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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 640

Burgas attack

The bus that was blown up in a July 2012 terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria. (AP/Impact Press Group)
April 12, 2025, 5:15 pm
2012 Bulgaria bus bomber buried at Hezbollah cemetery in Lebanon
Ex-chief of Lebanese intel agency says he helped negotiate return of remains of terrorist who killed 5 Israelis, Bulgarian bus driver in Burgas
By Agencies
Supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah raise their fists and cheer as leader Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech via a video link during a rally in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 2, 2024, 8:01 am
Timeline of evil: Nasrallah’s death ends three-decade global trail of bloodshed
Under his leadership, Hezbollah grew into an international network that carried out terror attacks killing hundreds of Jews, Israelis and US troops, and massacred thousands of Syrians
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Relatives of victims of a bomb attack at the Jewish community center of the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA) that killed 85 people and injured 300, hold photos during its 28th anniversary, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 2022. (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
July 19, 2022, 3:07 pm
On anniversary of AMIA and Burgas bombings, US urges global front against Hezbollah
At memorial for deadly 1994 Buenos Aires bombing, Jewish leader says that 28 years later, probe into grounded Iranian-Venezuelan plane shows Argentina still letting in terrorists
By ToI Staff
These headshots provided by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry shows Canadian citizen Hassan El Hajj Hassan, right, and Australian citizen Meliad Farah, also known as Hussein Hussein, left, both suspected of being involved in the July 2012 Burgas bombing. (courtesy Bulgarian Interior Ministry)
September 21, 2020, 12:49 pm
Bulgarian court jails duo for life in absentia over 2012 Burgas bus bombing
Judge finds alleged accomplices of bomber in airport attack that killed five Israelis and local bus driver guilty of terrorism, manslaughter
By Diana SIMEONOVA
ZAKA emergency rescue worker searches for human remains on a bus that was blown up in a terror attack against Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, July 19, 2012. (Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)
September 21, 2020, 7:01 am
Bulgarian court to deliver verdict on 2012 bus bombing that killed 5 Israelis
Authorities blame deadly attack at Burgas airport on Hezbollah; prosecutors demand maximum sentence for Lebanese suspects being tried in absentia
By Diana SIMEONOVA
Screen capture from video shows Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei openly weeping as he leads a prayer over the coffin of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, during a funeral ceremony at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, January 6, 2020. (Iran Press TV via AP)
January 7, 2020, 11:22 am
Khamenei said to insist on direct Iranian revenge against US – not by proxy
Supreme leader reportedly tells top security forum he wants it clear Iran hitting back for top general killed in airstrike
By ToI Staff and Agencies
These headshots provided by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry shows Canadian citizen Hassan El Hajj Hassan, right, and Australian citizen Meliad Farah, also known as Hussein Hussein, left, both suspected of being involved in the July 2012 Burgas bombing. (courtesy Bulgarian Interior Ministry)
September 26, 2016, 6:53 pm
Bulgaria court delays trial of Burgas bus bomber accomplices
Trial in absentia for suspects on the run pushed off to November due to failure to inform families of Israelis killed in 2012 attack
By AFP
An Israeli emergency rescue team examines the remains of a bus bombed in Bulgaria in July, 2012, allegedly by Hezbollah. (Dano Monkotovic/Flash90/JTA)
July 15, 2016, 10:41 pm
Bulgaria files charges over 2012 bombing of Israeli tourists
Special court in Sofia to try in absentia the 2 accomplices of dead attacker, both said to be affiliated with Hezbollah
By AFP
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, March 10, 2015 (Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)
June 1, 2015, 11:22 pm
Ya’alon: Threat of chemical attack greatly reduced
Defense minister says removal of weapons from Syria lessens danger, but IDF must remain vigilant
By Stuart Winer
These headshots provided by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry shows Canadian citizen Hassan El Hajj Hassan, right, and Australian citizen Meliad Farah, also known as Hussein Hussein, left, both suspected of being involved in the July 2012 Burgas bombing. (courtesy Bulgarian Interior Ministry)
April 28, 2015, 8:43 pm
US puts Burgas bombing suspects on special terror blacklist
State Department decision against Hezbollah operatives freezes their US assets, bars transactions
By Jonathan Beck and ToI Staff
Daniel Fahima, a victim of the Burgas bombing, and Dana Levy, the woman who helped him recuperate, got hitched. (screen capture: Channel 10)
February 19, 2015, 10:48 am
Man finds love in bombing aftermath
Daniel Fahima marries Dana Levi, hospital volunteer who helped him recuperate from injury in 2012 Burgas terror blast
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah deputy secretary general Naim Qassem (photo credit: AP/Grace Kassab)
January 6, 2015, 1:07 pm
Top Hezbollah official admits spy infiltrated group
Amid trial against alleged Mossad agent Mohammad Shorbah, group’s deputy leader acknowledges ‘mistakes’ were made
By Adiv Sterman
An Israeli emergency rescue team examines the remains of a bus bombed in Bulgaria in July, 2012, allegedly by Hezbollah. (Dano Monkotovic/Flash90/JTA)
December 19, 2014, 10:58 am
Burgas attack said to have put Hezbollah on Mossad spy’s trail
Group first began searching for an agent in its ranks after Bulgaria accused it of responsibility for bombing, report says
By ToI Staff
The bus that was blown up in a July 2012 terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria. (AP/Impact Press Group)
September 15, 2014, 1:20 pm
Israelis warned of heightened terror risks abroad
Counter-Terrorism Bureau highlights jihadi threats from Islamic State, Hezbollah in travel advisory ahead of High Holidays
By ToI Staff
This image taken from security video provided by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry on Thursday, July 19, 2012, purports to show the Burgas bomber, center, with long hair and wearing a baseball cap, at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria, on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (photo credit: Bulgarian Interior Ministry/AP)
July 18, 2014, 2:08 pm
Bulgaria identifies bomber of Israeli tourist bus
Lebanese-born Mohamad Hassan El-Husseini, 23, blew himself up in Burgas in 2012, killing 5 Israelis, say officials
By AP
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