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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Emanuel Fabian

Emanuel Fabian

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
People donate blood for those who were injured by their exploded handheld pagers, at a Red Cross center, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 17, 2024, after an attack, blamed on Israel, targeting Hezbollah fighters. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 18, 2024, 11:35 am
‘Use it or lose it’: Israel reportedly set off pagers amid fears plot was exposed
Mossad reportedly put explosives in thousands of pagers during production before devices reached Lebanon, planning to detonate them in the event of full-scale war
By Reuters, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
This composite image shows IDF soldiers (from left to right) Staff Sgt. Dotan Shimon, Staff Sgt. Agam Naim, Staff Sgt. Amit Bakri and Cpt. Daniel Mimon Toaff, who were killed fighting in southern Gaza on September 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 18, 2024, 8:22 am
4 IDF troops killed, several hurt during fighting in southern Gaza’s Rafah
Paramedic is first female soldier to be killed in ground offensive against Hamas; soldiers had entered booby-trapped building
By Emanuel Fabian
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, center right, holds an assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, center left, and other officials at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2024. (Shachar Yurman/Defense Ministry)
September 17, 2024, 11:29 pm
IDF urges vigilance as defense chiefs meet amid Hezbollah retaliation threat
Army says no changes to guidelines for civilians, but some cities open shelters as terror group vows revenge for exploding pager attack
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Ambulances are surrounded by people at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, in Lebanon, on September 17, 2024. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
September 17, 2024, 8:54 pm
9 killed, almost 3,000 injured as vast wave of pager explosions strikes Hezbollah
Terror group blames Israel, vows revenge; hospitals in Lebanon overwhelmed by wounded, including Iranian envoy, after unprecedented, coordinated attack amid surging war fears
By Gianluca Pacchiani, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
An explosive device that an alleged Hezbollah cell planned to use in an attack against a former senior Israeli security official revealed on September 17, 2024. (Shin Bet)
September 17, 2024, 2:46 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled Hezbollah attempt to kill former top Israeli security official
Bomb would have been used in coming days, using remote detonation system from Lebanon; agency says same network was behind attack in Hayarkon Park in September 2023
By Emanuel Fabian
US envoy Amos Hochstein (left) meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on September 16, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
September 16, 2024, 6:57 pm
Gallant tells US envoy only ‘military action’ can return Israelis to homes in north
Rockets, drones from Lebanon spark fires in north but no injuries, as IDF bombs Hezbollah sites; Lebanese health ministry says one killed, two injured in Israeli strikes
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Israeli security forces near the scene of a stabbing attack at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 16, 2024, 1:58 am
Border Police officer lightly hurt in stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate
Other officers shoot and kill assailant, identified as 33-year-old from Bedouin town near Beersheba, as he attempts to flee into Old City
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Left to right: Elia Toledano, Cpl. Nik Beizer, Sgt. Ron Sherman, taken hostage by Hamas on October 7. Their bodies were recovered by the IDF and returned to Israel on December 15, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 15, 2024, 6:09 pm
Months after bodies recovered, IDF says 3 hostages were killed as ‘byproduct’ of strike
Sgt. Ron Sherman, Cpl. Nik Beizer, Elia Toledano were in tunnel network targeted in Israeli airstrike on Hamas brigade commander in November; exact cause of deaths still unknown
By Emanuel Fabian
A flyer dropped in south Lebanon calling on people in the highlighted areas on the border, close to Ghajar, to evacuate, September 15, 2024 (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 15, 2024, 4:45 pm
After unauthorized flyers dropped, IDF says there’s no south Lebanon evacuation order
Military says brigade commander did not have approval to distribute leaflets calling on civilians to leave area used by Hezbollah to launch attacks; flyers dropped by drone
By Emanuel Fabian
Police at an impact crater near Kfar Daniel possibly caused by a ballistic missile fired from Yemen that hit an open area on September 15, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 15, 2024, 10:10 am
Ballistic missile fired from Yemen triggers sirens across central Israel
Houthis say Tel Aviv targeted with hypersonic missile; IDF: projectile fell apart in air after being hit by interceptor; shrapnel lands in Ben Shemen forest, nearby train station
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Rows of tents are set up for displaced Palestinians in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on September 14, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
September 14, 2024, 10:36 pm
IDF orders evacuations in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya after rocket attack on Israel
Airstrikes target Hamas operatives in Gaza City school-turned-shelter and other buildings used for weapons manufacturing; IDF says it killed 100 gunmen in Rafah in recent days
By Emanuel Fabian
Smoke rises from a fire sparked by rockets fired from Lebanon outside Kibbutz Amiad, in northern Israel, September 14, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
September 14, 2024, 3:01 pm
IDF strikes deep in Lebanon after Hezbollah bombards Safed area with over 60 rockets
Terror group claims attacks in response to previous IDF strikes in southern Lebanon; Hezbollah weapon depots in northeastern Lebanon destroyed in strikes
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli armored vehicle drives on a torn-up street during a raid in Tulkarem on September 3, 2024, amid a large-scale military offensive launched a week earlier in the West Bank. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
September 13, 2024, 7:33 pm
IDF finds under-construction tunnel in West Bank’s Tulkarem
Tunnels are rare in the region, where the Israeli army operates regularly to dismantle terror infrastructure
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Humvees enter the Gaza Strip near Kerem Shalom, July 15, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
September 13, 2024, 10:26 am
Two Israeli civilians detained by IDF while trying to cross into Gaza
Military says pair stopped in buffer zone before they can enter Gaza territory, motive for attempt to enter war-torn Strip unclear
By Emanuel Fabian
Firefighting crews work to extinguish a blaze in the Birya Forest, north of Safed, following a Hezbollah rocket barrage, September 13, 2024. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
September 13, 2024, 9:23 am
Hezbollah drone hits Galilee after overnight barrage on Safed sparked forest fire
IDF says majority of projectiles intercepted, remainder fell in open areas; Iran-backed terror group claims attack was revenge for Israeli strike in southern Lebanon a day earlier
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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