike near Rafah; balloon with bomb affixed lands on kibbutz fence; 5 fires rage in other Israeli communities due to arson attacks
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Firefighters extinguish a blaze near the southern city of Sderot caused by an incendiary balloon launched from the Gaza Strip on July 31, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
October 6, 2018, 8:56 pm
Firefighters battle to control huge blaze said sparked by Gaza arson balloon
Teams working to save the greenhouses at Moshav Ein Habesor; spokesman for rescue services says 7 blazes caused by incendiary balloons launched from the coastal enclave
By ToI Staff
African migrants carry their belongings following their release from the Holot Detention Center in the Negev desert, on August 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)
October 21, 2015, 7:43 pm
African migrants find danger where they sought haven
Killing of Haftom Zarhum after he was mistaken for terrorist raises fear among Eritreans and Sudanese living in Israel
By Ben Sales
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