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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

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Omer Dostri, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former spokesman. (Courtesy)
July 5, 2025, 8:01 pm
PM fires spokesman on eve of US trip, reportedly amid spats with Sara Netanyahu
Premier’s wife has record of influencing appointments, but sources close to PM maintain Netanyahu fired Omer Dostri because of incompetence; PMO: Dostri to ’embark on a new path’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 8:47 pm
Most northern evacuees unlikely to return, comptroller says, blaming Netanyahu
Report blasts Prime Minister’s Office for failing to formulate and implement a long-term plan for border area’s reconstruction, after 60,000 evacuated under Hezbollah rocket fire
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, speaks with United Torah Judaism No. 2 MK Moshe Gafni during a Knesset plenum session in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2025, 2:38 am
Haredi parties maintain pressure on PM after he claims ‘significant progress’ in talks
UTJ vows bill to dissolve Knesset will pass preliminary reading next week; Shas threatens Netanyahu over stalled enlistment-avoidance law: ‘If your gov’t is important to you, act’
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 8:14 pm
Ben Gvir says Jewish prayer, including full prostration, permitted at Temple Mount
Far-right minister rejects longtime status quo at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site; Prime Minister’s Office: ‘Israel’s policy concerning the Temple Mount has not changed’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. (Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP)
May 14, 2025, 5:33 pm
PM accuses Macron of standing with Hamas and spreading ‘blood libels’ against Israel
After French leader calls block on Gaza aid ‘shameful,’ Netanyahu slams him for echoing ‘despicable Hamas propaganda’ while Katz says Macron ‘should not lecture us on morality’
By Nava Freiberg, Stav Levaton and AFP
(L-R) Hostages Tamir Nimrodi, Bipin Joshi and Pinta Nattapong. (Hostage Families Forum)
May 8, 2025, 7:43 pm
Source says fate of 2 foreign hostages, 1 Israeli unknown as families demand clarity
As intensified Gaza campaign aims to secure deal, Israeli official says no sign of life from the three since early in the war, after PM announced doubt on number of living captives
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and Jessica Steinberg
(L) Jonatan Urich, adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90/ File) and (R) Eli Feldstein arrive for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on March 11, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/ Flash90)
April 22, 2025, 2:39 pm
Police seek to extend house arrest of PM’s aides in Qatargate, leaked docs scandals
Cops ask court for 21 more days for Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein; Urich suspected of obstructing investigation into ties with Qatar, deemed threat to state security
By ToI Staff
Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at a joint press conference by Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu and Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin at Kfar Hamacabiah in Ramat Gan, on August 29, 2019. (Flash90)
April 21, 2025, 5:06 pm
Netanyahu aide and Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich has no security clearance – report
Longtime senior adviser said to have halted his application rather than take polygraph test; PM’s Office dismisses account as fake news that ‘provides grounds for defamation lawsuit’
By Sam Sokol
Eli Feldstein, a spokesman in the Prime Minister's Office accused of leaking stolen IDF intelligence classified documents, arrives for a court hearing at the District Court in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 20, 2025, 5:07 am
In public spat, lawyers for Qatargate suspect accuse Netanyahu spokesman of ‘hysteria’
Premier’s spokesperson claims Eli Feldstein didn’t work for PM’s office for months before scandal erupted; suspect’s attorneys say there’s ‘mountains’ of proof he did
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on April 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
April 17, 2025, 10:12 pm
Trump: I wouldn’t say I waved off Israeli plan to attack Iran, but I’m not in a rush
PM touts ‘countless’ actions against nuke program, but doesn’t deny US president blocked strike; security officials fume at leak of IDF’s plans; US still supplying bunker-buster bombs
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) sits with Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2025, 4:27 pm
It’s not leaks to the press that are at the heart of the new Shin Bet investigation
The fact that an employee of the security agency allegedly leaked classified information to a government minister close to the PM makes the recent affair a continuation of a dangerous pattern
By Yuval Yoaz
Aliza Magen, the first and only female deputy director of the Mossad spy agency, appears on an episode of the Kan public broadcaster's 'Real Time,' May 23, 2018 (screenshot/KAN)
April 14, 2025, 2:01 pm
Aliza Magen, Mossad’s only female deputy director, dies at 88
A key figure in landmark missions by the spy agency, Magen redefined what women could achieve in Israeli intelligence
By Stav Levaton
Anti-High Court protesters wear masks of Chief Justice Isaam Amit as he and two other judges hear petitions against the ouster of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, April 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
April 9, 2025, 1:42 am
Netanyahu’s office says High Court ruling on Bar ‘puzzling,’ amid calls to ignore it
Statement does not clarify whether PM will comply with court’s order that Shin Bet chief remain in his post for now, as ministers condemn ruling as ‘illegal’ and undemocratic
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on March 2, 2025 after Israel suspended the entry of supplies into the Palestinian enclave. (AFP)
April 7, 2025, 6:06 pm
Despite IDF and PMO denials, Israeli official confirms plan to resume Gaza aid
Report says military has told political leaders there’s ‘no choice’ but to resume aid deliveries, for fear of international consequences
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
From left: Jonatan Urich, Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Composite: Flash90)
April 6, 2025, 4:47 pm
Second businessman questioned in Qatargate probe identified as David Saig
Saig, who reportedly has dealings in Gulf, released after questioning but phone held; Bennett says PMO was ‘working for’ Qatar instead of Israel; JPost editor says he was ‘so naive’
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
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