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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Ori Gordin

Illustrative: Smoke at the site of reported Israeli artillery shelling of a Hezbollah target in the Lebanese village of Yohmor, in response to earlier rocket fire on Metula, March 22, 2025. (Rabih Daher / AFP)
March 22, 2025, 11:12 am
6 rockets fired from Lebanon at Metula; IDF airstrikes hit dozens of Hezbollah sites
3 rockets intercepted, 3 fall short in Lebanon; Hezbollah denies it fired; some Metula residents leave town; several killed in Israeli strikes; IDF: It’s Lebanon’s job to uphold ceasefire
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Lebanese army soldiers sit on their parked tanks along a road in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura, on the border with Israel on January 7, 2025, after Israel's withdrawal from the area as part of the ceasefire agreement between the two countries. (AFP)
January 8, 2025, 2:47 pm
US hails Lebanese army’s implementation of truce, even as Israel views it as inadequate
Report says IDF Northern Command chief doubts ceasefire’s initial phase will be fulfilled at all; cabinet sources reportedly say IDF may not leave Lebanon ‘for many years’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
A man unloads construction materials in front of a damaged building in Metula, November 27, 2024. (David Cohen FLASH90)
November 29, 2024, 11:06 pm
IDF Northern Command chief says rebuilding can begin in damaged border communities
Report details financial incentives to entice evacuees home; military carries out strike on medium-range Hezbollah rocket launcher, says it’s operating against ceasefire violations
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Combination photo showing Master Sgt. (res.) Saar Eliad Navarsky, left, who was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack and Maj. (res.) Aviram Hariv, who was killed during fighting in southern Lebanon on October 22, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 22, 2024, 8:35 pm
Two IDF reservists killed as Hezbollah rockets pound north, drone triggers alarms
A million Israelis spend an hour in shelters as IDF chases UAV; Beirut hospital tries to prove no Hezbollah cash bunker is inside, as army gives directions to hard-to-find bunker
By Emanuel Fabian, Gianluca Pacchiani, Agencies and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with troops in northern Israel, September 30, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
September 30, 2024, 11:29 pm
Israel says ‘next phase’ beginning in Lebanon, amid global pleas against a ground op
Lebanese army withdraws from frontier as IDF shuts off some border areas; Biden: ‘I’m comfortable with Israel stopping’; Lebanese PM: ‘We’re ready to implement UN Resolution 1701’
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (center), IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar (right), and other officers are seen at the IAF's underground command room amid a strike on Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut, September 27, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
September 29, 2024, 12:18 am
Israel knew of Nasrallah’s location for months, some ministers opposed hit — reports
Channel 12 says Netanyahu approved attack just before UN speech after days of discussions; also claims US, which had been in talks with Israel on ceasefire, was left feeling misled
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces and residents examine a house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kibbutz Sa'ar, September 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
September 25, 2024, 4:30 pm
2 wounded in northern kibbutz rocket impact as IDF warns of possible ground invasion
Man seriously hurt, another moderately injured in Kibbutz Sa’ar; IDF’s Northern Command chief says troops must be ‘strongly prepared’ to enter Lebanon as reserve brigades called up
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops drill near the northern border with Lebanon, in a handout image cleared for publication by the IDF on February 18, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 18, 2024, 1:44 am
While still in Gaza, Israel has no good options in Lebanon. But it may invade anyway
The IDF and the home front are weary, and a military offensive against Hezbollah won’t defeat the terror organization. The success of the pager operation could offer a way out
By Lazar Berman
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, and Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin at a ceremony on October 2, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
September 16, 2024, 10:36 am
Top general said pushing for ground incursion to create south Lebanon buffer zone
Defense minister tells US counterpart possibility of reaching diplomatic solution on border is passing, though he is thought to oppose risking all-out war amid manpower worries
By ToI Staff
The chief of the IDF Northern Command Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin speaks to Golani officers in northern Israel, in a handout image published July 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 26, 2024, 6:17 pm
IDF has killed 500 terrorists in Lebanon since beginning of war, says senior officer
Figure given by Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin higher than ToI tally; military says Hezbollah hiding true number of fatalities among its ranks
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
The head of IDF Northern Command Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin (left) and head of the Operations Directorate Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk (right) hold an assessment, July 18, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 19, 2024, 1:37 am
Top Israeli generals approve Lebanon offensive battle plans, army says
IDF says commanders also made decisions on ‘accelerating the readiness of the forces on the ground,’ as fighter jets strike Hezbollah targets
By Emanuel Fabian
A member of the Lebanese security forces inspects the damage around a building that was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese town of Wadi Jilo, east of Tyre, on June 6, 2024. (Mahmoud Al-Zayyat/AFP)
June 6, 2024, 9:46 pm
Top commander in north says IDF ready for war against Hezbollah
Netanyahu notes heavy international pressure amid multi-front military campaign, as report details US warning that ground operation in Lebanon could draw Iran into war
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, chief of the IDF's Home Front Command speaks during a conference in the central city of Modi'in, June 12, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 13, 2022, 1:59 am
At bleak conference, officials warn Israel unprepared to deal with major emergency
Senior cop says force unable to provide ‘comprehensive response’ to ethnic unrest; IDF chief threatens Lebanon: ‘Power of our attacks will be something you’ve never seen’
By Emanuel Fabian
Major General Ori Gordin, chief of Israel's Home Front Command, speaks during an interview with AFP at the command's operational center in Ramle on October 12, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
October 17, 2021, 11:54 pm
IDF official: Israel expects Hezbollah to fire 2,000 rockets a day in wartime
Home Front Command chief Ori Gordin says the 2006 war with Lebanon was a ‘wake-up call’ for the civil defense division
By AFP and ToI Staff
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