Tag: Gaza Strip
Hebrew U. pushing scholarships to Palestinians in ‘occupied territories’
An official document from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem urges Palestinians from "the occupied territories" to apply to the Yad Hanadiv doctoral scholarship program.
The scholarships, in the sum of 8,000 shekels (about $2,100) per...
Dutch Supreme Court: Gantz immune from 2014 ‘war crimes’ suit
The Netherlands' highest court ruled on Friday that former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz was immune from civil prosecution over the deaths of six Palestinians in an airstrike undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces...
Hamas terrorist dies, another injured in ‘work accident’
A Hamas member was killed on Thursday in Gaza from what the terrorist group described as an "accidental explosion."
Palestinian authorities said that the blast ripped through a Hamas terrorist site in Deir al-Balah in...
Israel to include Gaza Strip in US Visa Waiver pilot
Israel plans to further ease travel for Palestinian Americans living in the Gaza Strip next month, an official told Reuters on Monday, marking the next step in the country's bid to join the United States Visa...
Hamas releases pics of fallen IDF soldier’s rifle nine years after his death
Hamas has released photos purportedly showing the rifle of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in the Gaza Strip nine years ago today, i24NEWS reported on Tuesday.
The bodies of Goldin and IDF Staff Sgt. Oron...
Thousands of Gazans protest against Hamas government
Thousands of people hit the streets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to protest against living conditions in the coastal enclave, in a rare public stand against the Hamas government.
The terror group’s security forces...
Photo Essay: ‘Mini Gaza,’ the IDF’s Urban Warfare Training Center
The Israel Defense Forces’ Urban Warfare Training Center in the western Negev is also known as Mini Gaza.
The facility inside the army's Tze'elim training base has more than 600 structures, ranging from eight-story buildings...
The Gaza Strip and learning to live with insoluble problems
Upon its conclusion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly lauded the Israel Defense Forces for its brilliant work during “Operation Shield and Arrow.” The five-day campaign exacted a heavy toll on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
Can Israeli resilience inspire alienated Americans?
Israelis had a rough week. The country was subjected to a barrage of nearly 1,000 rockets and missiles fired at it by Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists. Though for the most part, the Iron Dome air-defense...
IDF assessment: Iran is pushing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to fire rockets at Israel
Iran has been encouraging the senior leadership of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), whose members are based in Damascus and Beirut, to instruct the terror faction’s Gazan rocket squads to keep firing at Israel, the...