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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov in Jerusalem on May 13, 2026 Foreign policy aide Caroline Glick is seated second from the left. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
August 18, 2026, 2:40 am
Amid Israeli pushback, source reveals Board of Peace weighing new disarmament framework
Official involved in talks tells ToI that US-controlled panel may abandon phased approach to Hamas weapons handover — already approved by Hamas but rejected by PM — in favor of wholesale plan
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian children play on a concrete block meant to mark the Israel-expanded Yellow Line in the Shejaiya neighborhood of eastern Gaza City on July 26, 2026. (Mohammed M. Skaik / JNA Press/Sipa USA via Reuters)
August 12, 2026, 8:48 am
Board of Peace blurs Yellow Line as it wages uphill battle to advance Gaza plan
US-controlled Gaza oversight panel avoids specifying whether Israel must withdraw to original ceasefire line, opting for ambiguity in bid to get both sides on board
By Jacob Magid
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (AP/ToI)
August 11, 2026, 1:56 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 11 – As 2 Arab states reportedly plot war, how fortified are Israel’s borders?
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on IDF operations in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, along with an assessment of the penetrability of the barriers with Jordan and Egypt
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI)
August 5, 2026, 1:59 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 5 – Inside Israel’s fortifications on the Gaza Yellow Line
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the conclusions from the IDF investigation into the deadly gunfight in Tell, plus an explosive week for the defense minister and IDF chief of staff
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
IDF soldiers are seen inside southern Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border, July 30, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
August 1, 2026, 6:07 pm
Israeli officer moderately hurt in overnight clash with Hezbollah gunmen — army
IDF later says it killed the operatives after gunfight in the Ali Taher Ridge area near Nabatiyeh, where members of terror group are believed to be holed up in major tunnel system
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a section of an earthen barrier being built by the Israeli military, right side of image moving top to bottom, in the central Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026. At left is the Maghazi camp, and on the other side are homes demolished by the military. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
July 21, 2026, 12:39 pm
Photos show Israel building miles-long earthen barrier inside area it holds in Gaza
23 kilometers of barrier built so far, according to satellite images; IDF says it aims to protect troops and border communities but declines to say how far it will be extended
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (R) sits with US Vice President JD Vance as they attend the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace' at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 11:57 pm
Board of Peace finalizing plans for Gaza, but implementation timeline up in the air
With disarmament talks stalled, committee of Palestinian technocrats tasked with replacing Hamas remains outside Strip, attending workshops on how they’ll govern if or when they enter
By Jacob Magid
An IDF soldier occupies a military position overlooking the Yellow Line in the central Gaza Strip, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 30, 2026, 9:49 pm
‘A jungle’: Reservists speak of permissive open-fire rules along Gaza’s Yellow Line
Troops say little discretion is exercised in shooting those who come near truce line, call ceasefire ‘a joke’; IDF says line clearly marked, no reason for Palestinians to approach
By AP and ToI Staff
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing (ToI)
May 18, 2026, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing May 18: As personnel crisis looms, IDF needs Knesset legislation
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses Lebanon ceasefire, Israel’s quiet expansion in Gaza, IDF troop shortage and soldier disciplined for Messiah patch
By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian
A general view of the destroyed buildings is pictured at Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
May 17, 2026, 5:25 pm
‘Now 60%’: Netanyahu admits Israel taking more territory in Gaza, despite ceasefire
PM confirms to cabinet the IDF is pushing past the Yellow Line demarcating the 53% of Gaza that Israel retained under US-brokered truce; IDF strikes in Strip allegedly kill 8
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Armed members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad greet people gathering for Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 2, 2026, 11:54 pm
Ministers set to discuss renewing Gaza war as Hamas refuses to disarm — report
Arab diplomats say Hamas only willing to discuss giving up its weapons as part of establishing Palestinian state; IDF says at least 3 terrorists killed in Gaza, one wounded approaching troops
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Palestinians mourners gather during a funeral to pray over the bodies of several killed in an overnight Israeli strike, Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, February 15, 2026. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
February 15, 2026, 3:45 pm
12 said killed in IDF Gaza strikes, including senior Islamic Jihad commander
Military says it targeted terror operatives after ‘blatant’ ceasefire violation; Nasser Hospital warns MSF of consequences if it doesn’t retract claim of gunmen in hospital
By Emanuel Fabian, Noam Lehmann and Agencies
Members of the Popular Forces anti-Hamas militia are seen next to a tunnel entrance in the southern Gaza Strip, in a photo published by the group's leader on February 12, 2026. (Ghassan al-Duhaini on Facebook)
February 14, 2026, 7:39 pm
Anti-Hamas militia says it is destroying terror group’s tunnels in Gaza
Popular Forces leader al-Duhaini says militia ‘dismantling’ Hamas tunnels, confirms increasing Israeli support; troops kill Palestinian who crossed Gaza’s Yellow Line, IDF says
By Emanuel Fabian
A view of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood from an Israeli army position in the Gaza Strip, February 9, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
February 10, 2026, 3:40 pm
IDF readying new Gaza offensive to disarm Hamas by force
Plans being drawn up for large-scale op, with terror group seen as unlikely to give up weapons otherwise; for now, IDF holding tight on Yellow Line, amid ‘endless’ tunnel demolition
By Emanuel Fabian
A Palestinian man faces the direction of a concrete block (back) marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, November 4, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
February 9, 2026, 12:09 am
As IDF and Hamas dig in, interim Gaza armistice line risks hardening into lasting border
Yellow Line was meant to be temporary, pending Hamas disarming; but with the terror group clinging to its weapons, the army is unlikely to withdraw, keeping the precarious stalemate in place
By Stav Levaton
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