October | Israel news feed

On October 7, Dafna Margalit's daugher, Nili, was taken captive, and her husband, Eliyahu (Eli) Margalit, was murdered by Hamas terrorists. While Nili was later released from captivity, Eli's body is still in Gaza

The UN's special representative on conflict-related sexual violence asked to investigate Hamas' alleged crimes on October 7 and towards the hostages, but Israel refused her request to access Israeli detention facilities to examine claims of IDF abuse. Israeli women's rights groups warn this could lead to Israel, instead of Hamas, being added to the UN's sexual violence blacklist

The state comptroller accuses the army of using a host of measures to disrupt his office's review of the failures of October 7, including forcing witnesses to sign confidentially agreements before interviews. 'I will be forced to make use of the office's investigative powers,' he says

A retrospective of the artist in Amsterdam includes many recent works. She finds a lot to be angry about. And, since October 7 last year, also a reason for sadness

Israel Katz says he has instructed the IDF chief of staff to wrap up the army's investigation into the failing of October 7 by the end of January

A few days prior to the EJAC report that revealed date on 2,061 anti-Jewish incidents since October 7 2023, the Australian parliament held an inquiry on campus antisemitism.

The game – recently dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas uses for its October 7 attack on Israel – featured an option to execute a line of unarmed Israeli soldiers by shooting them in the back of the head

Quotes by witnesses that appeared before the civilian commission of inquiry into October 7 should keep every Israeli citizen awake at night, especially those who send their children to serve in the military

Bar Godard's parents were murdered on October 7 and her father's body taken to Gaza. She says that he would not want soldiers to die in an effort to return his remains. On a possible return to Be'eri she says: 'I need to know they won't come to abduct me or murder me or rape me'

Gold ETFs hit a six-month streak of inflows in October 2024, driven by demand from North America and Asia. Total assets under management reached a record $286 billion, fueled by rising gold prices.

Media personality Ben Shapiro injected the events of October 7 into a musical on the Holocaust he wrote before the massacre. The result perfectly suits the message that Shapiro is trying to convey: The Jews will always live by the sword

Food aid to Gaza dropped to roughly a quarter of 2024's monthly average in October, with similar declines across most categories except fuel ■ Israeli officials attribute the drop to reduced international deliveries rather than restrictions

October 7 turned Israelis more anxious, nationalistic and skeptical about peace. But there's also another, more positive trend, waiting for an opposition leaders with the guts to pose a clear alternative to the far-right abyss of annexation and violence

After his son was killed fighting Hamas on October 7, mourning become Oren Agmon's mission in life. The radical grief of an Israeli father

Multimedia artist Batia Shani's latest exhibit was meant to reflect on the worst disaster she believed Israel could ever face: the Netanyahu government's judicial coup. But then came the October 7 attack and the Gaza war

In response to a petition seeking to open the internationally accessible website containing documentation of the October 7 attacks to Israeli viewers, the government agreed to obtain family approval for content publication and properly obscuring victims' identities

When every day feels like October 7, we should lay aside mourning to save those who will be lost tomorrow. We should rage against a government that has abandoned its citizens, waging wars with no end, unleashing catastrophe on Gazans, annexing the West Bank and turning Israel into a pariah state

Nine Haaretz journalists recount their experiences on October 7, the day their personal and professional lives collided: How reporters, editors and photographers worked under fire and while their own homes, families and friends were under attack, and how the Hamas assault and the Gaza war changed them

One year after October 7, Israel still lacks a strategy to achieve two of the war's main goals: replacing Hamas' rule in Gaza with a more favorable entity that Israel can live next to, and bringing back our hostages alive. Time isn't on our side

Ilana Kwartin talks about setting up a space to help traumatized victims of October 7 and the war with non-traditional, mind-body methods: 'This is a huge change in our Israeliness. It's not for nothing that the Shin Bet, the Mossad and the police send us their people'