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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 618

Ron Dermer

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian, second left, and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief Mohammad Eslami, second right, during the "National Day of Nuclear Technology", in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
June 12, 2025, 1:35 pm
Iran vows to ramp up enrichment after UN watchdog finds it breached nuke safeguards
International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran failing to uphold its obligations, urges answers ‘without delay’; defiant Iran says it’ll build a third uranium enrichment site
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
US President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
June 10, 2025, 2:22 am
Trump speaks with Netanyahu, stresses US wants Iran deal ‘so there’s no destruction and death’
More nuclear talks planned for next weekend as Tehran drafts counter-offer; PM said to tell Haredi MKs that ‘we’re in a dramatic period’ as he works to keep coalition together
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Former hostages, and relatives of hostages, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, marking 600 days of the hostages' captivity, May 28, 2025 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 28, 2025, 3:51 pm
‘Abandoned, forgotten’: Relatives of 58 hostages held in Gaza mark 600 days since Oct. 7
Captives’ loved ones rage against government as protesters across the country call for hostage deal and new elections, almost 20 months after terrorist assault
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Pictures released by the Israeli Air Force showing planes returning after intercepting a missile attack from Iran, April 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 28, 2025, 9:57 am
US officials concerned Israel may strike Iran nuke sites without much warning – NYT
Despite impasse over enrichment, US and Iran may issue interim declaration of principles soon in bid to stave off Israeli attack, report says; claims Israel could gear up for strike in 7 hours
By ToI Staff
L to R: US envoy Steve Witkoff meets families of hostages in Tel Aviv, on May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty); Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 27, 2025, 11:17 pm
Barnea, Dermer reportedly set to meet Witkoff amid efforts to secure hostage deal
TV report says Hamas wants 90-day ceasefire, US envoy pushing for 60 days; Hostages Families Forum calls on Dermer to quit as head of Israeli negotiating team over fruitless efforts
By ToI Staff
Palestinians struggle to receive cooked food distributed at a community kitchen in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 25, 2025, 1:32 pm
NYT: US-registered Gaza aid group is ‘brainchild’ of Israelis, its funding is unclear
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation formed by businessmen, reservists with links to government; Haaretz: Key Israeli defense bodies bypassed in selection of security firm as contractor
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, meets with his Omani counterpart Badr al-Busaidi at the Omani Embassy in Rome during the fifth round of Iran-US negotiations, Friday, May 23, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)
May 23, 2025, 8:35 pm
After 5th round of nuclear talks, Iran says discussions with US ‘complicated’
Oman’s FM says ‘some but not conclusive progress’ made in negotiations; Dermer and Mossad chief Barnea meet with Witkoff
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025; Steve Witkoff, right, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photos Stringer, Mark Schiefelbein)
May 23, 2025, 2:05 pm
US and Iran negotiators in Rome for 5th round of nuke talks, with focus on enrichment
Mossad head Barnea, PM confidant Dermer said set to meet with US envoy Witkoff on talks’ sidelines, as Iran says it won’t agree to end all enrichment, vows to ‘protect’ material
By AP and ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog speaks during a roundtable discussion about gender-based violence against Israeli women during Hamas's October 7 massacre, on Capitol Hill on February 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
May 9, 2025, 12:32 pm
Former envoy to US: Netanyahu ‘unwilling to pay the price’ for Saudi normalization
PM’s aide Dermer reportedly meets Trump in Washington for discussions on Iran ahead of fresh nuclear talks and Gaza, where IDF is set to launch major op
By Reuters and ToI Staff
President Donald Trump speaks before Steve Witkoff is sworn as special envoy during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
May 7, 2025, 5:04 am
Trump says he’s not planning to stop in Israel on next week’s Mideast trip
US president says he’ll visit Jewish state ‘at some point,’ teases ‘very, very, very big announcement’ that will be made before he leaves for trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE
By Jacob Magid
Left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL); US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz during a television interview at the White House on May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon); US President Donald Trump waves as he walks from the Oval Office to depart on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 3, 2025, 9:56 pm
Waltz’s coordination with Netanyahu on Iran strike contributed to his firing – report
Washington Post quotes US officials saying that ousted security adviser pushed policy ‘in direction Trump wasn’t comfortable with’; PM’s office denies they had ‘intensive contact’
By ToI Staff
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 10:44 am
Dermer predicts war will be over in a year, regional peace deals will follow
Strategic affairs minister says victory in seven-front conflict is key to future agreements, recalls he had to tell Trump that not all Gaza hostages were dead
By Lazar Berman
Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 25, 2025, 2:55 am
Mossad head travels to Doha for meeting with Qatari PM on hostage deal efforts
Trip signals David Barnea’s return to ceasefire talks after he was replaced as top negotiator by Netanyahu confidant Dermer, who hasn’t secured release of any more captives
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
Sylvia Cunio, mother of hostages David and Ariel Cunio, at the Gaza border near Kibbutz Nir Oz on April 20, 2025, calling for her sons and the other hostages to be freed in one phase. (Credit Tanya Zion-Waldoks/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 20, 2025, 3:48 pm
Daily Briefing April 20: Day 562 – Hostages’ families in anguish as PM says no deal
Times of Israel editor David Horovitz discusses Netanyahu’s TV statement, the progress of US-Iran nuclear talks, and the latest on Qatargate
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer attends a Knesset plenum session on January 22, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 18, 2025, 12:02 pm
‘Humiliated’ hostage parents fume at negotiator Dermer: Our loved ones will be left to die
Tzvika Mor and Ditza Or, members of hawkish Tikva Forum, write scathing letter to Netanyahu confidant, saying he indicated their children are expected to wait politely in hell until their bitter end
By ToI Staff
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