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Illustrative: A soldier from the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate works at a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)

March 22, 2023, 12:31 pm

IDF admits psychological warfare attempt targeting Israeli citizens

Opening fake social media accounts and leveraging existing ones, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit sought to foster public positivity toward 2021 Gaza operation; IDF acknowledges ‘error’

By Ash Obel

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and police chief Kobi Shabtai hold a press conference at the National Security Ministry in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 24, 2023, 10:31 pm

Predicting more war strife, Ben Gvir vows to bolster police, raise pay

National security minister says Israel facing danger of new outbreak of violence, calls for creation of volunteer civilian guard

By ToI Staff

Israeli security forces spray protesters with skunk water during clashes in Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, on May 19, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

December 8, 2022, 10:43 pm

Arab Israeli gets 15 years in prison for shooting at cops during May 2021 riots

Mohammed Mahdi Agbaria also found guilty of throwing roofing tiles at officers who came to arrest him; judges call his actions ‘an attempt to carry out a coup by armed force’

By ToI Staff

Police chief Kobi Shabtai attends a police ceremony in Beit Shemesh, November 7, 2022. (Flash90)

November 30, 2022, 6:48 am

In new recording, police chief seems to misread tensions ahead of May 2021 conflict

‘It’ll pass,’ says Shabtai in newly aired clip amid clashes in East Jerusalem, Temple Mount last year; police say comments were tied specifically to situation at that point in time

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2022, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

October 21, 2022, 11:40 am

Lapid slams ‘antisemitic’ UN report accusing Israel of violating international law

PM says not all criticism of Israel is due to prejudice, but that this ‘biased’ document, part of probe into 11-day war with Hamas last year, is ‘written by antisemites’

By ToI Staff

Batteries of Israel's Iron Dome defence missile system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, are stationed in southern Israel on August 6, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)

August 7, 2022, 11:19 am

Iron Dome at 97% success rate after 580 rockets fired from Gaza since Friday

Missile defense system has intercepted 200 projectiles, while 120 fell inside Gaza; interception rate has gradually improved since first use in IDF operation in 2012

By ToI Staff

A Palestinian woman walks past a destroyed building in the al-Rimal commercial district in Gaza City on May 22, 2021, following a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian terror groups. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

July 31, 2022, 7:55 pm

Hamas claims Israel bombed facility holding captive remains of IDF soldier last year

Gaza terror group says strike occurred during May 2021 war, killing one of its guards; Israeli official calls it a lie meant to drum up interest

By Emanuel Fabian

Miloon Kothari, member of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, briefs reporters on the first report of the Commission, June 14, 2022. (UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré)

July 28, 2022, 4:33 pm

Israel: Disband UN Gaza war probe over member’s ‘antisemitic comments’

PM’s office says commission member’s remarks on ‘Jewish lobby’ efforts on social media ‘echo darkest days of antisemitism’; US antisemitism envoy: Comments ‘unacceptable’

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

File: Police are seen in Lod during ethnic rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city in central Israel, May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

July 27, 2022, 8:38 pm

Security agencies say reforms already underway after handling of 2021 unrest panned

Public Security Ministry asserts past year spent working with law enforcement agencies to learn lessons; Arab MK slams comptroller for viewing her community as ‘enemies’

By ToI Staff

This illustration published by the military on July 27, 2022, shows a Hamas arms factory next to the Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip. (Israel Defense Forces)

July 27, 2022, 7:14 pm

IDF exposes ‘Hamas sites’ in Gaza civilian areas, in bid to explain future strikes

Southern Command officials presents foreign reporters with evidence of alleged infrastructure next to schools, mosques; officials admit difficulty in justifying activity during war

By Emanuel Fabian

A car burns in the central Israeli city of Lod during riots on May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

July 27, 2022, 5:40 pm

Damning report finds systemic intelligence, operational failures in May 2021 riots

State watchdog finds police failed to see unrest coming or adequately grasp breadth of violence, delaying deployments to help quell inter-ethnic fighting

By Jeremy Sharon

Dozens attack the vehicle of Saeed Mousa, an Arab man, in Bat Yam on May 12, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

June 22, 2022, 6:02 pm

Assailant sentenced to 15 months in prison for 2021 mob attack on Arab driver

Yaakov Cohen also given 8-month suspended sentence, ordered to pay NIS 5,000 compensation to Saeed Mousa for assaulting him in Bat Yam during Israel-Hamas war

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center), Police Commisoner Kobi Shabtai (right), Public Securiry Minister Omer Barlev (left) stand with Border Police officers at an Israel Police station, June 21, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

June 21, 2022, 10:44 pm

Officials unveil ‘Israeli Guard’ riot police unit to handle internal unrest

Gendarmes division will be formed under existing Border Police branch; to include both active, reserve, and volunteer officers

By Emanuel Fabian

File: IDF forces are seen on the border with the Gaza Strip, in May 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 16, 2022, 6:31 pm

IDF girds for Hamas surprise attack with Gaza border calmest it has been in a decade

Officials say troops conducting ‘maximum amount’ of operations in barrier area to counter terror groups’ ability to harm Israeli targets, ‘suppress their desire’ to continue trying

By Emanuel Fabian

May 30, 2022, 3:41 pm

Ombudsman report on May 2021 Gaza war and unrest in Israel expected in July

Matanyahu Englman says violent scenes in ethnically mixed communities ‘created a deep and acute rift’ between Jews and Arabs, warns of ‘the next eruption’

By ToI Staff