Israel Hayom's print edition, "financed by the American casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson,"[8] was launched on 30 July 2007, competing directly with Israeli, another free daily.

In 2014, Israel Hayom bought Israeli media outlets Makor Rishon and nrg מעריב.

[13] In January 2021, Saudi-American independent academic researcher, Najat Al-Saied, became the first person from the Arab states of the Persian Gulf to join Israel Hayom.

From its inception, the paper has reflected conservative and national-liberal ideologies, focusing on national security and economic policy.

In July 2010, Israel Hayom surpassed Yedioth Ahronoth in weekday exposure rate in the semi-annual Target Group Index (TGI) survey.