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Former national security adviser Eyal Hulata speaks at an anti-government protest demanding the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's onslaught of October 7, 2023, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, February 21, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Lapid: Netanyahu again evading responsibility
Former NSC head pans Netanyahu’s ‘crooked’ flydubai probe, says buck stops with him
By Jeremy Sharon, Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Eyal Hulata says Netanyahu should have stepped in after NSC warned in 2024, 2025 of inadequate checks for foreign airlines, says it's same attitude he has toward Oct. 7 responsibility
Jacob Magid
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Illustrative: Israeli security forces raid the southern Bedouin town of Rahat on May 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 9:19 pm
Shin Bet details alleged plot to form ‘terror battalion’ in Bedouin town in southern Israel
Details come in report saying 72 residents of south have been arrested on security charges this year; about 50 have been indicted, agency says
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) attends a security briefing during an IDF operation in Jenin on July 3, 2023. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and next to him is Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet is at center. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 am
Before Oct. 7, Netanyahu was repeatedly told internal rift emboldening enemies – report
Top security officials, including Shin Bet and IDF chiefs, defense minister, said to have warned PM of danger from judicial overhaul chaos for months before Hamas onslaught, but he shrugged them off
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Travelers disembark an Electra plane at Ben Gurion International Airport. September 8, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 7, 2026, 4:25 pm
Israeli airlines often lease foreign planes and crew, while leaving extra security behind
Loophole means passengers who think they are flying with an Israeli carrier can end up on another company’s plane, with no special screenings of pilots or stringent procedures meant to avoid situation like the flydubai attack
By Sharon Wrobel
A Bar-Ilan University professor's alleged letter (left) to Moshe Feiglin, made public on October 5, 2026, and a view of Bar Ilan University (right). (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law/Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 6, 2026, 12:38 am
Shin Bet reportedly declined to probe alleged terrorist professor, who sought to enlist right-wing figures
Indicted mathematician, who allegedly plotted to assemble terror militia and kill hundreds of Arabs, met with podcaster who apologizes for not informing police; densely written letter said to outline plans
By ToI Staff
A flydubai plane takes off from Ben Gurion airport on September 30, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 4, 2026, 4:59 pm
Despite years of warnings, Transportation Ministry, required to check foreign flights, hasn’t done so
Former top ministry official blames Minister Regev for flydubai incident, but she denies responsibility; regional sources say Israel raised no red flags over crew
By Ariela Karmel and Lazar Berman
Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 4, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 4:45 am
Regev passes buck on probing pilots, as Israel said ‘racing’ to ID more potential threats
As flydubai fallout continues, Transportation Ministry says flights aren’t 100% safe and it doesn’t do background checks on foreign pilots; report: Omani attacker had flown to Tel Aviv before but Israel knew nothing about him
By ToI Staff
Passengers embark on a FlyDubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 1, 2026, 3:27 pm
UAE says probing whether attack on flydubai flight to Israel was terror
Initial probe into Omani pilot being carried out by Saudis, who will hand him over to Emiratis once done; Herzog recommends presidential medal for Israelis who thwarted attack
By Agencies, ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Sharon Wrobel
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Yashar party and a former IDF chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Nordiya, Israel, August 31, 2026. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 11:32 pm
Shin Bet won’t provide Eisenkot with security detail, despite earlier report to contrary
Agency says it will offer intelligence support and allow armed private guards; Democrats party also presses for protection for Golan amid threats
By ToI Staff
Yair Golan, chairman of the Democrats party, attends an election campaign event in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, September 28, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 1:31 pm
Citing death threats, Democrats petition High Court for Shin Bet to guard Golan
Left-wing party claims the refusal so far to provide protection for party chair Yair Golan makes his campaigning opportunities unequal, and potentially deadly
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Hamas's Northern Gaza Brigade commander, Izz al-Din al-Bik, who was killed by Israel on September 29, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 29, 2026, 11:15 am
IDF kills commander of Hamas’s North Gaza Brigade in Gaza City airstrike
Izz al-Din al-Bik is 3rd Hamas brigade commander to be killed by Israel in recent weeks; separate strikes on Sunday killed Hamas moneyman and sniper, military says
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 28, 2026, 11:08 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief says he’ll sue Netanyahu for claim he withheld pre-Oct. 7 warnings
After PM accused him of not informing him of impending Hamas attack, Ronen Bar says he warned of disaster but PM ignored him, calls for release of documents, demands PM’s staffers testify
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Yashar party chairman and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot meets with families of former hostages, hostages who were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip, and victims of the October 7 attack at the Families’ Sukkah at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, September 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 12:55 pm
Report: After earlier refusals, Shin Bet to provide security for Yashar’s Gadi Eisenkot
Security detail with state-funded bodyguards expected to be finalized in coming days, while agency has yet to decide on protection for Democrats chair Yair Golan
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a press conference in Tel Aviv on July 13, 2024, during the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Nir Elias / Pool / AFP)
September 27, 2026, 2:31 pm
Netanyahu’s narrative of ignorance on October 7 is rapidly unraveling
New reports detailing warnings conveyed by Egypt and the UAE before the massacre shatter PM’s claim the security establishment kept him in the dark; if anything, it was the other way around
By Amir Bar Shalom
Yashar candidate Devora Sharifian Bachar on August 3, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 27, 2026, 8:01 am
Yashar’s Iran-born spy-turned-teacher eyes education overhaul with Knesset bid
Devora Sharifian Bachar rebelled against her family to join an elite ops team, and then brought her security ‘intuigence’ — intuition and intelligence — to classrooms in Eilat. Now she’s on a mission to revamp schools nationwide
By Tal Schneider
Shin Bet chief David Zini is seen at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day, April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 25, 2026, 2:53 am
Shin Bet chief said refusing to track domestic bot-powered election influence campaigns
Zini reportedly insists handling interference by ‘domestic actors’ is outside the agency’s purview, prompting sources to accuse him of having ‘completely shirked responsibility’
By ToI Staff
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