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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

New Year's parties

Screen capture from video of a rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip being intercepted over Israel, January 1, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 1, 2024, 9:30 am
At stroke of midnight, Hamas attacks Israel with heavy New Year rocket barrage
Over 20 projectiles target south and center of country as Israelis mark the start of the new year amid sorrow: ‘The minute I start to dance, I feel guilty’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Dylan Grimberg (Courtesy)
January 1, 2023, 10:54 pm
Young Israeli man dies after feeling unwell at New Year’s party in Mexico
23-year-old Dylan Grimberg’s cause of death unknown; Foreign Ministry working to return body to Israel; stepmother says he arrived in the country just days earlier
By ToI Staff
Israelis celebrate on New Year's Eve at a pub in Tel Aviv, December 31, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2023, 1:27 am
Israel ushers in 2023, with festivities free of COVID curbs for 1st time in 3 years
‘It’s just like it was before’: Israelis, Palestinians revel at bars and other public places; newly reinstated PM Netanyahu hails ‘a new year, a new government, a new direction’
By Michael Bachner
Fireworks explode over Sky Tower in central Auckland as New Year celebrations begin in New Zealand, January 1, 2023. (Dean Purcel/NZ Herald via AP)
December 31, 2022, 2:19 pm
Revelers throng to parties as Asia-Pacific nations kick off new year celebrations
For many, it’s the 1st year’s start without restrictions since beginning of pandemic; many in Ukraine travel to be with loved ones
By AP
Illustrative: Police in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2022, 11:04 am
German student stabbed, seriously injured in brawl outside Tel Aviv nightclub
22-year-old stabbed multiple times; 3 suspects arrested; emergency services treat dozens for effects of alcohol consumption at New Year’s parties
By ToI Staff
Fireworks explode over Jerusalem's Old City during New Year's Eve celebrations, on December 31, 2021 (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
January 1, 2022, 1:10 am
Israelis pack bars and restaurants to ring in New Year despite fresh restrictions
Many young revelers say they are not deterred by rising case numbers, because they are vaccinated and believe Omicron not too harmful
By ToI Staff
Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square due to COVID-19 lockdown, early Friday, January 1, 2021.(AP/Craig Ruttle)
December 31, 2021, 4:50 am
New year, same pandemic: Omicron-fueled surge snuffs out party plans worldwide
Authorities shut bars, cancel festivities and place restrictions on gatherings as coronavirus runs rampant across globe, putting some on ‘war footing’
By AFP
An Israeli couple celebrates New Year's Eve, in central Israel, December 31, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
January 1, 2021, 12:09 am
Farewell 2020: Israel rings in New Year under lockdown
Celebrations largely muted as police deploy in force throughout country to prevent partygoers from congregating
By ToI Staff
Israel Police offices patrol on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on New Year's Eve, during the country's third lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, December 31, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 31, 2020, 10:37 pm
Thousands of police officers deployed to break up illegal New Year’s Eve parties
Checkpoints set up on highways, amid anticipation that Israelis will host gatherings in violation of lockdown rules despite high infection rates
By ToI Staff
People hold cutouts to welcome the New Year in Ahmedabad, India, December 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
December 31, 2020, 8:05 pm
New Year’s festivities worldwide muted by COVID as curtain falls on 2020
Some major cities cancel or scale-back revelries due to pandemic, while others push on with celebrations as if it were any other year
By Rod McGuirk and Frank Jordans
Police at a temporary checkpoint during Israel's third coronavirus lockdown, Jerusalem, December 29, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 31, 2020, 6:10 am
Police preparing to crack down on thousands of illegal New Year’s gatherings
Officers to deploy drones and helicopters to locate parties that are barred under virus lockdown rules; Health Ministry frets about restrictions’ efficacy amid high infection rate
By ToI Staff
Reina club shooter Abdulgadir Masharipov, after being caught by Turkish police in Istanbul, on January 16, 2017. (Depo Photos via AP/File)
September 7, 2020, 8:47 pm
Turkey gives IS member life in prison for 2017 New Year’s terror attack
Albulkadir Masharipov convicted of carrying out nightclub shooting that killed 39, including 1 Israeli
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This picture shows the National Children's Fireworks as part of New Year celebrations in front of the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, on December 31, 2019. (Robin Utrecht/ANP/AFP)
December 31, 2019, 11:54 pm
Welcome to the roaring 2020s: New decade ushered in with fireworks, revelry
Festivities in Sydney and Hong Kong partially marred by forest fires, tear gas as celebrations to ring in 2020 move westward
By AFP
A sandal is seen laying on the ground along a road at the site of a suicide bombing attack in Kabul on March 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI)
March 21, 2018, 2:35 pm
At least 26 killed as IS suicide bomber targets Kabul shrine
In fifth bombing in Afghan capital in weeks, terrorist blasts himself among students celebrating Persian new year
By Usman SHARIFI
A couple kisses during New Year's celebrations just after midnight in Ljubljana, Slovenia on January 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec)
January 1, 2018, 4:25 am
After a year marred by terror attacks, revelers around the world welcome 2018
Under heightened alert and bolstered security, cities across the globe celebrate the new year with dazzling firework displays and street parties
By AFP and ToI Staff
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