Huge swarms of locusts are invading Israel. The country is fighting the bugs off with pesticides. The locust invasion comes just two weeks before the Jewish holiday of Passover, which includes a ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is on a locust alert as swarms of the destructive bugs descend on neighboring Egypt ahead of the Passover holiday. Israel’s Agriculture Ministry set up an emergency hotline ...

EILAT, Israel - Swarms of locusts that arrived from Egypt to southern Israel devoured lawns and palm trees on Sunday, causing a panic among farmers and children who wondered when the next biblical ...

A swarm of locusts that began in Egypt and has crossed the border into Israel is inviting comparison to one of the Biblical plagues of Exodus. The New York Times says the swarms are "like a vivid ...

EILAT, Israel (AP) Swarms of locusts devoured lawns and palm trees Sunday in southern Israel, panicking farmers and leaving others worried about biblical plagues. The pests swept up from Egypt, ...

Several new swarms of locusts have invaded the Beersheba area, it was announced here today. A team of government agricultural workers has begun mapping the affected areas in advance of action to ...