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Is Sri Lanka the new luxury hospitality getaway for Israelis?

Exploring the wonders of Sri Lanka was a marvel, with famed tea plantations, temple houses, and beaches.

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ANANTARA KALUTARA, a resort on the picturesque southwest coast, where the Kalu Ganga River meets the Indian Ocean.
Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Leave my country alone, Sri Lanka president tells Islamic State

Investigations revealed the bombs used in the Easter attacks were made locally, the president said in the interview.

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Men carry dead bodies towards ambulances near the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019.

Sri Lanka deaths hit 359, U.S. envoy confirms foreign groups responsible

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the coordinated bomb attacks on churches and hotels.

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Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka church attack

Muslim terrorists killed over 300 people and wounded over 500 in an attack on a church on Easter Sunday.

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ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings that killed 321

Islamic State gave no evidence for its claim. The government has said at least seven suicide bombers were involved.

APRIL 24, 2019ByREUTERS
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

Sri Lanka detains Syrian in investigation of blasts; toll rises to 321

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

APRIL 24, 2019ByREUTERS
Men carry dead bodies towards ambulances near the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019.

Unconfirmed reports blame Zahran Hashim for Sri Lanka attack. Who is he?

An Islamist extremist imam, he was a prolific lecturer for National Tawheed Jamaath.

APRIL 23, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Moulvi Zahran Hashim preaches incitement