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Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari speaks at a ceremony at the IDF Spokesperson Unit headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 29, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 29, 2023, 10:53 pm
Entering role, new IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari looks to bolster trust in military
Taking over from Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav, ex-navy commando vows to keep politics out of the Israel Defense Forces, build credibility with both local and international media
By Emanuel Fabian
An undated video published by Hamas on January 16, 2023, purportedly of Israeli captive Avera Mengistu. (Screenshot)
January 17, 2023, 2:22 pm
Hamas says clip of Israeli captive Mengistu is recent; Israel still unsure it’s real
Terror group says prisoners will only be released if Israel pays ‘decent price;’ IDF spokesperson pans ‘unethical’ behavior in publishing video, declines to authenticate it
By ToI Staff
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the head of naval operations, and the incoming IDF spokesman, is seen in an official undated potrait (Israel Defense Forces)
January 5, 2023, 6:11 pm
Senior Navy officer Daniel Hagari tapped as IDF spokesperson
Rear admiral most recently served as chief of naval operations, will replace Ran Kochav in the coming months
By Emanuel Fabian
Incoming IDF Spokesperson Ran Kochav speaks during a ceremony at the IDF Spokesperson's Unit's headquarters in northern Tel Aviv on June 6, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 19, 2022, 10:23 pm
PM, IDF chief pan settler leader who branded IDF Spokesperson’s Unit ‘extreme left’
After Likud aide shows some of unit’s soldiers criticizing ‘occupation’ on personal Twitter accounts, Yossi Dagan says it should be shut down, reopened anew; Lapid: ‘Ugly smears’
By ToI Staff
A massive fireball is seen following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city on July 16, 2022. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
July 17, 2022, 6:54 pm
Gaza airstrike significantly sets back Hamas rocket production, says IDF
16 tons of explosives destroyed when jets dropped bunker-busting bombs on subterranean facility on Saturday in response to rocket fire; IDF: Drones also manufactured at site
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians visit the site where veteran Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed, in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 18, 2022. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
July 4, 2022, 4:36 am
Al Jazeera: Bullet that killed Abu Akleh examined at US embassy; Israelis present
Results of forensic analysis expected Monday, network reports; fatal round is returned to the Palestinian Authority
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
Protesters hold candles and a photo of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed while covering clashes between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen during an IDF raid in Jenin, in Haifa on May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 3, 2022, 2:48 pm
Israel to examine bullet that killed Abu Akleh, with Americans present, says IDF
Army spokesperson appears to dismiss Palestinian claims US experts would examine the shell that killed Al Jazeera correspondent; PA transferred bullet to US on Saturday
By Aaron Boxerman
Israeli self-propelled howitzers fire toward Lebanon from a position near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona following rocket fire by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, August 6, 2021. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
August 6, 2021, 4:23 pm
Israel warns of ‘overt and covert’ response if Hezbollah rocket fire continues
IDF carries out artillery strikes in response to 19-rocket barrage by terror group, heaviest since 2006 war; Hezbollah releases video of rocket fire
By Emanuel Fabian and Judah Ari Gross
Israeli self-propelled howitzers fire toward Lebanon from a position near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona following rocket fire by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, August 6, 2021. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
August 6, 2021, 11:11 am
Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel, in heaviest barrage since 2006 war
Military says 10 projectiles were intercepted by air defenses, 6 struck open areas and 3 landed in Lebanon; terror group says attack was in response to recent Israeli airstrikes
By Emanuel Fabian
From left, incoming IDF Spokesperson Ran Kochav, head of IDF Operations Aharon Haliva, outgoing IDF Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman salute during a ceremony at the IDF Spokesperson's Unit's headquarters in northern Tel Aviv on June 6, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 6, 2021, 10:24 pm
Entering position, new IDF spokesman vows to remain truthful
Head of Operations defends military’s actions in Gaza, says it called off missiles in mid-air due to concerns over casualties
By Judah Ari Gross
Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav, commander of the Israel Air Force's Air Defenses, speaks at a conference in Rishon Lezion on December 2, 2019. (Flash90)
April 2, 2021, 12:27 pm
Air defense chief Ran Kochav tapped as next IDF spokesperson
Current flak, Hidai Zilberman, to become Israel’s defense attaché in US, promoted to major general
By Judah Ari Gross
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