The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/boko-haram/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:42:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Boko Haram | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/boko-haram/ 32 32 Trump says US struck ISIS targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-us-struck-isis-targets-in-nigeria-after-group-targeted-christians/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 03:59:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3720240 US worked with Nigeria on strikes, which came after warnings from US president that West African country doing too little to combat anti-Christian persecution

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]]> Netanyahu compares October 7 hostages to girls kidnapped by Boko Haram https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-compares-october-7-hostages-to-girls-kidnapped-by-boko-haram/ Mon, 26 May 2025 07:13:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3558009 PM recorded telling families Israel doing more than any other country to return its abducted citizens, but mass kidnappings are not unique to Hamas

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]]> Counterterrorism expert: Hamas mass abduction event may lead to global copycat attacks https://www.timesofisrael.com/counterterrorism-expert-hamas-mass-abduction-event-may-lead-to-global-copycat-attacks/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:30:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3152466 Israel historically serves as a 'guinea pig' for acts of terror, says Reichman University's Prof. Boaz Ganor. 'What is different this time is the scale of the abduction'

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]]> Boko Haram leader is dead, rival jihadists confirm https://www.timesofisrael.com/boko-haram-leader-is-dead-rival-jihadists-confirm/ Sun, 06 Jun 2021 20:28:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2559587 Abubakar Shekau 'preferred to be humiliated in the hereafter to getting humiliated on Earth. He killed himself instantly by detonating an explosive,' rival leader says

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]]> Is Israel burying its head in sand as climate change makes Mideast a hot mess? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-israel-burying-its-head-in-sand-as-climate-change-makes-mideast-a-hot-mess/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:48:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2490432 Drought, sea-level rise and other environmental factors could destabilize the region, but Israel's defense establishment is not thinking about the new dangers, a new paper warns

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]]> In latest mass kidnapping, gunmen abduct 317 girls from Nigerian boarding school https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-latest-mass-kidnapping-gunmen-abduct-317-girls-from-nigeria-boarding-school/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:41:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2496409 Police and military begin joint operations to rescue children; residents say attackers also assaulted army base to prevent them from intervening

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]]> Islamic terror groups see opportunity in global chaos from virus https://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-terror-groups-see-opportunity-in-global-chaos-from-virus/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:48:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2274592 Al-Qaeda, Islamic State view pandemic both as threat and as opening to recruit and to strike harder, taking advantage of armies busy fighting a silent enemy

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]]> After 10 years of Boko Haram violence, Nigerians crave peace https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-10-years-of-boko-haram-violence-nigerians-crave-peace/ Sat, 27 Jul 2019 08:18:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2119448 Decades-long insurgency by Islamic extremist group has left tens of thousands dead, displaced millions and wreaked havoc on Nigeria's north

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]]> UN: 10,000 children killed, maimed in conflicts worldwide in 2017 https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-10000-children-killed-maimed-in-conflicts-worldwide-in-2017/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 06:08:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1879265 Global body says attacks by Saudi Arabia and UAE responsible for half of the 1,300 child deaths or injuries in Yemen

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]]> Parents release names of 105 missing Nigerian girls https://www.timesofisrael.com/parents-release-names-of-105-missing-nigerian-girls/ Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:12:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1798685 Young students are believed to have been abducted as brides by Boko Haram jihadists

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]]> Trio of suicide bombers kill 19 in northeast Nigeria https://www.timesofisrael.com/trio-of-suicide-bombers-kill-19-in-northeast-nigeria/ Sat, 17 Feb 2018 09:51:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1793162 Boko Haram jihadists detonate explosives at busy fish market in Konduga; another 22 people in critical condition

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]]> Worldwide suicide attacks on the wane, but more bombers than ever female https://www.timesofisrael.com/worldwide-suicide-attacks-on-the-wane-but-more-bombers-than-ever-female/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 22:18:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1766108 Tel Aviv study says global decrease in 2017 likely due to setbacks suffered by Islamic State; no bombings in Israel and West Bank, but 13 foiled;

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]]> Nigeria police say at least 50 killed in mosque bombing https://www.timesofisrael.com/nigeria-police-say-at-least-50-killed-in-mosque-bombing/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:50:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1734400 While there is no immediate claim of responsibility, authorities suspect the Boko Haram terror group

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]]> Terror attacks targeted more countries in 2016, but fewer killed https://www.timesofisrael.com/terror-attacks-targeted-more-countries-in-2016-but-fewer-killed-report/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:01:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1730530 Study records 25,673 terrorism-related deaths in 77 countries; notes significant decreases in Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan

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]]> Boko Haram terrorists kill 48 in Nigeria https://www.timesofisrael.com/boko-haram-terrorists-kill-48-in-nigeria/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:04:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1667124 Extremist fighters attack geological surveyors prospecting for oil

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