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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a pilots' graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Airbase, July 9, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 9, 2026, 11:30 pm
PM, IDF chief stress Israel’s readiness to return to war with Iran amid fresh fighting
Katz echoes remarks at Israeli Air Force pilot graduation, says Israel ready to ‘regain air superiority,’ even as Washington said to be unwilling to bring Israel back into the fray
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
Israeli F-16 fighter jets fly over a beach in Tel Aviv during the annual Independence Day flyover, May 5, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)
June 30, 2026, 10:08 pm
IDF scrambles fighter jets after hijacking false alarm; flight lands safely in Bulgaria
LOT Polish Airlines flight, operated by Electra Airways, sends mistaken alert over Turkey, drawing Israeli and Bulgarian military planes; airline blames transponder malfunction
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in Israel for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on March 2, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 16, 2026, 10:32 am
Israeli Air Force chief confirms major strike on Iran was called off last week
Maj. Gen. Omer Tischler says ‘entire Air Force was ready for broad strike sortie’ on hundreds of Iranian targets, but plans were halted ‘one hour before departure’
By Emanuel Fabian
A combo of satellite images captured by the European Commission's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, appearing to show damage to a hangar at the Ramat David airbase in northern Israel following an Iranian ballistic missile attack, June 8, 2026. (Screengrab / Copernicus Sentinel-2 via Soar)
June 10, 2026, 7:03 pm
IDF confirms airbase was damaged during Iranian missile attack this week
Warehouse at Ramat David Airbase apparently hit by falling fragments, not a direct impact, probe finds; military says none injured, no harm to facility’s functioning
By Emanuel Fabian
A combo of satellite images captured by the European Commission's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, appearing to show damage to a hangar at the Ramat David airbase in northern Israel following an Iranian ballistic missile attack, June 8, 2026. (Screengrab / Copernicus Sentinel-2 via Soar)
June 9, 2026, 5:05 pm
Satellite images appear to indicate damage at IAF base following Iranian missile attacks
Low-res pictures taken Monday seem to show damaged hangar at Ramat David airbase, IDF did not report impact in area; Iran says 2 of its air defense soldiers killed in IDF strike
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony at Nevatim Airbase, inaugurating the first of six KC-46 aircraft purchased by the Defense Ministry from the United States, May 27, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 27, 2026, 8:17 pm
Israel gets 1st of new KC-46 refueling planes, greatly boosting long-range capabilities
IDF says new arrival ‘significantly strengthens the air force’s superiority’; plane is 1st of 6 ordered from Boeing, will allow for deeper IAF strikes on Iran without relying on US
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 20, 2026, 12:30 am
IDF says strike in southern Gaza killed Hamas operative who invaded Israel on Oct. 7
Member of terror group, who military doesn’t name, hit in airstrike after posing ‘immediate threat’ to troops; report finds Hamas used early 2025 truce to train new fighters
By Stav Levaton, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment on the town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on May 7, 2026. (Abbas Fakih / AFP)
May 7, 2026, 7:22 pm
IDF cancels events in north amid concern over potential Hezbollah revenge attacks
Three said killed in villages across southern Lebanon as military targets Hezbollah infrastructure; Netanyahu warns no terrorist is safe after Radwan force chief killed in Beirut
By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jet prepares to take off for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on March 19, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 3, 2026, 10:51 am
Israel approves purchase of 2 more squadrons of F-35I and F-15IA fighter jets from US
Defense minister says procurement follows lessons learned from recent Iran war; shipments carrying 6,500 tons of military gear arrive in Israel
By Emanuel Fabian
Footage released by the IDF on June 21, 2025, shows the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 1, 2026, 8:55 pm
IDF official says Iran war will be ‘one big failure’ if enriched uranium not removed
Top officer says Islamic Republic ‘can pounce on nuclear program’ if talks don’t see its stockpile taken away; says IDF’s ‘hands tied’ in countering Hezbollah drone threat due to truce
By Emanuel Fabian
Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026, amid Israeli attacks on military infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror group. (AP/Hussein Malla)
April 9, 2026, 2:22 pm
IDF says it killed Hezbollah chief’s secretary as some 70 rockets fired from Lebanon
No injuries or damage reported in repeated attacks on Israeli border towns; IDF: 3,000 projectiles fired from south Lebanon since March 2, proving Beirut ‘lied’ about disarming group
By Emanuel Fabian
Maj. (res.) Asaf Dagan, an air force reservist combat navigator. (Courtesy)
April 6, 2026, 11:25 am
Reservist airman who died by suicide in 2024 recognized as fallen soldier, family says
Family of combat navigator Maj. (res.) Asaf Dagan says Defense Ministry finally accepting their demand that he be acknowledged as a PTSD combat casualty, ‘correcting deep injustice’
By ToI Staff
IDF troops of the 769th 'Hiram' Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on March 29, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 29, 2026, 10:44 pm
PM says Israel to expand south Lebanon buffer zone as IDF pushes deeper into territory
In visit to Northern Command, Netanyahu promises to ‘definitively thwart’ Hezbollah threat on border; terror group continues to launch rockets as IDF carries out strikes
By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
A plume of smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran early on March 28, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
March 29, 2026, 2:46 am
IDF says almost done targeting ‘critical’ Iranian military sites as waves of strikes hit Tehran
US VP says Washington will keep war going ‘for a little while longer’ to ensure Islamic Republic is truly ‘neutered’; Israel strikes HQ of Iranian naval weapons and ship producer
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
A first responder inspects the damaged structure of a residential building hit in an earlier US-Israeli strike in Tehran, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 27, 2026, 2:40 pm
Katz warns strikes on Iran to intensify as regime keeps up missile fire at Israeli civilian areas
IDF bombs Iran’s key naval arms production site, missile factories; Pentagon said to weigh deploying another 10,000 ground troops; Iran threatens Gulf hotels, hits Kuwait’s ports
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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