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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

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Israeli champion natural bodybuilder and silver world medalist Lavie Kafra (Orel Sabran)
November 30, 2021, 4:57 am
Israeli natural bodybuilder pumped to receive silver medal at world championships
Years of tough workouts and strict nutritional intake pay off for 25-year-old Lavie Kafra, who aims to show that hard work and discipline — not drugs — are the key to success
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Contestants wearing protective face masks exercise backstage during the National Amateur Body Builders Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 19, 2020 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
August 22, 2020, 8:59 am
Masks, COVID-19 no match for Israeli bodybuilders
As they wait to go on stage, the 85 participants don protective face coverings in line with health codes, then whip them off before they stand in front of the audience
By Oded Balilty
In this Sunday, May 26, 2019 photo, a Palestinian athlete poses for a picture at Techno-Gym in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
May 31, 2019, 1:15 pm
During Ramadan, late-night gyms boom in the Gaza Strip
The routine of the month-long fast, with high-calorie fast-breaking ‘iftar’ buffets, sugary staples and hours of sedentary screen time, is a headache for fitness trainers
By Fares Akram
Arab Israeli bodybuilder and Muezzin Ibrahim Masri, calls to prayer at el-Jazzar mosque in the northern Israeli port city of Acre on January 29, 2019 (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
January 31, 2019, 7:50 am
‘Immodest’ bodybuilder muezzin fired from Israeli mosque
Interior Ministry says Ibrahim Masri’s scanty clothing for tournaments is inappropriate for religious figure, despite his pledge to no longer compete
By Majeda El Batsh
November 5, 2018, 10:00 am
In Gaza, bodybuilding competition provides escape
Dozens of youths participate in local tournament, where contestants wear modest long shorts in accordance with Islamic law
By Khalil Hamra
Contestants participate in the final round during the National Amateur Body Builders' Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2018. (Oded Balilty/AP)
October 22, 2018, 2:56 pm
It’s flextime as Israeli bodybuilders compete in Tel Aviv
Nearly 80 participants — men, women, Jews and Arabs — strut their stuff at annual contest
By AP
Kobi Ifrach competing in the Junior Mr. Universe in Birmingham, England, Oct. 30, 2016. (Courtesy of Kobi Ifrach)
December 9, 2016, 9:31 am
Junior Mr. Universe credits Orthodox upbringing for success
Israeli Kobi Ifrach left strict Jewish observance in high school for the strictures of bodybuilding
By Andrew Tobin
Kobi Ifrach during his winning Mr. Universe performance on October 30, 2016. (Screenshot: YouTube)
November 1, 2016, 2:44 pm
Israeli wins prestigious Mr. Universe title
Kobi Ifrach, 20, becomes one of the elite Israeli bodybuilders in history by winning the contest’s junior category
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Mohammed Baraka, who has become something of a local hero for his strength, pulls a bus tied to a rope as he performs a trick in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza, on January 4, 2016. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
February 19, 2016, 6:24 am
Pulling buses with his teeth, Gaza’s Jason Statham
20-year-old Mohammed Baraka’s amateur stunts are generating a buzz among Palestinians on social media
By Adel Zaanoun
Bahraini female bodybuilder and personal trainer Haifa al-Musawi prepares to train at a gym in Dubai on June 26, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / MARWAN NAAMANI)
July 28, 2015, 8:20 am
Arab female bodybuilder pushes against prejudice
Unable to represent her home country, Bahrain, Haifa Musawi looks abroad in her effort to join the professional circuit
By LYNNE AL-NAHHAS
From the WebOctober 13, 2013, 5:53 am
Bodybuilding contest held in Gaza
Competition is a rare public celebration of the human form in the Islamist-ruled coastal enclave, Xinhua reports
Egyptian Body builder Moustafa Ismail poses during his daily workout at World Gym in Milford, Mass., on Friday, November 16, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
November 28, 2012, 10:58 am
‘Egyptian Popeye’ breaks world record
Moustafa Ismail’s upper arms measure 31-inches around, a Guinness record
By Rodrique Ngowi
Lia and Meny Elbaz, Ms. Bikini and Mr. Israel (Courtesy Sky Gym)
June 21, 2012, 5:55 am
In love and in shape, a bodybuilding ex-Chabadnik
Meny Elbaz and his wife Lia believe in pumping iron to tone body and mind
By Dani Bronstein
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