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New recruits to the IDF’s 401st Armored Brigade arrive at Ariel Sharon Park in central Israel on their enlistment day, August 2, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 9:09 am
IDF didn’t take DNA from 20,000 new recruits, including fighters, amid budget dispute
Military Rabbinate and Medical Corps can’t agree on whose budget should pay for equipment used to preserve DNA samples, collected by the army to identify soldiers killed in action
By ToI Staff
Pvt. Arthur Gasner (Courtesy)
May 15, 2025, 4:30 pm
IDF determines soldier killed in 1949 was buried in Rehovot grave with comrades
5-year investigation identifies remains of Pvt. Arthur Gasner, 76 years after he was killed in action; he was listed as fallen but missing
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli hostages released on January 30, 2025 (from left): Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger, Gadi Mozes (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar, AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
January 30, 2025, 1:56 pm
Arbel Yehoud, Gadi Mozes, 5 Thais, freed amid mayhem in Khan Younis; Agam Berger released
Yehoud, 29, and Mozes, 80, forced to walk through mob with gunmen in lengthy, chaotic handover at which the 5 Thais also freed; Netanyahu denounces ‘unimaginable cruelty’
By Emanuel Fabian, Amy Spiro and Elana Kirsh
Leah Goldin, mother of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, attends a press conference, August 5, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 21, 2023, 1:50 pm
9 years after Hadar Goldin’s capture in Gaza, fight to declare him ‘kidnapped’ continues
During a 2014 Hamas ceasefire, Leah Goldin’s soldier son was killed and his body secreted within the Gaza Strip. His remains weren’t part of any subsequent agreement. How about now?
By Tal Schneider
Cpt. Omer Neutra (Courtesy)
October 21, 2023, 12:14 pm
IDF confirms death of hostage Omer Neutra, a Long Island-born natural leader
Tank commander’s body was abducted to Gaza on October 7
By ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Itay Chen (Courtesy)
October 19, 2023, 10:20 pm
IDF announces death of soldier Itay Chen, 19, a US-Israel dual citizen
October 7, 2023, death of soldier serving in a tank unit confirmed March 12, 2024. His body is held by Hamas in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Ron Sherman (Courtesy)
October 18, 2023, 9:57 pm
Ron Sherman, 19, texted as Hamas entered base: ‘Mom, it’s over, I love you’
In the IDF, he liaised between Gaza businesses and border. He was kidnapped from his base outside of Gaza, October 7
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video showing a protest by activists campaigning for the return of the remains of Israeli soldiers held in the Gaza Strip, who blocked the entry into Israel of Gazans, September 18, 2022. (Twitter. used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 18, 2022, 6:27 pm
Relatives of soldier whose body is held in Gaza Strip impede Gazans entering Israel
Activists campaigning for return of remains of Hadar Goldin and others stop convoy bringing workers into the country, demand pressure on Hamas
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at an event celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 11, 2021, 4:12 pm
In rebuke of Bennett, Gantz says he opposed announcing Mossad’s Ron Arad op
‘I wouldn’t have revealed this operation,’ says defense minister, while defending it as ‘very successful’ and rejecting reports it yielded no leads on missing airman
By ToI Staff
Missing Israeli Air Force officer Ron Arad, photographed by Amal militants in Lebanon in 1987. (Wikipedia)
October 9, 2021, 10:17 pm
Report: Israel seized jogging Iran general in Damascus, freed him in S. Africa
Arabic media claims man nicknamed ‘Sabri’ was a senior Iranian official in Lebanon when Ron Arad was captured there, leading Jerusalem to hope he’d have info on airman’s fate
By ToI Staff
Missing Israeli Air Force officer Ron Arad, photographed by Amal militants in Lebanon in 1987. (Wikipedia)
October 5, 2021, 6:03 pm
Mossad took DNA from body in Lebanon to determine if it was Ron Arad — report
Israeli spy agency examined corpse interred in northern Lebanese village of Nabi Chit, believed to belong to missing airman, Saudi news site reports
By ToI Staff
Air Force navigator Ron Arad, who went missing in 1986, with friends. (Israeli Air Force)
October 5, 2021, 2:06 pm
Mossad kidnapped an Iranian general to obtain info on Ron Arad – report
Hebrew media reports reverse course on operation, citing sources indicating it was a success after earlier reporting it as a failure
By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro
Air Force navigator Ron Arad, who went missing in 1986, in his flight suit. (Israeli Air Force)
October 4, 2021, 11:50 pm
Mossad op to find info on missing soldier Ron Arad was a failure – reports
Defense officials said to accuse Bennett of revealing information on the efforts for political gain; PMO insists mission was a success
By ToI Staff
Ron Arad. (Israeli Air Force)
October 4, 2021, 6:26 pm
Mossad agents went on recent mission to find info on Ron Arad, PM reveals
‘It was a complex, widescale operation,’ Bennett says of bid to uncover whereabouts of IAF airman missing for 33 years, presumed dead
By Amy Spiro
Missing IDF soldier Sagi Ben David (courtesy/IDF)
November 12, 2020, 12:51 am
Body of missing soldier found near West Bank checkpoint
No immediate indications of foul play; Sagi Ben David was last seen leaving his base near Jerusalem on Tuesday night, prompting a search by police and IDF
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
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