Cyprus

Hundreds of bereaved families of "Zuk Eitan"came to Cyprus for a Hachnasat Sefer Torah written in memory of soldiers who were killed in the operation. They celebrated a chain of events that began in the city of Larnaca, Ayia Napa and ended in Limassol, where the circle closed and the Sefer Torah went to the Shul that opened just two years ago while operation • gallery

Israel dispatched three firefighting planes and a cargo plane with emergency equipment together with personnel to Cyprus to help combat raging fires in the Cypriot city of Paphos.

Hijacked airplane carrying 81 passengers has landed in Cyprus. Suspected bomb on board.