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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 538

Alexandria

Illustrative: A ship is loaded with containers at the Mediterranean port of Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP/Amr Nabil)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 pm
Egypt denies claims it took in explosives shipment for Israeli defense firm
Military, state-run TV push back following court appeal from European Legal Support Center alleging ship with materiel for Elbit Systems docked at Alexandria
By Reuters
Illustrative: A picture taken during a guided tour organised by the Egyptian State Information Service on November 20, 2019, shows policemen standing guard at Borg el-Arab prison near the Egyptian city of Alexandria. (Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)
May 8, 2024, 3:24 pm
Suspect said held in slaying of Israeli businessman in Egypt as terror motive denied
Widow of victim identified as produce exporter Ziv Kipper says she understands he was targeted over his Israeli and Jewish identity, but security source says killing was a robbery
By ToI Staff and Reuters
File: A picture taken on October 21, 2017, shows an Egyptian policeman standing guard in the new city of el-Alamein, west of Alexandria. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
May 7, 2024, 11:52 pm
Jewish businessman shot dead in Egypt in suspected terror attack
Unverified statement from a group calling itself ‘Vanguards of the Liberation – the Martyrs of Mohamed Salah’ claims responsibility for the killing
By ToI Staff
Alon Shamli (Facebook)
December 13, 2023, 11:16 pm
Alon Shamli, 34: Beloved gym teacher and soccer coach
Killed in a terror shooting in Egypt on October 8
By ToI Staff
An Israeli tourist lies on the ground in Alexandria's Pompey's Pillar site after an Egyptian policeman opened fire, killing 3 people, October 8, 2023 (screenshot)
October 8, 2023, 2:39 pm
Two Israeli tourists killed in shooting attack at Egyptian tourist site
Local guide slain, third Israeli injured as policeman reportedly opens fire in Alexandria
By Lazar Berman
180 Jewish guests from around the world visit the newly renovated Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue in the northwestern Egyptian city of Alexandria on February 14, 2020. (David Lisbona)
February 16, 2020, 11:53 pm
Worshipers fete ‘very emotional’ Shabbat in refurbished Alexandria synagogue
After largest Jewish prayer gathering in the city in decades, expats ask Egyptian government to release historic community registers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
People attend the opening of Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, three years after the Egyptian government started the renovations of the synagogue originally built in 1354. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)
January 10, 2020, 10:02 pm
Egypt unveils historic Alexandria synagogue after three-year renovation
The city’s few remaining Jews praise Egyptian leader Sissi for funding project, part of a push to draw tourists by marketing country’s rich cultural heritage
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue on December 20, 2019. (Egyptian Antiquities Ministry)
January 9, 2020, 6:42 am
Egypt set to reopen Alexandria synagogue Friday after extensive renovation
Jewish community leaders, Egyptian antiquities minister and diplomats are slated to attend Eliyahu Hanavi’s reopening following multi-million-dollar rehab
By Adam Rasgon
Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani touring the Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue on December 20, 2019. (Egyptian Antiquities Ministry)
December 23, 2019, 10:45 pm
Historic synagogue in Alexandria set to be reopened following major renovation
Eliyahu Hanavi shul is one of two remaining Jewish houses of worship in the coastal city, where only a few Jews live today; Jewish leaders originally from Egypt welcome move
By Adam Rasgon
Screen capture from video of flooding in Egypt, October 23, 2019. (Twitter)
October 24, 2019, 8:08 am
8 dead in Egypt after chaotic day of heavy rains, flooding
Victims include 4 children; mayhem raises questions about Cairo’s ability to deal with heavy precipitation after years of poor maintenance of city’s sewage and drainage systems
By Samy Magdy
Workers prepare to place cement blocks to reinforce the sea wall against rising water levels on the corniche in Alexandria, Egypt, August 8, 2019. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
August 30, 2019, 12:49 pm
Rising seas threaten Egypt’s fabled port city of Alexandria
Home to five million people, urban sprawl is located on Nile Delta which is itself sinking due to erosion; government aiming to stem process with barriers, protective measures
By Samy Magdy
Egyptian police stand guard at a metro station in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on May 28, 2018. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP)
December 11, 2018, 3:12 pm
Briton arrested in Egypt on spying charges announces he’s free
Muhammed Fathi AbulKasem was held for two weeks after shooting video from plane window that accidentally included footage of military helicopter
By AP and ToI Staff
Egyptian policemen inspect the scene of an attack which killed five of their colleagues in a shooting near Badrasheen, some 20 km. (12 miles) from Cairo, on July 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gawad)
December 18, 2017, 8:08 pm
Police kill five militants in shootout near Cairo
10 additional suspects arrested as part of sting on group said plotting to attack churches
By AP and ToI Staff
Egyptian officials and emergency personnel remove the wreckage of a collision between two trains on August 11, 2017 near Khorshid station in Alexandria. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
August 12, 2017, 5:45 am
Death toll in Egypt train collision reaches 43
Another 122 injured in crash between two passenger trains near Alexandria in country’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade
By Mohammed Wagdy and MENNA ZAKI
Survivors near the tracks after a train crash in Egypt, on Friday August 11, 2017. (Screen capture YouTube)
August 11, 2017, 7:17 pm
Train crash near Egypt’s Alexandria kills at least 36
More than 120 injured as two trains collide head on, with reason for accident not immediately clear; officials fear death toll may rise
By Agencies
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