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Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder speaks at the IDF Intelligence headquarters at the Glilot Base near Herzliya, August 21, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)
March 17, 2026, 1:41 am
IDF intel chief said to assess Iran ‘in distress’ as it begins to grasp damage from strikes
Shlomi Binder reportedly tells political leaders that Iranian forces are hiding from warplanes and unable to fire missiles in large numbers
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Soldiers are seen at the entrance to Tzrifin military base in central Israel, April 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 27, 2026, 10:57 am
IDF to relocate 11 bases from central Israel to free up land for real estate
Defense Ministry says move will yield more than 3 square km of land for housing, commerce; authorities to also mull moving IDF HQ out of Tel Aviv; units to soon move to new Beersheba tech campus
By Emanuel Fabian
Maj. Gen. Eli Zeira in an undated photo (Israel Defense Forces)
December 20, 2025, 7:20 am
How onetime rising IDF star Eli Zeira’s repeat miscalculations cost his country and career
Dead last month at 97, military intelligence chief was regarded by critics as over-confident and obdurate, but cost of his arrogance was only recognized when it was too late, hours before Yom Kippur War
By Abraham Rabinovich
Sgt. Yosef Haim Tzvi Serlin, 19, who died after Krav Maga training, March 26, 2025 (Courtesy)
December 4, 2025, 7:06 pm
Intel officers censured, dismissed over death of soldier during Krav Maga training
Sgt. Yosef Haim Tzvi Serlin, 19, a trainee with intelligence Unit 504, collapsed and died at his base in March; Military Police still probing
By Emanuel Fabian
Former IDF Military Intelligence Directorate chief Eli Zeira, July 16 2012. (Flash90)
November 21, 2025, 5:35 pm
Eli Zeira, Yom Kippur War intel chief who assessed Egypt and Syria wouldn’t attack, dies at 97
Zeira, whose dismissal of warnings before the 1973 war left Israel blindsided, became one of the most controversial figures in the nation’s military and intelligence history
By Emanuel Fabian and Stav Levaton
Former Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov is greeted by family and friends at Sheba Medical Center on September 10, 2025. (Yuval Yosef/GPO)
November 5, 2025, 2:45 pm
Freed hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov details torture, sexual assault by Iraqi captors
In NY Times interview, academic says captors ‘used her as a punching bag’ in early months of captivity, says she falsely confessed to being an Israeli spy to halt beatings
By ToI Staff
Top (L-R): IRGC chief Hossein Salami; head of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Gholam Ali Rashid; Bottom (L-R): IRGC air force chief Amir Ali Hajizadeh; Iran's Armed Forces chief Mohammad Hossein Bagheri. All were killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025. (IRGC; Tasnim News; Courtesy)
August 30, 2025, 5:08 pm
Israel targeted top Iranian leaders by hacking, tracing their bodyguards’ phones — report
Though Iran’s officials avoided smartphones due to known security risks, NY Times reports rules for their guards and drivers were far more lax – which proved a fatal oversight
By ToI Staff
Military Intelligence Directorate chief Maj. Gen Aharon Haliva speaks at an intelligence officers' graduation ceremony, January 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 16, 2025, 3:01 am
Former IDF intel chief: Oct. 7 was ‘much deeper’ than an intelligence failure
In leaked recordings, Aharon Haliva recounts night before Hamas attack, lambasts Netanyahu for not resigning and claims high Gaza death toll ‘required for future generations’
By ToI Staff
A file photo shows an Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet taking off for strikes in Iran during the June 2025 conflict, in a handout photo published on June 27, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 27, 2025, 6:00 am
‘The stars aligned’: Why Israel set out for a war against Iran, and what it achieved
IDF saw the regime’s growing nuclear threat, alongside the collapse of proxy groups, and was at peak readiness to tackle the dangers; ‘existential threat’ removed, but Iran will continue to challenge Israel
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his corruption trial at the Tel Aviv District Court, March 24, 2025. (Reuven Kastro/Pool)
March 25, 2025, 11:46 pm
Netanyahu was warned twice that Qatari cash was funding Hamas military wing – reports
According to accounts denied by PM’s office, ex-Shin Bet chief, IDF told premier in 2019-2020 that terror chief Muhammad Deif was seizing millions from monthly payments
By ToI Staff
Members of Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, patrol in Rafah, Gaza Strip, December 14, 2022. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
February 27, 2025, 7:00 pm
The intel on Hamas attack plan was there, but IDF simply refused to believe it, probe finds
Investigation into failures by Military Intelligence Directorate shows IDF received plans detailing possible attack in 2022, but considered it unlikely, viewed Sinwar as pragmatist
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers carry bodies of Israelis in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
February 27, 2025, 7:00 pm
IDF’s Oct. 7 probes show it misread Hamas for years, left southern Israel utterly vulnerable
Investigations detail military’s decade-long ‘misperception’ of Hamas, its refusal to recognize the imminent invasion even in the last few hours, and the chaos that catastrophically slowed the fightback on the day
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian terrorists take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF freezes new job for Gaza Division intel officer accused of pre-Oct. 7 failures
After radio report reveals planned appointment, army halts ‘temporary posting’ for Lt. Col. ‘Aleph,’ who reportedly derided warnings ahead of Hamas onslaught as ‘completely imaginary’
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians on the Israeli side of the Gaza border fence during the Hamas-led invasion and slaughter in southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Reuters / Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)
November 13, 2024, 11:51 pm
National Security Council denies it received warnings in hours before Oct. 7 attack
NSC rejects newspaper report, citing IDF probe, that the Prime Minister’s Office — though not Netanyahu himself — was continuously informed of worrying intelligence from Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Outgoing head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva (right) incoming commander of the directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder (left) and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (center) attend a handover ceremony at the Glilot Base near Herzliya, August 21, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2024, 10:40 pm
Outgoing IDF intel chief Haliva says he failed to warn of Oct. 7, urges state probe
Incoming head of Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, calls for focusing efforts on ‘urgent’ mission of returning hostages
By Emanuel Fabian
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