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Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a polling station in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026, amid the Likud primary elections. Right: Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's political bureau, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, October 26, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, AP/Bilal Hussein)
August 27, 2026, 5:57 pm
Netanyahu held secret talks with Hamas during 2014 Gaza war, report says; PM’s office denies
PM’s envoy reportedly spoke with terror official Ghazi Hamad, unbeknownst to official negotiators; in Gaza, IDF strikes kill Oct. 7 invaders, target Hamas ‘ambush position’
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with troops in the Gaza Strip, August 25, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 25, 2026, 7:01 pm
In rare warning, Board of Peace tells Israel to limit Gaza fire to ‘genuine’ threats
IDF chief vows that ‘pursuit of the October 7 terrorists continues’; US-backed organization also calls for halt of ‘all militant activity’ in Gaza, including kites, after Israeli threats
By Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
A kite, apparently flown from the Gaza Strip, seen flying over Kibbutz Nahal Oz, August 22, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 25, 2026, 3:27 pm
‘Outrageous’: UN slams threats from Netanyahu, Katz to evacuate Gazans over ‘children’s kites’
Israel believes the kites are being organized by Hamas, which previously used them as incendiary devices carrying flammable materials and explosives
By AFP and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the opening of an AI center in Kibbutz Nir Oz, August 24, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 24, 2026, 5:01 pm
Herzog says Israel can’t play down border residents’ jitters amid return of Gaza kites
In visit to Nir Oz, president insists security of border communities key to any future arrangement in Strip; IDF says three Oct. 7 terrorists targeted in strikes over past day
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A Palestinian man walks past a burning truck following an Israeli strike, in the area of Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on August 23, 2026. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
August 23, 2026, 5:05 pm
IDF told to act forcefully against Gaza kites; 3 reported killed in Israeli strikes
4-year-old among Gaza dead; Netanyahu tells IDF to do ‘everything’ to counter Gaza drone threat; Katz: Kites to be treated like drones even if they have no explosives; IDF: Strikes targeted Hamas commander, arms site
By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg
Soldiers seen inspecting a kite, flown from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, August 22, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 23, 2026, 1:36 am
IDF says 4 kites apparently flown from Gaza found in Nahal Oz; residents demand response
Military said to believe kites were sent by Hamas to see if and how Israel would respond; community recalls incendiary kites from 2018 even as IDF says no danger to public
By Emanuel Fabian
A video posted to on March 7, 2025, is captioned, 'Thank God, we've arrived in Britain,' and shows the reported terror suspect aboard a dinghy with other migrants in the English Channel before being picked up by the UK's Border Force. (Screen capture: Facebook/Abu Wadei Alkassass, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 23, 2025, 5:51 pm
Gazan man who prayed for death to all Jews released from UK prison
Abu Wadei, who was arrested in March for immigration offenses, left Gaza before the October 7 assault but allegedly took part in pro-Hamas activities in the years leading up to it
By ToI Staff
A video posted to on March 7, 2025, is captioned, 'Thank God, we've arrived in Britain,' and shows the reported terror suspect aboard a dinghy with other migrants in the English Channel before being picked up by the UK's Border Force. (Screen capture: Facebook/Abu Wadei Alkassass, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 10, 2025, 8:40 pm
Gazan who prayed for death to all Jews arrested after reaching UK on migrant dinghy
Abu Wadei reportedly left Strip before Oct. 7, previously posed with gunmen, participated in attacks on Israel; British Home Office says he’s been charged with immigration offenses
By ToI Staff
A firefighter works to extinguish a blaze caused by an incendiary device from the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on June 27, 2019. (Fire and Rescue Services)
June 29, 2019, 6:47 pm
Gazan arson balloon sparks fire in southern Israel
Attack comes a day after Israel and Hamas renewed unofficial truce said to include halt of incendiary devices launched across border
By ToI Staff
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks at the opening of the 40th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 25, 2019. (UN Photo/Violaine Martin)
March 6, 2019, 4:11 pm
UN rights chief criticizes Israel’s ‘immediate dismissal’ of report on Gaza
Michelle Bachelet makes no mention of violence by Palestinians during their border protests against Israeli troops
By ToI Staff
Kalniyot at the Be'eri nature reserve, February 4, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 7, 2019, 10:55 am
In south, red is the new black as scorched lands give way to annual flower craze
Fires that burned 16,000 dunams near Gaza border decimated other plants that usually compete with the seasonal red flower, clearing way for one of the reddest Darom Adoms in years
By Melanie Lidman and Photos and video: Luke Tress
A field of anemone flowers blossoming in Shokeda Forest, in the south of Israel on January 30, 2019. (Dudi Modan/Flash90)
February 2, 2019, 10:33 pm
60,000 flock to south where fields torched by incendiary balloons now bloom
Adom Darom Festival goers celebrate the annual blooming of red anemones as 150,000 Israelis trek through national parks countrywide over the sunny, springlike weekend
By ToI Staff
Ori Sagi with a bottle of 'Otef Aza' beer at the Alexander Beer brewery, January 3, 2019. (Renee Ghert-Zand/TOI)
January 24, 2019, 8:49 am
Brewery’s new ‘Gaza Border Beer’ crafted in support of southern Israel’s farmers
Alexander Beer to donate profits of sales of special edition brew, which is made from wheat that survived torched fields targeted by incendiary devices launched from Gaza
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Tear gas canisters falling amidst Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli forces across the border fence, east of Gaza City, January 18, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
January 18, 2019, 11:37 pm
IDF says Hamas member arrested after crossing into Israel from Gaza
Man immediately apprehended; Palestinians throw rocks, fire bombs and grenades at Israeli troops during weekly protest, IDF responds with tear gas, live fire
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw tear gas toward Israeli forces during a demonstration along the Israeli fence east of Gaza City on January 18, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
January 18, 2019, 6:10 pm
10,000 riot along Gaza border; IDF said to respond with tear gas, live fire
Palestinians throw rocks, fire bombs and hand grenades at Israeli troops; Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says 19 wounded
By ToI Staff
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