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On her backyard terrace in Avivim, Limor Biton points to a hill in Lebanon and Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold, on November 26, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 27, 2025, 4:51 pm
‘We live in fear’: Northerners tense on 1st anniversary of ceasefire with Hezbollah
After the IDF assassinated the Lebanese terror group’s military chief Haytham Ali Tabatabai this week, inhabitants of border community Avivim say they anxiously await ‘retaliation’
By Diana Bletter
Palestinians, Israelis and politicians attend a memorial ceremony for those lost in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks its annual Memorial Day. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 1:27 pm
An alternative Memorial Day ceremony marks its 20th year. Participants say it’s the future
Controversial joint Israeli-Palestinian event honoring the slain on both sides continues to grow, even in the shadow of the October 7 massacre and ongoing war in Gaza
By Nurit Yohanan
The scene of a deadly terror stabbing in Herzliya on December 27, 2024. (Magen David Adom); inset: Ludmila Lipovsky, 83, who was murdered in the attack. (Courtesy)
January 13, 2025, 5:13 pm
Palestinian ex-Shin Bet informant indicted for murder of elderly woman in Herzliya
Ibrahim Shalhoub, originally from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, stabbed 83-year-old Holocaust survivor Ludmila Lipovsky outside her assisted living facility last month
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Shirel Golan, survivor of the Supernova massacre, in Tel Mond, October 21, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
December 3, 2024, 9:46 am
Nova’s lingering scars: PTSD and fear of suicides spark alarm
Many of those who survived the Hamas massacre at the desert rave witnessed extreme violence by the terrorists, including rape and mutilation. Now, they are desperate for more support
By Deborah Danan
Omer Balva and his father Eyal in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
December 2, 2024, 2:57 am
Hezbollah killed his son. Now he’s suing Iran for him – and 133 other American victims
This month, the Balva family and US attorney Jonathan Missner filed a suit against the Islamic Republic for funding the terror group that killed US citizen Sgt. 1st Class Omer Balva
By Cathryn J. Prince
Shaquille O'Neal speaks at the 2024 NBA Finals in Boston, Massachusetts, June 9, 2024. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images North America /Getty Images via AFP)
August 20, 2024, 5:41 pm
NBA star Shaquille O’Neal sends greetings to child victims of October 7
Basketballer’s video, which included Hebrew phrases such as ‘Shabbat shalom,’ sent to Israeli children at a summer camp for terror victims in Canada
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a 2017 2Break session in Tel Aviv. (screenshot)
July 17, 2024, 10:16 am
Tel Aviv ‘rage room’ a smash hit for post-October 7 Israelis desperate to vent
While the therapeutic benefits are debatable, participants at 2Break get momentary catharsis by obliterating computers, tea sets and garden gnomes with a variety of weaponry
By Jennifer Korn
Yuval Castleman (courtesy)
December 10, 2023, 6:38 pm
Autopsy finds bullet in body of hero civilian shot by reservist, proving police wrong
M16 slug, shrapnel found in exhumed corpse of Yuval Castleman, week after police said procedure unnecessary; police chief orders probe into results, mishandling of investigation
By Michael Horovitz
Aviad Frija (left) at a military courtroom, Dec. 5, 2023 (Walla screenshot); Yuval Castleman. (Courtesy)
December 8, 2023, 4:40 pm
IDF exhumes body of hero civilian shot dead by reservist; autopsy aims to aid probe
Yuval Castleman was killed by Staff Sgt. (res.) Aviad Frija after he stopped deadly terror attack at Jerusalem bus stop; Frija says he mistook Castleman for a terrorist
By Emanuel Fabian
Aviad Frija (left) at a military courtroom, Dec. 5, 2023 (Walla screenshot); Yuval Castleman. (Courtesy)
December 6, 2023, 10:49 am
Reservist who shot hero civilian at terror attack scene released to house arrest
Judge notes issues with prosecution’s case against Aviad Frija, who is suspected of killing Yuval Castleman after he dropped his gun and raised his hands in air
By Emanuel Fabian
From left: Sgt. First Class (res.) Ben Zussman, 22, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Neriya Shaer, 36, and Sgt. Binyamin Yehoshua Needham, 19, who were killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip on December 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 4, 2023, 10:15 am
3 soldiers killed fighting Hamas in Gaza; man missing since Oct. 7 declared dead
Sgt. Major (res.) Neriya Shaer, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ben Zussman, Sgt. Binyamin Yehoshua Needham die in battles; Yonatan Samarno shot fleeing Re’im festival, body held by Hamas
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Yuval Castleman is fatally shot after preventing the continuation of a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem on November 30, 2023. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
December 3, 2023, 12:26 pm
‘He was executed’: Father of man killed after taking out terrorists decries response
Moshe Castleman says son ‘went down on his knees’ and yelled at soldiers ‘Don’t shoot, I’m Jewish,’ after ending Jerusalem attack; says family informed of probe by friend in police
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Yuval Castleman (courtesy)
December 1, 2023, 12:24 pm
Family says Yuval Castleman, killed after taking out terrorists, was ‘executed’
Castelman was hit by soldier who apparently mistook him for a terrorist during Jerusalem attack, but footage shows him unarmed, with his hands in the air prior to being shot
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israelis stand for a minute of silence in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2023, to remember the victims of the October 7 Hamas massacre last month. (Photo by Albert Bannon, made available by the Brothers and Sisters in Arms protest group)
November 7, 2023, 2:58 pm
Israel observes national day of mourning, one month after October 7 massacre
A minute of silence is held and flags are lowered to half staff as memorial ceremonies get underway across country to remember 1,400 dead, advocate for 242 hostages
By ToI Staff
Shalom and Esti Yaniv (left and center) and their daughter Kama meet with Ron Carmeli, who received a donated cornea from Hillel and Yagel Yaniv. Beilinson Hospital, June 18, 2023. (Tamar Cohen)
June 18, 2023, 10:13 pm
Families of terror victims Yaniv brothers, Lucy Dee meet recipients of their corneas
The eyesight of 6 Israelis has been restored thanks to donated eye tissue transplanted at Beilinson Hospital and Hadassah Medical Center; ‘It was incredibly emotional,’ says doctor
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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