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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

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Family and friends of Israeli soldier Master Sgt. Elkana Vizel attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on January 23, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2024, 8:29 pm
Wide swath of society: The stories of some of the 21 troops killed in Gaza blast
Cedrick Garin went from criminal teen to exemplary soldier; Ahmad Abu Latif was ‘proud to be Bedouin Israeli’; Elkana Vizel left letter asking loved ones not to be sad if he dies
By Michael Bachner
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo published by the military on December 5, 2023. (IDF)
December 5, 2023, 1:05 pm
IDF: Troops fight in center of Khan Younis, raid Hamas general security HQ in Jabaliya
Top general cites heaviest battles since ground op began; Air Force hits elite Hamas Nukhba unit in joint operation with paratroopers; targets hit on Gaza coast
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF tanks roll near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 3, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
December 4, 2023, 6:41 pm
Dozens of tanks roll into southern Gaza as rockets target central Israel, Beersheba
IDF forces head toward Khan Younis with Strip’s main north-south road declared ‘battle zone’; troops still operating in Gaza’s north, where Gallant vows military will ‘break’ Hamas
By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner
Army vehicles are seen during an Israeli military raid on the militant stronghold of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 4, 2023, 1:13 pm
Daily Briefing July 4: What we know about ‘Operation Bayit Vagan,’ where it’s headed
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian fills us in on day 2 of the heaviest fighting in Jenin in decades; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on yesterday’s airport protest, Milchan testimony
By ToI Staff
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation of the terrorist stronghold of Jenin in the West Bank, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
July 3, 2023, 11:47 am
Daily Briefing July 3: Open-ended IDF operation targets terror ‘city of refuge’ Jenin
Emanuel Fabian on what we know as 1,000 soldiers enter West Bank city; Lazar Berman on diplomatic fallout and Hezbollah tents on Blue Line; Carrie Keller-Lynn on today’s protests
By ToI Staff
Tanks stationed at a Turkish army position near the Oncupinar crossing gate close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, fire towards the Syria border, on February 16, 2016. (AFP/BULENT KILIC)
February 16, 2016, 2:04 pm
Turkey wants Syria ground operation, with allies
Official apparently contradicts his own defense minister, who said country has ‘no plan to intervene’
By AFP
Illustrative photo of US army troops. (photo credit: US Army/Spc. Michael J. MacLeod )
October 15, 2014, 2:53 pm
More Americans favor ground troops to fight IS, poll shows
NBC survey has 41% believing operation should include infantry and airstrikes, up from 34% in September
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with then US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro in April 2013. (Flash90)
July 19, 2014, 9:27 pm
Envoy says US will work to get Abbas back ruling Gaza after conflict over
Dan Shapiro: ‘We’ll seek to help moderate Palestinians become stronger in Gaza,’ since they’d run it better than ‘Hamas, a terrorist group’
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama (right) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2014. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
July 18, 2014, 8:10 pm
In call to PM, Obama pledges support, urges minimal Gaza civilian deaths
President emphasizes backing of Jewish state’s right to defend itself against rocket fire, says current offensive focused on tunnels
By AP, ToI Staff and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Benjamin Netanyahu (left), meeting with John Kerry in Jerusalem, March 31, 2014. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO/Flash90)
July 18, 2014, 10:20 am
US: Restrict Gaza operation to precise action against tunnels
After State Dept. warns Israel could do more to protect civilians, Kerry offers US support for focused ground ops
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
November 20, 2012, 12:25 pm
Israel freezes plans for ground operation as Clinton heads to the region
IDF continues to prepare for a Gaza incursion; ‘if the firing continues, we will have to take broader action, and we won’t hesitate to do so,’ PM says
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli soldiers participate in a training exercise simulating fighting in Gaza, at a training base in the Negev on November 17 (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
November 18, 2012, 12:45 pm
Where do we go from here?
Soldiers are streaming south, but in newspaper-land, a ceasefire is right around the corner. As one columnist puts it, the ball is in the government’s court
By Joshua Davidovich
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