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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

Lazar Berman

Lazar Berman

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks to Mossad chief David Barnea at Mossad headquarters during a New Year toast on September 14, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 11, 2025, 7:12 pm
Netanyahu dispatches top negotiators to Qatar talks amid push to seal hostage deal
Delegation to Doha will include heads of Mossad and Shin Bet and hostage point man; Hamas sources claim ceasefire accord is ‘completed’ and awaiting Netanyahu’s final approval
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Smoke seen billowing over Sanaa, during reported Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital, January 10, 2025. (Al Masirah / Ansarullah Media Centre/AFP)
January 10, 2025, 6:46 pm
20 Israeli jets attack two ports and a power plant used by Houthis in Yemen
IAF strikes come soon after after reports of US-led raid on area north of Sanaa; PM vows more attacks if terror group’s drone, ballistic missile fire continues
By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
IDF forces operation in the Gaza Strip in a handout photo issued by the Israeli military on January 9, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 10, 2025, 11:16 am
Daily Briefing Jan. 10: Day 462 – Israel’s security concept collapsed on Oct 7. What now?
In part two of last week’s Friday Focus with diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman, we delve into lessons learned from the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel and how the army must evolve
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
US president Donald Trump (left) welcomes visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2019. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 9, 2025, 8:35 pm
Netanyahu unlikely to attend Trump inauguration, hasn’t had official invite, aide says
Premier, who has just had surgery and whose arrest is sought by the ICC, was nonetheless previously said to be planning on attending
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at the Lebanese Parliament to be sworn in as a new president, in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP/Hussein Malla)
January 9, 2025, 8:06 pm
Lebanon army chief elected president, drawing Israeli hopes for postwar stability
US- and Saudi-backed Joseph Aoun, tasked with upholding Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, promises state monopoly on arms, ‘new phase’ for beat up country
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Troops of the Kfir Brigade operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 7, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 9, 2025, 7:43 pm
No more ‘cannon fodder’: Parents of troops, slain hostages demand Gaza deal
Netanyahu accused of endangering soldiers to stay in office, as official insists no progress in Doha while feting arrival of Trump aide Witkoff; Hamas claims war toll tops 46,000
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong)
January 8, 2025, 4:38 am
Ireland files motion to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
Dublin officially asks to join case against Israel at ICC, after its government’s vote to do so led Jerusalem to announce closure of Dublin embassy
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Brigadier General (Res.) Prof. Jacob Nagel presents his committee's report on Israel's defense budget, January 6, 2024 (Maayan Toaf/Times of Israel)
January 7, 2025, 1:57 pm
Trump’s return creates opportunity to remove Iran threat, says blue-ribbon committee
Panel appointed by Netanyahu to examine future defense budget calls for focus on Tehran’s weaponization efforts, says all Israelis must serve equally
By Lazar Berman
A protester with her hands bound and mouth taped shut holds a placard during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza by Hamas terrorists since the October 7 attacks, outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 2:32 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 6: Day 458 – As Lebanon truce frays, is Gaza deal in the offing?
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman tells us if hostage talks are likely to succeed and if there’ll be a further 30-day truce in south Lebanon, and gives insight into Syria’s new head
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Visitors at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 6, 2025, 11:33 am
Hamas purports to name 34 hostages to be freed; Israel: Meaningless; it’s our list from July
‘Hamas list’ is actually Israel’s 40-name roster, minus 5 killed hostages and 1 rescued; list comprises women, children, older men, and 11 unwell men under 50; does not specify who is alive
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
This handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA shows France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (C) and Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (L) walking with Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of their meeting in Damascus on January 3, 2025. (SANA/AFP)
January 5, 2025, 6:16 pm
As European and Arab leaders rush to meet Syria’s new leader, Israel calls for caution
Ahmed al-Sharaa is hoping to convince the world that he’s left his jihadist past behind, but FM Gideon Sa’ar and other senior officials are not persuaded
By Lazar Berman
Defense Minister Israel Katz inspects an IDF display of captured Hezbollah weapons at an army base in northern Israel, January 5, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 5, 2025, 4:37 pm
Katz warns ceasefire in jeopardy if Hezbollah doesn’t withdraw from south Lebanon
Defense minister says if terror group doesn’t remove operatives and weapons as stipulated in truce, ‘there will be no agreement, and Israel will be forced to act independently’
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies
Family members of Liri Albag, held hostage by Hamas, demonstrate in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025, after the terror group released a video showing signs of life of Albag (Jack Guez / AFP)
January 5, 2025, 2:29 pm
Officials acknowledge slow progress in hostage talks, but warn obstacles remain
Israeli, Saudi reports quote sources saying agreement could be clinched on key issues before Trump takes office, but Israel sees low chance for comprehensive deal
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
A detachment of Haganah soldiers overlooking Acre relaxes on May 21, 1948, after the three-day fight for the city, which surrendered on May 18. 1948. (AP Photo/FN)
January 3, 2025, 2:43 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 3: Day 455 – Why the IDF abandoned the offensive and ended up with Oct. 7
Starting with the origins of the IDF, diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman charts the army’s evolving ethos and sets the stage for the disaster that still rocks the country
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
People gather in front of a clock counting the days since the hostages were taken by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
January 2, 2025, 11:21 pm
Israeli negotiators head to Qatar amid some reported progress in hostage talks
After reports that talks had reached an impasse, both Israel and Hamas signal negotiations will resume on Friday; hostage families forum: ‘We can’t miss this window of opportunity’
By Lazar Berman, Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
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