Tag: Gaza Strip
IDF hits multiple Hamas targets in response to overnight rocket barrage
Israeli fighter jets and helicopters carried out two waves of strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, after terrorists in the coastal enclave fired 15 rockets into Israeli territory overnight...
IDF arrests armed infiltrator from Gaza, thwarting terror attack
Israeli forces on Wednesday night arrested an armed infiltrator that had crossed into Israel from the southern Gaza Strip, the military said in a statement.
“Soldiers dispatched to the scene after IDF spotters identified a...
Gaza lockdown extended by 72 hours amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Hamas on Thursday extended the lockdown in the Gaza Strip for an additional three days, after two deaths and 26 new COVID-19 cases were recorded outside border quarantine facilities.
Earlier this week, a Hamas spokesman confirmed four...
IDF continues retaliatory strikes on Hamas as Gaza enters COVID-19 lockdown
The Israeli Defense Forces struck Hamas installations in Gaza, following another day of cross-border arson attacks from the Hamas-ruled enclave, the IDF said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the statement, IDF jets and...
15 years after disengagement from Gaza, area still mired by violence
Israel will mark 15 years since the 2005 Gaza Disengagement—former Prime Minister’s Ariel Sharon’s operation to evict all 8,000 or so Israelis from the Gazan Jewish communities of Gush Katif, along with those in...
Israel closes major Gaza crossing amid rising tensions with Hamas
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday ordered operations at the Kerem Shalom crossing, through which goods enter the Gaza Strip, to be temporarily closed down.
The move followed a recent rise in tensions in...
The quiet race between the Israel Navy and Gaza’s armed terror factions
As it conducts its mission to defend southern Israeli communities and vital strategic sites, the Israel Navy is also engaged in a quiet arms race with Israel’s adversaries in the Gaza Strip—namely, Hamas and...
Report: Hamas fires rockets into the sea in warning to Israel
The Hamas terror group fired at least four rockets into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday in a show of force amid an uptick in violence along the Gaza-Israel border in recent days.
The launch, which...
Report: Hamas refused $15 billion in US aid over demand that it disarm, says...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Monday that the terror organization had turned down a large U.S. aid package because it would have been required to disarm to receive the funds.
Speaking with a Qatari...
Report: Israel conveys prisoner-swap offer to Hamas
Israel recently presented Hamas with a proposal for a prisoner swap and is waiting for a response, Ynet reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, the proposed deal (the details of which have not been released) was...