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Shehadeh Abu Alqian, 25, who is charged with spying for a Gaza-based terror group, is seen wearing an Israeli military uniform in May 2022. (Courtesy)
Bedouin man sentenced to 24.5 years for joining IDF to spy for Gazan terror group
By Noam Lehmann and Emanuel Fabian
Shehadeh Abu Alqian stole rifle from soldier he later passed to Mujahideen Brigades, which abducted Shiri Bibas and her two young sons on October 7, 2023; they were murdered in captivity
Israeli soldiers seen along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, September 6, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
Israel said blocking US firm from breaking ground on Gaza base for international force
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, AP and ToI Staff
Armed Hamas police officers patrol in Gaza City, October 11, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
October 13, 2026, 10:59 pm
On ceasefire anniversary, US claims ‘real progress’ made in demilitarizing Gaza
Washington says building will be difficult but progress underway for Hamas-free rule and security for Israel; Kushner, Red Cross mark one year since return of last 20 living hostages
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
Displaced Palestinians living in a cemetery in central Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, after being unable to return to their homes, which were destroyed during the war between Israel and Hamas, October 10, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 9:45 pm
One year into ceasefire, vexed Gazans say they’re still living like war never ended
Strip has seen little rehabilitation or return to normalcy since Oct. 2025, with residents still in tents and fearing daily airstrikes. Blame, they say, goes beyond Hamas or Israel
By Nurit Yohanan
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at Zinaida Morozova’s Mansion, in Moscow, July 1, 2026. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP)
October 11, 2026, 4:52 am
Red Cross chief says earlier pressure for hostage releases ‘could have saved more lives’
Spoljaric addresses Israeli criticism, says visiting hostages ‘much more complicated’ than freeing them, insists Israel legally obligated to grant ICRC visits to Palestinian prisoners
By ToI Staff
Smoke rises following an IDF airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, October 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
October 11, 2026, 12:14 am
IDF raises toll of Palestinian terror operatives it has killed in past week to 17
Military names 3 Hamas Nukhba members and 2 Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders killed in recent Gaza strikes, adding to 12 deaths announced earlier in the week
By Stav Levaton
Butler Library at New York City's Columbia University. (CC BY-SA JSquish/Wikimedia Commons)
October 10, 2026, 7:49 pm
After outcry, Columbia University blames technical error for ‘Oct. 7’ sauce on menu
Columbia blames a design template error for listing ‘October 7th’ sauce on the menu on Wednesday and calls it a ‘mistake,’ after social media users decry the Ivy League school
By ToI Staff
People search the rubble of a collapsed building following overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 9, 2026, before which the Israeli military had warned residents to evacuate the area. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)
October 9, 2026, 5:36 pm
Almost all Gaza residents need shelter as El Niño threatens flooding, UN agency says
IDF says 3 Hamas, Islamic Jihad operatives killed in Gaza City strikes, while weapons depots belonging to terror groups also targeted
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian children sit in their classroom on the first day of the new academic year at a UN-run school in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, September 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
October 9, 2026, 9:56 am
A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for ‘hateful’ speech
Plan by Gaza Children Village opposed by educators in Gaza, with some fearing surveillance could be intercepted by Israel, while others object to efforts to censor teachers
By SAM MEDNICK
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the foundation stone ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 9, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
October 8, 2026, 11:58 pm
Palestinian factions discuss delaying their first legislative elections in 20 years
Abbas’s Fatah says no final decision made on November 28 vote; needs to consult with other factions and PLO executive committee; Islamic Jihad says elections to be delayed
By ABBY SEWELL, SAM METZ and ToI Staff
David Milstein, senior adviser to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaks at a CPAC conference, October 30, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/CPAC)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 pm
Huckabee aide tried quashing US embassy reports to protect Israeli government — NYT
Report citing over a dozen sources says David Milstein undermining diplomatic work on settlements, settler violence and Gaza’s rebuilding; Huckabee rejects allegations
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the inauguration ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 9, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
October 7, 2026, 8:17 am
Palestinian Authority claims Israel blocked election officials from Jerusalem, Gaza
PA’s Central Elections Commission says it is moving ahead with preparations for November 28 vote, employees in Gaza already trained and deployed; EU ready to provide observers
By AFP and ToI Staff
Troops of the IDF's Givati Brigade operate in the Yabna camp of southern Gaza's Rafah, June 18, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
October 7, 2026, 6:04 am
3 years of war: Data shows IDF hit 100,000 targets as 31,500 projectiles fired at Israel
In Gaza, military says it has killed 4 Hamas chiefs, established 40 new outposts; reserve army expands by 36%; 30,000 security personnel treated by Defense Ministry rehab center
By Emanuel Fabian
French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan speaks during a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on October 6, 2026. (Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN/AFP)
October 6, 2026, 5:36 pm
Far-left EU lawmaker under fire after throwing Israeli flag on floor at Oct. 7 memorial
European Parliament president says incident is being taken seriously; French member Rima Hassan acknowledges removing Israel flag, says EU flag fell accidentally
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, right, listens during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House, September 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 6, 2026, 7:42 am
‘You want to call Trump, Bibi?’: How incoming US president’s wrath was leveraged to close hostage deal
Top Biden aide’s new book reveals dramatic 11th-hour talks before January 2025 agreement as well as outgoing president’s desire to give final speech rebuking his party’s anti-Israel direction
By Jacob Magid
Cpl. Noa Marciano, who was killed in Hamas captivity in November after being taken hostage on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 4, 2026, 10:04 am
‘I am in Gaza:’ Recording released of kidnapped, murdered IDF lookout Noa Marciano
Bereaved father Avi Marciano publishes audio of his daughter pleading for Israel to stop bombing Gaza during first days in captivity; he demands state commission of inquiry
By ToI Staff
Displaced children from the Gaza Strip, stand in line as they attend a Palestinian school in the Egyptian city of El-Arish, near the border with the Gaza Strip, on October 1, 2026. (Amr AHMED/AFP)
October 4, 2026, 8:12 am
In Egypt’s Sinai, a Gazan refugee builds a school for children displaced by war
El-Arish school provides free education to nearly 400 Palestinian students, aiming to offer a Palestinian curriculum and a sense of normalcy away from home
By AFP
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