TOI staff

Egyptian Ambassador to the UN Osama Abdel Khalek addresses the Security Council on August 8, 2022. (Screen capture/UN TV)

August 11, 2022, 1:58 pm

Daily Briefing Aug. 11: Egypt huffs at Israel; Jewish Agency laments Russian moves

US correspondent Jacob Magid on tension at the UN Security Council, plus Ilhan Omar; religion writer Judah Ari Gross on Tisha B’av, plus the Jewish Agency under threat in Russia

By TOI staff

A mosaic floor found in the remains of what archaeologists believe is a Byzantine church standing over the home of biblical figure St. Peter and his brother, Andrew. (El Araj Expedition)

August 11, 2022, 12:12 pm

Inscription points to Sea of Galilee site as St. Peter’s home, say researchers

Mosaic found at apparent church site in biblical Bethsaida includes dedication to ‘Head and Leader of the Heavenly Messengers,’ a term for Peter, first disciple of Jesus

By TOI staff

Ashton Kutcher reveals his battle with a rare form of vasculitis during an episode of 'Bear Grylls: The Challenge' that aired August 2022. (YouTube)

August 11, 2022, 10:50 am

Ashton Kutcher says he’s ‘lucky to be alive’ after battling autoimmune disease

Actor reveals difficult ordeal during an episode of ‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge,’ says ‘rare form of vasculitis’ robbed him of sight, hearing and equilibrium

By TOI staff

IDF soldiers during terror suspect arrest operations in the West Bank, August 10, 2022. (IDF)

August 11, 2022, 9:19 am

Eight terror suspects arrested, weapons seized in raids across West Bank

No injuries to Israeli security forces who find 2 M-16 rifles, a makeshift submachine gun, and two pistols; suspects taken for questioning

By TOI staff

Drawings by Duniana al-Amour are seen in her damaged bedroom which was hit by an Israeli strike, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, seen Aug. 10, 2022. (Fatima Shbair/AP)

August 11, 2022, 8:36 am

Young Palestinian artist among victims of latest Gaza fighting

Duniana al-Amour’s family say she ran for cover in her room when Israel began strikes against Islamic Jihad targets, but a shell landing near home took her life

By Agencies and TOI staff

Illustrative: US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem on December 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

August 11, 2022, 5:28 am

US ambassador to Israel: We support fight against ‘bad guys’ in Gaza terror groups

American envoy Tom Nides says Washington ‘fully supportive’ of Israel’s right to self defense after ‘important mission’ against Palestinian Islamic Jihad

By TOI staff

Illustrative: A man near a poster promoting vaccination in Beijing, China, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

August 11, 2022, 4:14 am

Researchers tracking new Langya virus after it infects 35 in China

Disease jumps from shrews to people, but no human-to-human transmission recorded and cases described as mild

By TOI staff

Likud party members arrive to cast their votes in the party primaries at a polling station in Ashdod on August 10, 2022. (Flash90)

August 11, 2022, 2:14 am

Netanyahu challenger Edelstein punished by Likud primary voters, exit polls show

Former party No. 2 predicted to crash out of Knesset after making run at leadership last year, while loyalists Ohana, Levin take top spots; final results expected on Thursday

By TOI staff

Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, center, in blue coat, welcomes new immigrants from Ukraine at Ben-Gurion airport in Israel, in undated photos distributed by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry on July 6, 2022. (Courtesy Naga Malasa)

August 11, 2022, 12:00 am

Amid war, Israel sees threefold increase in immigration from Russia and Ukraine

12,175 immigrants arrived from Ukraine and 18,891 from Russia over five-month period

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Yair Lapid in a fire preparedness review meeting at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, August 10, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/Government Press Office)

August 10, 2022, 9:31 pm

Reviewing national wildfire readiness, Lapid calls for more care from public

PM emphasizes importance of vigilance in dry season, which coincides with school summer vacations

By TOI staff

Pop star Justin Bieber raising his hand in what has been interpreted as a Nazi salute at a concern in Helsinki, Finland, August 9, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)

August 10, 2022, 8:05 pm

Israeli promoters reject rabbi’s claim Justin Bieber performed Nazi salute on stage

Canadian singer filmed raising hand and marching at concert in Finland, though moves appear to be part of ‘stomp’ dance regularly performed as joke between Bielebers

By Ash Obel and TOI staff

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Francis Crick Institute in London, Monday, July 11, 2022. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

August 10, 2022, 7:00 pm

UK working with Israel, NY on polio probe as more virus found in London sewage

Strain linked to cases in upstate New York and Jerusalem found in samples taken from several boroughs, leading authorities to launch vaccination drive for kids aged 1-9

By TOI staff and AP

Prime Minister Yair Lapid attends the opening ceremony for a new emergency room at Ichilov Hospital, in Tel Aviv, July 28, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

August 10, 2022, 5:34 pm

Man suspected of threatening Lapid: ‘I want to murder you with a sniper rifle’

Police launch investigation into resident of northern Israel over social media post against the premier

By TOI staff

Barak Abramov, owner of Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C., celebrates his team win at the semi final match of the Israeli cup against Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on April 3, 2019. (Flash90)

August 10, 2022, 5:07 pm

Beitar soccer club sale finalized following last minute fund-raising from abroad

Barak Abramov agrees to buy scandal-ridden team from fraud and sex crime suspect Moshe Hogeg after former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat pulls in NIS 2 million from South African donor

By TOI staff

FILE -- A police car parked in Petah Tikva, August 4, 2017 (Roy Alima/Flash90)

August 10, 2022, 3:17 pm

Teacher suspected of sexually harassing 15-year-old student at special ed school

Instructor at special education institute in north released to house arrest after being detained on suspicion of sending sexually explicit messages to her student

By TOI staff