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IDF Soldier Killed by Palestinian Teen; Israeli Airlift Sent to Philippines

Plus Homeland’s Gideon Raff has a new show, and more in the news

by
Stephanie Butnick
November 13, 2013
A woman washes amid scenes of devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 13, 2013 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. ( Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
A woman washes amid scenes of devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 13, 2013 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. ( Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

• An 18-year-old IDF soldier was stabbed to death on a Tel Aviv-bound bus by a Palestinian teenager. [JTA]

• Meanwhile, the Brussels police department confirmed last month’s arrest of a knife-wielding man at the Israeli embassy. [Jerusalem Post]

• The 29-year-old who shot and killed three fellow Iranian expat musicians in Brooklyn before killing himself was reportedly armed with an assault rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition. [Daily News]

• Two Israeli planes filled with 100 tons of supplies and 148 search and rescue personnel are being dispatched to the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which killed 1,774 and devastated the country. [Haaretz]

Homeland and Hatufim writer Gideon Raff has sold a new Jerusalem-based series, Dig, to NBC [Times of Israel]

• Boston gets its first kosher food truck, the Chubby Chickpea. [Forward]

Stephanie Butnick is chief strategy officer of Tablet Magazine, co-founder of Tablet Studios, and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.