TOI staff

Illustrative: High school hallway (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

September 21, 2019, 10:29 pm

Police arrest suspect after 13-year-old alleges she was gang raped at school

8th grader files complaint that during 10 day period, she was repeatedly assaulted and filmed in a school basement in southern Israel by several 11th and 12th graders

By TOI staff

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a drone which the Syrian state news agency says authorities have controlled and dismantled and was rigged with cluster bombs on the edge of the Israeli Golan Heights, southern Syria, September 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)

September 21, 2019, 9:55 pm

IDF says armed drone captured by Syria near Golan was Iranian, not Israeli

A military spokesman blames IRGC General Soleimani and notes incident occurred in same area where Israel foiled Iranian drone attack last month

By TOI staff and Agencies

Yehuda Nahari who portrays Yiigal Amir in the movie "Incitement." (Screen capture/Channel 12)

September 21, 2019, 9:39 pm

Actor says he needed therapy after delving into mind of Rabin’s killer

Yehuda Nahari plays Yigal Amir in ‘Incitement,’ new film that depicts the assassination through the eyes of the ultra-nationalist serving life in prison

By TOI staff

Head of the Joint List party Ayman Odeh (second from right) seen with party members during a faction meeting in Kfar Qasim, on September 21, 2019. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

September 21, 2019, 7:12 pm

Joint List of Arab parties seen leaning toward recommending Gantz for PM

10 of 13 MKs said in favor after hours of talks; Arab parties have not endorsed a mainstream leader since Rabin in 1992; Odeh: ‘Without our backing, Netanyahu cannot be defeated’

By TOI staff

The scene in Haifa where a man died after a fall from a building, apparently during a botched burglary on September 21, 2019 (Police Spokesperson)

September 21, 2019, 6:37 pm

Haifa man dies of fall from balcony in apparent botched burglary

Police say it appears man in his 40s broke into apartment and tried to flee when surprised by a resident; fell from third floor

By TOI staff

(From L) Edib Dirawi and Iyad Badir, who were murdered on September 20, 2019. (Courtesy)

September 21, 2019, 5:39 pm

2 shot dead within hours as gun violence spikes in Arab Israeli towns

Murders of Edib Dirawi and Iyad Badir are third and fourth killings in a week; Joint List head vows to make fight on crime in Arab communities top priority for next government

By TOI staff

September 21, 2019, 2:50 pm

Syria says it captured explosives-laden drone near Golan border

State news agency also reports Syrian forces found Israeli-made vehicles and material in village near Quneitra

By Agencies and TOI staff

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, right, meets with Egyptian Intelligence Minister Khalid Fawzi at the former's office in Gaza City on October 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

September 21, 2019, 1:24 pm

Haniyeh orders Hamas leaders not to comment on anti-Sissi demos in Egypt

Message sent out by Hamas chief comes as Gaza-based terror group has recently seen its ties with Cairo improve, after strain going back to Morsi’s ouster by Sissi

By TOI staff and Agencies

David Greehholtz (Screencapture/Channel 13)

September 21, 2019, 9:53 am

Israeli dies in Mexico while saving son from drowning

David Greenholtz was reportedly walking along the boardwalk in Los Cabos with his son when they were swept out to sea by a large wave

By TOI staff and AP

Illustrative: Israel players line up for the national anthem prior to the World Baseball Classic Pool E Game Three between Netherlands and Israel at the Tokyo Dome on March 13, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan (Matt Roberts/Getty Images/JTA)

September 21, 2019, 6:23 am

Israeli baseball team improves to 3-0 in Olympic qualifiers

National squad defeats Italy 8-2; a win in either of its next two games will likely secure berth in 2020 Tokyo Games

By TOI staff

White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt (center), with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Senator Lindsey Graham at the opening of an ancient road at the City of David archaeological site in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, June 30, 2019. (Flash90)

September 21, 2019, 3:03 am

In farewell essay, Trump envoy ‘hopeful’ for peace plan, encourages compromise

Jason Greenblatt writes that he is proud to ‘protect the Jewish State,’ castigates Gaza-based terror groups for ‘destroying the lives of 2 million Palestinians’

By TOI staff

September 20, 2019, 11:51 pm

Iran’s central bank says new sanctions show US has no ‘leverage’

Measures touted as toughest ‘ever’ by Trump are derided in Tehran as proof of ‘how empty their hands are’

By Agencies and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Reuven Rivlin attend a memorial ceremony for late president Shimon Peres, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. (GIl Cohen-Magen/AFP)

September 20, 2019, 10:06 pm

PM dismisses TV report he’s sent out feelers for presidential pardon

Channel 13 claims Netanyahu sent envoy to president’s residence to see if Rivlin would grant him clemency if he left office and politics

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin at a joint press conference at Kfar Hamacabiah in Ramat Gan announcing Zehut's withdrawal from the September elections, on August 29, 2019. (Flash90)

September 20, 2019, 9:50 pm

Swallowing Kulanu and buying off Zehut, Netanyahu ended up losing 300,000 votes

Deals to remove competing parties from election boomeranged against Likud, near-final figures show; Blue and White said planning interview blitz next week to claim victory

By TOI staff and Michael Bachner

Omar Barghouti gives an interview in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

September 20, 2019, 8:00 pm

BDS founder unable to attend UK Labour event due to visa holdup

Palestine Solidarity Campaign blames delay in handling of Omar Barghouti’s visa request on ‘growing efforts by Israel and its allies to suppress Palestinian voices’

By TOI staff