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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

Michael Bachner

Michael Bachner

Michael Bachner is a news editor at The Times of Israel
View of the Philadelphi Corridor, the Egypt-Gaza border area in southern Gaza's Rafah, October 20, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
December 10, 2024, 5:13 am
Dec. 10: Mediators said pressing Israel to withdraw from Gaza-Egypt border in potential deal
IDF says it hit most arms stockpiles in Syria * Katz: Israel destroyed Syrian fleet, rebels must not take Assad’s path * 1 lightly hurt in alleged terror ramming in Bnei Brak
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
IDF troops operate in northern Gaza's Jabalia, in a handout photo issued on December 9, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 9, 2024, 2:22 am
Dec. 9: US backs Israel’s seizure of Syrian side of Golan, says it’ll ensure it is temporary
Saudi Arabia says Syria’s chance at restoring security ruined by Israel capturing buffer zone * After 1.5 months, PM aide Feldstein accused in leaks case sent to house arrest
By Michael Bachner and Elana Kirsh
A man steps on a damaged portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's late general Qassem Soleimani, as Syrians loot the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus on November 8, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 3:24 am
Dec 8: US official: Iran weakened by events in Syria, improving chance for Gaza deal
Rebel leader slams Assad for turning Syria into a place for ‘Iranian ambitions’ * US strikes IS targets in Syria * IAF takes out weaponry, production sites that could threaten Israel
By Michael Bachner, Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff
Eli Feldstein (left), a former spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the main suspect in an investigation launched in late October 2024 of alleged illegal access and leaking of classified intelligence material (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at a plenum session at the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 3, 2024, 6:16 am
Dec. 3: Reports say Feldstein told Netanyahu about top-secret document before leak to Bild
Judge orders PM’s aide to house arrest in leaks case * Premier to testify in his trial in Tel Aviv on Dec. 10 * Slain hostage Omer Neutra mourned in New York, Tel Aviv
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich visits a home in Nir Oz destroyed in Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught, in an image from the visit provided jointly by Smotrich's office and Nir Oz, November 12, 2024. (Courtesy)
November 12, 2024, 11:39 pm
In first, Smotrich visits Oct. 7-ravaged Nir Oz, says he feels ‘responsibility, guilt’
Finance minister meets with former hostages, relatives of those still captive during tour of destroyed community; former Gush Katif rabbi urges him to speak up for the hostages
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Aid enters the Gaza Strip via the new Kissufim Crossing, November 12, 2024. (COGAT)
November 12, 2024, 5:24 am
Nov. 12: At UNSC, US envoy warns Israel not to forcibly displace or starve Gazans
Trump picks settlements backer Mike Huckabee as next US envoy to Israel * Biden aide: ‘There is a shot’ at Lebanon truce soon * 2 killed as rocket from Lebanon hits Nahariya
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot in an interview with Channel 12 broadcast on November 9, 2024. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
November 9, 2024, 10:55 pm
‘Near-criminal behavior’: Eisenkot claims disarray, indecision, politics in PM’s war conduct
MK who was in war cabinet says Netanyahu ‘lost balance’ after Oct. 7, but quickly began working to hide protocols, leak lies to media, sway war goals to appease far-right
By Michael Bachner
A billboard that displays a photo of US President-elect Donald Trump and reads 'Congratulations! Trump, make Israel great' is projected a day after the US election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
November 6, 2024, 2:47 am
Nov. 6: Harris, Biden call to congratulate Trump, discuss peaceful transfer of power
Teen killed in north as Hezbollah fires over 150 rockets at Israel, rocket hits Ben Gurion Airport area, debris hits parked car in Ra’anana, several hurt in Avivim
By Michael Bachner, Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into the Gaza Strip from Erez crossing in southern Israel, Monday, October 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
November 4, 2024, 6:22 am
Nov. 4: In call with Gallant, Blinken urges Israel to do more to ensure aid enters Gaza
US sounds alarm over latest incidents of settler violence in West Bank * Left-wing Israeli rights group accuses IDF of ‘ethnically cleaning’ northern Gaza
By Jacob Magid and Michael Bachner
Troops operating in south Lebanon in an undated photo released by the military for publication on October 28, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
October 30, 2024, 5:24 am
Oct. 30: US says Israel has made significant progress against Hezbollah in south Lebanon
Lebanese PM says he hopes for a Hezbollah ceasefire with Israel in ‘hours or days’ * Top US officials heading to Israel and the region
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Israeli Air Force fighter jets prepare to head out for strikes in Iran, early October 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 27, 2024, 6:53 am
IDF strike cripples Iran’s missile production, disables air defenses; regime ‘alarmed’
Strikes reportedly render crucial energy sites vulnerable to future attacks, destroy fuel mixers used to make missiles that were fired at Israel; damage may take years to fix
By Michael Bachner, Reuters and ToI Staff
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force Amir Ali Hajizadeh look on as Iran's new Shahed 136-B drone is displayed during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in Tehran on September 21, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
October 15, 2024, 8:02 am
‘Told you so’: Ukraine’s envoy laments past Israeli refusal to collaborate on drones
After deadly Hezbollah strike on base, Ambassador Korniychuk says countries fighting same enemy, touts increased cooperation since Oct. 7 but wishes for more
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol in Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon amid the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel, October 11, 2024. (AFP)
October 14, 2024, 5:19 am
Oct. 14: UNIFIL says peacekeepers to remain in southern Lebanon as pressure on Israel mounts
Security Council condemns fighting catching Blue Helmets in crossfire without singling out Israel * Soldier killed in Gaza * US protests ‘horrifying’ result of strike on hospital in Strip
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
People gather near a building which was hit with a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kiryat Yam near the northern city of Haifa on October 8, 2024 (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
October 8, 2024, 2:08 am
Oct. 8: Hezbollah threatens to regularly target Haifa if Israel keeps striking Lebanon
Gallant’s US trip to discuss response to Iran delayed, after PM set last-minute obstacles * Alleged IDF strike in Syria said to target head of Hezbollah’s coordination with Iran
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters, after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who are suspected of abuse of a Palestinian terror suspect detained there, on July 29, 2024 (Oren Ziv / AFP)
October 7, 2024, 2:47 pm
Poll finds deep divisions on Gaza war goals as post-October 7 solidarity dissipates
A year after Hamas massacre, Israel Democracy Institute survey shows most Israelis want war to end, hostages’ return to be its primary goal — but Netanyahu’s voter base disagrees
By Michael Bachner
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