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Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks at a Ynet conference, September 2, 2026. (Screenshot)
Katz: Israel will facilitate emigration from Gaza ‘by any means’ as soon as Trump allows
By Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
Defense minister claims 80% of Palestinians want to leave Gaza, but nobody will take them; PM visits IDF post in Strip, says Israel won't withdraw from territory it currently holds
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party and a former IDF chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Nordiya, August 31, 2026. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
Amid Oct. 7 blame game, Eisenkot says PM was unreachable for 2 hours after Syria downed F-16 in 2018
By ToI Staff
A man drives past a banner showing a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 2, 2026, 4:37 pm
Israel says it’s ready to ‘decisively’ strike Iran if attacked during upcoming holidays
‘They like to attack on Jewish holidays because, after all, they hate Jews,’ says DM; Tehran says it targeted US military sites in Gulf states, as Saudi Arabia accuses it of killing two crew members on a state-owned tanker traversing Hormuz
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Muein al-Arabid, head of Hamas's internal security apparatus, was captured by Israel on September 1, 2026. (Social media/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 1, 2026, 9:28 pm
Israel confirms capturing Hamas internal security chief in Gaza City raid
Special forces from Shin Bet descend on building in Strip, nab Muein al-Arabid in ‘bold operation,’ PM, military, and security agency say
By Emanuel Fabian
Syria’s interim foreign minister Asaad Shaibani (L) delivers a speech during the inauguration of Syria’s embassy at Al-Nofleen district in Tripoli on August 30, 2026. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 4:21 pm
Syria says it’s working ‘seriously’ on diplomatic solution with Israel despite attacks
FM al-Shaibani reports US-mediated talks aim for full Israeli withdrawal to pre-December 2024 lines, pans Katz’s remarks on IDF remaining in Syrian territory
By AFP and ToI Staff
People gather near a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on September 1, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 1:52 pm
IDF strikes Gaza as Hamas official captured in reported raid by Israel-backed militia
Military carries out heavy wave of strikes, says it struck targets to ‘remove threats to security forces’ amid apparent operation by anti-Hamas armed group; 3 said killed
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
IDF manpower head Dado Bar Kalifa testifies at a State Control Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2026, 10:19 pm
Bar Kalifa tapped as top IDF West Bank officer, weeks after Katz announced move on TV
Military confirms current Personnel Directorate chief will move into the role next year; in first, woman tapped to command Artillery Corps’ 282nd Regiment
By Emanuel Fabian
Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram (left) and his Greek counterpart, Ioannis Bouras,  sign a sale of Israeli systems to Greece, August 31, 2026. (Defense Ministry)
August 31, 2026, 2:47 pm
Greece inks record $3.5 billion deal to buy comprehensive missile defense system from Israel
‘Achilles Shield’ to see Israel build Greece a multi-tiered air defense array; separate deal will provide drone protection; Finland said to secretly extend defense MOU with Israel
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli officer looks on as trucks loaded with humanitarian aid delivered from Jordan cross into Gaza on the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, through the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing on October 21, 2024. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
August 27, 2026, 8:21 pm
Netanyahu, Katz deny reported Israeli plan to reopen Gaza’s Erez Crossing next week
North Gaza crossing to reopen only when Hamas is disarmed, PM and defense minister say, as preparations underway for imminent reopening amid US pressure for progress on Gaza peace
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and 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
Israeli security forces guard a group of Jewish Israelis as they tour the West Bank city of Hebron, August 22, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
August 27, 2026, 12:45 pm
IDF chief orders major bolstering of troops in West Bank due to escalated tensions
Standing army division to be placed on standby for deployment; Zamir also slams treasury for ’empty coffers’ amid clash over pension for ousted top military lawyer Tomer-Yerushalmi
By Emanuel Fabian
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
A kite, apparently flown from the Gaza Strip, seen flying over Kibbutz Nahal Oz, August 22, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 25, 2026, 3:27 pm
‘Outrageous’: UN slams threats from Netanyahu, Katz to evacuate Gazans over ‘children’s kites’
Israel believes the kites are being organized by Hamas, which previously used them as incendiary devices carrying flammable materials and explosives
By AFP and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the opening of an AI center in Kibbutz Nir Oz, August 24, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 24, 2026, 5:01 pm
Herzog says Israel can’t play down border residents’ jitters amid return of Gaza kites
In visit to Nir Oz, president insists security of border communities key to any future arrangement in Strip; IDF says three Oct. 7 terrorists targeted in strikes over past day
By Emanuel Fabian and 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
View of the Army Radio headquarters in Jaffa, on January 5, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 10:15 pm
‘Distinctly undemocratic’: High Court strikes down government decision to close Army Radio
Justice Yechiel Kasher says while shutting station is not illegitimate, it’s ‘unconscionable’ for authority to decide broadcaster ‘must be shut off’ because it doesn’t like content
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a ceremony marking the return to the former settlement of Ganim in the northern West Bank, which was evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel’s Disengagement Plan, August 13, 2026. (Hilel Ben Or/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 4:38 pm
Katz: IDF has 2 weeks to draft plan to hand West Bank civilian enforcement to police
Defense minister’s plan, seemingly aimed at washing military’s hands of settler violence, comes amid surge in incidents, siege on Palestinians in Qusra
By Emanuel Fabian
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