Pilgrims visit El Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba in May 2023. Photo by David Benaym “They locked everybody inside, while this police officer, who was not on duty, ...

Two of the dead were Jewish cousins who had traveled to Djerba from France and Israel for festivities at El Ghriba synagogue; Aviel Hadad, 30, was a Tunisian citizen living in Netivot, Israel, and ...

The United States deplores the attack in Tunisia coinciding with the annual Jewish pilgrimage that draws faithful to the El Ghriba Synagogue from around the world.

Police officers took up positions near El Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, after the gunman started shooting on Tuesday. Credit... Yassine Mahjoub/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

Jewish worshippers attend the annual Jewish pilgrimage at the El Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia's southern resort island of Djerba, on May 8, 2023.

Tunisia's small Jewish community was in shock and mourning Wednesday after a bloody shooting rampage in which a police officer killed five people outside Africa's oldest synagogue.The shooting Tuesday ...

Jewish worshipers attend the annual Jewish pilgrimage at the El Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia’s southern resort island of Djerba, on May 8, 2023. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP) ...

Security forces at the scene of an attack near a the Ghriba synagogue, May 9, 2023 in Djerba, Tunisia. / Credit: Hasan Mrad/DeFodi Images/Getty Another four visitors and four police officers were ...

(MENAFN) Tragedy struck the Tunisian island of Djerba on Tuesday when a security officer opened fire outside the heavily guarded El Ghriba synagogue. The incident occurred during an annual Jewish ...

Three people were murdered Tuesday night in a shooting attack near the El Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. The two Jewish victims have been identified as cousins Aviel and Ben ...

FILE - A Tunisian police officer stands at the entrance at El-Ghriba synagogue, the oldest Jewish monument built in Africa more than 2,500 years ago, while Jewish pilgrims attend the annual Jewish ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian national guardsman behind an attack that killed five people intentionally targeted the ancient synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Djerba in a premeditated ...