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An image from 'The Campaign,' an investigative documentary examining the anti-Israel Hamas social media campaign (Courtesy)
A new documentary finds orchestrating hands behind global online hate after October 7
By Jessica Steinberg
'The Campaign,' based on Warren Kinsella's 'The Hidden Hand,' weaves in-depth interviews with investigative reporting to reveal a social media movement that spread anti-Israel messaging, fueling antisemitism
Israeli soldiers remove the body of a Palestinian killed in an air strike from a house under construction, on the western outskirts of the northern city of Jenin, in the West Bank on August 28, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH/AFP)
In rare West Bank airstrike, IDF says it killed 3 Palestinian terror operatives
By Emanuel Fabian
Bereaved families of the October 7 massacre, members of the October Council, attend a press conference in Tel Aviv, August 24, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
‘Hair-raising’: Oct. 7 bereaved families say Israel again downplaying Hamas threat
By ToI Staff
Israeli reserve soldiers seen during military training in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, October 30, 2023. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
Wartime reserve duty taking heavier toll on economy than expected, Treasury warns
By Sharon Wrobel
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
Ex-hostage Evyatar David speaks to CNN, in an interview aired August 26, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 27, 2026, 2:30 pm
Ex-hostage Evyatar David says he still wakes with nightmares, almost a year after return
Former captive says government not providing enough help, tells CNN his Hamas guards were ‘eating cakes and drinking tea’ as they starved him in Gaza tunnel
By 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
The Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, is seen on March 24, 2025, after part of it was struck a day earlier, killing top Hamas official Ismail Barhoum. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 8:43 pm
Hamas using Gaza hospital for ‘torture’ of Palestinians amid eroding support, says Israel
Netanyahu denies Israel has approved entry of international peacekeepers into Gaza; Turkey, Egypt and Qatar call on Board of Peace to pressure Jerusalem to halt airstrikes in Strip
By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz appears on Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
August 20, 2026, 2:41 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 20: Israel risks opening a new front with strike deep in Syria
Tol editor David Horovitz discusses Netanyahu’s decision to face down Turkey in Syria, US-Israel differences on Gaza, Likud primary fallout and yet more new political parties
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
File: Iran's then-supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, greets Khalil al-Hayya, then a member of Hamas leadership council, during their meeting in Tehran, Feb. 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 19, 2026, 5:18 pm
Hamas must be drained of its money as well as its weapons
Gaza’s terror group is rearming, in part with money from the daily influx of aid * Plus: Netanyahu’s party primary brings an overdue farewell to some members of the Likud demolition crew, but the main wreckers remain
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (right) meet with top White House adviser Jared Kushner (second from left) and US adviser Aryeh Lightstone (left) in Jerusalem on November 10, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 19, 2026, 3:54 am
PM, Kushner clashed over continued Israeli strikes on Oct. 7 terrorists — officials
Officials tell ToI that Trump aide also took issue with Netanyahu’s refusal to let police recruits leave Gaza for training, as Board of Peace needs them for Hamas weapons handovers
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
US President Donald Trump (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. (Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)
August 19, 2026, 3:08 am
Palestinian official worries US ‘replicating’ PM’s strategy of boosting Hamas at PA’s expense
Concern expressed to ToI after Kushner meets with Hamas chief and Netanyahu, while ignoring Ramallah; Trump aide says PA should focus on reforms, which the official accuses Jerusalem of hobbling
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Channel 12, August 18, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 19, 2026, 2:10 am
Huckabee stands by calling violent settlers ‘terrorists’: They’re ‘pouring gas on a fire’
US ambassador to Israel insists Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner didn’t clash at meeting over Gaza proposal, says Israel ‘never backed away’ from Trump’s overall plan for Strip
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike on a cafe at the Gaza port in Gaza City, August 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
August 19, 2026, 1:19 am
IDF says it hit meeting of elite Hamas commanders near Gaza port; six reported dead
Military says targets included Nukhba Force company commander, three platoon commanders and several other terror operatives; Hamas-run civil defense says a minor among the dead
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinians walk past tents sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza City, August 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
August 18, 2026, 5:40 pm
Hamas says it’s ‘committed’ to 15-point Gaza deal while Board of Peace weighs new plan
Terror group affirms support for US-backed gradual disarmament framework as Israel pushes for full handover ahead of any pullout; UN says just 3% of Gaza’s cropland undamaged
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov in Jerusalem on May 13, 2026 Foreign policy aide Caroline Glick is seated second from the left. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
August 18, 2026, 2:40 am
Amid Israeli pushback, source reveals Board of Peace weighing new disarmament framework
Official involved in talks tells ToI that US-controlled panel may abandon phased approach to Hamas weapons handover — already approved by Hamas but rejected by PM — in favor of wholesale plan
By Jacob Magid
Left to right: White House adviser Jared Kushner, Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP, Chaim Goldberg/ FLASH90)
August 17, 2026, 5:19 pm
Meeting with Kushner, PM doubles down on IDF remaining in Gaza until Hamas disarmed
Kushner predicts progress in Hamas weapon handover within 30 days, reportedly cautions PM against interpreting ‘imminent threat’ too broadly when approving Gaza strikes
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Palestinian schoolgirls leave a UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8, 2025, as Israeli security forces prepared to close the school. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
August 16, 2026, 11:44 pm
UNRWA alleges Israeli takeover of agency buildings in East Jerusalem
‘These are not UNRWA properties, but privately owned properties for which the municipality has signed a usage agreement,’ Jerusalem Municipality says
By Nurit Yohanan
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