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People ride bicycles in Jerusalem on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, September 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 20, 2026, 2:26 pm
Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur, after deadly West Bank terror shooting and with IDF on high alert
Public transportation and airspace close on eve of Day of Atonement; poll finds most Jewish Israelis will fast, including about half of those who identify as secular
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir is seen on the Lebanon border, September 16, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 18, 2026, 11:50 pm
Ahead of Yom Kippur, IDF bolsters forces on all fronts; Gaza crossing to close Sun-Mon
Air Force and Navy also placed on heightened readiness
By Emanuel Fabian
Nasser Esleem speaks at a protest over the killing of his son, Ahmad Esleem, who was shot by IDF troops while transporting aid into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, on July 11, 2026. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 12, 2026, 2:10 am
Father of Gaza aid truck driver killed by IDF says soldier shot him ‘between the eyes’
Truck drivers in Strip demand better protection after Ahmad Esleem killed while bringing in aid through Kerem Shalom Crossing from Israel
By Nurit Yohanan
A woman reacts following an Israeli airstrike in the al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City on June 20, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
June 24, 2026, 9:57 pm
IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist who took part in Oct. 7, planned future attacks
Military also detains suspected Hamas operative who approached Gaza crossing, hits four rocket launchers installed after ceasefire; Hamas says Israel’s demands set back talks
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
A truck loaded with humanitarian aid waits to cross from the Egyptian side of Rafah en route to the Kerem Shalom crossing into the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2025 (AFP)
May 26, 2026, 9:08 am
Gaza smuggling ring was allegedly aided from within Israeli security forces – report
Suspect operating from Ramallah accused of working with Gazan who enjoyed ties with police; contraband operation believed to have run alongside legitimate goods deliveries
By ToI Staff
Medics and health personnel welcome Palestinian children from Gaza and their families brought for medical care at Rome's Ciampino airport. (Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
August 14, 2025, 10:52 am
Hundreds now leave Gaza for medical care each month. Thousands more are still waiting
Israel says evacuations for treatment have increased, with restrictions seemingly eased, but bottlenecks like finding host countries are keeping many in urgent need from getting care
By Nurit Yohanan
Staff Sgt. Shoam Moshe Ben-Harush (IDF)
April 10, 2025, 9:57 pm
Staff Sgt. Shoam Ben-Harush, 20: Nahal soldier planned to travel world
Died on October 26, 2023, of wounds sustained while battling Hamas on October 7
By ToI Staff
This aerial view shows displaced Palestinians returning to Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025 (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 19, 2025, 4:10 pm
Gazans stream home through rubble as truce starts after 15 months of war
Carrying their personal belongings, displaced residents of the Strip celebrate deal; hundreds of aid trucks enter enclave from Egypt
By AFP and ToI Staff
An IDF facility in southern Israel where released hostages will receive initial treatment, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 18, 2025, 10:33 pm
With doctors and therapists: Army completes preparations to receive hostages
Three complexes set up near Gaza border, where freed captives will receive initial treatment before being taken to the hospital
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli truck transporting aid destined for the Gaza Strip arriving at a drop-off area near the Kerem Shalom crossing, on November 28, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
December 1, 2024, 4:27 pm
UNRWA pauses aid deliveries via key Israeli crossing due to looting inside Gaza
Head of UN agency says route via Kerem Shalom no longer safe, largely blames Israel; Jerusalem downplays announcement, says only 7% of aid via crossing is coordinated with UNRWA
By Agencies and ToI Staff
View of the Philadelphi Corridor, the Egypt-Gaza border area in southern Gaza's Rafah, October 20, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
November 29, 2024, 6:31 am
Increasingly flexible Hamas said open to temporary IDF presence at Gaza-Egypt border
As long-moribund ceasefire talks ramp up, New York Times says terror group may give up core demands after ‘reality started to sink in’ following Sinwar’s death and truce in Lebanon
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians evacuate patients from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for the area on August 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
October 18, 2024, 3:15 pm
High Court tells state to draw up formal procedure for Gaza medical evacuations
Human rights groups noted in a June petition that 14,000 Gazan civilians are in need of medical treatment outside Gaza; only 225 have since been evacuated
By Jeremy Sharon
A truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip passes through the Kerem Shalom border crossing between southern Israel and Gaza, on June 17, 2024. (Ahikam Seri/AFP)
August 6, 2024, 10:59 pm
5 troops hurt in missile strike, prompting closure of road to Gaza humanitarian zone
Two soldiers in serious condition; IDF temporarily closes route from crossing to area used to deliver aid to Palestinians; PIJ fires 3 rockets at southern communities, none hurt
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians walk with water and food through a heavily damaged residential district of the Gaza Strip's southern city of Khan Younis, July 5, 2024. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
July 11, 2024, 2:40 pm
Commercial goods trucked into Gaza as Israel and UN trade blame for logjams
With Kerem Shalom bearing brunt of burden from Rafah crossing’s closure, COGAT says private sector working better than aid groups, as UNRWA decries ‘prioritization’ of markets
By AFP and ToI Staff
A bundle of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip with the logo of World Central Kitchen (WCK) on a truck at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Israel, on May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
June 16, 2024, 11:02 am
IDF announces daily pause in fighting along key south Gaza road to increase aid flow
Military stresses operations against Hamas in Rafah continue despite 11-hour pause each day on route leading from Kerem Shalom to Khan Younis
By Emanuel Fabian
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