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Israel Moves Blood Bank Underground to Safeguard It From Attacks

RAMLA, Israel — When the sirens warning of incoming rockets split the skies, Israel’s national blood bank moves into high alert to keep the nation’s blood supply safe. The heavy machinery for blood processing, plasma freezers and centrifuges are transferred to a basement bomb shelter, a cumbersome operation that takes 10 to 12 hours. That […]

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Gunman in Tel Aviv Bar Attack Is Shot and Killed

JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces on Friday morning shot dead a gunman who had fled the night before after killing two people and wounding 13 others outside a busy bar in central Tel Aviv. The gunman’s attack was the latest in the deadliest wave of terrorism in Israel since 2016. The police said the shootings […]

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Palestinian Gunman Kills 5 in Israel’s Fifth Attack in Recent Days

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian gunman killed five people in an ultra-Orthodox city outside of Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, the latest in a surge of attacks in Israel this month. The shooting was the fifth attack in less than two weeks, and brought the total death toll in recent days to 11 — the most […]

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