Tag: Hamas
Israel’s security cabinet orders IDF to continue airstrikes on Hamas in Gaza
After an emergency meeting late Thursday, Israel’s security cabinet ordered the IDF to “continue taking strong action against the terrorist elements,” said the Prime Minister’s Office.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor...
Hamas is taking the region to the brink of war
The security escalation in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours shows that Hamas is prepared to take the region to the brink of war, and that it believes it...
Annual hot-air balloon festival in Negev cancelled due to Gaza rocket fire
A yearly hot-air balloon festival scheduled to take place in the Besor National Park in the Negev Desert was cancelled on Thursday, following a barrage of rockets into Israel from Gaza overnight on Wednesday.
The...
Hamas launches almost 200 rockets into Israel, thousands of Israelis run for cover
Some 180 rockets were lobbed at Israel from Wednesday night through Thursday, obliterating discussion of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Residents of the coastal city of Ashkelon also scrambled to bomb shelters—a...
Hamas-Israel truce would be like a ‘painkiller, not an anti-biotic,’ say observers
Intensive efforts are underway to reach a long-term, comprehensive truce arrangement between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Former members of the Israeli defense establishment, however, have expressed skepticism about the feasibility of...
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...