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Gadi Eisenkot

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, October 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
‘Treason’: Opposition demands criminal probe of PM, after ex-military aide’s Oct.7 revelations
By Leon Kraiem
Leaders of anti-Netanyahu bloc call on attorney general to investigate allegations Prime Minister's Office tampered with records from Oct. 7 to cover up failures, lied to comptroller
Yashar party leader and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot campaigns ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election, in Kiryat Malachi, August 17, 2026. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
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Bereaved by war, determined to heal, protect and revive Israel: Gadi Eisenkot’s prime ministerial mission
By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023. At right is his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Avi Gil. At left is his chief of staff Tzachi Braverman. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
October 9, 2026, 4:00 am
PM’s ex-military secretary: Netanyahu prioritized political survival when he could have saved hostages’ lives
In bombshell interview, Avi Gil, who was in post on Oct. 7, alleges PM’s chief of staff falsified his phone records from that day; PM issues denial; opposition leaders call for criminal probe
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) attends a security briefing during an IDF operation in Jenin on July 3, 2023. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and next to him is Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet is at center. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 am
Before Oct. 7, Netanyahu was repeatedly told internal rift emboldening enemies – report
Top security officials, including Shin Bet and IDF chiefs, defense minister, said to have warned PM of danger from judicial overhaul chaos for months before Hamas onslaught, but he shrugged them off
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
People mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted, near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 7, 2026, 4:55 pm
Israel marks 3 years since Oct. 7 with memorial ceremonies, anti-government protests
Bereaved families return to destroyed communities, sites of deadly battles; minute of silence held at noon; Dizengoff Square fountain dyed red; protesters gather at homes of ministers
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, October 6, 2026. (GPO/Screenshot)
October 6, 2026, 5:23 pm
Netanyahu claims Hamas will try to attack Israel to influence upcoming election
Katz says Israel has intel indicating terror group plans to target IDF in Gaza on Wednesday’s 3-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, warns Hamas and Gaza civilians will pay price if troops harmed
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Rabbi Dov Lando in Bnei Brak, August 21, 2025. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
October 6, 2026, 1:14 am
Top Haredi rabbi denounces Israeli state, religious soldiers; opposition rebukes him, notes ties to Netanyahu
Rabbi Dov Lando, an influential figure in the United Torah Judaism party, says Zionism ‘made Arabs hate us’ and Arab rule would have been preferable to establishment of state
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Yashar party chief Gadi Eisenkot (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen in a photo montage at separate election events in 2026. (Flash90)
October 5, 2026, 2:56 am
Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu to a televised debate before national election
Yashar party says leadership candidates owe the public ‘full, direct and honest answers’; latest poll shows Eisenkot’s faction predicted to receive 23 seats to Likud’s 21
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 4, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 4:45 am
Regev passes buck on probing pilots, as Israel said ‘racing’ to ID more potential threats
As flydubai fallout continues, Transportation Ministry says flights aren’t 100% safe and it doesn’t do background checks on foreign pilots; report: Omani attacker had flown to Tel Aviv before but Israel knew nothing about him
By ToI Staff
Balad party head Sami Abou Shahadeh gestures in a video statement published on October 2, 2026. (Screen capture: Facebook/Sami Abou Shahadeh)
October 2, 2026, 12:45 pm
Balad party leader: Leaving campaign was ‘most difficult decision of my political career’
After Sami Abou Shahadeh withdraws from election race, Eisenkot offers mock condolences to Likud for loss of ‘true partner’; High Court was about to enforce ban on Arab party head due to his article seen as backing Oct. 7 attack
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayun, one of the Israelis who helped subdue a flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to crash a plane full of Israelis, on the passengers' return to Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 1, 2026, 8:11 pm
Netanyahu turns the flydubai near-disaster into a perfect campaign prop
As the PM spins a thwarted attack to project strength and potentially boost his poll ratings, the prospect arises of a rotation agreement with Eisenkot to break the looming electoral deadlock
By Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by supporters, during an election campaign tour in Ashdod, September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
October 1, 2026, 12:50 pm
Will the flydubai attack save Netanyahu’s struggling campaign?
The PM, with his eye for optics, is leveraging the power of incumbency to link himself with the passengers’ heroism — and suggest that Israel is in too much danger to take a risk on someone new
By Ben Sales
A man walks past a television channel advertisement featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his main rival, opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot, ahead of Israel’s general election, in Ramat Gan, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
September 30, 2026, 5:03 am
‘It’s bad’: In a polarized Israel, the likeliest election result is more uncertainty
This may be Israel’s most consequential election ever. But neither side has a clear path to victory and they’re both plagued by infighting. On Oct. 27, don’t expect a reckoning
By Ben Sales
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Yashar party and a former IDF chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Nordiya, Israel, August 31, 2026. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 11:32 pm
Shin Bet won’t provide Eisenkot with security detail, despite earlier report to contrary
Agency says it will offer intelligence support and allow armed private guards; Democrats party also presses for protection for Golan amid threats
By ToI Staff
This composite image shows Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in video statements they each released on September 29, 2026. (Screenshot via Yair Lapid's X account, Screenshot/Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
September 29, 2026, 8:43 pm
Netanyahu claims indications of attack plot by ‘enemies’ ahead of election; Lapid, briefed, derides him
Opposition leader says ‘no reason to put the public in a panic’ after receiving update from PM in wake of latter’s vague announcement, says Netanyahu should ‘draft the 15,000 Haredim the IDF needs’ if he’s so worried about security
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg 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
United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf and MKs Ya'akov Tessler and Meir Porush arrive for a court hearing on a petition against the kosher cellphone reform, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 5:36 am
Angry with PM, Haredi MKs said planning to allow formation of Eisenkot-led government
Pair of UTJ lawmakers reportedly planning to abstain if vote held to swear in minority government led by Yashar head, amid anger at Netanyahu’s failure to pass draft-dodging law
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
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