Iranian missile strikes Israeli hospital as Trump remains coy about whether US will intervene
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Fast Forward Rocket Fired From Gaza Levels Home In Israeli City Of Beersheba
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Gaza landed on a home in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, reducing the home to rubble. Several rockets were fired from Gaza at civilian areas of southern Israel beginning at about 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Israel responded Wednesday morning by bombing at least 20 military targets in…
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Fast Forward Arson Balloon Launched From Gaza Into City Of Beersheba
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An arson balloon believed to have been launched from Gaza landed in the major southern Israeli city of Beersheba. The cluster of balloons, carrying an incendiary device, landed on a street in the city’s east on Monday. The road was closed to cars and pedestrians as police sappers arrived to defuse the device….
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Fast Forward Parents of African Immigrant Sue Israel — Slain After Being Mistaken for Terrorist
JERUSALEM — The parents of an Eritrean man shot and killed at the scene of a terror attack in Beersheba after being mistaken for the terrorist are suing the state. The parents of Haftom Zarhum are asking for $3 million shekel, about $780,000, in damages for the October 2015 killing. The lawsuit includes the Israel…
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Fast Forward 4 Men Indicted in Beating of Eritrean Mistaken for Terrorist
(JTA) — An Israeli soldier and a prison guard officer were among four men indicted in the beating of an Eritrean man they mistook for a terrorist. The men were indicted Tuesday in the case of Haftom Zarhum, 29, a migrant who was also shot by police and died hours later at Soroka Hospital in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Vigilantes Avoid Murder Charge in Killing of African Mistaken for Stabber
Four Israelis, including a soldier and a prison officer, were charged on Tuesday with aggravated assault in connection with the death of an Eritrean national, who was shot and beaten after being mistaken for a gunman during an attack in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Oct. 18. An Arab citizen of Israel shot…
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Opinion I Survived the Terror Attack in Beersheva
I survived a terror attack. The words roll off my tongue. I. Survived. A terror attack. People are telling me that what happened to me was a miracle. I’m supposed to feel relief for surviving, for coming out of it in one piece, unharmed. I’m flooded with many feelings, but relief isn’t one. I am…
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News African Immigrants Decry Killing at Poignant Tel Aviv Memorial
Hundreds of African immigrants grieved on Wednesday night at an Israeli memorial service for an innocent Eritrean man killed when he was mistaken for a terrorist in Beersheba earlier this week. Candles in a shape of a cross lit up a Tel Aviv park as mourners wept over the killing of Haptom Zarhum, who was…
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