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A greenhouse that was set on fire by an infiltrator from Gaza on November 9, 2018 (Screencapture)
November 10, 2018, 6:13 pm
IDF says it tracked Gazan who burned greenhouse, residents were never in danger
But locals dispute army’s claim infiltrator only got within 1 km. of homes Friday; IDF says it will ‘learn from our mistakes’; suspect said to have crossed multiple times before
By TOI staff
A greenhouse that was set on fire by an infiltrator from Gaza on November 9, 2018 (Screencapture)
November 9, 2018, 8:39 pm
Palestinian infiltrates from Gaza, sets greenhouse on fire in Israeli community
Suspect, who is not armed, nabbed after manhunt; IDF investigating how he managed to get so far
By TOI staff
High school students from the Gaza periphery begin a five-day, 90-kilometer march from Sderot to the Knesset to call for an end to the area's security woes. (YouTube screen capture)
November 4, 2018, 3:11 pm
High-schoolers start 90-kilometer protest march from near Gaza border to Knesset
‘We’ve lived from war to war all our lives,’ says one 17-year-old organizer. ‘Israel’s leaders can change that’
By TOI staff
A Palestinian waves a flag during a demonstration on the beach near the maritime border with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 22, 2018. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 3, 2018, 2:50 pm
Emerging Gaza ceasefire to significantly ease blockade — report
Lebanese daily says Egypt prepared to slash 70% of its own border restrictions under 3-year truce deal; Israel will be required to grant work permits and expand fishing zone
By TOI staff
Simcha Goldin, father of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body is held by Hamas, speaks at a protest calling the government to return the bodies of his son and fellow late Israeli soldier Oron Shaul outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 10, 2018, 4:43 pm
Goldin family: Truce without soldiers’ return ‘a capitulation to Hamas’
Father of slain soldier Hadar Goldin, held by terror group, says Israel has ‘lost principle’ of always bringing back captured troops
By TOI staff
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
A photographer takes a picture of Dana and Itai Nisanov among burnt trees near the Gaza border, July 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)
July 9, 2018, 4:14 pm
Couple poses for wedding pix among burnt fields near Gaza border
Dana and Itai Nisanov say landscape destroyed by months of incendiary kite and balloon attacks is still the place where they grew up
By TOI staff
Firefighters extinguish a fire in a field caused by incendiaries attached to kites flown by Palestinians, from the Gaza Strip, June 27, 2018. (Flash90)
June 30, 2018, 2:38 pm
Gaza airborne incendiary devices spark 5 fires in Israeli border communities
Economy minister says IDF must target kite-launchers to ensure safety of Israelis living in Strip’s vicinity
By TOI staff
Noga Gulst
June 20, 2018, 12:49 pm
Noga Gulst
The day the rockets woke me up
30 in 4 hours, and the IDF said we should continue as normal, no new instructions. But this is not normal
Adele Raemer
June 8, 2018, 3:38 pm
Adele Raemer
This ain’t no hurricane
Southern Israel is battening down the hatches for a storm that is truly preventable
Adele Raemer
June 5, 2018, 2:03 pm
Adele Raemer
About these kites…
They started out as gifts from Japan to the children of Gaza and were repurposed to carry incendiary devices
Adele Raemer
June 1, 2018, 7:31 pm
Adele Raemer
Business as usual in the Gaza envelope
After more than 22 hours of rocket fire, the regularly scheduled program was the best thing for all of us
A fire caused by incendiary kites from Gaza burns near Kibbutz Kissufim on May 25, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 31, 2018, 1:43 pm
Flaming kite from Gaza said to spark brush fire in south
Firefighters battle blaze between Kissufim and Ein Hashlosha kibbutzim
By TOI staff
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley listens as Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari speaks after a vote on a resolution during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, on April 14, 2018, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
May 30, 2018, 8:11 pm
Kuwait blocks US bid to condemn Gaza rocket fire at Security Council
Arab states to advance own resolution that ‘deals with the protection of civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Intelligence and Transportation Minister Israel Katz attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset, February 26, 2018. (Flash90)
May 30, 2018, 10:09 am
Amid respite from Gaza missile attacks, ministers deny Hamas claims of ceasefire
Officials insist no agreement brokered, after factions in the Strip say informal ‘consensus’ reached to end flareup
By Michael Bachner and Tamar Pileggi
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