Tag: Gaza Strip
Sans new funds, UNRWA’s operations to be ‘severely compromised’ by March
Philippe Lazzrini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, asked the president of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday for permanent U.N. budgetary support for the scandal-plagued Palestinian-only refugee and social services agency.
Lazzrini wrote to Dennis Francis appealing to U.N....
Israel is both traumatized and sober-minded
There’s a “new wisdom” making the rounds in foreign-policy circles in Washington. It goes something like this: Israelis were so traumatized by Hamas’s brutal invasion on Oct. 7 that they can’t think straight about...
Israel trials replacing Hamas with local leaders in Gaza City district
Israel is preparing to carry out a pilot program that will see local authorities replace the Hamas terrorist group in governing the southern Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitoun, Channel 12 reported.
The military began a major aerial...
Soldiers, protesters brawl at Kerem Shalom entrance to Gaza
Clashes broke out between Israeli security personnel and protesters at the Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza on Thursday morning.
Dozens of demonstrators arrived there to protest against the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza...
Poll: 63% of Israeli Jews oppose Palestinian statehood
Sixty-three percent of Israeli Jews oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state, and most believe terrorism will either stay the same (27.5%) or increase (44%) should one be created, according to the Israel Democracy...
Gallant: Hamas chief Sinwar has become a hunted fugitive
Hamas’s terror chief in Gaza is on the run, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday, as the IDF continues to advance in Khan Yunis and prepare for an assault on Rafah.
“ Sinwar...
IDF could complete high-intensity phase of Gaza war ‘by May’
The Israel Defense Forces will likely begin maneuvering in Rafah, southern Gaza—the last Hamas stronghold—towards the end of February, and could complete the high-intensity phase of its war against Hamas by early May, a...
IDF to begin probe into response to Oct. 7 attack
The Israel Defense Forces in the coming days will start an internal investigation into the military’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led massacre and the period preceding the cross-border invasion.
Army commanders will be leading...
Prince William calls for more aid to Gaza, release of hostages
Britain’s Prince William released a statement on Tuesday calling for more aid into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip as well as the release of the remaining 134 Israeli hostages being held by Palestinian terrorists.
“I remain...
When pro-Israel advocacy isn’t just big, but ‘Biggah’
A straight-talking, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is Instagrammer might not necessarily be unusual, except when it comes in the form of a non-Jewish American black man who speaks truth to power on Israel.
“Go home, Susan. You’re drunk,”...