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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 590

Brazil

Fans cheer as they watch Lady Gaga's free concert on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
May 5, 2025, 9:24 am
Brazilian police arrest two over alleged bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert
Singer’s free show last week drew some 2.5 million fans to Copacabana Beach and went on as planned; police say suspects sought to target Brazil’s LGBTQ community.
By AP
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to members of the media after accompanying his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, to board a plane bound for the US to represent him in President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration after a Brazilian judge denied his request to travel at Brasilia airport on January 18, 2025 (EVARISTO SA / AFP)
March 26, 2025, 11:21 pm
Brazil’s Supreme Court rules Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt
Former president calls charges ‘unfounded,’ as he faces up to 40 years in prison for allegedly conspiring to remain in power, have successor Lula assassinated
By Agencies
The Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco is illuminated in orange in memory of the Bibas family, February 21, 2025. (Foreign Ministry)
February 22, 2025, 11:36 pm
Landmarks, monuments worldwide light up in orange in memory of Bibas family
Argentina’s Obelisco illuminated with photo of murdered family, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer glows orange, and Myanmar’s only synagogue is draped with orange banner
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Yuval Vagdani, the Israeli soldier who was forced to flee Brazil after a war crimes probe was opened against him by the Brazilian government. (Social media; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
January 8, 2025, 4:55 pm
IDF soldier who escaped war crimes investigation in Brazil arrives in Israel
Yuval Vagdani was subject of probe for allegedly filming himself destroying residential building in Gaza; says having to flee Brazil ‘felt a little like a bullet in the heart’
By ToI Staff
Troops of the 99th Division operate in central Gaza, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 4, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 6, 2025, 5:27 am
12 complaints said filed against IDF soldiers abroad over alleged war crimes in Gaza
None of the cases have yielded arrests; after latest incident in Brazil, Israel said to set up joint desk to assess and respond to legal threats to traveling ex-troops
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Troops of the Kfir Brigade operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 4, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 5, 2025, 11:51 am
IDF soldier who survived Nova massacre escapes war crimes investigation in Brazil
Court orders probe following complaint submitted by Hind Rajab Foundation, which tracks Israeli servicemembers traveling abroad; Foreign Ministry decries ‘anti-Israeli elements’
By ToI Staff
Brazilian television magnate and TV host Silvio Santos waves on 30 August, 2001, after being held hostage for seven hours in his home in Sao Paulo. (MAURICIO LIMA / AFP)
August 19, 2024, 4:10 pm
Brazilian Jewish entertainment legend Silvio Santos dies at 93
Santos owned the television network SBT and created several variety shows, becoming an icon in Brazil with a decades-long career
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES
Aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 9, 2024. (Miguel Schincariol/AFP)
August 10, 2024, 1:52 pm
Commercial plane crash in Brazil kills all 61 people on board
Voepass airline flight to Sao Paulo crashes into city of Vinhedo; videos on local media show plane spinning, plummeting almost vertically, plume of smoke rising from crash site
By Carlos FABAL and Eugenia LOGIURATTO
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at the international airport in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, July 5, 2024. (AP/Heuler Andrey)
July 12, 2024, 10:44 pm
Brazil police: Intel agency under Bolsonaro spied on officials with Israeli software
Journalists, senators and members of judiciary allegedly targeted amid probes against then-president; 5 preventive arrest warrants carried out
By Eléonore HUGHES
File - US linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky is pictured during a press conference in Curitiba, Brazil, on September 20, 2018. (Heuler Andrey / AFP)
June 19, 2024, 11:31 am
Noam Chomsky’s wife denies reports famed linguist and Israel critic died in Brazil
Prominent activist, 95, had been hospitalized while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, Valeria Chomsky says, as false reports of his death spread on social media
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Alma Bohadana, who died in Brazil on May 7, 2024, after falling from a height. (Courtesy; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2024, 9:45 am
Israeli woman falls to her death in Brazil, reportedly trying to escape from muggers
Brazilian media identifies young woman as Alma Bohadana, says she died after jumping over a wall and falling 15 meters
By ToI Staff
File - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters while waving an Israeli flag during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/AFP)
March 30, 2024, 2:16 pm
Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro’s bid to visit Israel at Netanyahu’s invitation
After suspicious stay at Hungarian embassy while under investigation for election sabotage, far-right ex-president asked passport be restored; ‘Absolutely premature,’ says judge
By Eléonore HUGHES
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is surrounded by supporters after attending a campaign event launching the pre-candidacy of a mayoral candidate, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
March 19, 2024, 8:00 pm
Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying his own vaccination data
Detective says charges against former far-right president to be folded into ongoing probe over 2023 rioting in Brasilia by his supporters
By Mauricio SAVARESE
File - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters while waving an Israeli flag during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/AFP)
February 25, 2024, 11:19 pm
In rebuttal of Lula, Brazil’s ex-leader Bolsonaro waves Israeli flag at mass rally
Former president and many of his supporters display flag of Israel in rejection of current president’s comparison of war against Hamas to the Holocaust
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the inauguration of the Gentileza transportation terminal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 23, 2024. (AP/Bruna Prado)
February 24, 2024, 5:42 pm
Brazil’s Lula doubles down on claim Israel committing genocide in Gaza
Left-wing leader reiterates remarks that outraged Israel, which vehemently rejects the charge and says it is fighting a complex war against Hamas terrorists, not Palestinians
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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