Bomb scare

Bomb threats, attempted hijackings must not become new norm for Israeli travelers - editorial

For Israeli passengers who simply want to visit family or take a holiday abroad, the prospect of emergency landings and bomb scares becoming an accepted part of air travel is deeply unsettling.

Yaniv Hayun, who subdued the suspected terrorist aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073, arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, September 30, 2026.
Los Angeles, USA - Close-up on the insignia and slogan of a LAPD vehicle, with the reflection of Union Station's tower visible in the car's window.

Bomb hoax targets private Jewish school in Los Angeles amid string of antisemitic bombing threats

Illustrative:  member of the Palm Beach County Sheriffs' office parks a patrol car outside of Mar-a-Lago club as part of the security for US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida on December 20, 2025.

Bomb threat called on Boca Raton Jewish preschool, law enforcement evacuates area

German special police forces secure the area on the day of German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz, and Saxony-Anhalt State Prime Minister and top candidate Sven Schulze visit to UPM Biochemicals in Leuna, Germany, September 3, 2026.

German police defuse 21 explosive devices uncovered at power grid in Saxony


Synagogue bomb threats continue despite arrest of a suspect

Since the summer, dozens of Jewish institutions across America have been targeted with fake bomb threats, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

 NEW JERSEY police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, last year.

Man in Peru charged with making recent bomb threats to US synagogues, FBI says

The FBI says Nunez Santos, who is Peruvian, embarked on the bomb threat spree after asking teen girls to send him pornographic pictures of themselves and being rejected.

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Singapore blows up 100 kg. bomb from World War 2

The war relic, which was unearthed last week, had been deemed unsafe to move and hence had to be disposed of on-site by the military.

 People sit along the Marina Bay area in the hazy skyline of Singapore March 4, 2014

Bomb threats target US synagogues during Rosh Hashanah

Bomb threats have been plaguing synagogues in the US since the summer, but all the threats on Rosh Hashanah were deemed not credible.

 NEW JERSEY police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, last year.

2 synagogues evacuated during livestreamed Shabbat services as wave of bomb threats enters 4th week

At least 26 congregations in 12 states have received the threats, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which is raising alarm about the barrage.

 ‘IN OSLO, Norway, it was only walking past that allowed me to see the Oslo Synagogue at all. And, merely walking by, I was approached by a security guard who wanted to know what I was doing there,’ says the writer.

Can the state be sued for a firebomb attack on a bus? High Court says no

"Questions of this kind are a matter for military investigation and are at the core of the military profession," High Court Justice Yizhak Amit noted.

‘WITHIN ANY arrangement in Israel it is critical to ensure that no one is forced to work on Shabbat, as in the case of bus drivers or construction workers.’

Tiny Pacific island Nauru declares disaster ahead of WW2 bomb operation

The unexploded bomb was discovered by construction workers working on utilities groundworks on July 7.

People rest in a shelter during evacuation before the detonation of a World War II bomb that was found on the factory site of German industrial giant Heraeus in Hanau, Germany, March 1, 2023.

Suspect in car bomb attack on Russian nationalist writer charged with terrorism

Russia's Foreign Ministry has accused Ukraine and the Western states backing it, particularly the United States, for the attack on Prilepin.

A view shows a damaged white Audi Q7 car lying overturned on a track next to a wood, after Russian nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin was allegedly wounded in a bomb attack in a village in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, May 6, 2023.

Tourist announces to Israeli airport security that he's carrying a bomb

An American tourist claimed he was being framed by a man who had planted a bomb in his bag.

 PASSENGERS DEPART Ben-Gurion Airport. Will airlines be adding new destinations?

Northern Ireland police recover suspected pipe bombs before Biden visit

"The discovery of these devices was a further sinister and worrying development," Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said in a statement.

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