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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

Jerusalem

A woman is arrested by Israel Police outside the home of Economy Minister Nir Barkat, amid a small protest for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza, on June 22, 2025. (Screen capture via Nir Hasson on X)
June 23, 2025, 7:54 am
Police arrest 2 women at small hostage protest near minister’s home, strip search them
In Tel Aviv, vigilante rapper The Shadow leads group of civilian volunteers detaining foreign journalists for allegedly filming missile impact sites; police let foreigners go
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Israelis shop for food in Tel Aviv, as the country braces for an Iranian response to Israel's attacks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, on June 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
June 13, 2025, 3:14 pm
Israelis wake to new uncertainty after overnight attack on Iran’s nuclear program
As military strikes targets a thousand miles away, citizens on the homefront are roused by emergency alerts and return to sleep in shelters ahead of Iran’s expected response
By Agencies and Stuart Winer
Jewish and Arab residents of Jerusalem gather near San Simon Park to mourn Fouad Alian, who was killed in the area on May 22, photo taken May 30, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 30, 2025, 9:25 pm
Jerusalem residents mourn Arab parkgoer killed in ramming, demand police action
Family of deceased say Fouad Alian was killed in nationalist murder, his ‘only crime’ was being Arab; custody of prime suspect in hit-and-run extended until Tuesday
By Charlie Summers
Beitar Jerusalem soccer fans seen beating an Arab bus driver in Jerusalem on May 29, 2025 (Screencapture/ X used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 30, 2025, 5:07 pm
Beitar Jerusalem fans attack Arab bus drivers after team’s loss, no arrests so far
Victim says dozens of fans pounced on him upon realizing his ethnicity, police took 20 minutes to arrive; labor union says ‘every day brings us closer’ to murder of transit worker
By ToI Staff
Firefighters try to extinguish a large fire that broke out in the Jerusalem Forest, May 26, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 8:28 pm
Wildfire rages near Jerusalem, leading some residents of Yefe Nof to evacuate homes
Fire service says several crews and planes working to quell flames, as authorities fear blaze could spread towards Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
By ToI Staff
Debris from an intercepted Houthi ballistic missile that landed in the South Hebron Hills area of the West Bank, May 25, 2025 (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 25, 2025, 12:05 pm
IDF intercepts Houthi missile fired from Yemen, in third attack in four days
Sirens sound in Jerusalem area, southern West Bank settlements and communities near Red Sea, sending hundreds of thousands to shelters; no injuries or damage reported
By Emanuel Fabian
A closed light rail station on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, on May 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2025, 7:57 pm
9 Jerusalem light rail stops closed for months, causing significant disruptions
Light rail to offer limited service for three months amid work to link existing line with new route; commuters say substitute buses insufficient, businesses fear losses
By Michael Horovitz
President Isaac Herzog meets Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, May 4, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
May 4, 2025, 2:47 pm
Herzog meets with Ecuador president ahead of opening of Jerusalem innovation office
Herzog and Noboa stress need for return of hostages held in Gaza, and for peace; FM Sa’ar meets Ecuadorian ministers, praises Quito for being on ‘right side of history’
By Nava Freiberg
Tissues and a lighter found in the possession of a man suspected of helping ignite the fire raging near Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Israel Police)
April 30, 2025, 8:11 pm
Arson suspect arrested as authorities probe whether massive fires were started on purpose
Police apprehend East Jerusalem man with lighter, cotton wool, flammable materials; right-wing officials urge West Bank lockdown amid Palestinian social media calls to start blazes
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
April 30, 2025, 7:15 pm
Many Independence Day events nixed, public told to avoid cemeteries amid raging wildfires
Official torch-lighting ceremony called off, rehearsal footage being aired instead; flames encroach on decommissioned tanks at Latrun after Memorial Day ceremony hastily evacuated
By ToI Staff
An employee of Egged is attacked by a group at the Jerusalem Central Bus Station on April 20, 2025 (Screen grab from video used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 21, 2025, 6:51 am
Bus company employees assaulted by teens at Jerusalem’s central station
Workers mobbed after driver refuses to allow more people onto a packed bus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jews pray at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2025, 1:19 am
Police said to allow group of 180 Jews onto Temple Mount, further testing norms
Unwritten status quo has long seen police cap such groups at 30; organization backing these visits says 3,076 Jews have ascended flashpoint holy site since start of Passover
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene where a man allegedly murdered his wife and then killed himself in Jerusalem, April 4, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
April 4, 2025, 10:32 pm
Murder-suicide suspected after boy hears gunfire, finds parents dead in Jerusalem home
Man, 38, suspected to have shot wife, 35, then killed himself; 13-year-old son, eldest of 4, discovered bodies; reports say Haredi family wasn’t known to police, social services
By ToI Staff
Sylvie and Yinon Tsuriely join a march in Jerusalem demanding universal enlistment in the IDF promoted by bereaved families and leading reservist organizations on April 2, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
April 3, 2025, 5:13 am
Thousands at Jerusalem rally demand all Israelis share burden of military service
‘Sanctify God’s name,’ says activist and bereaved mother in appeal to ultra-Orthodox; demonstrator holds up sign quoting Moses: ‘Are your brothers to go to war while you stay here?’
By Rossella Tercatin
Protesters demonstrate for a hostage deal, and against the government, near the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 31, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 1, 2025, 12:41 am
12 arrested during Jerusalem protests for hostage deal and against government
Some 2,000 gather in capital as Qatargate scandal escalates and Gaza fighting expands; video shows cops rough-handling Democrats MK Naama Lazimi; her party chief vows ‘justice’
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
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