Tag: Hamas
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...
Strategic Affairs Ministry leads tour of beleaguered Gaza-area region
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs led a group of more than 30 pro-Israel social-media professionals on Tuesday on a guided tour in English of the Israel-Gaza border region.
The goal was to showcase the vast...
In first Gaza-border fatality since 2014, Israeli soldier shot and killed by Hamas
Givati Brigade Staff Sgt. Aviv Levi, 21, from Petach Tikvah, was killed on Friday by a Hamas sniper during a clash on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, the military said on Saturday.
Levi was wearing a...
Hamas refuses to work with Greenblatt, Kushner, calling them ‘spokesmen for the Israeli occupation’
Hamas has rejected working with the United States on fostering peace between Gaza and Israel on Friday, despite U.S. agreements to work with the organization if it renounces terrorism.
U.S. Middle East envoys Jared Kushner...
A failure at state-building, Hamas sticks to military build-up in Gaza
Tensions between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip remain high, following a period when Gazan terror factions fired large numbers of projectiles at southern Israeli regions, drawing return Israeli airstrikes. Mass arson attacks...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade unit head, teenage son killed in ‘mysterious explosion’
A mysterious explosion has killed the head of an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade missile unit, according to reports by the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
The blast rocked central Gaza on Sunday morning, killing Ahmad Husan, head...
Israel calls for a return to normal life after 200-rocket barrage from Hamas in...
Israeli authorities removed restrictions on Gaza-area communities on Sunday morning, allowing Israeli citizens to gather in public, stray farther than sprinting distance from bomb shelters and work their agricultural fields, due to a ceasefire...
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...
Netanyahu: Hamas would be wise to defuse tensions, not provoke escalation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, bereaved families and other dignitaries on Tuesday attended the state memorial service honoring soldiers who were killed in Operation...
UN General Assembly condemns terrorists’ use of citizens as ‘human shields’
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday voted to condemn the use of civilians as human shields by terror groups as part of its update of its counter-terrorism strategy.
The resolution was specifically aimed as Hamas,...