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Idan Ofer

Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels rally, in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa, Yemen, on August 29, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
September 1, 2025, 12:47 pm
Houthis say they shot at Israeli ship in Red Sea; maritime agency says missile missed
Iran-backed group fires at Liberian-flagged, Israeli-owned vessel; thousands attend funeral for rebel prime minister killed in Israeli strike, vowing revenge
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Gil Ofer, (r), Lee Ofer, Danielle Ofer (l) and Idan Ofer (far left), at the opening of the new Bezalel art wing on July 29, 2025 (Rotem Rosman Yefet)
August 15, 2025, 11:38 am
Bezalel launches new art wing, design hub
International Hub is aimed at supporting and inspiring young creatives
By Jessica Steinberg
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
April 3, 2025, 1:27 am
41 Israelis make Forbes billionaires club; Wiz founders double fortunes
Miriam Adelson is richest Israeli on annual list; Musk regains top spot with a net worth of $342 billion; Springsteen, Schwarzenegger, Seinfeld new on the list
By Sharon Wrobel
In this photo provided by Manuel Hernandez Lafuente, the CMA CGM Symi is seen at port in Valencia, Spain, Oct. 22, 2023. (Manuel Hernandez Lafuente via AP)
November 25, 2023, 3:12 pm
Ship with ties to Israel targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean
US official tells AP container ship ultimately owned by Israeli billionaire attacked by suspected Iranian drone, suffers slight damage; route and cargo unrelated to Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Evidence gathered by the US navy from a drone attack on an Israeli owned oil tanker (US Navy)
November 22, 2022, 7:13 pm
Killer drone that hit Israeli-owned tanker was Iranian Shahed-136, US Navy confirms
Technicians take debris for analysis, find it to be same model Iran has supplied to Russia amid Ukraine invasion; officials say it was launched from IRGC base
By Emanuel Fabian
A Shahed-136 drone is seen in the sky seconds before it hit buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
November 17, 2022, 3:17 pm
Officials: Drone that hit Israeli-owned tanker near Oman was launched from IRGC base
Western and Israeli security sources say Shahed-136 ‘suicide drone’ was fired at Pacific Zircon from Iranian territory; Israeli source: ‘Iranians no longer hiding behind proxies’
By Emanuel Fabian
Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon, operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping in Jebel Ali port, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on August 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Nabeel Hashmi)
November 16, 2022, 11:11 am
Israeli billionaire’s oil tanker hit by bomb-carrying drone off Oman; Iran blamed
Shipping firm ultimately owned by Idan Ofer says attack caused minor damage to Pacific Zircon, no injuries or spillage; Israeli official, US military accuse Iran, which is silent
By AP and ToI Staff
Factories in Haifa Bay. (Shay Levy / Flash90)
July 10, 2022, 6:27 pm
Environment Ministry files criminal charges against Bazan Group for air pollution
Indictment alleges that Carmel Olefins failed to properly use flare to burn gases, pumping nearly 100 tons of carbon monoxide, ethane, methane, ethylene and propane into the air
By Sue Surkes
A danger of drowning sign on the way to the Dead Sea Works from where the sea has long since receded, January 20, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 22, 2022, 10:52 pm
Israel has a chance to slow the Dead Sea’s demise. Will big business get in the way?
With regional politics holding back release of any more water from Sea of Galilee, green groups hope that a revamped mining concession will protect the lake’s future
By Sue Surkes
A portrait of the late Sammy Ofer with his son, Idan Ofer. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 18, 2021, 12:38 am
TV: State wipes out NIS 65 million debt owed by billionaire for Dead Sea water
Justice Ministry reportedly backtracks from demand that the Idan Ofer-controlled Dead Sea Works factory pay for saltwater pumped from the receding lake
By ToI Staff
Idan Ofer with his late father Sammy Ofer. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 14, 2021, 1:01 am
Pandora Papers: Teddy Sagi, Idan and Eyal Ofer named in latest documents
Billionaire Idan Ofer purportedly used a 50-meter yacht owned by a company based in the Virgin Islands to secure a 15 million euro loan from Credit Suisse in 2015
By ToI Staff
Britain's Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick arrives for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, October 16, 2019. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
June 28, 2020, 10:56 am
UK minister faces questions over meeting with Israeli mining billionaire
Housing Secretary Jenrick admits he held talks with businessman Idan Ofer while at Treasury in 2018, but insists he recused himself from rival company’s bid for government aid
By ToI Staff and AP
View of chimneys from a refinery in Haifa Bay. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
December 10, 2019, 2:24 pm
Plants owned by prominent family cost public health $340m in 2018 — report
Analysis of open source data by environmental NGO Adam Teva V’Din shows selected Ofer family factories emitted from a tenth to a third of industry’s main polluting gases last year
By Sue Surkes
Miriam Adelson speaks at the Israeli-American Council conference in Hollywood, Florida, November 30, 2018. (Perry Bindelglass/Israeli-American Council/via JTA)
June 19, 2019, 9:59 pm
Miriam Adelson shoots to top of Israel’s rich list
Following recent transfer of assets, wife of casino mogul overtakes recent immigrant Roman Abramovich for title of wealthiest Israeli
By Marcy Oster
Investigative journalist Ilana Dayan speaks at a conference at Jerusalem's International Convention Center (ICC) on September 3, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2019, 11:23 pm
Secretive Black Cube sues Israeli investigative journalist for $19 million
Private intelligence firm files lawsuit in the UK after Ilana Dayan alleges it sought information to smear prominent Israelis, disrupt communications industry reform
By ToI Staff
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