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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Isaac Herzog

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protest against the government, calling for immediate release of the hostages that are still being held by Hamas in Gaza, outside IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, September 7, 2024. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
September 11, 2024, 11:21 am
Hostage families said holding meetings to push for unity government to seal Gaza deal
After Herzog’s call for lawmakers to join forces to free Hamas captives, report says activists talking to coalition and opposition parties in effort to form broad leadership
By ToI Staff
Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer welcoming new immigrants at Ben Gurion airport, August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 8:05 pm
Far-right minister Sofer signals backing for unity government, Ben Gvir opposes
Lapid ‘wants to drag Israel and Netanyahu into complete surrender,’ argues Ben Gvir, rejecting opposition leader’s possible inclusion in coalition as ‘a prize for Yahya Sinwar’
By Sam Sokol
MK Simcha Rothman at the Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 6:10 am
Right-wing MK who pushed judicial overhaul claims courts ‘helped’ Hitler
At legal conference, Religious Zionism’s Rothman met with walkout, trenchant heckling as crowd expresses anger over government efforts to neuter judiciary
By ToI Staff
Mourners and family members gather to bury executed US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose body was recovered with five other hostages in Gaza, during the funeral at Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen / POOL / AFP)
September 3, 2024, 2:02 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 3: Day 333 – Saying goodbye to Hersh as the PM explains his strategy
Jessica Steinberg reports from Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s funeral; diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on PM Netanyahu’s rare press conference, UK arms suspensions, Herzog’s call for unity
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Israel Bar Association annual conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 3, 2024, 1:25 pm
‘Don’t you dare’: Herzog warns against reviving judicial overhaul, pleads for unity
In speech to Israel Bar Association, president warns against fractures in society that weaken country’s resolve
By Lazar Berman
Rachel Goldberg-Polin eulogizes her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, at his funeral in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 2, 2024, 10:20 pm
‘We all failed you’: Heartbreak at funeral for Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem
Thousands attend burial of dual US-Israeli citizen who became a symbol in the battle for the hostages, and was executed by his Hamas captors along with five others
By Jessica Steinberg and Agencies
This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi; from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat. (The Hostages Families Forum via AP)
September 1, 2024, 9:01 am
Bodies of 6 hostages, murdered by Hamas just days ago, found in Rafah – IDF
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi discovered in Gaza tunnel; families forum urges protests; autopsy finds all 6 had gunshot wounds
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference discussing plans for the state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, August 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 4:46 am
Regev insists she organize Oct. 7 memorial, attacks Herzog for offering to host it
Facing backlash from hostage families and southern communities, minister says she’ll meet PM Sunday but believes president ‘picked a side’ by issuing letter without contacting her
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog attends an evening in honor of the Druze community in Israel, at Yitzhak Rabin Center, in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 23, 2024, 7:16 pm
Herzog proposes hosting state Oct. 7 memorial event amid backlash over government plan
President offers to oversee commemorations ‘in the interest of dampening the flames of controversy’; actor hurt fighting in Gaza slams Regev for dismissing criticism as ‘noise’
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks to anti-government protesters outside his house on August 17, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 17, 2024, 5:05 pm
Herzog tells activists outside his home: ‘Kahanists must be removed from government’
Small group of protesters outside president’s residence in north Tel Aviv urge him to stand up against ‘dangers to democracy’; Ben Gvir attacks him for ‘disgusting hypocrisy’
By ToI Staff
People stand inside their damaged home, a day after an attack by Jewish settlers on the village of Jit near Nablus in the West Bank that left a 23-year-old man dead and others with critical gunshot wounds, on August 16, 2024.(Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
August 16, 2024, 2:57 pm
White House leads international outrage over settler rampage, calls for accountability
Top EU diplomat to propose sanctioning government ‘enablers’ of Israelis who ran riot through West Bank village; settler leader claims attackers were outsiders
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Jewish men pray as they gather for the ritual of Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, on August 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 13, 2024, 10:09 am
Marking poignant Tisha B’Av, Israelis draw parallels to October 7 attacks
Crowds attend prayers at Western Wall, while thousands more gather at Hostages Square to call for captives’ release
By ToI Staff
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog attend a ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in memory of Zeev Jabotinsky on August 4, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 4, 2024, 10:16 pm
Herzog calls for unity as attack looms: ‘Our enemies celebrate when they see division’
Speaking alongside president at memorial ceremony for Zeev Jabotinsky, Netanyahu says that ‘our long hand strikes the Gaza Strip, Yemen, Beirut — wherever is necessary’
By Amy Spiro
Demonstrators, one holding a poster that reads, "Our heroic soldiers should be released," protest against the detention of military reservists suspected of severely abusing a Palestinian terror suspect, in front of a military court in Beit Lid army base near Kfar Yona on July 30, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
July 31, 2024, 5:42 am
As protesters back troops accused of abuse, a debate erupts on military morality in war
Family members of reservists suspected of torturing a Gazan detainee say soldiers should be thanked, not prosecuted, as area outside Beit Lid becomes latest ideological flashpoint
By Canaan Lidor
Right-wing Israelis demonstrate next to the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, against the detention of military reservists suspected of abusing a Palestinian terror suspect, July 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
July 29, 2024, 7:15 pm
Netanyahu, Herzog appeal for ‘calm’ after mob storms IDF base with far-right MKs
Right-wing politicians furious after Military Police arrest 9 soldiers suspected of seriously abusing Gaza terror detainee at Sde Teiman; IDF chief: Break-in ‘endangers country’
By Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian, Jeremy Sharon and Lazar Berman
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