WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — More than 100 people gathered at a synagogue in West Hartford Thursday night to mourn the loss of an Israeli family taken by Hamas. At the front of Emmanuel Synagogue was a photo of an 84-year-old journalist and two young children, but no picture of their mother. Jewish leaders say […]

Thousands of people in Israel have turned out for demonstrations in the wake of the handover of four bodies of Israelis abducted by Islamists in the Gaza Strip. Thousands came to downtown Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, several Israeli media outlets reported. The forum of hostage families had called for one of the large gatherings […]

Israel says Hamas has not handed over the body of hostage Shiri Bibas – saying they had instead received the remains of an “anonymous body without identification”. Ms Bibas was kidnapped with her sons – four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir – from a kibbutz during the Palestinian militant group’s incursion

At least three empty buses exploded on Thursday evening in a southern suburb of Tel Aviv in what police see as a “suspected terrorist attack,” they said. There were no injuries, according to initial reports. The Haaretz newspaper first reported that two empty buses exploded in Bat Yam and later a third bus exploded. TV […]

Israeli police are investigating reports of explosions involving several buses. A police spokesperson called the incident in the city of Bat Yam a “suspected terror attack”. They added “multiple reports have been received of explosions involving several buses at different locations” in the city, located south of Tel Aviv. &#