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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Gadi Yarkoni

Gadi Yarkoni, head of the Eshkol Regional Council, attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 23, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
February 7, 2024, 1:03 pm
Southern mayors demand clarity from Netanyahu on whether residents can return safely
Eshkol Regional Council’s Gadi Yarkoni says proper resources needed if population expected to come back, wants PM to be honest on reality of ongoing security situation
By ToI Staff
Military chief Aviv Kohavi (right) speaks with officials near the border with the Gaza Strip, August 4, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 4, 2022, 11:13 am
IDF chief Kohavi tours Gaza border on 3rd day of Islamic Jihad revenge attack alert
Plans in place for response to potential rise in violence; Israeli planes, armed drones fly over Strip to thwart terror squads; roads vulnerable to missiles and snipers stay shut
By Emanuel Fabian
Firefighters respond to a fire at Kissufim Forest in southern Israel, on August 23, 2021. (Moshe Baruchi/KKL)
August 23, 2021, 6:55 pm
Gaza arson attacks spark 9 fires in Israel; terror groups plan border protests
Local Israeli leaders call for government to take action as terrorists in the Strip launch balloon-borne incendiary devices into south
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah prepare balloon-borne incendiary devices to be launched toward Israel on August 8, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 11, 2020, 3:02 pm
Israel and Hamas said to reach agreement for 6-month ceasefire
According to report, deal brokered by Mossad head, COGAT includes $100 million from Qatar to Gaza terror group; local leaders in Israel’s south angered by lack of long-term quiet
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Kahlon meet with council heads from the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip on July 3, 2019. (Ariel Hermoni / Defense Ministry)
July 3, 2019, 5:13 pm
2 Gaza border mayors boycott meeting with PM, accuse him of ignoring region
After speaking with IDF officers, Netanyahu says Israel hoping for calm in south but prepared for military action
By Judah Ari Gross
Residents of southern Israel protest over the government's response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, at the entrance to city of Sderot, on March 26, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2019, 11:37 pm
Protesters in south call for stepped-up response to Gaza violence
Head of Eshkol Regional Council says PM must explain to locals his policy to ‘restore a sense of security and guarantee calm in the area’
By ToI Staff
File: The head of the IDF's Southern Command Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, center-left, speaks with Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi, center-right, during a visit to the southern town, which was hit repeatedly with rocket fire from the Gaza Strip on August 9, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 10, 2018, 12:44 pm
Southern mayors say Gaza truce a ‘mistake,’ call for long-term solution
Residents who spent two days in bomb shelters want government to secure a permanent end to rocket fire; Sderot leader calls for military operation
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office in Bnei Brak, Israel, October 26, 2017. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
June 21, 2018, 12:45 pm
Erdan warns ‘very high chance’ of Gaza op in coming months
Public security minister says Hamas may force Israel’s hand through continued provocations; terror group says the only way to stop fire kites is to lift siege on Gaza
By ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot visit construction work on the fence between Israel and Jordan. February 9, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
February 25, 2016, 8:24 am
Netanyahu promises ‘imminent solution’ to Gaza tunnels
Prime minister assures communities around Strip the army is ready to tackle threat from the Hamas-controlled territory
By Raoul Wootliff
A Hamas tunnel discovered by soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade in the northern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)
January 31, 2016, 9:54 pm
Netanyahu threatens to eclipse 2014 war to destroy Gaza tunnels
Amid increasing public pressure, PM says Israel working to thwart subterranean Hamas threat, counsels terror group not to ‘try us’
By ToI Staff
In this Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 file photo, Israeli politicians Isaac Herzog, right, and Tzipi Livni listen during a tour along the Israel and Gaza Strip border. (photo credit: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File )
January 31, 2016, 8:21 pm
Opposition head calls for IDF to bomb Gaza tunnels
As Israelis near Gaza border report digging sounds, Herzog blasts ‘idle’ government response to apparent Hamas rebuilding of underground attack system
By Sue Surkes
Gadi Yarkoni (R) of the Eshkol Regional Council (Facebook)
June 3, 2015, 2:54 pm
Southern man who lost legs in mortar attack elected mayor
Gadi Yarkoni, cricitically wounded on the last day of last summer’s Gaza war, will lead the embattled Eshkol region
By Gedalyah Reback
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