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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Crete

Passengers wait to pick their luggage at Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos, File)
November 29, 2022, 10:18 pm
Israeli-American picked up on Interpol warrant in Greece, faces extradition to US
Lawyer asks US to drop kidnapping case against client who fled to Israel with her children, claiming her now-deceased husband had abused them; Israeli court had ruled in her favor
By ToI Staff
A resident passes next to a damaged Greek Orthodox chapel after a strong earthquake in Arcalochori village on the southern island of Crete, Greece, on September 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Harry Nikos)
September 27, 2021, 12:34 pm
Strong quake hits Greek island of Crete; 1 dead, 9 injured
Aftershocks still being felt in wake of quake that sent people fleeing into the streets in the city of Heraklion
By Elena Becatoros
Passengers wait to pick their luggage at Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos, File)
September 21, 2021, 3:14 pm
Israeli pair said arrested in Crete for trying to fly while infected with virus
Couple is detained at airport in Greece after apparently attempting to board flight despite husband’s positive COVID-19 test
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. The bay of Vai in Crete, Greece. (CC BY, Wikimedia)
September 4, 2019, 12:22 am
Israelis accused of raping German tourist in Crete released on bail
2 men freed from custody on Greek island after paying 1,000 euros bond; before hearing, their relatives assaulted Israeli journalist
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video showing Kan public broadcaster reporter Vered Pelman, bottom, after having been allegedly shoved to the floor by family members of one of two Israeli rape suspects in Greece, September 3, 2019. (Twitter)
September 3, 2019, 2:10 pm
Relatives of Israeli rape suspect attack reporter at remand hearing in Greece
Kan correspondent Vered Pelman shoved to floor and her phone is broken in incident outside Crete courtroom
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Illustrative. The bay of Vai in Crete, Greece. (CC BY, Wikimedia)
September 1, 2019, 9:06 pm
2 Israelis arrested in Greece for suspected rape
Foreign Ministry confirms arrest of the pair, who are accused of assaulting a German tourist in their hotel room in Crete
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. The bay of Vai in Crete, Greece. (CC BY, Wikimedia)
August 1, 2019, 1:38 pm
7-year-old Israeli girl drowns in hotel pool in Crete
Local authorities said investigating whether lifeguard was present; child reportedly fell off water slide
By ToI Staff
This undated photo provided by her family shows Suzanne Eaton, a 59-year-old molecular biologist. (AP Photo)
July 16, 2019, 3:02 pm
Greek police to charge suspect in US scientist’s slaying
Crete police chief says man in custody has confessed to murdering Suzanne Eaton; suspected accomplice detained for questioning
By Agencies
American 59-year-old molecular biologist Suzanne Eaton in an undated photo provided by her family. (AP Photo)
July 16, 2019, 4:20 am
Suspect arrested over death of US scientist in Crete
27-year-old man suspected of murdering Suzanne Eaton in Greece earlier this month; police say motive appears to be ‘sexual abuse’
By AFP
A view of the southern coast of Crete in June 1943. (German Federal Archive/Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
June 11, 2019, 2:35 am
Greek Jews honor Crete community drowned in entirety en route to Auschwitz
75 years ago, Nazis rounded up the island’s Jewish population and forced them onto the tanker Tanais, subsequently mistaken for a German war ship and sunk by the British
By Bernard Dichek
Israeli natural gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea, September 2, 2015. (Flash90)
November 24, 2018, 10:03 pm
Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Italy agree on $7b. EastMed gas pipeline to Europe
Energy minister says deal could help moderate Arab influence in Europe; agreement reportedly reached after EU agreed to invest $100 million in a feasibility study
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: This handout picture released on the Twitter account of the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) shows a shipreck of migrants and refugees off Libya, on May 26, 2016. (AFP/Marina Militare/STR/Twitter - EUNAVFOR Med)
June 3, 2016, 3:36 pm
Over 100 migrant bodies wash up on Libyan beach
Navy expects death toll to rise; in separate incident, 250 migrants rescued off Crete after boat capsizes
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this photo taken in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan coast, May 27, 2016, rescuers tow migrants to the Italian Navy ship Vega, after the boat they were aboard sunk. (Raffaele Martino/Marina Militare via AP)
June 3, 2016, 10:25 am
Boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes off Crete
Greek coast guard rescues at least 250 people and operations underway to save others still in Mediterranean
By AFP
The Israel Navy's Dakar (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
August 31, 2015, 8:52 pm
After 47 years, Israel Navy presents findings in sinking of submarine
Families of the 69 sailors who went down with the Dakar in 1968 finally receive a complete report on its disappearance
By ToI Staff
Palestinians hold their national flag during a rally to show support for activists aboard a flotilla heading for Gaza in a fresh bid to break Israel's blockade of the territory, in Gaza City, June 24, 2015. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
June 26, 2015, 9:56 am
First ship in Gaza-bound flotilla sets sail from Crete
‘So long Gaza, we are coming,’ writes Arab MK aboard Marianne of Gothenburg, after unspecified delays hold up convoy
By ToI Staff
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