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Israel

Israel Police arrest Israeli-Arab, Palestinians for bus bomb

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An Israeli-Arab from Taybeh and several other Palestinians from the West Bank were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged role in the Tel Aviv bus bombing that wounded 28 people on Wednesday afternoon. After a manhunt...

Missles fired after cease-fire begins; tenuous truce holds

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Minutes after a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, five rockets were fired from Gaza at Beersheva and Israel struck the Gaza home of a top Islamic leader. One of the long-range Grad rockets struck...

Bomb victims recount terror on Tel Aviv bus

TEL AVIV (JTA) – They all thought it was a missile at first. In the split second between the sudden explosion and the smoke that enveloped their bodies and faces, they figured that a Hamas rocket, after a week of...

Bus explodes in Tel Aviv in apparent terrorist attack

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A bus exploded in Tel Aviv in what police are describing as a terrorist attack. At least 21 people were injured in Wednesday’s blast, according to a spokesman at Sourasky Medical Center – Ichilov Hospital. The bus...

Israeli soldier and civilian killed in latest rocket attacks

JERUSALEM (JTA) – An Israeli soldier and an Israeli civilian were killed in separate rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Cpl. Yosef Partuk, 18, of the West Bank town of Emanuel, was killed by a rocket that landed in the...

Under fire: Tel Avivis don’t let rockets burst their bubble

By BEN SALES

TEL AVIV (JTA) – The siren had sounded, the rocket had struck and Tel Aviv’s cafes were still full. It had been 21 years since Tel Avivis last heard the pulsating blare foretelling an imminent explosion in...

Iron Dome system registers 85 percent interception rate

(JNS.org) With hundreds of rockets raining down from Gaza, Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system has saved an untold number of lives thanks to Israeli technological ingenuity and U.S. support. According to the figures from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),...

Dog saves owner in rocket attack on Ashkelon

By ANAV SILVERMAN

(TAZPIT NEWS AGENCY) – The coastal city of Ashkelon, with a population of 130,000 people, suffered several rocket attacks on Sunday. In one attack a rocket slammed into a four-story building, penetrating through the roof of the...

Day Six of ‘Pillar of Defense” recounted

By ARYEH SAVIR

(TARZIT NEWS AGENCY) – Over the course of the day Monday, combined elements of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) caused severe damage to dozens of selected targets, including what were described as underground rocket launchers, a training...

Islamic Jihad leaders killed

JERUSALEM (JTA) — As Hamas’ leader in exile, Khaled Mashaal, brushed off a halt to bombings, Israeli airstrikes hit a Gaza media center and killed several leaders of Islamic Jihad. The Israel Air Force’s strike Monday evening — the second...