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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Sha'ar Hagai

The charred corpse of a Mediterranean chameleon in the Jerusalem Hills, on August 17, 2021. (Yaniv Cohen, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
August 18, 2021, 5:03 am
Ecologists worry over ecosystem’s recovery after huge Jerusalem-area blaze
Hundreds of thousands of small animals feared burned to death, with massive damage to fungi and insects, the basis of the web of life
By Sue Surkes
ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seen through a plexiglass lectern in the court room of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)
May 14, 2021, 1:02 pm
ICC may probe current Israel-Gaza round of violence in war crimes investigation
Chief prosecutor Bensouda says court could look at ‘evolution of these events’ as part of ongoing probe of 2014 fighting and subsequent incidents
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a cermony in Sha’ar Hagai, marking 80 years since the formation of the Palmach, on April 9, 2021. (Ministry of Defense)
April 9, 2021, 4:26 pm
Israel submits formal response to ICC as Gantz slams ‘blind and unjust’ decision
Defense minister says he believes ‘truth will come to light,’ a day after the Jewish state decided to officially reject war crimes probe in a letter to Hague-based court
By ToI Staff
Incendiary balloons being launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip in May 2018. (Screen capture: Quds news)
June 14, 2018, 5:13 pm
IDF fires warning shot at Gazans preparing ‘fire balloons’, launches airstrike
Palestinians say missile launched by Israeli drone caused no injuries, in second such incident in less than a day
By Judah Ari Gross
Two Palestinians help fly a 'fire kite' from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory during mass demonstrations along the security fence on June 8, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 14, 2018, 12:35 am
IDF fires at Gazans preparing incendiary kite to send into Israel
No immediate reports of injuries in airstrike in central Gaza, as near-daily arson attacks from the coastal enclave continue
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
A farmer responds to a fire that broke out in his field outside Kibbutz Mefalsim in southern Israel, which was sparked by an incendiary kite from the Gaza Strip, on June 11, 2018. (Gali Kochba/Kibbutz Movement)
June 11, 2018, 10:53 pm
Kites, balloons from Gaza spark multiple fires across southern Israel
Daily arson attacks from the coastal enclave continue, burning up hundreds of acres of fields in one day; incendiary balloon causes damage to building in Hof Ashkelon region
By Judah Ari Gross
Slain tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi, assassinated by the PFLP in 2001. (Flash90)
April 12, 2017, 2:30 pm
Plan to rename war memorial for slain minister nixed
Independence War soldiers say Rehavam Ze‘evi, controversial general turned MK, was not part of 1948 battle for Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the state funeral of late president Shimon Peres, held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 26, 2016, 8:16 pm
In phone call, Netanyahu thanks Abbas for PA help fighting nationwide fires
PM notes appreciation for Jews, Arabs who opened their homes to those affected by blazes; Herzog says tragedy shows ‘glimmer of hope that things can be different’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian firefighters work in Haifa, Israel, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Firefighters have reined in a blaze that spread across Israel's third-largest city of Haifa and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 26, 2016, 10:41 am
Dozens of Cyprus firefighters arrive; Israel thanks Palestinian counterparts
Palestinian fire chief to visit command centers at Neve Ilan and Rishon Lezion, as Israel shows its appreciation for PA teams helping to battle blazes
By ToI Staff
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini talks to reporters during a Foreign Affairs meeting in Luxembourg on October 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS)
November 25, 2016, 5:54 pm
Mogherini: EU stands by Israel in its time of need
European foreign policy chief pledges ‘concrete support’ as member states send teams to help battle blazes
By ToI Staff
Fire fighters try to extinguish a blaze at Nataf, outside Jerusalem, on November 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 25, 2016, 4:07 pm
Blaze at Nataf contained after residents evacuated, restaurant destroyed
20 planes fight fires for hours; residents told not to come home Friday night; Rama’s Kitchen burns down after wedding guests urgently disperse
By ToI Staff
A firefighting plane from Greece fights a wildfire over Haifa, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 25, 2016, 1:00 pm
Egypt and Jordan send firefighting help
Israel’s Arab neighbors join Palestinian Authority, European nations in providing assistance to battle blazes
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
An Israeli artist stands in his studio, burned in an overnight fire in Beit Meir, outside of Jerusalem on November 25, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 25, 2016, 6:33 am
Jerusalem hills fire almost consumes mountainside village, is beaten back
Blaze surrounds Beit Meir, burns at least 10 buildings before firefighters gain control of flames; one suspected arsonist held; tens of thousands can’t yet return to Haifa homes
By ToI Staff
Israeli firefighters work to extinguish a flame in a home in Haifa, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 25, 2016, 1:39 am
Officials say evidence of widespread arson unclear as fires burn overnight in many parts of Israel
Over 75,000 evacuated from Haifa; fires rage in Galilee, Jerusalem foothills; Druze villagers open homes to evacuees as Palestinian firefighters pitch in
By ToI Staff
Israeli firefighter airplanes try to extinguish a forest fire which broke out in the forest near Neve Ilan, outside of Jerusalem on November 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 24, 2016, 4:34 pm
Fires flare throughout the country, encroach on Jerusalem
Firefighters struggle to contain blaze raging outside gas station on Route 1; other conflagrations near Modiin, Savyon, Nirit and Wadi Ara
By ToI Staff
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