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Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israels military correspondent. The Hamas terror group has tried at least three times to send its commando soldiers into Israel from the Gaza Strip through tunnels that come up to — but do not cross — the border during the current round of fighting, a senior officer in the military’s Southern Command tells reporters. Israel has prevented all three of these infiltration attempts, twice bombing the tunnels while the Hamas operatives were inside near the Gazan...

Miriam Peretz formally submits her candidacy for president. “Fate ordained that the Knesset’s timetable necessitates me to submit my candidacy today, while rockets sound in the background,” she writes on Facebook. “But it is just at this time, when our country is riven and divided, that we need unity.” She promises to be a uniting president who will bring Israelis closer together. Meanwhile, former Likud MK Yehuda Glick, considered a longshot candidate, has withdrawn from the race. Li...

9 shares Netanyahu says that “every day we are hitting more capabilities of the terror organizations, bringing down more terror towers, hitting more weapons caches.” He does not comment on US President Joe Biden telling him to move towards de-escalation, as per the White House. He says only that he greatly appreciates Biden’s support of Israel’s right to defend itself, and adds: “I am determined to continue this operation until its goal is achieved — to bring back peace and se...

3 shares Kan news posts photos of the Thai victims of yesterday’s rocket attack in the south, Weerawat Karanborirak, 44, and Sikharin Sangamram, 24. ההרוגים מנפילת הקטה אתמול בשטח פתוח במועצה האזורית אשכול: וויראוואט קרונבוריראק, בן 44, וסיקהרין סאנגמרם, בן 24, אזרחי תאילנד @NOFARMOShttps://t.co/cExkOglLTopic.twitter.com/UdaxXa3XbW Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell ...

Sue Surkes is The Times of Israels environment reporter. Israel’s nature and wildlife are also falling victim to rockets and incendiary devices fired at  the country from Gaza Strip as the war enters its tenth day. It is too early for the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and environmental organizations to fully assess the damage, but unknown numbers of creatures that are unable to move fast enough have been killed as fires have broken out in agricultural areas, it said. Multiple fires have ...

3 shares The leader the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group says armed factions in Gaza went into the latest battle with Israel knowing it would be “costly but also knowing that it is the only road to freedom and to protect Jerusalem.” Ziad Nakhaleh says in a televised speech from Beirut that neither nuclear weapons, warplanes nor peace agreements with some Arab states can bring Israelis security and peace. Leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group Ziad Nakhaleh in 2020 ...

0 shares Palestinian media reports that the IDF has launched a warning strike at a high-rise building in the Al-Karama area of Gaza, ahead of its likely destruction. According to photos published online, the warning strike has wiped out the top floor of the building, which is now being evacuated. חיל האוויר החל בהקש בגג במגדל הזה, מגדל אנדלוס בעזה, לקראת הפלתו בשעות הקרובות. כרגע מפנים אותו ואת סביבתו. pi...

2 shares As a midnight deadline passes, only Isaac Herzog and Miriam Peretz succeed in gathering the minimum number of signatures from MKs to run in elections for the presidency, which will be voted on by the Knesset’s 120 members in a secret ballot next month. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But its full of beauty and meaning. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel alongside colleagues who pour their he...

1 shares A rocket falls in the yard of a home in Netivot, near Gaza, causing some damage. No people appear to have been hurt. Police are at the scene. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But its full of beauty and meaning. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel alongside colleagues who pour their hearts into their work day in, day out, to capture the complexity of this extraordinary place. I believe our report...

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