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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Antakya

An Israeli rescue worker holds a scroll found in Antakya, Turkey on Feb. 16, 2023. (IDF Spokesperson)
March 16, 2023, 5:43 pm
How the removal of Jewish scripture from Turkey marred Israel’s rescue operation
ZAKA volunteers brought back and showcased 2 Scrolls of Esther said to be decades old, sparking frenzied allegations of ‘archaeological theft’ in the Turkish media
By Canaan Lidor
A Turkish man, walks on the debris of the heritage houses that destroyed during the devastated earthquake, in the old city of Antakya, southern Turkey, Monday, February 13, 2023. (AP/Hussein Malla)
February 22, 2023, 8:32 pm
Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past
Jewish community’s leaders died in 7.8-quake this month; city ‘can be rebuilt, but it will not be like the old one,’ resident says
By Sarah El Deeb
People walk through the rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, February 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
February 16, 2023, 11:25 am
14 Jews rescued from devastated Turkish city of Antakya, given shelter in Istanbul
After community leader and his wife were killed, most of city’s remaining Jews are airlifted by fundraising group Keren Hayesod
By Lazar Berman
65-year-old Atari Kales mourns for her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren near the collapsed building where they were trapped in Antakya, Turkey, February 11, 2023. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
February 12, 2023, 5:03 pm
As death toll tops 33,000, sorrow turns to tension over Turkey’s earthquake response
In some areas, locals claim it took days for help to arrive, accuse government of political, ethnic discrimination; others angry at burden of Syrian war refugees
By Justin Spike
Antakya Jewish community leaders Saul and Fortuna Cenudioglu, who were killed in the February 6, 2023 earthquake in Turkey. (Courtesy)
February 10, 2023, 6:41 pm
After 24-hour op, IDF rescuers extract bodies of Turkish Jewish community leaders
Israeli team pulls bodies of Saul and Fortuna Cenudioglu from under rubble of their home in Antakya, join memorial service with victims’ family
By ToI Staff
Undated photo of Saul Cenudioglu, leader of the Jewish community in the southern Turkish town of Antakya. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 9, 2023, 1:24 pm
Israeli team finds bodies of Turkish Jewish community leader and wife in quake ruins
After locating Saul and Fortuna Cenudioglu’s bodies under collapsed building in Antakya, rescue workers commence operation to pull them from the rubble
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Torah scrolls being removed from the earthquake-damaged synagogue in Antakya, Turkey, February 7, 2023 (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 7, 2023, 1:12 pm
Head of tiny Jewish community in Turkey’s Antakya feared dead; Torah scrolls saved
Home of Saul Cenudioglu and wife Fortuna in Antakya collapsed in quake; Israeli ambassador says no word on any Israelis hurt in catastrophic temblors that hit region
By ToI Staff
Newly arrived Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in their country, demonstrate at the border in Reyhanli, Turkey in March. (photo credit: AP)
September 16, 2012, 12:06 pm
Syrian refugees in Turkey test infrastructure, resources, patience
Government asks some who have left official refugee camps to return in order to ease tensions
By Christopher Torchia and Mehmet Guzel
Injured Syrian women arrive at a field hospital after an air strike hit their homes in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (photo credit: Khalil Hamra/AP)
August 17, 2012, 2:06 pm
The case for ramping up EU intervention in Syria
If Europe wishes to effect true democracy in the wake of the Assad regime, it must stop playing into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and start aiding the rebels on the ground — yes, militarily, as well
By Magnus Norell and David Pollock
From the WebJuly 29, 2012, 4:33 am
Fighters replace tourists crossing over from Syria to an idyllic Turkish town
NY Times: ‘The Turkish police are watching the border, but with their eyes closed,’ says a rebel supporter
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