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Graffiti found spray-painted on a wall next to a car whose tires were slashed in the Palestinian village of Deir Ammar, near Qalqilya on April 25, 2018. (Israel Police
April 25, 2018, 3:59 pm
2 West Bank villages, Israeli Arab town targeted in hate attacks
Tires slashed, Hebrew slogans painted in Deir Ammar and Jalud in the West Bank; cars torched in northern Israeli town of Iksal
By Jacob Magid
Soldiers from the mixed-gender Lions of the Jordan Valley Battalion take part in an exercise in the Tze'elim army base on February 5, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2018, 1:19 pm
Arguments rage over IDF’s inclusion of women, but co-ed ‘Lions’ have a job to do
Politicians, rabbis question army's PR strategy of touting female soldiers; for those women and the men who serve with them, however, the opinions are irrelevant
By Judah Ari Gross and Video by Luke Tress
Illustrative photograph of an Israeli minefield. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 14, 2018, 4:42 pm
Seven soldiers lightly wounded by landmine in Jordan Valley
Two servicemen flown to hospital by helicopter, five more driven there after mine explodes under their car; army launches investigation
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Soldiers at the scene of a car-ramming attack on a highway in the central West Bank on July 10, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
January 19, 2018, 12:25 pm
Soldier lightly wounded in Jordan Valley attempted car ramming
Vehicle tries to enter Qasr al-Yahud holy site, refuses to stop after being flagged down by IDF troops
By Jacob Magid
Soldiers from the IDF's Kfir Brigade run into a valley in order to destroy a simulated rocket launcher during a training exercise in the Jordan Valley on November 28, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
November 30, 2017, 7:25 am
Made for the West Bank, IDF brigade prepares for future fighting in Gaza
Training in the Jordan Valley, the Kfir brigade expands its raison d'etre -- fighting Palestinian terrorism -- to include the coastal enclave
By Judah Ari Gross
Guy Hever (fifth from right, with glasses) and friends several weeks before his disappearance in 1997. (Courtesy of Rina Hever)
November 27, 2017, 11:05 am
Israel follows up on false tip missing soldier was at a mental health clinic
Army gets fake report Guy Hever, 20 years missing, was a patient at a southern Israeli psychiatric hospital, sends investigators
By Judah Ari Gross
Satellite image of alleged Iranian base in Syria from October 2017 (Airbus, Digital Globe and McKenzie Intelligence Services/BBC)
November 12, 2017, 3:46 pm
Base accusations
New photos of Iran’s presence in Syria may be a harbinger of a fresh conflict, and the police commish responds to the campaign against him
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative photo of a young Palestinian boy seen walking sheep in the Jordan Valley, May 14, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 12, 2017, 10:35 am
IDF issues evacuation order to Jordan Valley Palestinian shepherd community
300 people maintain flocks and herds in area declared a restricted zone; army says action is against repeated illegal construction
By Stuart Winer
Avi Gabbay, seen at a press conference on July 11, 2017, the day after he won the Labor party leadership, with the party logo behind him. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 20, 2017, 10:20 pm
As he moves to right, Israel’s Labor leader said planning to drop party’s name
After ruling out coalition with major Arab party, hailing settlers, saying he won't remove settlements for peace, Avi Gabbay set to change historic party moniker, TV report says
By TOI staff and Alexander Fulbright
Labor party leader Avi Gabay leads a Zionist Union faction meeting at the Knesset on July 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 19, 2017, 11:26 pm
Labor chief: Settlements represent the ‘beautiful face of Zionism’
Shifting further rightwards, Avi Gabbay lauds settlers' 'determination,' says Israel must retain Jordan Valley, stresses imperative for national unity
By Alexander Fulbright
Avi Gabbay at a press conference on July 11, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 19, 2017, 2:48 pm
Labor chief: Jordan Valley settlements ensure security
Visiting area, Avi Gabbay vows the low-lying region 'was and will remain Israel's eastern security buffer'
By TOI staff
Jackals sit on a road in the mountains surrounding Jerusalem, August 4, 2008. (Haim Shohat/Flash90)
October 10, 2017, 1:47 pm
Jackal bites two Israelis in Jordan Valley kibbutz
Searches underway for animal to test for disease, after rabid specimen caught on Thursday
By Sue Surkes
Haifa University Prof. Danny Rosenberg holds the 7,200-year-old model clay grain silo found at Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley. (Haifa University)
September 6, 2017, 5:02 pm
Unique 7,200-year-old clay model silo forces rethink of how society evolved
Discovered at Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley, one-of-a-kind vessel testifies to earliest agricultural rituals known in the ancient Near East
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Medical emergency services surround a car after a crash in the Jordan Valley on April 24, 2016. (MDA)
August 26, 2017, 4:13 pm
Palestinian girl killed after being struck by car in West Bank
Police reportedly determine incident that caused death of 5-year-old on Route 90 in Jordan Valley was an accident
By TOI staff
One of the cars hit in a head-on collision in the Jordan Valley on August 22, 2017. (Magen David Adom)
August 22, 2017, 6:41 pm
6 injured, 4 seriously, in head-on Jordan Valley car collision
Medics free one driver who was trapped inside vehicle
By Jacob Magid
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