Tag: Rockets
Israel seals Erez Crossing ‘until further notice’ following rocket attacks
Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories announced on Saturday the closure of the Erez Border Crossing between Israel and Gaza, following the launch of two rockets at Israel by Gazan terrorists on...
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...
Iron Dome battery intercepts rocket launched from Gaza over Israel’s south
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel on Monday night, triggering warning sirens in Israeli communities across the border. The Israel Defense Forces said an Iron Dome air-defense battery successfully intercepted...
Bennett says Israel will build ‘laser wall’ defensive system within a year
The Israel Defense Forces will launch its first laser interception system “in about a year,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies on Tuesday, adding that...
Iran lauds Hezbollah, Hamas attacks on ‘Zionist enemy’
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRCG) praised the head of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah on Saturday for its might in the face of the “Zionist enemy.”
“While the strength of Hezbollah...
Hamas’s goals, strategy and miscalculations
The conflict between Hamas and Israel last month was provoked by the terror group to achieve a series of political goals, on the domestic front, in the regional theater, in the international domain and...
Hamas leader: ‘God has decreed we must attack Tel Aviv’
Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, told a group of students and academics in Gaza on Saturday that the terrorist organization has the capability to demolish Tel Aviv and that Israel had only destroyed...
‘Israel destroyed 62 miles of Hamas tunnels and killed 25 top operatives’
In the 11 days of “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” the Israel Defense Forces destroyed some 62 miles of Hamas’s tunnel network in the Gaza Strip, according to IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman.
Speaking...
In special meeting on conflict, Erdan slams UN for its incessant focus on Israel
Hours before Israel announced a ceasefire between itself and the Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas on Thursday, Israeli Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan said that member states condemning Israel...
Hamas-Israel ceasefire expected to take effect on Friday, IDF ratchets up military successes
As multiple media reports of a ceasefire taking effect on Friday surfaced on Thursday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad continued to fire on southern Israeli cities, towns and villages throughout the day, while the...