IDF busts cell responsible for Beitar Illit bomb plot Six Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists arrested • Cell, directed by leaders in Gaza and Lebanon, was planning additional attacks. May 8, 2023
Israeli forces detonate explosive device on bus near Beitar Illit, search for suspect The thwarted attack came after a terrorist shooting in Tel Aviv, where three people were wounded by a Palestinian gunman. March 9, 2023
Israel sees six more COVID-19 deaths, as Beitar Illit declared a restricted zone Coronavirus infection rate rises to 5.2 percent as more than 1,000 new cases are recorded in a single day. July 8, 2020
Fire claims the life of two young children in Beitar Illit Three of the family’s children managed to get out and get help with a neighbor, but 4-year-old Efrat Ginsburg and her 2-year-old brother, Tzvi, were not able to escape. Oct. 10, 2018