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Rescue workers search for survivors after an explosion at Israeli military headquarters in the Lebanese city of Tyre in 1982. (Wikimedia Commons/IDF Archive)

Israel launches formal inquiry into 1982 blast at IDF headquarters in Lebanon war

Officials long claimed that explosion which killed 91 people in Tyre was a gas leak, but probe launched last year says there’s reason to believe it was a Hezbollah suicide bombing

A screenshot of surveillance video from a mosque in the Palestinian town of Urif shows a masked suspect tearing pages from books, reported in Hebrew media as Quran books, as part of a rampage in the town on June 21, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Shin Bet detains 3 suspects following settler reprisal attacks in West Bank

By ToI Staff

June 25, 2023, 6:31 pm

Israel launches formal inquiry into 1982 blast at IDF headquarters in Lebanon war

Officials long claimed that explosion which killed 91 people in Tyre was a gas leak, but probe launched last year says there’s reason to believe it was a Hezbollah suicide bombing

By Emanuel Fabian

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

June 25, 2023, 5:58 am

Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights

PM says project on hold until after Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday; follows Druze leader’s warning against a community reaction that ‘the country has hitherto not seen’

By ToI Staff

The damage caused to Palestinian homes and cars by extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, on June 21, 2023 (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

June 23, 2023, 5:14 pm

Suspects in settler reprisals ordered to remain behind bars; fourth person detained

Jewish Israelis reportedly suspected of premeditated violence in connection with rampages through Palestinian towns; extremists said to be friends of terror victims

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

June 23, 2023, 2:44 am

Shin Bet detains 3 suspects following settler reprisal attacks in West Bank

Honenu group says trio of Jewish settlers denied legal counsel; new footage from one rampage in Palestinian town shows masked settler ripping book, said to be Quran, outside mosque

By ToI Staff

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) at a conference in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023, and Ronen Bar (right), head of the Shin Bet security agency speaks at a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, September 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel; Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

June 17, 2023, 9:42 pm

Shin Bet said set to oppose bill granting Ben Gvir administrative detention power

Police and attorney general also expected to oppose proposal allowing detention of Israeli citizens for six months without trial amid wave of Arab community killings

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Members of the elite Yamam counterterrorism police unit are seen in Jerusalem, August 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 16, 2023, 5:47 pm

Palestinian teen arrested in Lod, suspected of planning terror attack

16-year-old from West Bank’s Balata refugee camp entered Israel illegally, is thought to have wanted to avenge recent Israeli raids in Nablus area

By Emanuel Fabian

President Isaac Herzog (2R) awards a Navy officer with the Israel Defense Prize, alongside IDF chief Herzi Halevi (right) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center), June 13, 2023. (Defense Ministry)

June 13, 2023, 5:38 pm

IDF cyberdefense system, three other top secret projects awarded top security prize

Gallant says classified ventures send ‘clear message to our adversaries’; officer receiving award says his team developed tools to deal with ‘the most advanced’ cyberattackers

By Emanuel Fabian

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts a meeting with police and security officials to discuss violent crime in the Arab community on June 11, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

June 11, 2023, 10:43 pm

Overruling objections, PM says Shin Bet must join fight against deadly Arab mob crime

Agency’s chief says it can’t replace police, active role in fight may jeopardize national security; AG raises fear of legal woes, exposure of sources

By ToI Staff

Handout photo of damage caused to a a car by Bedouin Israelis throwing rocks at vehicles. (Israel Police)

June 11, 2023, 3:51 pm

5 Bedouin Israelis charged with throwing rocks at Jewish drivers in south

Suspects accused of attacking cars on Route 25 out of ‘racist and nationalistic motive,’ wounding 2 including pregnant woman

By Emanuel Fabian

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on June 11, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/Pool/AFP)

June 11, 2023, 1:29 pm

As fatalities soar, PM calls for involving Shin Bet ‘immediately’ in Arab crime fight

After more deaths over weekend, Netanyahu doubles down on seeking to enlist security service in combating the violence, claims it’s the ‘only way’ to swiftly reverse the trend

By ToI Staff

Demonstrators carry a banner bearing pictures of five Arab Israelis who were shot dead a day earlier, as they protest against their killing in the village of Yafa, west of Nazareth, on June 9, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

June 10, 2023, 5:31 am

Thousands protest crime wave in Arab town where 5 were shot dead in a carwash

Mourners attend burial at the Catholic Church in Yafa an-Naseriyye of 2 of the victims killed Thursday near Nazareth

By AFP and ToI Staff

Likud MK Eliyahu Revivo attends a special committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 8, 2023, 1:53 pm

Likud MK threatens to stop voting with coalition after his Shin Bet bill is nixed

Eliyahu Revivo wants security agency involved in fighting Arab crime despite objection by AG and Shin Bet; his brother, Lod mayor, threatens to recruit MKs to bring down government

By ToI Staff

Firefighters at the scene of a suspected case of arson of a policeman's home in the northern town of Rehaniya, June 8, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Services)

June 8, 2023, 11:59 am

Police officer’s house targeted in suspected arson attack in northern town

No injuries reported in blaze but significant damage caused to building; officer is involved in investigations into racketeering

By Michael Horovitz

Ammunition boxes recovered by Israeli forces from two suspects who allegedly stole them from an army bunker in southern Israel, June 7, 2023. (Shin Bet)

June 7, 2023, 12:42 pm

Two residents of south arrested over theft of 26,000 bullets from IDF base

Shin Bet says pair detained less than 24 hours after burglary; stolen ammo recovered

By Emanuel Fabian

A copy of the file on Ulrich Schnaft that Israel's General Security Agency recently declassified shows a picture of the Nazi soldier turned Israeli army officer. (Israel State Archives via Haaretz)

June 4, 2023, 11:11 pm

Israel declassifies file on Nazi who enlisted in the IDF and spied for Egypt

Ulrich Schnaft’s capture underscores the challenges and vigilance of a counterintelligence body vetting countless undocumented immigrants while fighting a 4-front war

By ToI Staff