Tag: Gaza Envelope
Hundreds volunteer for new Gaza border counterterror unit
Days after its official inauguration, hundreds of Israel Defense Forces reservists have already volunteered to serve in a new elite counterterror unit created to protect Gaza border towns, the army said on Wednesday.
The unit,...
Latin American local leaders pay solidarity visit to Israel
A delegation of Latin American governors and mayors visited Israel this week on a solidarity mission amid the Jewish state’s five-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza and a global increase in antisemitism.
The participants, including...
Gantz: PM must decide on 7 issues for ongoing conduct of war
Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz, a member of the War Cabinet, recently presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the National Security Council with a list of seven issues he demanded be clarified for the continuation of the war.
According...
Netanyahu vows to rebuild southern communities, even as rockets fall
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Tuesday promised that Israel would rebuild the towns and kibbutzim in Israel's south.
During a meeting with local community heads at the Israel Defense Forces Southern Command base in Beersheva,...
Israeli Olympic champion to auction medal for Gaza border communities
An Olympic champion who won Israel’s first-ever world gold in gymnastics is auctioning off the medal to raise money for the Gaza border communities devastated in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists.
Artem Dolgopyat,...
Gaza border residents angry at army’s OK to return home
An internal IDF document revealing that the army is ready to allow the return of residents to some communities in the "Gaza Envelope," the area along the border with the Hamas-run terrorist enclave, has...
Gallant promises ‘absolute victory’ over Hamas
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday night vowed to lead the Jewish state to victory over Hamas, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to rebuild and expand the border communities destroyed in the...
Israel intercepts Hamas UAV over Gaza Strip
Israel on Wednesday intercepted a Hamas drone over the Gaza Strip, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The military said that the unmanned aerial vehicle did not cross into Israeli territory and did not pose...
Welcome to Hanun: Israel to establish new community along Gaza border
Israel’s Cabinet voted on Sunday to establish a new community along the border with the Gaza Strip.
The future town, to be named Hanun, will be located in the Sdot Negev Region and eventually be...
Israel’s president offers Gaza-border residents respite from missiles
In the wake of a barrage of 250 missiles launched from Gaza into Israel, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin invited citizens from the Gaza “envelope” (periphery) area and greater southern Israel to his official Jerusalem...