Tag: Gaza Strip
Bennett makes surprise visit to Egypt for trilateral summit with UAE, Egyptian leaders
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is currently on a previously unannounced visit to Egypt to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
Plans for the...
Gantz announced more Israeli work permits for Gazans
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Tuesday his intention to immediately expand the number of Gazans who receive work permits to work in Israel, Kan reported.
The announcement was made during a tour of the Gaza...
Shin Bet arrests Hamas operative who entered Israel for medical treatment
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), together with the Israel Police, announced on Thursday that they had arrested a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip at the end of January who entered Israel with a...
Hamas tries to recruit Arab Israelis with family in Gaza, says Shin Bet
Hamas has been recruiting Arab citizens of Israel who have one parent who was born in Gaza or Judea and Samaria for the purpose of terrorist attacks and intelligence-gathering, according to an internal Shin...
Qatar rules out normalizing relations with Israel
Qatar ruled out normalizing relations with Israel during an interview with Axios earlier this week.
According to the report, the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, said his country had previously maintained ties “when there were...
Small Gaza protest points to bigger ramifications for Hamas
A relatively small event—a Jan. 22 protest by the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip in support of another Iranian-proxy, the Houthis—revealed a burgeoning problem for Hamas as the march unleashed a...
Top Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials ‘have left Gaza’ in past year
Eight senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members with prominent public standing have apparently left the Gaza Strip in the past year and not returned, Ynet reported on Thursday.
“They are the top leadership of Hamas and...
Gaza boy, 11, becomes 6,000th child saved by Israeli humanitarian group
Mazen, an 11-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip, this month became the 6,000th child saved by the Israeli humanitarian organization Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), with support from the German foundation Ein Herz für...
Latest Hamas terror infrastructure ‘the most dangerous in recent years’
The large-scale Hamas terror plot uncovered by the Shin Bet intelligence agency and broken up in recent weeks is “the most dangerous tactical-operational infrastructure I recall in recent years,” a senior former Israel Defense...
Bipartisan lawmakers endorse bill to thwart funding Hamas via cryptocurrency
A bill aimed to cut off funding of the Hamas terror group that rules the Gaza Strip was endorsed on Wednesday by the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus.
The Hamas International Financing Prevention Act would create sanctions...