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US President Donald Trump, right, listens during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House, September 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Jacob Magid
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‘You want to call Trump, Bibi?’: How incoming US president’s wrath was leveraged to close hostage deal
Top Biden aide's new book reveals dramatic 11th-hour talks before January 2025 agreement as well as outgoing president's desire to give final speech rebuking his party's anti-Israel direction
Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 4, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 4:45 am
Regev passes buck on probing pilots, as Israel said ‘racing’ to ID more potential threats
As flydubai fallout continues, Transportation Ministry says flights aren’t 100% safe and it doesn’t do background checks on foreign pilots; report: Omani attacker had flown to Tel Aviv before but Israel knew nothing about him
By ToI Staff
Yashar candidate Devora Sharifian Bachar on August 3, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 27, 2026, 8:01 am
Yashar’s Iran-born spy-turned-teacher eyes education overhaul with Knesset bid
Devora Sharifian Bachar rebelled against her family to join an elite ops team, and then brought her security ‘intuigence’ — intuition and intelligence — to classrooms in Eilat. Now she’s on a mission to revamp schools nationwide
By Tal Schneider
Jason Eaton appears in court during his trial in Burlington, Vermont, September 21, 2026. (Paul Heintz/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
September 22, 2026, 6:11 am
US jury convicts man who shot 3 Palestinians and later claimed Mossad guidance in insanity bid
Jason Eaton was aware of his actions when he fired at students in Vermont in Nov. 2023, court rules; they were dressed ‘like terrorists,’ he told his lawyers, citing Gaza hostages
By Michael R. Sisak and AMANDA SWINHART
Doron Ben-David, left and Lior Raz in the fifth season of 'Fauda,' with two episodes depicting the bloody Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
September 19, 2026, 8:43 am
From ‘Fauda’ to ‘Checkout,’ Israeli spy stories face a changed global audience after Oct. 7
Fifth season of the hit action thriller arrives with an October 7-focused storyline while Mossad satire ‘Checkout’ reaches US theaters after years of delays
By Stewart Ain
Jason Eaton watches as Hisham Awartani arrives to testify in Eaton’s trial in Burlington, Vt., September 14, 2026. (Glenn Russell/Pool photo via AP)
September 15, 2026, 3:03 am
Vermont man on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students claims CIA, Mossad told him to
Claims are at heart of insanity defense, as trial commences for attempted murder of 3 men who grew up and became friends as schoolmates in Ramallah before moving to US for college
By AP
Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at a Shurat HaDin conference in New York City, October 27, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 11, 2026, 5:08 pm
Ex-Mossad chief says ‘we toured’ Iran’s Fordo nuclear site ‘many times’
In remarks at forum in Safed, Yossi Cohen says US bombing of site in 2025 was ‘the fulfillment of all my dreams,’ suggests that 60% uranium enrichment ‘is still far from a bomb’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with new Mossad chief Roman Gofman at a welcoming ceremony, June 2, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 6, 2026, 11:13 pm
Mossad head reportedly removes 2 senior officials behind failed Iran regime-change plan
Report says Gofman sacked intelligence directorate and Iran division chiefs with whom he clashed upon entering top role; removal said to be part of broader organizational shakeup
By Stav Levaton
Former Mossad director David Barnea attends an event at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2026, 6:55 pm
Former Mossad chief David Barnea to take top role at defense company
Ondas Defense says recently retired top spy to join as global president and chairman; will will work to develop ‘the next generation of AI-enabled, multi-domain defense systems’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" next to the portraits of alleged victims of crackdowns, during a silent march denouncing the deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026. (Sébastien DUPUY / AFP)
August 3, 2026, 12:52 pm
Iran hangs two accused of spying for Israel as wartime executions ramp up
Tehran says Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat were convicted of espionage for ‘transmitting the coordinates of sensitive military and security sites to Mossad agents’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A banner displaying pictures of Israeli army officials with their faces encircled by a red crosshair icon, hangs in Tehran on April 2, 2024, following a suspected Israeli strike in Damascus that killed the top IRGC officer in Syria. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 23, 2026, 8:25 pm
Mossad says it foiled Iranian plot to infiltrate Israel, attack senior officials
French criminal Turut Ozkor, who went by ‘Philip,’ was allegedly recruited to gather intel on a target in Israel and carry out an attack, and was subsequently expelled by Paris
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One, July 22, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 22, 2026, 11:38 pm
Trump escalates threats to Iran’s infrastructure, as US said readying to use heavy bombers
Israeli report says US told Jerusalem it will step up strikes in coming days, will likely hit Pickaxe nuclear site; Trump pledges to target bridge or power plant for every ship attacked in Hormuz
By Agencies, Stav Levaton, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Shin Bet's command center during strikes on Hamas in Qatar, September 9, 2025. (Shin Bet)
July 16, 2026, 6:18 pm
Netanyahu slated to testify after election on ties to Qatar in defamation suit
PM suing head of MEMRI media watchdog over unverified documents purporting to show Qatari payments to Likud; judge questions whether parts of case are strong enough to claim defamation
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah supporters sit in front of a giant billboard, that shows the two late leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, center, with other Hezbollah killed commanders, as they listen to the death story of Imam Hussein during the holy day of Ashoura in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, June 26, 2026. (AP/Hussein Malla)
July 14, 2026, 9:53 pm
Lebanon arrests ‘high-level agent’ close to Hezbollah for allegedly spying for Israel
Judicial official says man handed Israel precise intelligence that led to the killing of four top security leaders and others; he was detained at airport trying to leave country
By AFP
Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) arrives at the Interior Ministry to register his name as a candidate for the presidential election, in Tehran, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi); former Mossad Director David Barnea attends an event at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 13, 2026, 5:23 pm
Report: Ahmadinejad met Mossad chief under Israeli plan to install him as Iran leader
NYT cites US officials, sources as saying yearslong regime change plot involved at least 2 meetings with Mossad in Hungary, as Israel looked to prop up anti-Israel Holocaust-denier
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview, released on July 9, 2026. (Salon with Sharon/YouTube)
July 10, 2026, 1:46 pm
Netanyahu says he has someone in mind to succeed him, ‘but I don’t want to designate a time’
PM says he has spoken with the individual about the matter; says Gaza voluntary migration plan still alive despite Trump plan’s promise
By ToI Staff
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