Counter-Terrorism Bureau

Security personnel stand guard in front of St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 23, 2019, two days after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. (Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

April 25, 2019, 9:46 am

Citing ‘high, concrete’ terror threat, Israel tells citizens to leave Sri Lanka

Four days after Easter suicide bombings killed at least 359 people and wounded 500 more, Counter-Terrorism Bureau tells Israelis to come home, cancel planned trips

By TOI staff and AP

Illustrative photo of the Taba border crossing between the Israel and Egypt. April 17, 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

September 6, 2018, 10:59 pm

Israel issues travel warnings for Sinai, Turkey ahead of High Holidays

Counter-Terrorism Bureau says threat particularly high in the Sinai Peninsula, where Islamic State affiliates and al-Qaeda are active

By TOI staff

File: Israelis vacation at a Sinai beach resort in 2006. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

September 11, 2017, 3:46 pm

Avoid Sinai and Turkey, Israeli holiday travelers told

Ahead of High Holidays, Counter-Terrorism Bureau warns vacationers that terror groups are likely to target crowded places, transportation hubs

By TOI staff

Illustrative: An Islamic State terrorist waves the jihadist organization's flag (CC BY-SA Alatele fr, Flickr)

August 18, 2017, 11:50 pm

Israel’s former counter terrorism chief warns: IS will carry out chemical attack

Islamic State’s worst ‘is yet to come,’ warns Nitzan Nuriel

By TOI staff

Debris fly as Philippine Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected locations of Muslim militants as fighting continues in Marawi city, southern Philippines, Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

July 6, 2017, 4:13 pm

Israel issues severe travel warning to Philippine islands

Travelers advised to immediately leave Mindanao and Sulu due to increased terror activities by global jihad groups

By Stuart Winer and Agencies

A tourist visits El Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, October 29, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

May 3, 2017, 12:05 pm

Israelis warned to avoid Tunisia due to danger of attacks

Ahead of annual Jewish pilgrimage festival, security officials call on visitors to leave the country immediately

By Stuart Winer

April 21, 2017, 11:03 am

Israel reopens border crossing into Egypt after 11-day closure

But Counter Terrorism Bureau warns Israelis that terror threat in Sinai ‘remains serious, concrete and immediate’

By TOI staff

The Taba border crossing between Israel and Egypt (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

April 18, 2017, 10:31 pm

Taba crossing into Egypt to remain closed indefinitely

Counter Terrorism Bureau to reassess closure, put in place last week amid heightened security concerns, ‘over the next few days’

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) sits with former interim Israeli National Security Adviser Yaakov Nagel (R) at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)

March 29, 2017, 10:08 pm

Counter-terror chief appointed acting head of National Security Council

Former Shin Bet agent Eitan Ben-David to fill interim national security adviser role after Yaakov Nagel steps down

By Jacob Magid

Illustrative photo of a resort in the Sinai Peninsula, October 16, 2016. (Johanna Geron/FLASH90)

March 27, 2017, 2:54 pm

Vacationing Israelis warned of ‘immediate’ terror threat in Sinai

As travel season set to kick off, Counter-Terrorism Bureau says Islamic State poses largest threat around the world, including close to home, in Turkey and Europe

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: people are using meditation and yoga to cope with post-election America. (Serge Attal/Flash 90)

January 4, 2017, 7:04 pm

Israel lifts India travel warning, urges tourists to stay vigilant

Counter-Terrorism Bureau says likelihood of jihadist attacks in or around Goa dissipated after New Year’s Day

By TOI staff

Illustrative photo of Indian police checking the ID of motorcyclists outside the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi after a terror attack in February 2012 (AP/Saurabh Das)

December 30, 2016, 8:38 pm

Israelis warned not to travel to India because of ‘concrete’ terror threat

Tourists already there urged by Counter-Terror Bureau to avoid crowded areas and New Year’s parties, especially in Goa, other southern states

By TOI staff

Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of a bomb attack that targeted a police bus in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul on June 7, 2016. (AFP/DOGAN NEWS AGENCY/ STRINGER)

June 7, 2016, 11:23 am

Bomb attack on police bus in Istanbul kills 11

At least four civilians among dead in attack in center of Turkish city, another 36 people injured; no Israelis reported among victims

By AFP and TOI staff

Tunisian soldiers drive a light gun car during clashes with militants in the southern town of Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, March 7, 2016.
(AFP/FATHI NASRI)

May 11, 2016, 5:02 pm

2 suspected jihadis killed, 16 arrested near Tunis

Operation comes in shadow of a warning by Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau for Jewish pilgrims to avoid Tunisia

By TOI staff and AFP

French gendarmes taking part in a mock terrorist attack exercise in front of the "Palais des Festivals" as part of the security measures set for the upcoming Cannes film festival, in Cannes, southeastern France on April 21, 2016. (AFP/VALERY HACHE)

May 10, 2016, 11:00 am

Cannes said to enlist help of ex-IDF general to boost security for film fest

Bomb sweeps, extra police and security cameras to flood town along with world’s glitterati as France, still jittery from Paris and Brussels attacks, tries to balance glamour and safety

By TOI staff and Agencies