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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hannah Cottrell

Church group of 30 Britons stuck in Israel hearing bombs as they await escape

Members of a group of about 30 British tourists stuck in Israel with their church have said they can hear bombs from their hotel in Jerusalem as they await a flight out of the country.

A group from the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Prince Lazar in Birmingham, which includes mostly British members and children as young as six, travelled to the region on October 1 to visit holy sites.

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