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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

Isaac Herzog

President Isaac Herzog visits the site of an Iranian missile strike in Petah Tikva on June 16, 2025. (Haim Zach / GPO)
Interview
Herzog to ToI: Iran wages ‘war against the Jews,’ while Israel is ‘defending the West’
By Nathan Jeffay
Returning from Soroka Medical Center after Thursday’s missile attack, the president offers a stark perspective on a situation he describes as shared by Israelis and Diaspora Jews alike
Heavy damage, injuries as Iranian missile hits Beersheba hospital; dozens hurt in central cities
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers, Diana Bletter and Agencies
President Isaac Herzog visits the site of an Iranian missile strike in Petah Tikva on June 16, 2025. (Haim Zach / GPO)
June 20, 2025, 9:28 pm
Herzog to ToI: Iran wages ‘war against the Jews,’ while Israel is ‘defending the West’
Returning from Soroka Medical Center after Thursday’s missile attack, the president offers a stark perspective on a situation he describes as shared by Israelis and Diaspora Jews alike
By Nathan Jeffay
A medical staffer walks along a damaged area at the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
June 19, 2025, 1:20 pm
Israel vows to ‘exact full price from Tehran tyrants,’ calling hospital strike a war crime
Coalition and opposition politicians say Iran’s willingness to strike hospitals and civilians underlines the necessity of operation to prevent Tehran from attaining nuclear weapons
By Sam Sokol, Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
The aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on Beersheba's Soroka Medical Center, June 19, 2025 (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2025, 12:01 pm
Heavy damage, injuries as Iranian missile hits Beersheba hospital; dozens hurt in central cities
30 missiles fired in early-morning barrage, warhead causes extensive damage to Soroka, southern Israel’s main hospital; Israel calls attack a war crime; 6 people seriously injured in Ramat Gan and Holon
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers, Diana Bletter and Agencies
President Isaac Herzog (L) meets bereaved husband and father Raja Khatib in Tamra on June 18, 2025 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 18, 2025, 8:15 pm
Herzog visit ‘warms our hearts,’ say Tamra residents mourning 4 killed in Iran strike
President condemns reactions by some Jews who celebrated attack on predominantly Muslim city of 37,000. ‘The majority of Israelis want peace and coexistence,’ locals say
By Diana Bletter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours the scene of a deadly Iranian missile strike in the city of Bat Yam on June 15, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
June 15, 2025, 7:11 pm
Netanyahu, at site of deadly Bat Yam missile strike, vows Iran to pay ‘very heavy price’
Herzog, Ben Gvir also visit building where 7 killed, 100 wounded; president plans to visit Arab city where four women killed, notes missiles don’t discriminate
By Nava Freiberg and Sam Sokol
Rescue teams work to recover missing persons in a destroyed Bat Yam building following a deadly Iranian missile attack, June 15, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
June 15, 2025, 5:04 pm
In a race against time, amid grief and dust, Bat Yam searches for survivors of Iran strike
Rescue efforts continue into Monday as residents recall near escapes and the city begins reckoning with its wounds; Netanyahu, Herzog and Ben Gvir visit the scene
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a site apparently targeted by an Israeli strike in the capital Tehran early in the morning. (Sepah News / AFP)
June 13, 2025, 9:15 am
As Israel hits Iran, prayers, fortitude at home amid alarm, concern from abroad
Coalition and opposition lawmakers declare support for Iran strikes; mixed responses from US; UN chief urges restraint as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and UAE condemn strikes
By Stuart Winer, Agencies and ToI Staff
Ethiopian priests, or kesim, stand with their umbrellas at the state memorial ceremony for Ethiopian Jews, May 26, 2025 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
May 26, 2025, 6:47 pm
At event for 40th anniversary of Operation Moses, Israel’s Ethiopians share pride and pain
As Israel recalls the 1985 covert mission that rescued 8,000 Ethiopians from war and famine, the community extols its achievements, but racism still abounds
By Zev Stub
President Isaac Herzog speaks at an event at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 25, 2025, 10:37 pm
In message to Netanyahu, Herzog warns against disobeying High Court rulings
‘Rule of law isn’t a recommendation,’ says president, after PM picks new Shin Bet chief despite court ruling he was wrong to fire predecessor
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Left to right: The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu at the archaeological site of Sebastia in the West Bank on May 12, 2025. (Courtesy of Heritage Ministry)
May 22, 2025, 1:43 pm
Far-right ministers blame Yair Golan for shooting of Israeli embassy staffers
‘Yair, the blood of the embassy employees is on your hands and on those of your friends,’ tweets Amichay Eliyahu; President Herzog calls on public to ‘stop this ugly mudslinging’
By Sam Sokol
A Jewish man, standing behind US police tape, talks on his cellphone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. (Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP)
May 22, 2025, 10:00 am
Two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in shooting attack at Washington, DC, Jewish Museum
Victims were a couple about to get engaged; shooter yelled ‘Free Palestine’ as arrested; Trump: ‘Horrible’ killings ‘obviously’ based on antisemitism; security raised at all embassies
By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025. (Flash90)
May 19, 2025, 4:44 pm
Netanyahu defends Gaza aid resumption, acknowledges step stemmed from allies’ pressure
PM stresses need to avoid bad optics of starvation; dozens of trucks said ready to enter; far-right parties divided on move, but neither threatens to exit in protest
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
May 13, 2025, 10:38 pm
President Herzog to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration in Rome
New pontiff reaches out to the American Jewish Committee and Jewish Community of Rome to reaffirm his commitment to interfaith dialogue
By Rossella Tercatin and Reuters
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) welcomes President Isaac Herzog on May 12, 2025 at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
May 13, 2025, 1:10 am
In Berlin, Herzog lauds 60 years of German-Israel ties, even as Gaza war casts shadow
President is first foreign leader to be hosted by newly elected chancellor, who calls countries’ friendship a ‘great treasure’; German president urges Israel to resume aid to Gaza
By Amy Spiro
President Isaac Herzog meets Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, May 4, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
May 4, 2025, 2:47 pm
Herzog meets with Ecuador president ahead of opening of Jerusalem innovation office
Herzog and Noboa stress need for return of hostages held in Gaza, and for peace; FM Sa’ar meets Ecuadorian ministers, praises Quito for being on ‘right side of history’
By Nava Freiberg
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