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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Ten Plagues

Illustrative: A farmer looks across as swarms of desert locusts feed on her crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya January 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
November 24, 2020, 6:52 pm
Plague-busters: Israeli team combats swarms of locusts in war-torn Ethiopia
To fight the worst Desert Locust threat in 70 years, Start-Up Nation delegation flies in with innovative techniques, utilizing drones and nighttime spraying
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A locust sitting on a cactus. (Anna Kaplan/ Flash90)
March 16, 2020, 8:38 pm
Plague of locusts set to descend upon Middle East in time for Passover
‘Extremely alarming’ desert locust swarms forming in Horn of Africa — but will skip Holy Land
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
In this aerial view, fountains of lava, up to 60 meters high, spurt from a fissure in the ground on the north side of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland, Tuesday, September 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Stefano Di Nicolo)
November 20, 2018, 7:00 pm
Harvard historian pinpoints the worst year ever to be alive — and it’s not 2018
An international interdisciplinary team of academics discovers evidence of a catastrophic volcanic eruption on Iceland that spurred a snow-ball effect causing a whole world of pain
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A satellite image of the Nile using infrared technology colors the river in red (Courtesy European Space Agency, April 2016)
April 2, 2016, 5:25 pm
Satellite image of red River Nile evokes biblical legend
Photo uses infrared technology to map heat created by vegetation surrounding the Egyptian river
By ToI Staff
The Ten Plagues from 'A Happy Passover Haggadah' (photo credit: courtesy Monicka Clio Rafaeli))
March 31, 2014, 12:07 pm
Israel to pay for 10 Plagues?
Egyptian journalist demands that his government sue Jewish state for heavenly punishments described in Exodus
By Aron Dónzis
A cloud of locusts in southern Israel Wednesday (photo credit: Dror Garti/Flash90)
March 6, 2013, 4:34 pm
Israel turns back plague of locusts
Spraying keeps destructive insects from taking wing; rabbi dissuades Orthodox Jews from feasting on the crunchy critter delicacies
By Aaron Kalman and Ron Friedman
Swarms of locusts seen flying over Ramat Negev on March 5, 2013. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
March 6, 2013, 4:11 am
Farmers spray locusts in daybreak bid to protect fields
Millions of insects in huge swarm expected to take wing, migrate northwards, and wreak further havoc on crops unless checked; Negev farmer: It’s like an insect cemetery down here
By Aaron Kalman and Ron Friedman
Swarms of locusts seen flying over Ramat Negev on March 5, 2013. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
March 5, 2013, 5:32 pm
Large locust swarm enters Israel from Egypt
Farmers call on government to prevent damage to crops
By Aaron Kalman
Illustrative photo of a cow (photo credit: CC BY-SA frennlareo/Flickr)
March 5, 2013, 10:16 am
Head trip in Tel Aviv
Severed animal heads found in city streets; police say the vandalism is a protest against animal slaughter
By Gabe Fisher
A locust swarm near Eilat in 2004 (photo credit: Yehuda Ben-Itah/Flash90)
March 4, 2013, 2:59 pm
Israel on alert as locusts hit neighboring Egypt
Agriculture Ministry sets up hotline, urges citizens to report sightings of the destructive insects
A locust sitting on a cactus. (Anna Kaplan/ Flash90)
March 3, 2013, 10:52 am
Plague of locusts afflicts Egypt
Swarm of Biblical proportions surprises local authorities and blankets the ground near Giza
By Stuart Winer
The Ten Plagues from 'A Happy Passover Haggadah' (photo credit: courtesy Monicka Clio Rafaeli))
March 30, 2012, 3:15 pm
Fun times at the seder
A range of magnetic games, cards and printable Bingo, for kids large and small, can help make the most of a long night
By Jessica Steinberg
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