Tag: Gaza Strip
Lieberman’s sudden resignation exposes deep rift over Gaza strategy
For several weeks, outgoing Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman had made his dissatisfaction with Israel’s approach to Hamas in Gaza public—very public.
Assuming the position of the internal dissenter, Lieberman made it clear that his call...
‘I wish I could reveal’ actions to combat Gaza terror, PM says amid criticism
“Sometimes being a leader means fielding criticism when you know classified and sensitive things,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday amid political upheaval following the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
Netanyahu was speaking at an...
Is the situation with Gaza ‘the problem from hell?’
Avigdor Lieberman announced that he was stepping down as defense minister on Wednesday in protest of what he called the government’s “capitulation to terror.” His decision came after the security cabinet decided to pursue...
One man killed, two women injured after Hamas rocket hits Ashkelon apartments
A man was killed and two women were seriously injured when a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck an apartment building in Ashkelon in southern Israel by the Mediterranean.
United Hatzalah volunteer EMS teams...
Hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza at southern Israel amid renewed tensions
Hundreds of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel on Monday amid renewed tensions following the death of an Israeli special-forces soldier earlier in the day.
According to the Israeli Defense...
New Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader ‘will seek to satisfy Iran’
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the second-largest armed terrorist faction in the Gaza Strip, announced at the end of last month that it had a new leader.
Ziad al-Nakhleh, formerly the deputy secretary-general of the Iranian-backed Palestinian...
Developing northern Sinai – A new diplomatic paradigm
The withdrawal of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from the peace process, his actions against the Hamas leadership, the worsening of the economic situation in Gaza to the point of a humanitarian crisis, the escalation...
Israel has reached decision time on Gaza
Events in Gaza are moving quickly, and Israel has now reached a critical fork in the road with two main paths: a significant military escalation, which has the potential to gain momentum and turn...
Netanyahu responds to Beersheva attack: ‘Israel will take very strong action’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “strong action” in response to a rocket attack from Gaza on Wednesday which smashed a home in Beersheva, Israel’s third-largest city.
“I have just finished an assessment with the heads of...
Prior to Rosh Hashanah, families of two Israelis held captive in Gaza appeal for...
Outside the walls of the Old City, the families of two mentally ill Israeli citizens currently being held prisoner by Hamas in Gaza pleaded for their return. That was the message of a Sept....