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Members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, take part in a parade as they celebrate a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on January 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
February 16, 2026, 5:38 pm
Top Netanyahu aide: Hamas will have 60 days to disarm or IDF will ‘complete’ mission
Cabinet secretary does not specify start date for 2-month period, echoes PM in saying Hamas must give up AK-47 rifles; IDF: Troops kill 6 more terrorists from Rafah tunnels
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Russian weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov presents his legendary assault rifle to the media while opening the exhibition 'Kalashnikov - legend and curse of a weapon' at a weapons museum in Suhl, Germany, July 26, 2002. (AP/Jens Meyer)
November 10, 2019, 4:08 am
Pupils learn to assemble Kalashnikovs in Russia
100th birthday of the legendary AK-47 rifle’s creator to be marked by a number of events, including museum display, a biopic and patriotic lessons
By AFP
A sketch allegedly featuring the German StG44 rifle at a fragment of the newly unveiled monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, in downtown Moscow on September 22, 2017. (AFP/Mladen Antonov)
September 23, 2017, 4:13 am
Red faces as Russia’s Kalashnikov monument shows Nazi gun
Erroneous drawing on statue was of an StG44 — for Sturmgewehr (Storm Rifle), a name reputedly conferred by Hitler himself
By AFP
Part of a collection of firearms handed into Tel Aviv police on June 11, 2017. (Israel Police spokesperson)
June 11, 2017, 8:36 pm
Elderly woman brings stack of guns to police station
Firearms were taken from battlefields by her lieutenant-colonel husband, hidden behind bookshelf in their Tel Aviv apartment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of FBI agents (AP/Winslow Townson)
October 18, 2016, 11:59 am
Iraqi refugee pleads guilty to aiding Islamic State in US
5 years after immigrating to Houston in 2009, man allegedly hoped to bomb 2 malls; faces up to 20 years in prison
By AP
Dusseldorf Airport (CC-BY Dirk Vorderstraße/Wikipedia)
September 24, 2016, 7:11 pm
Man detained at German airport for alleged IS membership
Officials say 22-year-old traveled to Syria, was trained in using weapons
By AP
Armed police officers take part in a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium, March 18, 2016. (screenshot: VTM via AP)
June 20, 2016, 9:54 pm
Belgium detains 6 over foiled 2015 train attack — prosecutors
Police pick up possible accomplices to shooting on a Paris-bound locomotive; judge may release them shortly
By AFP
Palestinian youth supporting the Hamas movement take part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, December 14, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)
January 19, 2016, 10:52 am
Amid ‘copycat intifada,’ fears of a suicide bombing fad
With Hamas determined to weaken the Palestinian Authority, the Kalashnikov or explosive belt may supersede the knife as a symbol
By Avi Issacharoff
Illustrative: A French police officer stands guard outside the Grand Mosque in Paris, France, as Muslims arrive for Friday prayers, January 9, 2015. (AP/Michel Euler)
December 6, 2015, 10:11 pm
Ammunition, IS propaganda found after France shuts mosque
Associated with Salafist branch of Islam, prayer hall in Lagny-sur-Marne is third in country to be shut down since Paris terror attacks
By AFP
Police officers walk past flowers, notes and candles at a memorial site outside the Carillon bar, in the 10th District of Paris, for victims of the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, November 15, 2015. (AFP/Bertrand Guay)
November 15, 2015, 9:36 pm
Paris attacks: What we know so far
7 gunmen and suicide bombers are believed to have died in the carnage, but others may still be at large
By Nicolas Gaudichet
A photo taken by a passenger with a smartphone through the window of a Thalys train shows police detaining a suspect on the platform at the main train station in Arras, northern France, on August 21, 2015 (AFP/CHRISTINA CATHERINE COONS)
August 22, 2015, 6:13 pm
French train attacker visited Syria, officials say
Suspected jihadist, known to French and Spanish intelligence services, was subdued by passengers after opening fire
By David Courbet and Remy Bellon
Extremists from the Islamic State on parade Monday, June 23, 2014, in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle on a main street in Mosul, Iraq. (photo credit: AP/File)
January 31, 2015, 4:47 am
Jihadists increasingly wary of Internet, experts say
Realizing social media interactions can be used against them, extremists search for alternative routes to spread their messages
By AFP
Bullets holes are seen on the Israeli embassy building in Athens on December 12, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP/ LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)
December 12, 2014, 6:23 pm
Far-left Greek group suspected in Israeli Embassy attack
Gunmen fire at least 54 rounds from a Kalashnikov rifle at Athens building; Israel blames PA ‘incitement’
By ToI Staff, AP and AFP
The Israeli Embassy in Athens (screen capture: YouTube)
December 12, 2014, 12:34 pm
Israel blames PA ‘incitement’ for Athens shooting
Greek government condemns attack on Israeli Embassy in which no one was hurt, saying it hits ‘at the heart of democracy’
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative photo of Athens (photo credit: CC BY-SA Titanas, Flickr)
December 12, 2014, 4:58 am
Shots fired near Israeli Embassy in Athens
No injuries reported after gunmen on motorcycle open fire in Greek capital
By AFP
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