Tag: Palestinian Islamic Jihad
‘Washington Post’ takes aim at Palestinian Islamic Jihad … and misses
In a May 12, 2023 report, The Washington Post asked: “What is Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the militant group Israel is targeting in Gaza?” But after reading the 1,294-word backgrounder on the terrorist organization, Post readers are likely left with more...
The Gaza Strip and learning to live with insoluble problems
Upon its conclusion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly lauded the Israel Defense Forces for its brilliant work during “Operation Shield and Arrow.” The five-day campaign exacted a heavy toll on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
Netanyahu: Israel has changed the deterrence equation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the southern city of Ashkelon on Monday, where he praised last week’s “Operation Shield and Arrow” against Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip.
“I have come to Ashkelon...
Can Israeli resilience inspire alienated Americans?
Israelis had a rough week. The country was subjected to a barrage of nearly 1,000 rockets and missiles fired at it by Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists. Though for the most part, the Iron Dome air-defense...
IDF kills ‘most senior’ Palestinian Islamic Jihad figure in Gaza Strip
An Israeli airstrike killed Iyad al-Hassani—also spelled Iyad Alhassani—the “most senior” Palestinian Islamic Jihad figure in the Gaza Strip, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, confirmed on Twitter on Friday...
IDF assessment: Iran is pushing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to fire rockets at Israel
Iran has been encouraging the senior leadership of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), whose members are based in Damascus and Beirut, to instruct the terror faction’s Gazan rocket squads to keep firing at Israel, the...
As Gaza’s rockets are fired at Israel, so are media missiles
We know it’s coming. We can write the script in advance. Yet it never fails to sicken and to shock.
This week, Israel was once again forced to take military action to defend itself against...
Israeli killed as Gaza rocket makes direct hit on building in Rehovot
An Israeli man was killed when a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a four-story building in Rehovot, 12 miles south of Tel Aviv, on Thursday evening.
The unidentified man’s body was reportedly found...
Terrorists fire hundreds of rockets at Israel as IDF strikes PIJ assets in Gaza
Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip unleashed several barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday afternoon, breaking a tense day-long calm following the IDF’s targeted killing of three top Palestinian Islamic Jihad members on...
Netanyahu meets with Lapid to discuss Gaza op
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday morning with opposition leader Yair Lapid to update him on the goals and details of “Operation Shield and Arrow.”
Netanyahu’s Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Avi Gil also...