Tag: Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Security Council to discuss Israel-Gaza flare-up
The U.N. Security Council was set to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the situation in Gaza as widely expected Palestinian rocket fire failed to materialize.
Terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip...
Gallant hints at prolonged conflict with Gaza terrorists
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hailed on Tuesday the killing of three Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip and warned of a possible protracted campaign.
“Overnight, the IDF and ISA conducted a...
‘Operation Shield and Arrow’ seeks to re-establish Israeli deterrence
The Israeli Air Force surprised Palestinian Islamic Jihad early on Tuesday with a series of strikes and targeted assassinations in the Gaza Strip.
The move represents an effort by Israel to reestablish deterrence after PIJ...
Otzma Yehudit drops boycott of Knesset votes
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit Party announced on Tuesday an end to its boycott of Knesset votes following the targeted killing of three top Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
“Following...
Biden’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy regarding terror
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has announced that it was responsible for two recent attempts to murder Israeli Jews, including one in which an American citizen was severely wounded.
Does it...
‘PIJ is firing rockets at Israel with Hamas’s approval’
Israel’s deterrence is eroding, and Hamas is allowing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to fire rockets from Gaza as part of a “controlled escalation,” a former Israeli defense official has warned. In the past three weeks, Gazan...
Palestinian envoy to UK refuses to condemn terrorist killing of seven Israelis
The PLO’s envoy to the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot, refused to condemn the attack that killed seven Israelis on Shabbat, and described Islamic Jihad terrorists as “refugees” who were “ethnically cleansed.”
In an interview on Sky News, host...
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...
Actress Gal Gadot visits children in Gaza border town
Israeli actress Gal Gadot paid a visit to the southern Israeli town of Netiv HaAsara on Wednesday, surprising a group of youngsters there.
Netiv HaAsara is one of the closest Israeli towns to the border...
Israel indicts leader of Islamic Jihad, whose capture sparked Gaza violence
Israel indicted a senior commander of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Thursday, whose detention earlier this month sparked a brief conflict in the Gaza Strip earlier this month and whose detention is...