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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Yahya Sinwar

A live-fire exercise dubbed operation 'Strong Pillar' outside Al-Mawasi, a town on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip, on September 12, 2023. (Hamas via AP)
December 10, 2024, 11:27 am
Report: Hamas mobilized 2,000 men in May 2023 to drill attack, noted lack of IDF response
Channel 12 reports that months before Oct 7, terror group conducted mass exercise that flew under Israel’s radar, giving group confidence in ability to strike Jewish state
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip on November 19, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
November 24, 2024, 4:32 am
Netanyahu for years declined to kill terror chiefs, downplayed Hamas threat — report
Channel 12 investigation asserts a pattern of inaction and attempts at appeasing terror group, despite security chiefs’ repeated warnings of invasion; PMO: ‘Baseless lies’
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Iranians walk past a huge billboard bearing a portrait of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar at Palestine Square in Tehran, on October 19, 2024. (AFP)
November 18, 2024, 10:42 am
Unsealing secret Hamas papers, families of October 7 victims sue Iran in US court
Documents include itemized list of payments made by Iran to Hamas leaders over several years, discussions of mutual defense agreement between Palestinian terror group, Tehran, proxies
By ToI Staff
Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-South Dakota, meets with reporters after he was elected to GOP leader, at the Capitol in Washington, November 13, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
November 18, 2024, 8:39 am
Incoming Senate majority leader threatens ICC with sanctions over case against Israelis
Senator John Thune warns US will impose restrictions on International Criminal Court if it moves ahead with arrest warrant requests against Netanyahu or other Israeli officials
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures in front of a map during a press conference at the Government Press Office in Jerusalem, Sept. 4, 2024. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)
November 4, 2024, 4:27 pm
Leak case timeline shows foreign reports dovetailed with PM’s claims against hostage deal
Netanyahu insisted Hamas didn’t want a deal, could smuggle captives to Iran; days later, the assertions were in print, and now an aide is accused of stealing and divulging secret info
By ToI Staff
Eli Feldstein, a spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the main suspect in an investigation launched in late October 2024 of alleged illegal access and leaking of classified intelligence material. (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
November 4, 2024, 1:47 am
PM spokesman Eli Feldstein suspected of leaking intel that may have hurt hostage efforts
Former Ben Gvir aide and IDF spokesperson reportedly worked closely with Prime Minister’s Office despite failing security clearance; identities of 3 other suspects still under wraps
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with then-Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman during the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 17, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
November 3, 2024, 2:28 am
Gag order may be lifted as probe widens into PM adviser’s alleged intel leak
Suspects reportedly may face 15 years in jail; Netanyahu attempts to distance himself from spokesman suspected of releasing top-secret documents to politically benefit the premier
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking outside his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 1, 2024, 5:54 pm
Several suspects arrested amid probe of PM’s office over alleged classified intel leak
Judge says authorities suspect leak harmed achievement of Israel war aims, confirms Shin Bet, police and IDF probing incident; report says aim in question was potential hostage deal
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Houthi supporters raise a poster of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who killed by Israeli troops in Gaza, during an anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, October 18, 2024. (AP Photo/ Osamah Abdulrahman)
October 29, 2024, 2:53 pm
In warning, Qatar and Egypt tell US hostage talks complicated by killing of Sinwar
Washington frames Hamas leader’s death as opportunity for breakthrough since he was main ceasefire obstacle, but Arab mediators say there’s no central decision maker with him gone
By Jacob Magid
Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 26, 2024, 6:26 pm
Hamas leaders rejected Israeli offer of safe passage if they freed hostages — report
Senior Israeli official urges Jerusalem to be more flexible with demands for deal, warns against ‘pulling the wool’ over the eyes of hostage families
By ToI Staff
IDF troops stand over the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza on October 17, 2024. (Courtesy)
October 23, 2024, 4:28 pm
We’ve had the victory pictures; here’s how Israel is aiming to actually win the war
Sinwar and Nasrallah are gone, but their weakened terror groups are still dangerous and Iran’s regime is untouched. The IDF, Netanyahu government and US are working, sometimes in harmony, to change that
By David Horovitz
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with members of the media at Ben Gurion Airport before departing for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in Tel Aviv, Oct. 23, 2024. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
October 23, 2024, 1:48 pm
Before flying to Riyadh to push normalization, Blinken stresses chance to end war
After air raid sirens sound during his breakfast in Tel Aviv, US secretary of state underscores need to take advantage of opportunity offered by Sinwar’s death
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 22, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 22, 2024, 11:27 pm
Blinken pushes Israel to publicly say it’s not aiming to besiege north Gaza; PM demurs
Netanyahu and US secretary of state discuss hostage deal possibilities in wake of Sinwar’s death; Gallant: IDF will keep operating against Hezbollah even after ground op in Lebanon
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Illustrative image: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to a speaker in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
October 22, 2024, 1:39 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 22: Day 382 – Iran infiltrates Israel to activate cells of operatives
Editor David Horovitz on IDF attacks on Hezbollah’s financial network, halting of Ben Gurion Airport’s takeoffs and how – if at all – the war has turned a week after Sinwar’s death
By ToI Staff
A woman walks past posters depicting Yahya Sinwar (L), the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Abu Obeida (R), the masked spokesman of Hamas's Qassam Brigades, plastered on a wall in the Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburb on February 5, 2024. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
October 22, 2024, 1:04 am
Doha-based committee to lead Hamas amid war, in wake of Sinwar’s death — report
Board established after Haniyeh’s assassination in July set to govern terror group at least through March, amid ‘war and exceptional circumstances,’ Hamas sources tell AFP
By AFP and ToI Staff
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