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Ultra-Orthodox men make their way to Rav Ashi's tomb, which straddles the Israel-Lebanon border. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90, undated)
December 19, 2024, 7:11 pm
Four Israelis detained after entering Lebanon, reportedly to visit rabbi’s tomb
Police note illegal crossings punishable with up to four years in jail; IDF troops in Lebanon find and destroy Hezbollah rocket launchers, anti-tank missiles
By Emanuel Fabian
A gardener waters the lawn between the tombstones at the Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery, commonly known as the British War Cemetery and in which are interred the remains of 3217 Allied soldiers who died during World War I, in Gaza City on September 28, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
August 17, 2024, 9:22 am
Hamas plotted to threaten UK in 2022 by ‘kidnapping’ bodies of WWI soldiers – report
British daily reveals terror group’s plan, uncovered by IDF during Khan Younis raid this year, to exhume troops, hold them to demand UK not move embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Wreaths and flags that were on IDF soldiers graves for Memorial Day are seen consumed by flames on 14 April, 2021. (Screen capture: Kan News/ Twitter)
April 15, 2021, 4:08 pm
Haredi teens said to burn wreaths on troops’ graves, PM blasts ‘barbaric’ act
Perpetrators steal and set alight flags and garlands following Israel’s Memorial Day; police open probe as Netanyahu decries ‘horrifying’ act, IDF chief calls it ‘disgusting’
By ToI Staff
The cover of 'The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi,' Avi Katz's illustrated work about the Ribal based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1863 poem (Courtesy Avi Katz)
September 30, 2020, 5:03 pm
A missing rabbi, an empty tomb and a caper with the Angel of Death, now for kids
The mysterious tale of 3rd century rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi is recounted in a new book from illustrator Avi Katz, with help from an American poet and a rogue dig in the Galilee
By Jessica Steinberg
Relatives of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco arrive at the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near El Escorial, outskirts of Madrid, Spain, October 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Emilio Naranjo, Pool)
October 24, 2019, 6:56 pm
Spain exhumes remains of dictator General Franco
Body taken from Madrid mausoleum to small family crypt after law prohibits ‘exaltation of dictator in a public place’; move opens old political wounds, angers Franco’s family
By Ciaran Giles
Central chamber of a three-room 2,000-year-old burial cave near Tiberias, June 2018. (Miki Peleg, Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 10, 2018, 9:00 pm
The case of the missing concrete: How a 2,000-year-old burial cave was found
Family plot in Tiberias region is rare; only one other known burial cave previously discovered in the area
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A swastika spray-painted on the tomb of Caleb son of Jephunneh, a Jewish holy site in northern West Bank, on March 25, 2018. (Samaria Regional Council)
March 25, 2018, 2:31 pm
Jewish shrine in West Bank defaced with swastikas
Samaria Regional Council head calls for condemnation, annexation of area after tomb of biblical Israelite spy Caleb vandalized
By Michael Bachner
Swastikas and other graffiti spray painted on the outer wall of what some Jews believe to be the grave-site of biblical character Yehoshua Bin Nun in the Palestinian village of Kifl Haris, in the West Bank on February 22, 2016. (Courtesy: Samaria security)
February 22, 2018, 8:16 pm
Jewish worshipers find swastikas defacing holy site in Palestinian village
Some 1,000 Israelis arrive at tomb of Joshua Bin Nun to pray and study Jewish texts on what is believed to be anniversary of the death of Moses
By Jacob Magid
In this Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 photo, workers prepare heavy machine to spray cement at the construction site of a massive underground cemetery in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
November 17, 2017, 4:22 pm
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
Below ground beehive-like structure to make space for some 22,000 graves, providing an innovative solution to meet the capital’s growing needs
By ISAAC SCHARF
ZAKA rescue workers uncover the remains of soldiers in the East Jerusalem village of Sur Baher on March 9, 2017. (Nati Shapiro, ZAKA Search and Rescue)
March 21, 2017, 1:33 am
Jordanian soldiers’ remains damaged by shoddy recovery, institute charges
Abu Kabir head proposes involving Foreign Ministry to prevent diplomatic spat over bodies from ’67 war recently found in Jerusalem; ZAKA says remains were mostly collected before volunteers reached scene
By Sue Surkes
Graves desecrated in Tracy-sur-Mer, France on February 18, 2015. (screen capture: NBC News)
February 18, 2015, 6:26 pm
Dozens more gravestones defaced in France
Crucifixes overturned, swastikas sprayed on graves in two small towns; 5 teens face charges for desecrating Jewish tombstones
By AP
Illustrative: French gendarmes investigate in the area of defaced tombstones at the Jewish cemetery of Sarre-Union, northeastern France, on February 16, 2015. (AFP/Frederick Florin/ File)
February 16, 2015, 12:45 pm
Amid rising angst, French leaders vow to defend country’s Jews
After Denmark attack, tombstone desecration, Hollande says Jews ‘have their place in Europe’
By AFP, AP and ToI Staff
This Oct. 6, 2014, photo shows a new vertical part of the Yarkon cemetery outside of the city of Petah Tikva, Israel. (AP/Dan Balilty)
November 23, 2014, 4:01 pm
Empty graves shelter illegal Palestinians
7 West Bank residents hide out in ‘towers for the dead’ in Herzliya; police arrest suspects
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of smashed tombstones in a Jewish cemetery. (AP/Hans Punz)
November 2, 2014, 5:35 am
Belarus town built of hundreds of recycled Jewish gravestones
Residents of Brest find old tombstones lining the foundations of their infrastructure and homes
By JTA
Ultra-Orthodox Jews visit graves at the cemetery on the Mount of Olives, September 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 29, 2014, 10:36 pm
Over 40 graves vandalized at Mount of Olives cemetery
Headstones are smashed, and brass lamps and other items stolen in Ger Hasidic section
By JTA
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