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Burgas attack
These head-shots 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. (photo credit: 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 head-shots 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. (photo credit: 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
An Israeli emergency rescue team examines the remains of a bus bombed in Bulgaria in July, 2012, allegedly by Hezbollah (Dano Monkotovic/Flash90/JTA)
May 20, 2014, 1:16 pm
Bulgaria vows to bring Burgas bombers to justice soon
PM Plamen Oresharski stops short of seeking to blacklist all of Hezbollah, saying he doesn’t want to ‘disturb the process’
By Raphael Ahren
An Israeli emergency rescue team examines the remains of a bus bombed in Bulgaria in July, 2012, allegedly by Hezbollah (Dano Monkotovic/Flash90/JTA)
April 7, 2014, 1:54 pm
Burgas bomber was Algerian, trained in Lebanon — report
Assailant in 2012 attack that killed five Israelis studied in Beirut with two other suspects, Bulgarian paper says
By TOI staff
Daniel Pachima (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
March 16, 2014, 11:53 am
Burgas bomb victim to tie the knot
After losing two friends in the attack, Daniel Pachima met his fiancee Dana Levy at Tel Hashomer hospital
By Marissa Newman
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)
March 9, 2014, 2:55 pm
Bulgaria reportedly identifies Lebanese bomber in Burgas blast
Sofia already fingered Hezbollah in 2012 attack that killed five Israelis, but IDing bomber has proved problematic
By AFP
The bombed Israeli tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, July 2012 (photo credit: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)
February 20, 2014, 2:28 pm
Bulgaria: There is a third suspect in Burgas attack
Indictments of two Hezbollah operatives already accused in the 2012 Israeli tour bus bombing are expected to be delayed
By Spencer Ho and TOI staff
Hezbollah fighters hold party flags during a parade in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon (AP/Hussein Malla/File)
December 26, 2013, 6:55 pm
Hezbollah agents said to use foreign passports, train in Cyprus
Shiite organization also mobilized Lebanese dual citizens to carry out attacks on Israeli targets abroad, report says
By Adiv Sterman
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