ISTANBUL AIRPORT TERROR ATTACK KILLS 41, INJURES AT LEAST 147; NO ISRAELI CASUALTIES REPORTED:

 Israel’s Foreign Ministry is working to determine whether any Israeli citizens were injured in a suicide bombing Tues. night 28 June 2016, in Turkey that killed 41 people and injured at least 147. Two bombers blew themselves up at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, the third busiest in Europe, after opening fire at the entrance to the airport’s international terminal. Police returned fire. In March 2016, a bombing in a tourist section of Istanbul killed three Israelis and injured several others. The same month, a suicide bombing at an airport in Brussels killed 32 people and injured more than 300. The airport attack in Istanbul came on the same day that Israel and Turkey signed a reconciliation deal ending a six-year break in diplomatic relations. The Israeli diplomats who were at the airport at the time of the Tues. night attack were unharmed. Israeli diplomats said that no Israeli tourists were among the victims taken to the hospital. Turkish Airlines flights from Tel Aviv were suspended in the wake of the attack. (JTA)