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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

Gaza war report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a State Control committee meeting in the Israeli parliament during a discussion about the Operation Protective Edge report, on April 19, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 25, 2017, 12:59 pm
Bereaved families blast PM’s apology as ‘too little, too late’
Parents of fallen soldiers ask why Netanyahu waited 5 days to denounce Likud MKs who shouted at them during Knesset hearing on 2014 Gaza war
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, April 23, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
April 23, 2017, 2:57 pm
Breaking silence, PM says Likud MKs were wrong to yell at bereaved families
Netanyahu expresses ‘regret’ over behavior of 2 party members during committee hearing on 2014 Gaza war
By Raoul Wootliff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset on March 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 22, 2017, 10:14 pm
Liberman slams ‘disgraceful’ MKs for yelling at bereaved parents
Defense minister says Knesset debate over government’s handling of 2014 Gaza war was ‘shameful, humiliating and outrageous’
By ToI Staff
Then-Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein (R) speaks with MK David Bitan at the Knesset during a plenum session, January 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 21, 2017, 3:23 pm
Knesset speaker ‘disgusted’ by Likud MKs who yelled at bereaved families
Yuli Edelstein expresses ‘deep sadness’ after shouting match between lawmakers and parents of fallen soldiers
By ToI Staff
French presidential election candidate for the far-right National Front party Marine Le Pen speaks during a press conference at her campaign headquarters in Paris, April 21, 2017. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)
April 21, 2017, 1:49 pm
He shoots, she scores
After a terror attack in Paris, Israeli pundits posit that Le Pen is mightier ahead of French elections; and Holocaust survivors get a bit of attention
By Joshua Davidovich
MK David Bitan rebukes bereaved parents during a Knesset State Control Committee discussion about Israel‘s 2014 Gaza war against Hamas, April 19, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 20, 2017, 12:44 am
PM’s office slams Likud MKs for shouting match with bereaved parents
Lawmakers David Bitan and Miki Zohar ‘harmed attempts‘ to involve families of fallen soldiers in discussion about 2014 Gaza war
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) sits with former interim Israeli National Security Adviser Yaakov Nagel (R) at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
March 29, 2017, 10:08 pm
Counter-terror chief appointed acting head of National Security Council
Former Shin Bet agent Eitan Ben-David to fill interim national security adviser role after Yaakov Nagel steps down
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) sits with former interim Israeli National Security Adviser Yaakov Nagel (R) at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
March 26, 2017, 3:47 pm
Interim head of National Security Council steps down
Netanyahu praises Yaakov Nagel for his role in securing the most recent defense package with the US; has yet to name a replacement
By Jacob Magid
This February 10, 2016, file photo shows IDF soldiers keeping watch as a machine drills holes in the ground on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip as they search for tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists planning to attack Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
February 28, 2017, 10:18 pm
IDF looked for Hamas tunnel under Gaza border community — report
Despite suspicion of attack tunnel, army says ‘no unusual findings were discovered’
By ToI Staff
Brother of late Israeli soldier Oron Shaul seen at a protest tent outside the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on June 30, 2016. The sign reads 'Returning Oron.' (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 28, 2017, 7:23 pm
Families of fallen soldiers demand answers after Gaza report
Bereaved relatives tell lawmakers they must act upon probe’s findings, as ‘it was you who sent our sons to war’
By ToI Staff
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog and MK Tzipi Livni attend a faction meeting in the Knesset on February 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 28, 2017, 6:56 pm
Herzog: Netanyahu should resign over scathing Gaza war report
In wave of opposition censure, Lapid says PM ‘didn’t tell the public the truth’; Rivlin says government must learn from report, shouldn’t bury it
By Sue Surkes
A tunnel reaching from Gaza into Israel, seen in a photo released by the IDF on April 18, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
February 28, 2017, 1:57 pm
IDF looked for Hamas tunnel under Gaza-border community
Police clearing final home in Ofra, several cops hurt in scuffles, some were bitten
By Gavin Rabinowitz and Raoul Wootliff
Naomi Chazan
February 27, 2017, 1:25 pm
Naomi Chazan
How democracy slips away
The comptroller’s 2014 Gaza war report will prove only the most recent indicator that democratic Israel is in trouble
IDF infantrymen congregating around a tunnel entrance in Gaza, July 24, 2014. (Courtesy IDF Flickr)
February 26, 2017, 9:21 pm
At least 15 Hamas tunnels extend into Israel, TV report says
Channel 2 item, citing unnamed security cabinet sources, comes two days before publication of ombudsman report on 2014 Gaza War
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a tunnel opening discovered by the IDF in Gaza, July 20, 2014. (photo credit: IDF)
February 26, 2017, 12:13 pm
Gaza report set to emerge, tunnel vision takes hold
Embargoed from actually reporting on the findings of the damning document, the press makes do with quoting those attempting to preemptively make hay or patch up their good names
By Joshua Davidovich
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