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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Ze'ev Elkin

Charred objects are scattered on the ground, in Moshav Netiv Ha'asara in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on November 17, 2023, in the aftermath of Hamas's October 7 terror onslaught. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
March 24, 2025, 5:45 pm
Deal on funds for Ofakim, Netivot paves way for approval of post-Oct. 7 revival law
NIS 5 billion out of NIS 19 billion in state funds to rehabilitate, develop, communities within 7 kilometers of Gaza was frozen, as towns farther away lobbied for funds
By Sue Surkes and Stuart Winer
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar leads a faction meeting of his New Hope party, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 13, 2025, 10:08 pm
Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope signs agreement to rejoin Likud in next elections
Foreign minister, who left ruling party after failed 2019 leadership bid, thanks PM for ‘putting past behind us’; his deputy Ze’ev Elkin is also expected to run again with Likud
By ToI Staff
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, second from left, with his sons and daughter after being discharged from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2025. (Courtesy)
March 12, 2025, 11:17 am
‘Let’s get to work’: Ex-hostage Gadi Mozes calls on Nir Oz members to rebuild
In a letter to kibbutz residents, Mozes, 80, says he believes that with hard work the community can ‘return to being a warm and vibrant home’
By Amy Spiro
A man surveys damage caused during the recent war in Metula, on the Israeli border with Lebanon, January 2, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/ Flash90)
February 24, 2025, 12:43 pm
As northerners sent home, hard-hit Metula says more time needed to heal war wounds
With main street a construction site, the school in ruins and most residents still reticent to return, Mayor David Azoulay wants the government to wait until July to reopen the city
By Diana Bletter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on February 9, 2025. (GPO/Screenshot)
February 10, 2025, 10:33 am
At rowdy meeting, cabinet delays for 3 months decision on state inquiry into Gaza war
Netanyahu, ministers clash with attorney general, who supports setting up probe of Oct. 7 Hamas invasion; PM said to call Shin Bet chief ‘a bureaucrat,’ insist war not over yet
By ToI Staff
Security forces speak to residents inside a cordoned-off area near a house hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Ein Hamifratz near Acre in northern Israel on October 19, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 5, 2025, 9:43 pm
Israel lays out NIS 3.4 billion plan to get northerners back home in March
Internally displaced for more than a year, returning residents will be eligible for assistance grants of up to NIS 25,360 per adult and NIS 12,680 per child
By Sharon Wrobel
A man unloads construction materials in front of a damaged building in Metula, November 27, 2024. (David Cohen FLASH90)
December 22, 2024, 10:38 pm
NIS 12 billion over 5 years: Israel’s plan for rebuilding the north comes into focus
While Minister Ze’ev Elkin claims, ‘We’ll build even bigger in the future,’ head of the Northern Contractors Organization counters: ‘There are simply not enough workers available’
By Zev Stub
Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, speaks during a Knesset committee hearing on December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 16, 2024, 5:12 pm
Hostage’s mother to minister: ‘I will take law into my hands’ if son doesn’t return alive
Einav Zangauker appears to threaten Ze’ev Elkin during Knesset committee hearing, saying ‘My son is alive but you are continuing to abandon him,’ demands deal to free all hostages
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Hamas West Bank leader Zaher Jabarin, the chairman of the group's consultative council Mohammed Ismail Darwish, known as Abu Omar Hassan, and senior official Khaled Mashaal receive condolences during the funeral of the terror group's top leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Qatari capital Doha on August 2, 2024. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 29, 2024, 6:55 pm
Ministers to discuss law barring ‘terror-supporting’ Qatar from mediating with Hamas
Bill, proposed by MKs from Likud and far-right parties, says Doha is ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’; 2nd bill would let defense minister sanction workers in ‘terror-supporting’ groups
By ToI Staff
Incoming Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, left, shakes hand with his predecessor, Defense Minister Israel Katz at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 8, 2024, 11:48 am
Knesset approves Katz as defense minister, Sa’ar as FM after Gallant’s firing
Opposition leader Lapid calls on Katz to show ‘backbone’ and oppose Haredi draft exemptions
By AFP and ToI Staff
Minister Gideon Sa'ar talks with lawmakers during a plenum session in the Knesset, November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 6, 2024, 8:43 pm
In new coalition deal with Likud, Sa’ar relinquishes right to oppose Haredi draft bills
Deal only grants incoming foreign minister’s New Hope party discretion to vote differently than the coalition on laws regarding medical marijuana and changes to the judicial system
By Sam Sokol
Yesh Atid party head Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, right, speaks at a joint press conference with (R-L) National Unity party head Benny Gantz, The Democrats party head Yair Golan, and Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
November 6, 2024, 4:54 pm
‘An illegitimate PM’: Opposition appeals to Likud MKs not to back Gallant’s ouster
Defense minister’s removal was ‘an act of insanity by an incompetent prime minister,’ says Lapid, as Liberman warns Netanyahu also preparing to fire attorney general
By Sam Sokol
The United States Consulate in Jerusalem, March 4, 2019. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
October 29, 2024, 10:14 pm
Knesset passes law banning establishment of new foreign consulates in Jerusalem
Government to push for building embassies in capital, legislation won’t affect status of existing consulates in city; ‘Jerusalem is the core of our sovereignty,’ law’s sponsor says
By Sam Sokol
MK Almog Cohen argues with MK Ofer Cassif during a Knesset House Committee meeting, October 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 29, 2024, 9:19 pm
Following stormy debate, lawmakers advance measure to deport terrorists’ relatives
Bill allowing interior minister to expel, without trial, citizens who encourage family members to commit attacks ‘not constitutional,’ says rights organization ACRI
By Sam Sokol
Two residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab stand next to tanks placed by local residents on rooftops and filled with water purchased privately, as their water supply is cut to only a few hours a week, July 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
August 19, 2024, 4:32 pm
In summer heat, East Jerusalem suburb receives water for only 12 hours a week
Sprawling Kafr Aqab has seen its population skyrocket in recent years, but the infrastructure and the water supply have not kept up. Now residents demand answers
By Gianluca Pacchiani
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