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Left to right: Former minister Gilad Erdan and MK Yuli Edelstein in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 30, 2026, 8:17 pm
With only days left to submit slates, small parties are still jockeying for position
Despite polling under the electoral threshold, newly established right-wing factions seen as unlikely to agree on any sort of joint run until right before September 8 deadline
By Sam Sokol
Heavy machinery, first aid responders and residents search the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani on August 15, 2026. (Abbas FAKIH/AFP)
August 16, 2026, 11:12 am
Israeli strikes reported in south Lebanon as Defense Minister Katz vows to ‘settle scores’
Reported nighttime attacks come day after three soldiers were seriously injured by Hezbollah drone; IDF names second senior Hezbollah commander killed in Saturday strikes
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
People and rescue workers gather on a destroyed house that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Zahrani village, southern Lebanon, August 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 15, 2026, 3:32 pm
Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon after Hezbollah wounds 3 IDF soldiers in attack
Acknowledging civilian casualties in strikes, Israel accuses terror group of deliberately housing women and children in Hezbollah ‘military compound,’ says they were family of targeted commander
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
A motorcade arrives for a new round of talks between Lebanese and Israeli delegations at the US Embassy in Rome, Italy, on August 4, 2026. (Tiziana FABI/AFP)
August 4, 2026, 5:42 pm
Israel-Lebanon talks kick off in Rome despite fierce Hezbollah opposition
As negotiators discuss pilot zones, borders and Iran-backed terror group’s disarmament, Naim Qassem condemns the process as ‘humiliation,’ drawing rebuke from Beirut
By Lazar Berman and AFP
Illustrative image of freight, containers and shipping and cargo (AvigatorPhotographer; iStock by Getty Images)
July 28, 2026, 11:44 am
Trump’s tariff push hits strained Israeli exporters with higher duty on goods to US
US administration imposes 12.5% import tax on Israeli goods, saying move targets countries with insufficient regulations or weak enforcement of bans on goods made by forced labor
By Sharon Wrobel
US Vice President JD Vance (L) waits, alongside US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff (C) and Jared Kushner, to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not seen), at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP)
June 30, 2026, 5:15 pm
US envoys in Qatar to meet mediators, but no direct talks with Iran set for coming days
Contradicting Trump, Doha says Witkoff and Kushner to discuss negotiations with Iran and other issues, but without meeting Iranian officials; separate technical talks on MOU go on
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv protest against the Israeli government and for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, July 5, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 13, 2025, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing July 13: Day 646 – With hostage talks at a standstill, who is to blame?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s whirlwind DC tour and extremist settler violence that allegedly left two Palestinians dead — including a US citizen
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Demonstrators protest for the release of hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip, outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, June 28, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
June 28, 2025, 11:58 pm
Israeli officials temper expectations for Gaza deal amid heavy US pressure
Despite mediators’ optimism, Israeli and Hamas sources accuse each other of refusing to budge; IDF said to warn further ground ops will endanger living hostages; PM to weigh options
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Palestinians attend Eid prayers in Khan Yuni in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 2:25 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 31: Day 542 – IDF tells Gazans to leave Rafah, Trump threatens Iran
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses Gaza, Iran and the rise in rhetoric, as reporter Sue Surkes describes challenges facing Kibbutz Kfar Aza residents
By Jessica Steinberg, David Horovitz and Sue Surkes
Palestinians buy clothes in a shop next to a destroyed apartment building in preparation for Eid al-Fitr celebrations at Al-Rimal neighborhood in the center of Gaza City, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
March 30, 2025, 2:50 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 30: Day 541 – Israel adds pressure on Hamas to advance ceasefire talks
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on where hostage release negotiations currently stand, a report about a proposed truce with Hamas in June 2023 and unrest in Turkey
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Protesters march for the release of hostages from Gaza and against efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, on Route 1 outside Jerusalem, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 19: Day 530 – US fully supportive of Gaza strikes, but Trump stays silent
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses White House support for Israel’s strikes, the latest on US hostage envoy Adam Boehler, and US payments to the Palestinian Authority
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
An Israeli army soldier signals for the driver of a Merkava battle tank attempting to park at a position in southern Israel along the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
March 18, 2025, 3:06 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 18: Day 529 – With US backing, Israel ends ceasefire in Gaza
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on the overnight IAF strikes on the Gaza Strip after hostage talks stalled, potential preparation for a larger ground operation
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, left, US president Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel on March 26, 1979. (AP/ Bob Daugherty)
March 7, 2025, 8:22 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: During Gaza War, cold peace with Egypt gets frostier
ToI’s diplomatic reporter on a history of conflict that evolved into a March 1979 peace accord, Egypt’s role as mediator and whether, if pressed, Israel is still militarily superior
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
A former Palestinian prisoner, released as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange, is carried on a person's shoulders upon arrival in Ramallah on February 27, 2025. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
February 28, 2025, 8:34 am
Friday Focus: Negotiating with terrorists, again
As phase 1 of hostage release deal ends, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman reviews the timeline of negotiations since Oct. 7, 2023, and weighs in on paying ransom as a Jewish value
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Israeli protesters carry mock coffins draped in the national flag of Israel during a protest against the ceasefire with Hamas outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 16, 2025. (John Wessels / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 16: Day 468 – The complexities of making a deal with the devil
Editor David Horovitz outlines what we know about the ceasefire/hostage release/security prisoner release deal that was trumpeted by mediators last night
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
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