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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

Gaziantep

The United Hatzalah rescue delegation that was dispatched to Turkey after the country's devastating earthquakes pose for a photograph on February 12, 2023. (United Hatzalah)
February 12, 2023, 4:14 pm
Some Israeli rescuers depart Turkey over safety fears, as locals fume at government
United Hatzalah says it was pressed to leave due to threats stemming from neighboring Syria and growing civil unrest; separately, IDF ends rescue efforts, focusing on medical care
By Judah Ari Gross
Rescuers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Gaziantep, close to the quake's epicenter, a day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast, on February 7, 2023. (Zein Al Rifai/AFP)
February 8, 2023, 8:15 am
‘Waiting for our dead’: Turkey’s slow quake response leaves victims out in the cold
Relatives of people trapped under the rubble dig for their loved ones, with help from local police, as they wait for rescue team to arrive at collapsed building in Gaziantep
By Burcin Gercek
Syrian women weep next to bodies lying on the back of a truck on February 7, 2023, in the town of Jandaris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, as a search operation continues following a deadly earthquake (Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP)
February 7, 2023, 12:13 pm
Quake toll passes 5,000 as rescue efforts in Turkey, Syria hampered by aftershocks
Teams continue to search through unstable structures, with temperatures below freezing; survivors seek shelter wherever they can; health facilities in northern Syria overwhelmed
By Mehmet Guzel, GHAITH ALSAYED and Suzan Fraser
A replica of the Siloam Inscription at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. (יעל י CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
February 23, 2017, 6:39 am
Minister offers Turkish mayor elephants for ancient Hebrew inscription
Miri Regev tries to get back 2,700-year-old Siloam inscription, taken by the Ottomans and still held in Istanbul, marks direct evidence of Bible’s account of King Hezekiah’s tunnel-building in Jerusalem
By Ilan Ben Zion and ToI Staff
Ironi Nahariya basketball coach Eric Alfasi (l) with members of the team during their victory over Gaziantep, February 8, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 21, 2017, 12:33 pm
Israeli basketball team gets security clearance for Turkey tip-off
Ironi Nahariya to fly to Gaziantep on special plane with security team after Shin Bet initially balked at allowing players to travel to restive region near Syrian border
By ToI Staff
Ironi Nahariya basketball player Jonathan Skjoldebrand (screen capture/YouTube)
February 15, 2017, 4:17 pm
Shin Bet bars basketball team from game in Turkey
Ironi Nahariya’s game against Gaziantep on Syria-Turkey border scrapped due to ‘exceptional’ safety concerns
By AFP
The city of Gaziantep (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Annette von Spiegel/Wikipedia)
February 9, 2017, 3:17 pm
Turkey nabs Islamic State suspects planning ‘sensational’ attack
Four people detained as police seize 24 suicide bomb vests and 2 rifles in raid near border with Syria
By AP
Police forensic officers work at the scene of a suicide bombing in Haymana, in the outskirts of the capital Ankara, on October 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)
October 17, 2016, 10:41 pm
Ankara bans public gatherings amid terror alert
Governorate warns residents of Turkish capital that ‘banned terror organizations preparing actions in our province’
By AFP
Turkish police work near the explosion scene following a late night attack on a wedding party that left at least 50 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on August 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEP)
October 16, 2016, 1:52 pm
Suicide bombers detonate in Turkish city during police raid
Unclear how many casualties in Gaziantep attack, near Syrian border, amid operation against sleeper cell
By AFP
Turkish police work near the explosion scene following a late night attack on a wedding party that left at least 50 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on August 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEP)
August 22, 2016, 10:11 pm
In about face, Turkey admits ‘no clue’ who carried out wedding attack
After pinning blast that killed 54 on teen sent by Islamic State, PM says that information is ‘unfortunately not right’
By AFP
Palestinian children stand next to a crater in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 22, 2016, after an Israeli airstrike targets Hamas positions in response to rocket fire on Sderot. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS)
August 22, 2016, 2:20 pm
Turkey backtracks on claim wedding bombed by Islamic State teen
Ankara says it has ‘no clue’ who carried out the bombing in Gaziantep that left 51 dead
By Sara Miller
The shoe of a young victim and a piece of metal lay near the scene just hours after Saturday's bomb attack in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, early Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, targeting an outdoor wedding party in southeastern Turkey killing dozens of people and wounding dozens more. (IHA via AP)
August 22, 2016, 11:09 am
At least 22 kids among dead in Turkey wedding bombing
Ankara scrambles to identify child suicide bomber who killed 51; majority of victims are under the age of 18; Rivlin condemns ‘barbaric’ attack
By AFP and ToI Staff
Relatives grieve at hospital August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEB)
August 21, 2016, 1:21 pm
Death toll rises to 50 from ‘IS bombing’ at Turkey wedding
Erdogan says jihadist group ‘likely’ responsible for terror attack targeting heavily Kurdish area near Syrian border
By Ilyas Akengin and Raziye AKKOC
Ambulances arrive at the site of an explosion on August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey. (AFP/ AHMED DEEB)
August 21, 2016, 7:21 am
Islamic State likely behind attack on wedding, Turkish president says
Blaming jihadis for bombing that killed 30, Erdogan says ‘no difference’ between accused coup plotter Gulen, Kurdish insurgent group PKK and IS
By AFP
People react after an explosion in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, early Sunday, August 21, 2016. (Eyyup Burun/DHA via AP)
August 20, 2016, 11:47 pm
30 killed, scores injured, in bombing at wedding in Turkey
Official blames Islamic State for suspected suicide attack in Gaziantep, near restive Syrian border
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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