An apparently empty bus exploded in Jerusalem on Monday, Haaretz reports, leaving 15 people nearby wounded. Two were in serious condition. The circumstances of the incident remain unclear.

Two attacks on Israelis were reported on Wednesday as the military deployed 300 soldiers to reinforce 4,000 police officers i cities across the country, the Associated Press reports. In east Jerusalem, authorities erected concrete barriers outside Arab neighborhoods.

A teenage girl died on Sunday of injuries sustained when an anti-gay extremist stabbed her and several others during an attack on Jerusalem’s gay pride parade last week, the Associated Press reports.

Police say six people were injured, one of them critically, when an ultra-Orthodox assailant began stabbing attendees of Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday, Haaretz reports.

Two men reportedly armed with guns, knives, and axes attacked the Har Nof Synagogue during morning prayers in West Jerusalem on Tuesday, killing four worshippers. The attackers were shot and killed by police on the scene.

A plane drops flame retardant to help extinguish the massive forest fire in Jerusalem, Israel. Hundreds were evacuated from their homes as the fire was contained Wednesday evening. Israeli police are still investigating the cause of the fire, but suspect arson. Image by Olivier Fitoussi via AP.

Pope Francis prays on Monday at Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, bowing his head and touching the wall in the same gesture he used a day earlier to pray at the Israeli barrier surrounding the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem. Image via Oded Balilty/AP.

Fighting between Israel and the Palestinian people entered its fourth day today, and eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli fighter jets targeting Hamas government compounds, tunnels and transformers. That brought the overall death toll to at least 45, with all but three of those being Palestinians.

A rabbinical court in Jerusalem has sentenced a dog to stoning, according to Behadrei Hadarim, a Hebrew website for ultra-Orthodox Jews. The sentencing came after a large dog wandered into the Monetary Affairs Court in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim.

Fading television star Glenn Beck will force what remains of his elderly lawn army to walk their fold-up chairs to Israel this summer for the sequel to last year's boring "Restoring Honor" rally.

Easter is the best holiday for sadists, as Catholics worldwide bloody themselves imitating the passion of Christ, just like Mel Gibon's torture porno with that name. It's also rural Filipinos' annual season of infamy, for literally nailing themselves to crosses.

[A Jerusalem man dusts off the disco balls while decorating a street in preparation for the feast of Ramadan, which begins today. Image via Getty]