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3 people were killed in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv

5:51pm May 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

Israeli authorities said a pair of Palestinian attackers went on a stabbing rampage in a town near Tel Aviv, killing at least three people and wounding four others before fleeing in a vehicle.

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday. Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city's last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the str

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 5)

4:58pm May 05, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system launches missiles to intercept rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, over Gaza City, early Thursday, April 21, 2022.

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Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume

4:12am April 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

Israel's air force and Palestinian militants traded fire across the Gaza frontier early Thursday as clashes erupted again at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.

Israeli army soldiers guard a section of Israel's separation barrier last year in the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah. Two Palestinian men were critically injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health M

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Israeli troops wound 2 Palestinians during new Israeli-Palestinian violence

11:16am April 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Israel has carried out a wave of arrest raids after Palestinian assailants killed at least 14 people inside Israel. At least 25 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in recent weeks.

Israeli security forces search for assailants near the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, on Thursday.

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A third victim in the Tel Aviv shooting dies and security forces kill the gunman

4:43pm April 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Thursday evening shooting in a downtown area packed with people in bars and restaurants caused scenes of mass panic in the heart of the city. It was the fourth deadly attack in three weeks.

Israeli security forces gather at the site of an attack that left two Israeli police dead in the northern city of Hadera on Sunday.

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The Islamic State claims responsibility for the deaths of 2 people in central Israel

5:33am March 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two people and wounded four before being killed by police in the city of Hadera in central Israel.

Left: The Putin Pub in Jerusalem, before the owners removed the word Putin from the sign. Right: On Feb. 24, the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Russian-speaking owners of the Putin Pub removed "Putin" from the sign.

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After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Jerusalem's Putin Pub is now just named Pub

1:56pm February 28, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Israel is keeping good ties with ally Putin, as well as with Ukraine. But the owners of Jerusalem's Putin Pub, a bar for Russian-speaking immigrants, erased his name when Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Staff volunteers queue to receive a fourth dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Medical Center in Israel on Dec. 27, 2021, as the hospital conducted a trial of a fourth jab of the vaccine.

Who might benefit from a 4th shot — and who might not

8:33pm February 22, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Some countries are moving ahead with plans to offer a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine. But studies are raising questions about the potential advantages of this extra booster.

Arab leader's gamble to play kingmaker in Israel is paying off

3:11am January 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year.

Sure a goldfish can mingle in a tank, but some have taken their movement to the next level by operating robotic vehicles on land as part of an animal behavior experiment.

Israeli scientists have trained goldfish to drive, in a scene out of a Dr. Seuss book

12:11pm January 11, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

An experiment involving a robotic tank on wheels and six trained goldfish may offer insights into animals' ability to navigate unfamiliar environments.