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The launch of the Ofek 19 spy satellite from Palmachim air base, September 2, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
October 20, 2026, 11:33 am
IDF appoints first commander of new Space Division as Israel eyes galactic warfare
Katz: ‘Star Wars, made in Israel’; division will oversee force buildup and operations beyond earth; military also selects heads of new Robotics Division and revived tank brigade
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli Air Force Apache helicopter, August 18, 2025. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
October 14, 2026, 1:41 pm
Israel inks deal to buy 12 Apache helicopters from US’s Boeing after government okay
Ministers approve ‘urgent’ NIS 1 billion purchase, with most of the funds to come from slashing 5-year plan to improve Arab society, after US was said readying to drop deal
By Emanuel Fabian
A flydubai plane takes off from Ben Gurion airport on September 30, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 6, 2026, 2:06 pm
Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during attempted terror attack — report
CBS says fighter jets were scrambled after cockpit went silent; passenger who handcuffed copilot terrorist says group who tackled him briefly considered whether they needed to kill him, fearing he still had a knife
By ToI Staff and Reuters
A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is pictured on the tarmac after landing at Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
September 30, 2026, 9:20 pm
Israel maintains unique air security arrangements, but flydubai incident shows vulnerabilities
With air marshals, screening and cockpit rules — not to mention the IAF — Israel has famously secure civil flights. Does that help when foreign airlines have different rules?
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026. (GPO)
August 26, 2026, 8:27 pm
Netanyahu says he told Trump to ‘tighten the siege’ on Iran ahead of fresh sanctions
PM says he pushed for economic pressure during July meeting; Trump hails campaign, says ‘big victory’ coming soon; Tehran claims measures will fail, Hormuz still under its control
By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
President Isaac Herzog speaks at a memorial event in Jerusalem for the 2014 Gaza war, June 25, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 25, 2026, 9:26 pm
Herzog’s helicopter makes emergency landing after hitting birds
No injuries or damage reported in incident, as president switches to new military chopper to continue journey to north from Jerusalem
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Incoming IAF chief Maj. Gen. Omer Tischler (left), IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) and outgoing IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar at a handover ceremony at the Tel Nof Airbase, May 5, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 5, 2026, 10:05 pm
At handover ceremony, outgoing Air Force chief calls for ‘external’ Oct. 7 inquiry
Tomer Bar says ‘objective’ inquiry essential ‘for trust’ between citizens and country; regarding Iran, new chief Omer Tischler says ready ‘to take entire Air Force eastward, if required’
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jets head to carry out strikes in Iran, in a photo published by the military on March 15, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 23, 2026, 1:55 pm
Israel and US have tried to take down Iran from the air. History shows the idea lacks legs
Since the 19th century, airpower has enticed military planners with dreams of a clean, short victory using cutting-edge technology. That has proven elusive without ground troops
By Lazar Berman
A banner is displayed at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on March 10, 2026, depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left) watching as his successor the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) hands over an Islamic Republic of Iran flag to his son and new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (right). (AFP)
March 13, 2026, 3:53 pm
War aimed at preventing Iranian nukes may actually lead to them, ex-IDF expert warns
Danny Citrinowicz, IDF’s former top Iran researcher, fears regime will try and break out toward a bomb in response to killing of its supreme leader, whose policy was to keep Tehran at threshold
By Jacob Magid
Maj. Gen. (res.) David Tolkowsky speaks in an interview with the Toldot Yisrael Israeli history podcast filmed January 3, 2011. (Screen capture: Toldot Yisrael via Youtube)
November 28, 2025, 4:39 pm
Dan Tolkowsky, former air force commander and Israeli tech pioneer, dies at 104
Tel Aviv-born Royal Air Force vet stayed in Britain to help Haganah obtain first planes for budding air force, which he led between 1953-1958; went on to found Israel’s 1st VC fund
By Emanuel Fabian and Stav Levaton
This graphic image compares Iran's Fordo nuclear facility before and after the United States bombed the site on June 22, 2025. (AP Graphic/Imagery by Maxar Technologies/Graphic by Phil Holm)
September 21, 2025, 10:25 am
Mossad deployed over 100 foreign agents in Iran war, its largest ever mission – report
Channel 13 details unprecedented operation that saw missile systems smuggled into Iran, reveals transcripts of PM saying it was important Trump saw ‘pyrotechnics’ during 12-day war
By ToI Staff
Footage posted to social media shows explosions in Doha, Qatar on September 9, 2025. (X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 9, 2025, 10:12 pm
Israel strikes Hamas Qatar-based leadership, awaits result; Hamas claims attack failed
Attack came as officials in terror group, including Gaza leader Khalil al-Hayya, were discussing new US ceasefire proposal; Netanyahu says strike could pave way to ending war; Hamas says it shows he doesn’t want deal
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Lazar Berman
A man watches the news on TV, displaying footage of Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Houthi-controlled government, who was killed, along with others, in August 28, 2025, during Israeli strikes on the capital, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
August 30, 2025, 7:36 pm
Houthis, IDF confirm group’s prime minister, other top officials killed in Israeli strike
It remains unclear whether the Houthi defense minister, a key target of Thursday’s attack in Yemen, was among the casualties
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Yemen's Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi visits the offices of Hamas in Sanaa, to offer his condolences over the killing of the terror group's leader Yahya Sinwar, on October 20, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
August 29, 2025, 10:26 am
IDF said to believe entire Houthi cabinet likely killed in Thursday strikes
Reports in Yemen say attack killed Houthi prime minister and other top officials; IDF confirms Iran-backed group’s defense minister, chief of staff targeted
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the wreckage of a gas station destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 12, 2025, 5:33 pm
Several IDF troops hurt in Gaza fighting as Palestinians reported killed at aid site
Army reports the injured soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded in separate incidents; says unaware of any casualties near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution hubs
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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