Tag: Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Shin Bet chief meets Egyptian spymaster amid row over Israeli raid
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Ronen Bar traveled to Egypt on Sunday amid an apparent row with Cairo over an Israeli counter-terrorism raid in Judea and Samaria that came less than 48 hours...
PA security forces arrest two Islamic Jihad recruits in possession of 17 kg of...
Palestinian Authority security forces last week arrested two Nablus residents who had been recruited by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and were in posession of 17 kilograms of explosives, Channel 2 reported Tuesday night.
The report said that while...
Islamic Jihad receives tens of millions of dollars a year from Iran, says Israeli...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday accused Iran of providing tens of millions of dollars a year to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Cypriot Defense Minister...
What Iranian officials told the Palestinian Islamic Jihad chief in Tehran
Even before Israel’s “Operation Breaking Dawn” in Gaza was launched on Aug. 5, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhalah was in Tehran to meet with top regime officials and military commanders.
Nakhalah traveled to Iran...
UN officials visit jailed Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader, warn ceasefire still ‘fragile’
A team of United Nations officials on Wednesday visited jailed Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Bassam al-Sa’adi, who was arrested by Israeli forces on Aug. 1 prior to the outbreak of the conflict against the...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad calls for ‘military uprising’ to avenge Nablus terrorist’s death
Palestinian terrorist factions on Tuesday threatened to renew hostilities against Israel in response to Israeli forces killing Palestinian terror cell leader Ibrahim Nabulsi in Nablus earlier in the day.
“The Zionist occupation continues its crimes against the...
Egyptian envoy lambasts Israel at UN Security Council following brokering successful ceasefire
Shortly after Cairo helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an Egyptian diplomat let loose a barrage on Israel on the international stage.
At Monday afternoon’s emergency session at the U.N. Security...
Roads around Gaza closed for second day amid fears of Islamic Jihad reprisals
Roads in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip remained closed on Wednesday for a second day amid fears of reprisal attacks following the arrest of a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad figure in Jenin on Monday.
Local media...
Gaza terrorists prepare tunnels for ‘battles to come,’ says report
Palestinian terrorists in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip are building tunnels as it prepares for the next war with Israel, according to a report.
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad official told AFP that the movement has defensive and offensive...
IAF strikes Hamas weapons site in Gaza post-rocket attack
The Israeli Air Force struck a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in a pre-dawn sortie, following a Gazan rocket attack on southern Israel on Monday evening.
In a statement, the Israel Defense...