Bomb scare

Bomb threats, attempted hijackings must not become new norm for Israeli travelers - editorial

For Israeli passengers who simply want to visit family or take a holiday abroad, the prospect of emergency landings and bomb scares becoming an accepted part of air travel is deeply unsettling.

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Yaniv Hayun, who subdued the suspected terrorist aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073, arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, September 30, 2026.
Los Angeles, USA - Close-up on the insignia and slogan of a LAPD vehicle, with the reflection of Union Station's tower visible in the car's window.

Bomb hoax targets private Jewish school in Los Angeles amid string of antisemitic bombing threats

Hoaxers further called in threats two minutes apart on Friday to two Brooklyn yeshivas, the Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School and the United Talmudical Academy of Williamsburg.

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Illustrative: member of the Palm Beach County Sheriffs' office parks a patrol car outside of Mar-a-Lago club as part of the security for US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida on December 20, 2025.

Bomb threat called on Boca Raton Jewish preschool, law enforcement evacuates area

The Donna Klein Jewish Academy, where the threat was called in, was evacuated, as was at least one other nearby educational facility.

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German special police forces secure the area on the day of German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz, and Saxony-Anhalt State Prime Minister and top candidate Sven Schulze visit to UPM Biochemicals in Leuna, Germany, September 3, 2026.

German police defuse 21 explosive devices uncovered at power grid in Saxony

German police said on Friday they were searching for a man who sent letters claiming responsibility for a series of sabotage attacks on the power grid after they found explosives at his home.

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Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau issues travel warning to Sri Lanka

The agency stressed that Israeli travelers still in Sri Lanka should leave the island at the soonest possible time, and also advised those planning trips to cancel.

APRIL 25, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK, REUTERS
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

Egypt thwarts bomb attack on Cairo security forces - ministry

Security forces have been waging a campaign against Islamist militants over the past year which is focused on Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

FEBRUARY 15, 2019ByREUTERS
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard during a New Year's Eve mass at Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Cairo, Egypt December 31, 2017.

Four charged in planned terror plot against Muslim community in New York

The investigation eventually led police to execute several search warrants and arrest four people, including the student who showed off the photograph.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByREUTERS
Vincent Vetromile, 19, of Greece, New York (L to R), Brian Colaneri, 20, of Gates, New York and Andrew Crysel of East Rochester, New York, arrested after planning to bomb a Muslim community in upstate New York according to authorities, are shown in these photos provided January 22, 2019

Father of convicted Israeli JCC hoax bomber pens message to Trump

Israeli judge Zvi Gurfinkel sentenced the teenager to 10 years in jail plus a fine of NIS 60,000.

NOVEMBER 22, 2018ByURI BOLLAG
An US-Israeli teen who was arrested in Israel on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand over the past three month, is seen before the start of a remand hearing at Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, Israel March 23, 2017.

Israeli JCC hoax bomber sentenced to 10 years in jail

US may still seek to have autistic teenager extradited for trial in the States.

NOVEMBER 22, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
JCC bomb threats suspect

Democrats link Trump's rhetoric to wave of suspected bombs

"For years now, Donald Trump has been calling for the jailing of his critics and has lauded violence against journalists."

OCTOBER 25, 2018ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while addressing a joint news conference with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US, April 30, 2018.

Secret Service intercepts pipe bombs sent to top Democrats

Trump calls for unity two weeks before U.S. election.

OCTOBER 24, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER
A member of the New York Police Department bomb squad is pictured outside the Time Warner Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN Headquarters in New York, US, October 24, 2018

Explosive device found near George Soros’s home

The police turned the case over to the FBI for further investigation.

OCTOBER 23, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
George Soros.

Germany charges Iranian diplomat in Paris bomb plot

The target of the attack was the the annual convention of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) – an Iranian exile organization that advocates the overthrow of the Tehran regime.

JULY 12, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL, MICHAEL WILNER
General view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Teen behind JCC threats suspected of making bomb hoax calls from prison

The two calls were traced back to the teenager who is currently awaiting trial at the Nitzan prison in the central Israel town of Ramle.

APRIL 30, 2018ByEYTAN HALON
JCC bomb threats suspect