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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at Harry Reid International Airport to board a plane after a campaign trip, September 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 15, 2024, 11:46 pm
Trump safe after apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf course, FBI says
Months after bullet grazed his ear at rally, former US president says he is well after man pointed gun some 400 meters from him; suspect Ryan Routh, a former Trump voter, in custody
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Colleen Long, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Zeke Miller
A picture taken on May 23, 2024, shows Limor Gonen practicing with a gun at a shooting range in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
June 22, 2024, 6:09 pm
‘The only person I can trust is myself’: Women explain rush to buy guns after Oct. 7
Civilians carrying firearms have multiplied with encouragement from far-right minister; some feminist groups say the trend is worrying and will encourage violence
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 3, 2023, 4:19 pm
Facing public backlash, Netanyahu speaks to father of hero civilian killed by soldier
PM calls for investigation into death of Yuval Castleman, who was shot after taking out terrorists, calls incident a ‘terrible tragedy’ after previously saying only ‘that’s life’
By ToI Staff
New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov leads a protest against antisemitism in Brooklyn, New York, on January 2, 2022. (Luke Tress/The Times of Israel)
October 14, 2023, 9:34 am
Jewish NY lawmaker Inna Vernikov arrested after carrying gun to pro-Palestinian rally
Republican councilwoman charged with criminal possession of a firearm although she has a license to own a gun; sidearms are not permitted in ‘sensitive locations’ in New York
By Luke Tress
Israeli soldiers destroy lathes in a Palestinian gun workshop in the West Bank city of Beitunia, August 31, 2023. (Israel Police)
August 31, 2023, 2:36 pm
Security forces raid Palestinian gun workshop, seize lathes, dozens of firearm parts
Police detain 26-year-old in Beitunia over weapons manufacturing, dealing; IDF troops also locate primed explosives in northern West Bank town
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A handgun and bullets. (Somboon Kaeoboonsong; iStock by Getty Images)
June 22, 2023, 8:51 pm
Pregnant Ohio woman shot and killed by her toddler
Laura Ilg shot while 33-weeks pregnant by 2-year-old son who was playing with gun not properly stored
By AFP
Illustrative: Israelis practice shooting handguns at the Olympic Shooting Range in Hertzliya, October 18, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)
April 30, 2023, 10:05 pm
Ben Gvir moves to ease gun bureaucracy in bid to arm civilians against crime, terror
Recently discharged IDF troops, police officers, firefighters, active reservists will need only health declaration, police approval to carry arms
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a shooting where five people were killed by their neighbor in Cleveland, Texas, April 29, 2023. (KTRK via AP)
April 29, 2023, 5:59 pm
5 killed in Texas as family home shot up by neighbor
Two women found dead laying over two children in effort to protect them; gunman is believed to have killed group after they asked him to stop firing gun in backyard
By Paul J. Weber
File: Alec Baldwin watches the men's singles final of the US Open tennis championships in New York on September 12, 2021. (John Minchillo/AP)
April 21, 2023, 10:18 am
Alec Baldwin charge to be dropped in fatal film set shooting as probe carries on
Prosecutors say actor not vindicated yet, but they will no longer pursue involuntary manslaughter accusation over accidental killing of cinematographer
By ANDREW DALTON and MORGAN LEE
A firearms instructor looks on as Israelis train at a firing range in the Givat Ze'ev settlement outside Jerusalem, on February 12, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
March 30, 2023, 9:35 pm
Israelis seek out gun ownership amid spike in Palestinian attacks
Minister announced plan to speed up licensing in wake of deadly shooting outside Jerusalem synagogue; gun range owner: ‘Even those who didn’t want one realized they needed one’
By Jonah Mandel
Screen capture from video of Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro with a pistol in his belt, March 13, 2023. (Twitter)
March 15, 2023, 11:17 am
Poland’s pistol-packing justice minister raises eyebrows
Zbigniew Ziobro seen with handgun in his belt, says he obtained it due to death threats from a crime boss, couldn’t leave it in his car when he attended a ceremony
By AP
A man fires a pistol at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course in Katzrin in the Golan Heights on January 31, 2023. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
February 2, 2023, 1:27 pm
Ben Gvir announces plan to streamline gun license applications after terror attacks
National security minister says licensing department to get double the personnel and work longer hours, and security officers will no longer need to be interviewed
By Emanuel Fabian
Sara Netanyahu (C) meets with the wives of several of the prospective coalition members Yaffa Deri (2L), Maoz (L), Ayala Ben Gvir (2R) and Rivka Goldknopf (R) on November 14, 2022. Ben Gvir can be seen with a hand gun tucked into her skirt. (Likud)
November 14, 2022, 7:08 pm
Ben Gvir’s wife brings gun to gathering of incoming coalition leaders’ spouses
Ayala Ben Gvir defends packing heat at Waldorf-Astoria get-together hosted by Sara Netanyahu, noting she lives in the West Bank: ‘Deal with it’
By ToI Staff
As Leopolitans sign up for gun licenses on March 2, 2022, Yuri, right, expresses disappointment in official Israeli positions. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
March 3, 2022, 7:27 am
At a Ukraine gun license sign-up, disappointment with Israel surfaces
Employee of Israeli start-up says colleagues show support, but country’s leaders have fallen far short
By Lazar Berman
A man passes by cars torched after a night of violence between Israeli Arab protesters and Israeli police in the mixed Arab-Jewish town of Lod, central Israel, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Heidi Levine)
January 4, 2022, 7:51 pm
Thousands applied for gun licenses after May violence, new data shows
Applications for firearms rocketed from around 9,500 a year to nearly 20,000 in 2021, Public Security Ministry says, though the number of granted permits has dropped 20% since 2009
By Amy Spiro
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