Tag: Gaza Strip
Barrage of Gaza rockets continue, with Beersheva hit for first time since 2014
The barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip continued on Thursday, with Beersheva—the largest city in southern Israel—being targeted for the first time since “Operation Protective Edge” in 2014.
The mayor of Beersheva, Ruvik Danilovich,...
House Democrats play a double game on Hamas
Is the United States callously ignoring the needs of a suffering population of refugees? That’s the conceit of a letter signed by 70 Democratic members of the House of Representatives last week that condemned the Trump...
Fire kites sting Negev honey farms just before Rosh Hashanah
When you drive into Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev Region in the northwestern Negev, the fields are burnt and black. The trees are broken, and the smell of acrid smoke stings the eyes and nose.
“It is...
IDF strikes Hamas after soldier hit by Palestinian sniper, using kids as shields
The Israel Defense Forces hit several targets in the Gaza Strip late Wednesday after a Palestinian sniper moderately injured a soldier patrolling near the border.
“In response to the shooting attack aimed at IDF soldiers...
Israeli soldier injured by grenade attack in latest Gaza-border clashes
An Israeli soldier stationed at the Israel-Gaza border was wounded on Friday by Gaza protestors.
“An IDF officer was moderately injured by a grenade that terrorists from Gaza threw at him during violent riots along...
Democratic Socialist who upset NY Rep. Joe Crowley said Israel committed a ‘massacre’ in...
A Democratic Socialist who upset Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) in a primary on Tuesday night had previously said that Israel had committed a “massacre” in the Gaza Strip.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, who soundly defeated Crowley...
Hamas in Gaza fails to ignite similar violence in the West Bank
One of the major objectives of Hamas is to spread violence and instability from its own turf in the Gaza Strip across the State of Israel to the West Bank—a goal that Hamas leaders...
It’s not the ‘occupation,’ it’s the Jews
Look at any news site in the world, and in almost all of them, you’ll find the Gaza Strip reported as a territory “occupied” by Israel.
Here’s the reality: Israel withdrew from Gaza in the...
US, European leaders decry rocket barrage from Gaza
American and European leaders expressed their solidarity with Israel on Tuesday in the face of dozens of rockets and mortars fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip.
Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration’s special envoy...
IDF strikes 35 ‘terror sites’ in Gaza after barrage of rockets
The Israeli Defense Forces struck 35 “terror sites” in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon local time after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas terror groups fired at least 28 mortars at on southern...