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Rabbi Dov Lando speaks on April 26, 2026. (Courtesy)
Top Haredi rabbi says religious soldiers committing murder; PM issues rare criticism
By ToI Staff
Degel HaTorah spiritual leader suggests Israel sends soldiers to war 'for the honor of the state,' which 'incites murder'; Haredi lawmakers defend his comments
Newly-erected mobile houses set up by Israeli settlers are pictured near the Palestinian village of Umm al-Kheir in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the West Bank, on August 28, 2025. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
West Bank family says IDF order has barred them from accessing their own bathroom
By AFP and Nurit Yohanan
Shas chair Aryeh Deri (left) attends a Knesset plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers of the attorney general, on July 15, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Deri accuses IDF chief of election interference for opposing ban on arresting draft dodgers
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Hamas terrorist Abd al-Rahman Maher Abd al-Karim Ziyada is seen by an IDF tank on October 7, 2023, in a photo published by the military on June 28, 2026, stating that he was eliminated. (Israel Defense Forces)
Echoes of Munich 1972
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Israel steps up campaign to kill all 5,000 Oct. 7 terrorists; 1,200 were killed on the day, 1,500 so far since
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli right-wing activists advocating Jewish settlement in Gaza gather on the border with the Gaza Strip as they attempt to cross over into the territory on July 19, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)
July 20, 2026, 2:34 am
Ministers join settler activists on march through closed military zone to Gaza border
Security forces do little to stop thousands of marchers from breaching IDF checkpoints while demonstrating for the reestablishment of settlements in the Strip; no arrests reported
By Charlie Summers
Pro-settlement activists gather near the Gaza Strip on July 9, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
July 19, 2026, 8:52 am
Military closes area around Gaza ahead of Likud-backed settler march into Strip
Ben Gvir, Smotrich, several other MKs expected to join Nachala-led march calling for Jewish settlement in Strip, as IDF says it will thwart any attempts to illegally enter Gaza
By ToI Staff
Residents inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city, July 18, 2026. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
July 19, 2026, 12:16 am
10 said killed, including three children, in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza
IDF says Gaza City strike which local health officials say killed family of 5 targeted Hamas operative, infrastructure; army also says 2 operatives killed in strikes a day earlier
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, speaks during a joint press conference with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Chistodoulides , at the presidential palace in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, November. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
July 18, 2026, 8:06 pm
Lebanon’s president heads to DC to meet Trump; first White House meet since 2009
Aoun to hold discussions with American officials ‘on the situation in Lebanon and ways to strengthen the ceasefire’ and Israel’s pullout from south Lebanon
By AFP
IDF Personnel Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa speaks with new Haredi soldiers at the Tel Hashomer base, May 3, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 18, 2026, 3:18 am
IDF manpower chief: Extension of service period doesn’t replace need for more troops
Dado Bar Kalifa says extending compulsory service to 32 months ‘allows a minimal breathing room’ for conscripts and reservists, calls ‘to expand the scope of draftees and those serving’
By Emanuel Fabian
Solidarity activists work to block settlers from entering a building in the West Bank village of Jurish, July 17, 2026. (X video/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 17, 2026, 9:26 pm
Settlers raid West Bank village in PA-run area; IDF, arriving on scene, lets them flee
Military reportedly doesn’t hand settlers over to police, declares closed military zone forcing activists to leave West Bank village
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Police forces arrest Shadi Jumaa, who murdered 29-year-old Iddo Zoldan in a 2007 terror shooting, nearly two decades after the fact on May 26, 2026. (Israel Police)
July 17, 2026, 2:14 pm
Palestinian terrorist indicted over 2007 West Bank murder of Israeli civilian
Shadi Jumaa arrested by Israeli forces in Qalqilya after release from Palestinian Authority prison, indicted on terror charges by military prosecutors
By Emanuel Fabian
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a bus on Route 4, near Bnei Brak, during a demonstration against the arrest of draft evaders, on July 16, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 10:04 pm
Ultra-Orthodox extremists block roads, clash with public over arrest of draft dodgers
Two arrested as roads in central Israel closed, public transport routes altered; video shows cyclist attacked by Haredi mob; thousands attend separate rally outside military prison
By ToI Staff
Palestinians carry the bodies of people killed in an Israeli military strike on a residential building on the back of a vehicle as they attend their funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 15, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 16, 2026, 9:41 pm
Strikes said to kill 5 in Gaza as top officer says IDF has taken over 60% of Strip
Army says it targeted Hamas commander who invaded Israel on Oct. 7, as Central Command chief confirms apparent violation of truce stipulation that Israel only hold onto 53% of territory
By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot, interviewed on Channel 12 news, July 15, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)
July 16, 2026, 6:58 am
Eisenkot: PM asked me as IDF chief to order troops into bunkers in area where his son was serving
Former top military commander says he rejected the ‘strange demand,’ which he links to current reports that Netanyahu’s wife is pushing for lifetime Shin Bet security detail
By Jeremy Sharon and Nava Freiberg
A motorcade arrives at the United States’ Embassy in Rome, Italy, where ambassadors-level talks between Israel and Lebanon are expected to take place, July 14, 2026. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
July 15, 2026, 10:09 pm
Lebanon talks in Rome wrap up without specific timeline for pledged IDF withdrawals
Sides reportedly discuss process to verify Hezbollah cleared from pilot zones; US and Israeli officials describe talks as ‘positive,’ with plan to be finalized in coming days
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 8:02 pm
Right-wing minister critical of Haredi draft exemption efforts says won’t seek reelection
Religious Zionism’s Ofir Sofer said leaving politics over coalition’s efforts to okay exemptions for Yeshiva students, day after Knesset passed law to halt arrests of draft evaders
By ToI Staff
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest outside Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, June 17, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 5:33 pm
Trying to bypass court, law banning Haredi draft-dodger arrests was doomed from the start
The bench has ruled repeatedly against laws mandating unequal sharing of the military service burden and castigated the government for failing to enforce ultra-Orthodox conscription. Now it’s been swift to freeze the latest law
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: A person holding handcuffs in a Jerusalem court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 11:48 am
IDF soldier sentenced to 5 years for spying on behalf of Iran during June 2025 war
Ruling takes into account that the soldier didn’t provide military intel, and that he ultimately cut off contact and reported the incident to his commanders
By Emanuel Fabian
A motorcade delegation arrives on the first day of talks between the Lebanese and Israeli delegations at the US Embassy in Rome on July 14, 2026. (Andreas SOLARO/AFP)
July 14, 2026, 2:33 pm
Sixth round of Israel-Lebanon talks begins in Rome, with focus on IDF pullout ‘pilot’
Lebanon wants immediate movement on plans agreed to last month for its army to take control of designated zones, while Jerusalem still has misgivings
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
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