The Times of Israel - The Daily Edition

Op-ed

The Israel we knew died on October 7. The new nation will be scarred for generations

By Amir Ben-David

On foreign TV, fresh reports of Gazan ruins push aside last month’s atrocities and fuel anti-Israel rallies and sick antisemitism. We in Israel cannot get past October 7

Op-ed

David Horovitz

Day 30 of the war: Where it began and where it will end

IDF has entered arguably the biggest military fortress ever built. The faster it operates, the more soldiers, and noncombatants, are likely to die. But how much time does it have?

Reporter's notebook

Once an artery of thriving southern region, Route 232 transformed into road of death

By Lazar Berman

Times of Israel reporters drive along Negev highway used by Hamas during brutal Saturday invasion and discover a hellish landscape stained by blood and fire

IDF shows foreign press Hamas bodycam videos, photos of murder, torture, decapitation

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Interview

Camera in hand, partygoer captures escape from rave where Hamas killed 260 Israelis

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Canadian-Israeli Shye Weinstein documents how he and his friends fled from deadly party, made nail-biting flight to Tel Aviv: ‘We only slowed down for checkpoints and bodies’

Reporter's notebook / For killing field party survivors, meditation with horses offers new therapeutic hope

By Sue Surkes

Reporter's notebook

‘They burn our souls’: Mother of two hostages returns to Nir Oz for first time

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Op-ed

Tal Schneider

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces

The premier’s policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from

Analysis / Why did Israel think a border fence would protect it from an army of terrorists?

By Lazar Berman

‘A story of heroism and fighting’: Army reopens surveillance center stormed by Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian

One of Unit 414’s command rooms was located at Nahal Oz base, close to Gaza border; soldiers fought invading terrorists on Oct. 7 until post was overrun; many were killed, abducted

Explainer / Is the IDF’s ongoing Gaza operation complying with the laws of war?

By Jeremy Sharon

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: Vowing to stand with Israel when it fires back

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Top Ops

Adele Raemer

I hear massive shooting. I have never been this scared in my life

’Terrorists still going through the kibbutz, trying to break in’…’If you are the praying type, this would be a great time’

Avi Lewis

Dear world: I don’t care

I don’t care if you’re out on the street, waving your flag and chanting your slogans. We won’t die silently the way you want us to

Mansour Abbas

For Arabs and Jews in Israel these dark days, patience is a civic duty

There are well-founded fears of tensions escalating to the point of physical clashes – we must all work to avoid provocations

Yossi Klein Halevi

What this war is about

On October 7, Israel became the most dangerous country in the world for Jews. The atrocity Hamas inflicted was literally unbearable

Inside story

In stunning response, 15,000 volunteers fill leadership vacuum to help victims of Hamas

By Sue Surkes

Movements set up to oppose government’s judicial overhaul bid metamorphose overnight to coordinate unprecedented civilian rescue and relief effort

Reporter's Notebook

In Rahat, a Bedouin community mourns its October 7 losses away from the public eye

By Gianluca Pacchiani

21 Bedouins were killed and 6 were abducted; while families of some hostages have launched campaigns, Bedouins have no representative on world stage – and don’t seem to want one

Inside story / Hostage negotiators say pilloried Israeli envoy a nonfactor in talks

By Jacob Magid

Reporter's notebook

Angry and tired, Gazan mothers stuck in Israel after medical care want to get home

By Lazar Berman

Civilians were in Israel on October 7 as their children received life-saving surgery. They make plain they appreciate the care, even as some blame Israel for Gaza’s woes

Far from home, Israeli teen envoys in Diaspora show Israeli grit and resilience

By Matt Lebovic

While dealing with grief, guilt and worry for Israel’s future, the Jewish Agency’s post-high school ambassadors are on the frontlines of the war for public opinion