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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

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Fireworks from the Mount Herzl ceremony seen over the Knesset in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of celebrations of Israel's 68th Independence Day, May 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2024, 7:32 pm
Traditional Independence Day fireworks show scrapped, amid ongoing war in Gaza
Miri Regev, who is presiding over the annual event, says ceremony will be adjusted in light of the October 7 onslaught, urges mayors to follow suit at local confabs
By ToI Staff
Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during New Year's celebrations in Athens, Greece, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
January 1, 2024, 1:45 pm
As wars loom large, world welcomes 2024 with celebration, hope and prayer
New year ushered in with traditional fireworks displays from Sydney to Rio; Ukraine, Israel and Muslim countries strike a more somber tone; heavy security as police confront threats
By Agencies
Israelis watch a fireworks show during Israel's Independence Day celebrations after more than a year of coronavirus restrictions in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
May 2, 2022, 11:49 am
Tel Aviv joins cities scrapping Independence Day fireworks in nod to vets with PTSD
Mayor says he’s hoping for ‘an environmentally friendly and an even more impressive alternative’ next year; culture minister urges other municipal heads to follow suit
By ToI Staff
Health care workers take test samples of Israelis in a drive-through complex in Modiin, on September 10 2021 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 14, 2021, 3:33 am
Police rescue COVID testing staff from dozens of rioters in northern town
Suspects shoot fireworks at building in Taibe as medical staff hides inside until law enforcement arrives to scatter protesters upset that site closed for the day
By ToI Staff
A Lebanese army helicopter drops water at the scene where an explosion hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2020. (Hussein Malla/AP)
August 5, 2020, 12:35 pm
Expert says ‘cheap pyrotechnics’ likely lit up ammonium nitrate in Beirut
Israeli explosives consultant shores up assumption that fireworks, easily ignited in hot weather, set off massive explosion of nearby store of fertilizer
By Jon Gambrell and Josef Federman
Palestinian high school students wave and spray artificial snow from a moving vehicle as they celebrate the announcement of their matriculation exams in Hebron in the West Bank on July 11, 2020. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
July 12, 2020, 5:51 am
Amid pandemic, Palestinian high schoolers celebrate final exams results
Fireworks and gunshots ring throughout West Bank, East Jerusalem for hours, 41 arrested; in Gaza, Hamas bans celebratory shooting in attempt to crack down on dangerous custom
By Aaron Boxerman
The East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on September 9, 2019. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
July 11, 2020, 9:25 am
Jerusalem police say ‘gunfire reports’ just celebratory fireworks in city’s east
Pyrotechnics set off Saturday morning to mark the publication of grades from matriculation exams; noise of firecrackers continues into night
By ToI Staff
Fireworks over the sky of Tel Aviv as Israel marks its 71st Independence Day, on May 8, 2019. (Flash90)
April 27, 2020, 3:00 pm
Many cities cancel Independence Day fireworks displays despite cabinet approval
While a number of exceptions will light up their skies for holiday, most mayors cancel annual festive tradition, citing desire to save funds and avoid crowding
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video showing the aftermath of a deadly explosion at an Indian firecracker factory in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh state, June 8, 2017. (YouTube/The Times of India)
June 8, 2017, 12:23 pm
India firecracker factory blast toll hits 25
Seven others injured after blaze in gunpowder stock triggers explosion at site in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh state
By AFP
Packages of fireworks seized by the IDF, which were believed to have been used to create pipe bombs, in the Nur a-Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 17, 2017, 9:46 am
Five Palestinians arrested for making pipe bombs out of fireworks
Men nabbed for allegedly manufacturing explosives, using them in attacks on soldiers in northern West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
Rescue workers at a fireworks factory in the central Israeli village of Porat battle a blaze that killed at least two, wounded seven and damaged nearby homes. (Israel Police)
March 14, 2017, 2:02 pm
Two killed in blaze at central Israel fireworks warehouse
Victims identified as employees of illegal facility; two others hospitalized for injuries; manager detained by police for questioning
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) meets with Jason Greenblatt, the US president's assistant and special representative for international negotiations, at Abbas's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
March 14, 2017, 1:54 pm
J Street calls on Trump administration to openly back two states
Abbas: Historic peace deal possible under Trump; poll: Most Palestinians skeptical of Trump peace efforts
By ToI Staff
Police sappers destroy fireworks confiscated during a drugs bust, at a quarry in central Israel in January 2017 (courtesy of Israel Police)
January 19, 2017, 7:47 pm
Police blow up 10 tons of confiscated fireworks
Sappers destroy pyrotechnics discovered in drugs bust, say blast in isolated quarry comparable to 1 ton of TNT
By ToI Staff
Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year's celebrations on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
January 1, 2017, 1:36 am
Around the world, revelers bid adieu to a year of conflicts, celebrity deaths
Amid tight security, crowds from New York to Sydney, Tokyo to Dubai greet a new year with hope and trepidation
By AP
France's President Francois Hollande in a televised address early Friday, July 15, 2016, after a terrorist killed at least 80 people in a truck-ramming and shooting attack in the southern French city of Nice several hours earlier. (YouTube screen capture)
July 15, 2016, 5:27 am
Hollande confirms ‘terrorist nature’ of Nice attack as death toll hits 84
Several children among the dead in shooting, truck-ramming rampage; driver said to be 31-year-old of Tunisian origin
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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