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Israeli forces, meanwhile, carried out a raid elsewhere in the West Bank that the military said was in response to the hurling of firebombs at Israeli vehicles.
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Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
On July 8, a man in his 50s was arrested after throwing two firebombs at the Royal Palace of Norway in Oslo, according to NRK, per a translation.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
Kennedy planted firebombs in three hotels and—on a drunken whim after stopping at a bar—tossed one into P.T. Barnum’s American Museum.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Instead, Kennedy—carrying false papers that identified him as Mr. Stanton of Toronto—and seven other Confederates plotted to simultaneously ignite a large number of firebombs in businesses and hotels across New York, destroying the Northern economy and boosting Southern morale.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
On July 8, a man in his 50s was arrested after throwing two firebombs at the Royal Palace of Norway in Oslo, according to NRK, per a translation.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
Kennedy planted firebombs in three hotels and—on a drunken whim after stopping at a bar—tossed one into P.T. Barnum’s American Museum.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Instead, Kennedy—carrying false papers that identified him as Mr. Stanton of Toronto—and seven other Confederates plotted to simultaneously ignite a large number of firebombs in businesses and hotels across New York, destroying the Northern economy and boosting Southern morale.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Firebomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firebomb. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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