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Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
July 1, 2026, 10:20 pm
Israel ranks 18th in global wealth list as 8,800 Israelis become new millionaires
UBS report finds Israel is home to 195,000 millionaires at the end of 2025, an increase of 4.7% over 2024; while average wealth rose, inequality has deepened ⁠since 2020
By Sharon Wrobel
This image issued by the Defense Ministry on February 11, 2026, shows the David's Sling air defense system during a recent test. (Defense Ministry)
June 25, 2026, 11:25 am
Switzerland in talks with Israel, France, South Korea to buy air defense systems
Citing delays in delivery of US-made Patriot batteries, Bern says it is looking to buy additional anti-missile systems amid ‘deteriorating security situation’ in Europe
By AFP and ToI Staff
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
June 23, 2026, 5:03 pm
Ebola suspicion ruled out, as expert says ‘very low’ chance current strain will reach Israel
However, Health Ministry is taking precautions as there are no vaccines yet for Bundibugyo virus; UN health agency reports 896 confirmed cases and 232 suspected deaths globally
By Diana Bletter
US President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 27, 2026. (AP/Matt Rourke)
February 28, 2026, 2:05 pm
US-Israel-Iran conflict: Who are the main players?
After weeks of failed diplomacy and a massive military buildup, the US and Israel strike Iran, and the regime fires back — here are the leaders, rivals, and regional players
By AFP and ToI Staff
Rafidia Surgical Hospital, Sept. 6, 2024, in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AP /Aref Tufaha)
February 11, 2026, 12:38 pm
Israel bars entry of 5-year-old from West Bank for cancer care, citing Gaza address
Doctors say Palestinian child must begin intensive treatment ‘without delay’ as his life is in immediate danger; boy’s mother describes ruling as ‘death sentence’
By ToI Staff
A roadside billboard shows an illustration of destroyed US and Israeli military aircraft in downtown Tehran, Iran, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 10, 2026, 2:12 pm
Iran warns US against Israel’s ‘destructive’ influence on negotiations
Spokesman says talks with US showed enough consensus to continue diplomatic process after ‘very bad experience’ of June war; Khamenei adviser travels to Oman, Qatar
By Agencies
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January 22, 2026, 10:53 pm
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Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors live in poverty. Remembrance must be matched with urgent action — now. Support Latet, Israel’s largest NGO fighting poverty.
By Gilles Darmon
People arrive with their luggage before the departure of a bus slated to evacuate foreign passport holders, mainly Europeans, out of Israel, at a meeting point in Tel Aviv on June 17, 2025. The operation, coordinated by the Polish embassy, aims to evacuate several hundred people who will board buses headed to Sinai in Egypt, and from there continue to Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
June 17, 2025, 11:53 pm
Evacuees from Israel arrive in Slovakia, Czech Republic as foreigners flee conflict
Poland says it’s planning to evacuate citizens via Jordan, as Taiwan did Sunday, while Germany tells nationals to sit tight; Iran spirits foreign envoys and families across border
By Agencies and Sharon Wrobel
Lebanese soldiers stand next to a damaged building at the site of an Israeli strike a day earlier on a residential building in Lebanon's Barja town, on November 6, 2024. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
November 19, 2024, 11:52 pm
Squeezed by Hezbollah and US, Lebanese army would struggle to implement truce – sources
Nation’s military, scraping by on limited resources, could find itself overwhelmed by task of keeping powerful terror group in check and maintaining peace along volatile border
By Reuters
Illustrative: A woman holds her cellphone with an Israeli flag cover at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, February 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 11, 2024, 7:19 pm
Israel drops 10 spots in ranking of best countries based on global perception
US News & World Report list for 2024 is topped by Switzerland, with Jewish state plunging from 36th to 46th position amid its grueling war against Hamas in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Adam Hajaj speaks during a rally for hostages in Gaza in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 12, 2024, 3:54 pm
October 7 trauma reconnects Israelis with a 2,000-year-old Jewish day of mourning
Thousands of synagogues prepare to feature lamentations about the Hamas atrocities, on Tisha B’Av, a fast day that commemorates historical – and now contemporary – tragedies
By Canaan Lidor
Anti-Israel protesters rally in Edmonton, Canada, February, 25, 2024, (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images, via JTA)
May 22, 2024, 6:46 am
Meta Oversight Board to decide whether users can post ‘all Israelis are criminals’
Independent body for Facebook, Instagram and Threads asks for public input as it reviews recent posts accused of using hate speech against whole nationalities
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
File: A woman standing under a McDonald's sign, in central Jerusalem, February 2, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 5, 2024, 8:43 am
McDonald’s to acquire franchised restaurants in Israel amid boycott calls
Fast food firm to purchase Alonyal, which has run 225 restaurants in Israel for 30 years, as war prompts slump in company’s performance
By AFP
Israel Police examine UN employees kits wrongly suspected of containing liquid cocaine, that were allegedly part of an attempt to smuggle drugs into Israel from Jordan on June 25, 2023. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2023, 8:03 pm
Police detain 3 UN employees for smuggling liquid cocaine into Israel from Jordan
Customs officers at border crossing catch workers who allegedly hid drug inside kits for preparing perfume
By ToI Staff
A vessel that sank on Lake Maggiore in Italy with four fatalities, May 28, 2023. (Italian fire and rescue services)
May 31, 2023, 1:42 pm
Israel: Retired Mossad agent, still ‘devoted to state security,’ died on capsized boat
Prime Minister’s Office says ‘impossible to elaborate’ on ‘dedicated’ service of Erez Shimoni, who was one of 4 people who drowned on Italy’s Lake Maggiore; body returned to Israel
By ToI Staff
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