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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on October 7, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (Screenshot/Benjamin Netanyahu via X)
Report: Alerted to Hamas onslaught, Netanyahu took 2 hours to leave home, didn’t speak to IDF chief for 3
By ToI Staff
Told at 6.29 a.m. on Oct. 7 that Hamas was attacking, PM only arrived at IDF HQ at 9, according to office diary entry cited by Israeli TV; he's acknowledged he ordered full IDF mobilization at 9.55
Senior aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (from left): Topaz Luk, Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich. (Flash90)
September 1, 2026, 10:10 am
‘Let them burn’: PM’s aides said to slam IDF on Oct. 7 for being slow to release photos
Reports of text messages between Netanyahu advisers Topaz Luk, Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich concerning leader’s image amid Hamas massacre provoke rage from bereaved families
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Defense Minister Israel Katz, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90); IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, February 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2026, 12:38 pm
Katz tries to walk back on-air removal of top general, as opposition, allies call to oust Katz
Lawmakers, former generals, settlement leaders decry defense minister’s live TV replacement of Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth; IDF said freezing senior appointments until elections
By Emanuel Fabian, Jeremy Sharon, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Police arrest an ambulance driver in northern Israel on suspicion of espionage for Iran in June 2026. (Israel Police)
July 30, 2026, 3:17 pm
Ambulance driver charged with Iran espionage, allegedly spied on Herzog and Smotrich
Prosecutors say Amir Hisham Mohammad Titi, 34, sent his Iranian handler photos of top officials on hospital visit, also documented former defense minister Gallant’s neighborhood
By Charlie Summers
Former defense minister Yoav Gallant arrives at the Likud court for a discussion on the proposal to remove him from the party, September 29, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
June 7, 2026, 2:59 pm
Likud tribunal rejects petitions to expel ex-defense minister Yoav Gallant
Ruling party’s internal court finds no constitutional grounds for expelling veteran member, says judgment on his actions should be left to voters; Gallant: ‘Attempted political assassination’
By Ariela Karmel
A man running in front of a sign for the Venice Biennale in Italy in an undated photo. (Stefano Mazzola via Getty Images via JTA)
April 28, 2026, 9:57 am
Venice Biennale judges won’t consider Israel due to Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant
Artist and sculptor Belu-Simion Fainaru, representing Israel, says he believes ‘art thrives on openness’; Foreign Ministry: ‘Spectacle of false, anti-Israeli political indoctrination’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Former defense minister Yoav Gallant arrives for a hearing at an internal Likud tribunal in Tel Aviv to present his defense against a move to expel him from the party, September 29, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
March 12, 2026, 11:44 am
Yoav Gallant says he won’t run for office in next election, leaves future open
Former defense minister, fired by PM in November 2024 amid heated wartime disagreements that have persisted past his sacking, says ‘right now isn’t the time’ for him to run
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing strikes against Iran, on February 28, 2026. (Screen capture/X)
February 28, 2026, 11:46 am
PM: Strikes meant to end ‘existential threat’; time for Iranians to cast off yoke of tyranny
Netanyahu says campaign aims to ‘create conditions’ for Iranians to change their destiny; Lapid, opposition figures offer praise, support for action
By ToI Staff
Former defense minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Yonit Levi and Amit Segal of Channel 12 news in an interview broadcast on February 6, 2025. (Channel 12 screen capture)
February 16, 2026, 12:18 pm
Israeli charged with spying on ex-defense minister Gallant for Iran
Fares Abu al-Hija, 32, allegedly carried out missions for figure he met via social media, including stashing phones in Haifa, photographing former minister’s home in Amikam
By Charlie Summers
Assaf Shmuelevitz (2nd from left) is seen during a security assessment held by then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and other senior officers at the IDF Southern Command on October 9, 2023. (Defense Ministry)
February 7, 2026, 10:14 pm
Gallant: Netanyahu is a ‘liar’ who undermined security chiefs, has built false narrative of Oct. 7
Ex-defense minister joined by Lapid in upbraiding the PM for cherrypicked quotes, shirking accountability in his response to state comptroller’s now-frozen Oct. 7 investigation
By Sam Sokol
Gadi Eisenkot attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2026, 8:19 am
Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu of ‘fabricated defense’ in Oct. 7 probe response
Former IDF chief asks state comptroller to allow review of full meeting minutes, accusing premier of publishing partial, misleading account of decisions made before Hamas attacks
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Morris Kahn, the South Africa-born Israeli billionaire entrepreneur, speaks during a press conference at the Israel Aerospace facility in Yehud on July 10, 2018. (Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 11:16 am
Morris Kahn, billionaire philanthropist who led Israeli moonshot, dies at 95
Businessman who founded Golden Pages and Amdocs also focused on charity, supporting Save a Child’s Heart and the Movement for a Quality Government, among others
By ToI Staff
An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, ICC on December 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
December 18, 2025, 9:45 pm
US slaps sanctions on two more ICC judges over cases against Israel
Court decries ‘flagrant attack’ on ‘impartial judicial institution’ as Israel praises move; Rubio links fresh sanctions to Monday vote to uphold Netanyahu, Gallant arrest warrants
By Jacob Magid, AFP and ToI Staff
A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (Omar Havana/AP)
December 15, 2025, 10:28 pm
ICC rejects Israeli bid to halt Gaza probe; maintains warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
Court says alleged war crimes committed by Israel during war are under its jurisdiction despite appeal from Jerusalem; investigation to continue
By Reuters and ToI Staff
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan at the Cour d'Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on February 7, 2024. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)
December 12, 2025, 10:02 pm
ICC prosecutor says UK threatened to defund court over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Khan, on leave over sexual abuse allegations, says unnamed official warned London could cut funding, quit Rome Statute if warrants against PM, defense minister moved forward
By ToI Staff
A video shown on stage of with an image of swastikas in the centre of Stars of David superimposed over the eyes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a performance by British band Primal Scream in London, December 8, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
December 12, 2025, 7:00 pm
Primal Scream concert visuals combine swastikas and Stars of David, sparking outrage
CST files police complaint over graphics fusing Nazi symbols, Jewish imagery on eyes of global politicians alongside images of Gaza; venue says it condemns antisemitism; band defends ‘art’
By ToI Staff
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