Tag: Gaza Strip
IDF aircraft strikes groups of Gazans launching incendiary balloons towards border
Israeli military aircraft shot two groups of Palestinians who launched incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, announced the Israel Defense Forces.
This comes days after the IDF retaliated, hitting dozens of “terror sites” in...
Hamas arrests, beats seven journalists covering economic protests in Gaza
Seven Palestinian reporters were in Hamas’s custody on Sunday, reported The Times of Israel, citing a source with the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, as they were covering protests over Gaza’s increasingly severe economic hardships and high cost...
Israel orders retaliatory strikes in Gaza after rocket attacks aimed at Tel Aviv
The Israel Defense Forces announced that it ordered retaliatory airstrikes targeting “terror sites” in Gaza hours after two rockets were launched in the direction of Tel Aviv on Thursday night.
“Two rockets were launched from the Gaza...
Rockets on Tel Aviv an escalation that could cost Hamas dearly
Thursday night’s twin rocket attack on greater Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip marks a dramatic escalation of the security situation that could prove to be highly costly for Hamas.
While it remains unclear at...
Israel strikes Hamas naval commando base after rocket fired at Israel
Tensions along the Gaza border escalated on Thursday when Israeli warplanes responded to a mortar shell fired at southern Israel with a strike on a Hamas naval commando base.
“Fighter jets and aircraft struck several...
Report: Qatar plans not renew funds for Gaza’s electricity
The Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammad al-Amadi, told Hamas officials his country would discontinue its almost $10 million in funding towards the territory’s electricity amid a lack of improvement with infrastructure projects,...
The 2019 Intelligence Assessment: The policy implications for Gaza
Military assessment warns of high risk of war with Gaza — The Times of Israel, Feb. 13, 2019
Israeli military report predicts high probability of clashes in Gaza … in 2019 — i24News, Feb. 13, 2019
Chief of Staff: Prepare...
Gaza’s self-inflicted health crisis shows why peace remains a fantasy
Gaza’s health system is on the verge of collapse, Israeli defense officials warned last week. Their report echoed an international aid agency’s findings that Gaza hospitals are severely short of doctors, especially specialists, and...
Sick kids from Gaza are being abandoned at Erez crossing
The Israel Defense Forces’ Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit revealed a disconcerting phenomenon: Sick children from the Gaza Strip who have received medical treatment in Israel are being abandoned at...
Israel reveals: Hamas exploits ill Palestinians for terrorism
Hamas’s military wing has grown more sophisticated in recruiting personnel for its terrorist networks in Judea and Samaria, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed.
In an unusually detailed statement, the agency said on Thursday that...