Tag: Hamas
Netanyahu: Israeli held by Hamas in Gaza is alive
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Hamas captive Avera Mengistu is alive, a day after the Palestinian terrorist group released a video purportedly of him.
“Israel has not stopped efforts to return...
Hamas leader warns Israel window to negotiate prisoner release closing
The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip said on Wednesday that the window for Israel to negotiate a prisoner deal was closing, and that without one “another way will be found.”
During a Hamas...
UN envoy to Hamas: ‘You have the right to fight Israel’
Italian lawyer Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ special rapporteur for the Palestinians, spoke at a Hamas-organized conference in Gaza on Monday.
She plans to continue on to Israel, which is considering refusing her entry.
Senior members...
UNRWA condemns ‘man-made cavity’ found under Gaza school
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency on Wednesday condemned the presence of a “man-made cavity” found beneath a school in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The agency said in a statement that after “recently” identifying...
First Sderot rocket victim to become IDF officer
Shila Naamat was 20 months old when a Palestinian rocket struck his home in March 2002. Back then, there wasn’t a bomb shelter on every block or an Iron Dome air defense system.
Naamat was...
Three Israelis charged with helping Hamas plot attacks
Three Israeli citizens from the North were charged on Thursday with a range of severe security offenses, including spying for Hamas and gathering information on Israel’s Cellcom cellular network.
The prosecution’s Cyber Division charged the...
Hamas leaders ‘turn the page’ in meeting with Assad in Damascus
A Hamas delegation met with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday in Damascus, in the latest bid by the Gaza-based Palestinian terrorist group to “turn the page” with the dictator, according to Reuters.
“We consider it...
Hamas ‘sending Palestinian students to Malaysia for cyber warfare training’
Hamas is sending Palestinian students to Malaysia for cyber-warfare training and operations, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
According to the Kan News report, Hamas recruited tens of Palestinian youths for training in Malaysia in recent years, with some remaining...
‘Hamas must choose between violence and rebuilding Gaza’
Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, will not be permitted to continue to pursue a double policy of both rebuilding the Strip and orchestrating terrorism in Judea and Samaria, Israel Security Agency (Shin...
Manhunt underway after Israel teen was injured by gunfire in Karmel
A shelter-in-place order has been issued in the town of Karmel, south of Hebron Thursday night as a manhunt is underway for a suspected terrorist who shot and wounded an Israeli teen.
According to the Jerusalem...