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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Operation Pillar of Defense

A soldier enters an armored vehicle at a staging area for troops on the border with Gaza, on May 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2023, 3:09 pm
After years of dead-end air campaigns, pinpoint use of ground forces may offer way out
Yet another round underlined the overreliance on fire power and Iron Dome. The IDF doesn’t want to retake Gaza, but has a ‘Concept for Victory’ that puts troops in enemy territory
By Lazar Berman
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
Iron Dome in action, on May 13, 2021. (Avichai Socher/IDF)
May 13, 2021, 1:11 pm
Iron Dome has saved many lives, but has it made Israel safer?
Though tactically a runaway success, some believe the active missile defense system blunted Israel’s traditional boldness and gave leaders cover to let the Hamas threat fester
By Lazar Berman
In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, demonstrators deface a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP Photo)
April 16, 2021, 8:57 am
How Israel kept the Arab Spring from becoming the winter of its discontent
Under Netanyahu’s leadership, the Jewish state survived the difficult early years to come out on top as Iran and jihadists are on the defensive
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Donald Trump are seen prior to their meeting at the Palace Hotel in New York City ahead of the United Nations General Assembly on September 18, 2017.(AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
May 7, 2019, 1:03 am
Under Trump, US a mere bystander in Israel-Hamas ceasefire efforts
Preferring to stand in Jewish state’s corner, White House allows Egypt and UN to fill vacuum as mediators during Gaza conflicts in break from traditional policy
By Jacob Magid
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)
September 20, 2017, 5:57 pm
Handing dossier to The Hague, Palestinians accuse Israel of apartheid
International Criminal Court to study 700-page file, which alleges forced displacement of Palestinian West Bank residents in favor of settlers
By AP and ToI Staff
Incoming Israeli Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, right, shakes hands with outgoing IAF chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel salutes during a ceremony at the Tel Nof Air Base on August 14, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 15, 2017, 8:29 am
After 5 years as air force chief, Amir Eshel takes off
Incoming commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin promises to further expand force’s collaboration with military and civilian agencies, as well as regional militaries
By Judah Ari Gross
Cpt. Sharon Ogen, the medical training officer of the IDF's Southern Command, in her home in Ramat Hasharon. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
July 5, 2016, 7:36 pm
For gay soldiers, IDF seen as ‘more progressive’ than the state
Cpt. Sharon Ogen speaks with The Times of Israel about coming out, finding love and starting a family while in uniform
By Judah Ari Gross
Newly appointed Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman alongside IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot during a ceremony welcoming him to the Defense Ministry, May 31, 2016. (Ariel Harmoni/Ministry of Defense)
June 1, 2016, 10:07 am
Blink and you’ll miss it: Liberman’s defense strategy
‘No more wars of attrition,’ incoming minister tells IDF top brass in a possible reference to the Gaza morass
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meet in Cairo, July 2010. (Moshe Milner/Government Press Office/Flash90)
February 1, 2016, 8:51 pm
Netanyahu’s office denies report of Egypt trip
Egyptian newspaper claims PM to visit Cairo in March for high-level talks
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Hazem Khairat (YouTube screenshot)
January 18, 2016, 3:31 pm
Foreign Ministry welcomes new Egyptian ambassador
Dore Gold says arrival of first Egyptian emissary since 2012 is an ‘important step’ in relations between two countries
By Raphael Ahren
Hazem Khairat (YouTube screenshot)
January 3, 2016, 3:35 pm
New Egyptian ambassador arrives in Tel Aviv, the first since 2012
PM says Hazem Khairat’s posting will help Israel ‘further strengthen relations with important and central Arab country’
By Raphael Ahren
Hazem Khairat (YouTube screenshot)
June 21, 2015, 7:51 pm
After 3 years, Egypt appoints new ambassador to Israel
Previous envoy was recalled in 2012 in protest of IDF Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza Strip; PM ‘deeply welcomes’ move
By Raphael Ahren
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, September 29, 2014. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 14, 2015, 9:11 am
Israel will face new combat in north, Gantz says
Outgoing army chief says IDF is well prepared for the challenges ahead, rejects accusations of timidity
By ToI Staff
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a September 11, 2013, Navy ceremony (photo credit: AP Photo: Dan Balilty)
February 12, 2015, 9:57 pm
Gantz exits after term rife with action but no decisive victories
Gentlemanly chief guided army through Arab Spring, realigned forces to deal with terror threats on borders, but failed to land critical blow on Hamas or thwart Iran
By Mitch Ginsburg
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