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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Charlie Summers

Charlie Summers

Protesters clash with police during an anti-hostage deal protest in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. (Flash90)
January 17, 2025, 3:12 am
Right-wingers rally in Jerusalem against ‘Trump deal,’ urge government to oppose it
Israel not just ‘another star on the American flag,’ says organizer of protest; police arrest three demonstrators for damaging vehicles, setting fires on the road
By Charlie Summers
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire after missiles launched from Lebanon hit open areas near the northern city of Safed, on June 12, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 2:36 pm
Israel unequipped to combat LA-style wildfire, officials warn
Country’s firefighters are ‘stretched from end to end’ amid ongoing war as officials worry that California blazes could be replicated in the warming Mediterranean region
By Charlie Summers
Demonstrators call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 1:34 am
Israelis head to streets to rally for and against brewing hostage deal
Thousands attend Tel Aviv demonstration in eager anticipation of Hamas’s response to proposal, while hundreds in Jerusalem fume at government over ‘surrender’ to terror group
By Jessica Steinberg, Noam Lehmann and Charlie Summers
A still image taken from a video shows damage incurred at Savyonim Mall in Yehud, central Israel, after thieves broke in and stole an ATM on Friday night, January 10, 2025. (Screenshot, X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 13, 2025, 12:39 pm
Thieves steal ATM from mall in central Israel, can’t open it
Police searching for suspects who fled the scene without the cash, leaving behind extensive damage
By Charlie Summers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and aide Hani Bleiweiss arrive at a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on February 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 6:09 pm
Court okays hacking of phones seized from PM aide’s kids amid Sara Netanyahu probe
Police now believe Hanni Bleiweiss’s phone is being held by family’s attorney after initially thinking it was among devices seized from her children
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest against the Israeli government and for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 3:36 am
Protesters demand Gaza negotiators seal deal after bodies of hostage father, son found
Activists accuse government of avoiding agreement after grim discovery of Youssef and Hamza Ziyadne; foreign envoys join ceasefire calls; protest clown briefly held in Jerusalem
By Noam Lehmann and Charlie Summers
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block Route 4, near Bnei Brak in central Israel, during a protest against the conscription of Haredim to the IDF, January 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 9, 2025, 11:40 pm
Haredi demonstrators block highway near Tel Aviv to protest army draft
Police disperse demonstration after several hours of rerouting traffic in both directions, say protesters accuse them of being ‘Nazis’; no arrests
By Charlie Summers, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir meets with senior police offcers at a handover ceremony at the National Security Ministry in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 9, 2025, 2:12 pm
Police data confirms Arab homicide rate more than doubled in 2023
Belated police report verifies alarming spike in murder cases, particularly in Arab society, during Ben Gvir’s first full year at helm of law enforcement
By Charlie Summers
Man stabbed on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2025. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 8, 2025, 5:48 pm
Man badly wounded in Tel Aviv stabbing following row over an electric scooter
Group of teens assault 37-year-old bargoer, a father of two, after arguing with him over a rentable e-scooter; attackers have not been apprehended
By Charlie Summers
Four women suspected of trying to smuggle 15kg of cocaine and ketamine from Germany into Israel, arrive for a court hearing in Lod on February 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 6, 2025, 6:34 pm
Slap on the wrist for 3 women who tried to smuggle vast amounts of cocaine, ketamine
Judge hands down light sentences after defendants plead guilty and express regret for attempt to import contraband stuffed in shampoo bottles and video game consoles
By Charlie Summers
Police clash with protesters during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)
January 5, 2025, 2:01 am
Restive protesters demand Gaza deal, look to Trump after video shows hostage alive
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem call on incoming US president to ‘end war’ and bring captives home, accusing Biden of dropping ball; at least five arrested
By Noam Lehmann, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog delivers a speech to the audience attending the Jewish Federations' 2024 General Assembly in Washington DC on November 12, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
November 12, 2024, 10:03 am
Herzog bids farewell to ‘dear friend’ Biden, wishes Trump success at JFNA speech
In first US visit since October 7, president addresses Jewish Federations’ General Assembly, praises Biden ahead of their meeting Tuesday, blames Iran for rising antisemitism
By Charlie Summers
Attendees gather at Nationals Park in Washington DC for a pro-Israel rally organized by the Jewish Federations of North America on November 10, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
November 11, 2024, 11:12 am
US politicians, hostages’ families address scant crowd at pro-Israel rally in Washington
Event to reaffirm Jewish unity, bipartisan support for Israel sees markedly low turnout in massive venue; Schumer: After Amsterdam, ‘rallies like this needed more than ever’
By Charlie Summers and JTA
Yehuda Bauer in his apartment in the Beit HaKerem neighborhood of Jerusalem on July 3, 2023. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
October 18, 2024, 11:10 pm
Yehuda Bauer, influential Holocaust scholar, dies at age 98
Bauer challenged the prevalent ‘sheep to the slaughter’ narrative tacked onto Holocaust survivors in Israel, helped draft leading antisemitism definition
By Charlie Summers
Council on American-Islamic Relations attorney Gadeir Abbas announces a lawsuit against the University of Maryland at a press conference in College Park, Maryland on September 17, 2024. (Charlie Summers/ Times of Israel)
September 18, 2024, 9:21 am
Pro-Palestinian legal groups sue U of Maryland over blanket ban on October 7 events
Citing First Amendment violations, CAIR and Palestine Legal go to bat with UMD after campus officials quash anti-Israel groups’ plan for a ‘joint vigil’ on Hamas attack anniversary
By Charlie Summers
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