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Eisenkot: PM allowing anarchists to do whatever they please
Far-right MK smashes monument for Palestinian ‘martyrs’ during IDF-escorted West Bank tour
By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and Stav Levaton
Zvi Sukkot, aides filmed wielding sledgehammers in Madama; army accuses him of acting 'deceptively and manipulatively; incident triggers condemnations across political spectrum; PM: 'Unacceptable'
Israeli security forces guard a group of Jewish Israelis as they tour the West Bank city of Hebron, August 22, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
IDF chief orders major bolstering of troops in West Bank due to escalated tensions
By Emanuel Fabian
An IDF soldier walks in a fortified army post on the border between Jordan and the West Bank, July 27, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
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IDF dusts off decades-old posts along Jordan border to battle threats ‘from beyond’
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF soldiers secure a building under construction as ambulances evacuate injured Palestinians following an attack by settlers in the West Bank village of Qusra, August 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
August 30, 2026, 1:57 am
Breaking silence, Netanyahu decries ‘criminal violence’ after settlers again raid besieged village
NBC journalists also attacked, by settlers brandishing wooden clubs; PM downplays takeover of Qusra home, his office puts out video blaming a ‘small group of rioters, many from broken homes’
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian mourners carry the body of a man killed by the Israeli army, during his funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 29, 2026, 9:34 pm
IDF says strike on Gaza hospital compound killed Hamas commander
Unnamed commander accused of advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians; military reports killing another Hamas commander and a sniper in strike on Friday
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Settlers enter Palestinian properties in the West Bank village of Qusra, August 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
August 29, 2026, 6:21 pm
Settlers attack West Bank’s Qusra, take over home with Palestinian family inside
IDF confirms attack, says it worked to remove Israelis from house but doesn’t immediately confirm if troops succeeded; several Palestinians wounded in settler violence across West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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)
August 28, 2026, 10:30 pm
In rare West Bank airstrike, IDF says it killed 3 Palestinian terror operatives
Strike targets Qais Bitawi, who Shin Bet says was head of Hamas activity in Jenin, and two accomplices; PM and defense minister praise operation as success
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Israeli policemen stand by as ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road during a protest against conscription into the Israeli army in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv on August 24, 2026. (ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
August 28, 2026, 5:00 pm
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men block highway in West Bank after draft-dodger’s arrest
Suspect, a yeshiva student in his 20s from Ashdod, was initially stopped for driving a stolen vehicle
By ToI Staff
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
A video posted to social media by the IDF Personnel Directorate, then deleted, advises draft-dodgers on how to remedy their status and avoid being blocked from leaving the country, August 26, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 27, 2026, 12:23 pm
IDF posts, deletes AI video telling Haredi draft dodgers how to evade ban on traveling abroad
Personnel Directorate uploads AI-generated PSA explaining the initial step they can take toward enlistment in order to evade bar on leaving country; rabbis have reportedly advised followers to do just that, and not enlist
By Emanuel Fabian
Settlers appear to steal belongings from a Palestinian home in the southern West Bank, August 26, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2026, 12:27 am
Settlers filmed looting West Bank home as IDF nabs Palestinian allegedly planning attack
Footage appears to show settlers taking belongings from Masafer Yatta residence; Palestinians also report theft and damage to water supplies; armed Palestinian woman detained near Nablus
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers from the IDF's new Haredi Hasmonean Brigade take part in a beret march after completing seven months of basic and advanced training, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on August 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 11:34 pm
IDF says Gaza mission canceled after religious troops refuse to serve with female paramedic
Male soldiers declined to enter APC after woman was assigned to force; days earlier, intelligence servicewomen were temporarily barred from outpost where Haredi soldiers stationed
By Emanuel Fabian
Far-right lawmaker Zvi Sukkot smashes a Palestinian monument to 'martyrs' in the West Bank village of Madama, August 25, 2026 (MK Zvi Sukkot's office)
August 26, 2026, 8:34 pm
IDF took MK Sukkot to West Bank monument he smashed only after he threatened to go alone – report
Soldiers who were with the far-right lawmaker as he took sledgehammer to Palestinian memorial tell Army Radio they’re ‘stuck’ between Jewish and Palestinian terrorism in West Bank
By ToI Staff
Israeli reserve soldiers seen during military training in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, October 30, 2023. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
August 25, 2026, 9:59 pm
Wartime reserve duty taking heavier toll on economy than expected, Treasury warns
Month of reserve duty costs the state an average NIS 53,000 per soldier and falls mainly on non-Haredi Jewish men aged 25-44, who tend to earn more and have children, report shows
By Sharon Wrobel
Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks with Israeli troops in southern Syria, August 25, 2026. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
August 25, 2026, 7:56 pm
Katz: Israel won’t leave Syria buffer zone so long as ‘jihadist threats’ remain
Defense minister, visiting troops, tells Syrian president ‘when you wake up in Damascus and see IDF on Mount Hermon, know we’re here to defend our communities and border’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Policemen stand by as ultra-Orthodox men block a road during a protest against conscription into the Israel Defense Forces, in Bnei Brak on August 24, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
August 24, 2026, 9:39 pm
Haredi protesters shut down highway near Bnei Brak over draft dodger’s arrest
Demonstration by extremist Jerusalem Faction comes after weeks-long lull in ultra-Orthodox protests
By Noam Lehmann, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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)
August 24, 2026, 7:26 pm
‘Hair-raising’: Oct. 7 bereaved families say Israel again downplaying Hamas threat
October Council report shows terror operatives crossing ceasefire line daily, planting explosives, stealing arms, but forces not allowed to respond and officials afraid to speak up
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
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