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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
Tensions have been rising over the past few days between Israel and Hezbollah following Israel's claim that the Shiite group was behind last week's suicide bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. It is also feared that the...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
The White House says Mr Obama "offered his support for the ongoing investigation, and for the Bulgarian people in this challenging time" during a telephone call with Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov. It says the two leaders discussed the "...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 10 months ago
The suicide bomber was acting under broad guidance to hit Israeli targets, an unnamed senior U.S. official told The New York Times. Other U.S. officials confirmed to the newspaper that the bomber was a member of Hezbollah. Theattacker, who killed...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
U.S. officials say that the suicide bomber who attacked Israeli tourists in Bulgaria is a member of a Hezbollah cell operating in the country, the New York Times reported Thursday. It added that the cell's task was to look for Israeli targets. One...
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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
A U.S. official says the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah is believed to have been behind the suicide bombing that killed at least seven people on a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. The official spoke to The Associated Press on the...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 10 months ago
To help, the Jewish Federations of North America, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Orthodox Union all are soliciting funds to aid the wounded and the families of those killed. It's very important symbolically for the people of Israel to know and...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
Iran on Thursday rejected accusations by Israeli leaders that it was responsible for a bus bombing in Bulgaria on Wednesday in which five Israelis were killed, saying it condemns all terrorism. Iran's position is to condemn all terrorist acts in...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged Thursday that a suicide attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was orchestrated by the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah. The attack Wednesday killed five Israelis, the Bulgarian bus...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Suicide bomber a former Gitmo detainee' Zeenews Bureau Sofia: A day after a suicide bomber killed seven people on an Israeli tourist bus, Bulgarian media on Thursday named the attacker as Mehdi Ghezali. The attack, which has also injured dozens, is...
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Chicago Tribune
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel said Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants were to blame. Iran denied it was behind...
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Novinite
| 10 months ago
Iran 's chief aide in terrorism ," stated Netanyahu at a special speech Thursday. "The attack is part of a worldwide campaign of terror conducted by Iran and Hezbullah, which now spans tens of countries on five continents," added the Israeli PM...
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Ynet News
| 10 months ago
Photo: EPA Day after five Israelis killed at Bulgarian city's airport, Netanyahu urges 'all countries' to speak the truth about Iran and Lebanese Shiite group. 'We'll combat terror wave forcefully,' he vows Attila Somfalvi Hezbollah was behind...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
The attack in Bulgaria on Wednesday in which five Israelis were killed was carried out by Hezbollah with Iranian backing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday afternoon in a televised statement. We will pursue the attackers and extract a...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
blames Bulgaria attack on Hezbollah Jerusalem: Israel on Thursday warned Iran that it would "react powerfully against Iranian terror" as it held Tehran and Lebanese group Hezbollah responsible for a deadly attack in Bulgaria that killed seven people,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
A suicide attack at a Bulgarian airport which killed six people, five of them Israeli, was carried out by Lebanon's Hezbollah in conjunction with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. "Yesterday's attack in Bulgaria was...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
Tsvetanov said eight people were killed in the attack including the Bulgarian driver of the bus and the bomber. The Israeli foreign ministry said it could confirm that five Israelis were killed...Eight people were killed and over thirty injured in...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Israel today signalled it would not rush into any open conflict with Iran or its Lebanese guerrilla ally Hezbollah despite blaming them for a deadly attack on its citizens in Bulgaria. A suicide bomber killed himself, five Israelis and a Bulgarian...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
He was "looking like any other tourist," as NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro said on Morning Edition . A video released by authorities in Bulgaria showing a young man who's believed to have been the suicide bomber in Wednesday's attack on a bus full of...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
A top Bulgarian official said it was a "mistake" to lay the responsibility of a terror attack on an Israeli tourist bus on any specific countries or organizations, on Thursday, as security camera footage revealed the person authorities suspected of...
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Al Jazeera
| 10 months ago
42 Iran's state TV is rejecting accusations of Tehran's involvement in an apparent suicide attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria that killed at least eight people . On the TV website, Iran questions the claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
Echoing his comments from Wednesday evening, Barak told Israel Radio that Israel would do everything in its power to to find the perpetrators, and bring them to justice. In response to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev's statement that Mossad did...
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News 24
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber committed the attack that killed eight people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport, the country's interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel accused Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants of responsibility. "...
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Fox News
| 10 months ago
Bulgaria Iran's state TV is rejecting accusations of Tehran's involvement in an apparent suicide attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria that killed at least eight people. A commentary Thursday on the TV website calls the claims by Israeli...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
Israel was the aggressor when it chose to targeted Hezbollah's military chief Imad Mughniye in 2008, putting Iran on the defensive, and Iran knows how to defend, former National Security Adviser Uzi Arad said on Thursday, a day after an attack on an...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Terrorists suspected of carrying out attack" The bombing of an Israeli tourist bus in eastern Bulgaria was probably carried out by a male suicide bomber with fake US documents, officials say. At least eight people died and 34 were injured when the...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
Israelis Killed in Bulgaria; Netanyahu Blames Iranians Reuters Damaged buses at Bulgaria's Burgas airport on Wednesday after at least six people were killed and dozens more were wounded by an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists outside the...
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Novinite
| 10 months ago
The Hill President Obama condemned Wednesday's "barbaric terrorist attack " on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria and vowed to provide "whatever assistance is necessary to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of this attack ." An apparent suicide...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
US condemns 'barbaric' attack on Israeli tourists Washington: US President Barack Obama has termed the terror attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria as a "barbaric" act, and vowed to provide assistance to the country in "identifying and bringing to...
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Epoch Times
| 10 months ago
July 18, 2012 Seven people were killed and at least 20 were injured Wednesday after a bomb was detonated on an Israeli tour bus at the Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. The attack took place on the 18th anniversary of the Iran-backed bombing of a Jewish...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
Smoke is seen after a blast at Bulgaria's Burgas airport July 18, 2012. Three people were killed and over 20 injured by an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists outside the airport of the coastal city of Burgas on Wednesday, Bulgarian...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
Seven people were killed and 33 wounded in the bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria on Wednesday. The bombing took place on the 18th anniversary of a terror attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and Prime Minister...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
The government didn't hesitate to point a finger on Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, apparently supported by detailed intelligence, immediately blamed Iran for the terror attack on Israelis in Bulgaria that killed seven people. If this...
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Scoop
| 10 months ago
This is a global Iranian terror onslaught and Israel will react firmly to it (Communicated by PMO Spokesperson) PM Netanyahu (GPO archive photo) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding security consultations following the terror attack in...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 10 months ago
July 18, 2012 Netanyahu on deadly Bulgaria bombing: All signs point to Iran' by Marcy Oster, JTA A Black Sea coast town in Bulgaria became the scene of carnage when a bus carrying Israeli tourists exploded, killing at least five people and injuring...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Iran was behind the bombing of a tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, that killed at least seven Israelis Wednesday. "In the past months we saw Iranian attempts to attack Israelis in Thailand, India, Kenya and...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
The blast occurred in the late afternoon outside the airport in the Black Sea city of Burgas shortly after a charter flight carrying 154 people, all but three of them Israeli citizens, arrived from Tel Aviv, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said.
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The Age
| 10 months ago
His defence minister, Ehud Barak, went one step further, alleging the attack was initiated probably by Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad or another group under the terror auspices of either Iran or other radical Islamic groups. Describing Israel's...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Wednesday's attack, the first on Bulgarian soil against Israelis, also drew strong condemnation from the Israel's staunchest ally the United States and France. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that the United States "condemns such...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 10 months ago
July 18, 2012 Bus blast in Bulgaria kills 7, injures more than 30 Israel blames Iran Jewish Journal and Reuters At least seven Israeli tourists were killed on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus outside a Bulgarian airport that Israel blamed on Tehran,...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Smoke rises from a coach near Burgas airport, 250 miles east of Sofia in Bulgaria. Israel has blamed Iran for ordering a bomb attack on the coach, which was part of a convoy carrying an Israeli tour group to their hotels. Photograph: Str/AP Israel...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
A picture shows smoke rising over Bourgas airport on July 18, 2012. At least four people were killed and dozens wounded on Wednesday in an attack on a bus packed with Israelis at a Black Sea airport in Bulgaria that the government in Israel blamed on...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
The wounded were transported to a local hospital, the ministry said. The ministry said three people had died, and an official at the hospital said that 27 injured people had arrived from the airport, one of whom died at the hospital from heavy burns.
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Global Voices
| 10 months ago
At least seven people were killed in an attack against Israeli youth on a tour bus in Burgus Airport in Bulgaria. Reports claim the attack was most likely carried out by a suicide bomber, who was either next to the bus or who got on the bus.
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Iran is responsible for the terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria, which reportedly killed seven people. Netanyahu said that all the evidence in Israel's possession points to Iran as the...
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Fox News
| 10 months ago
The White House is condemning "in the strongest possible terms" a deadly blast in Bulgaria that struck a bus of Israeli tourists. White House press secretary Jay Carney says the United States "condemns such attacks on innocent people, especially...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
Four people were killed and many more wounded on Wednesday in an attack on a bus packed with Israelis at a Black Sea airport in Bulgaria, which the government in Israel blamed on archfoe Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said all signs...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
At least seven people were killed in an attack on an Israeli tour bus at the Sarafovo International Airport (Middle East Insights) A bus carrying mostly Israeli youth in Bulgaria has exploded at the Sarafovo international airport in the Bulgarian...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
Bulgarian media reports that one of those killed is a local tour guide 8:00 P.M.: Michal, the mother of Ron Parhan who flew to Bulgaria on Wednesday, said that her daughter called her in panic, and said that someone blew himself up on the bus. She...
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Associated Press
| 10 months ago
Israel's prime minister has blamed Iran for the deadly blast that struck a bus of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria and is promising a tough response. Benjamin Netanyahu says "all signs point to Iran" in Wednesday's blast in the Bulgarian Black Sea city...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Israeli officials on Wednesday confirmed that Israeli citizens were targeted in an attack on tourists at Bulgaria's Burgas airport, which Bulgarian ministry sources said left three people dead. "What we know is that sometime close to 5 pm there was a...
