Israel destroys two Hamas tunnels: one in Gaza, one infiltrating Israel
The IDF destroyed two Hamas tunnels late Saturday night, including one that crossed into Israeli territory, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced.
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IDF retaliates following explosion on northern Gaza border
Two explosive devices were detonated near the border fence along the northern Gaza Strip early Thursday morning. There were no casualties as the explosion was not near IDF soldiers. In retaliation, the IDF attacked five Hamas positions using tanks, and fired airstrikes at a sixth position.
Palestinian PM survives assassination attempt as convoy bombed during Gaza visit
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah survived an apparent assassination attempt when a bomb went off next to his convoy as he visited the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding several people, officials and Palestinian media reported.
Gaza on the brink of explosion, Hamas warns
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh warned Monday that the Gaza Strip was on the brink of an ‘explosion’ because of the continued Palestinian power struggle between his group and the Palestinian Authority.
U.N.: Hamas could lose control of Gaza to ‘radicals’
‘Radical groups,’ among them Islamic Jihad, could wrest control of Gaza from Hamas, thereby opening the door for outside forces to control the Strip, UN Special Coordinator to the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov warned in Jerusalem on Thursday.
Abbas refuses reconciliation until Hamas cedes control of Gaza — PA ex-minister
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has vowed not to lift the sanctions he imposed on the Gaza Strip last year and until Hamas completely cedes control over the coastal enclave, including over its weapons, a former PA minister revealed on Thursday.
Hamas ready to respond to ‘any Zionist aggression’ after Israeli-Syrian tensions escalate
Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced on Saturday evening that it is prepared to respond to ‘any Zionist aggression’ in light of the escalated tensions between Israel and Syria. The spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades to Twitter to relay the message, according to Hamas’s English website.
With high-tech warships, Navy readies to guard gas fields from Hezbollah, Hamas
The Israeli Navy is charged with defending the country’s territorial waters, an area that is twice as large as the state itself and is becoming increasingly crowded with highly lucrative natural gas fields and shipping lanes, and it needs help.
IDF strikes Hamas infrastructure in Gaza after rocket fired at Israel
The IDF struck a Hamas observation post in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday night in response to rocket fire into Israel, the IDF said.
US classifies Hamas chief Haniyeh as specially designated global terrorist
The United States government has become the first country outside of Israel to categorize Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Ambassador Nathan A. Sales, the State Department coordinator for counterterrorism, told The Jerusalem Post.
Hamas founder dies after ‘accidentally’ shooting himself
A senior member of the Hamas terrorist organization has died, a Hamas spokesman said Tuesday, three weeks after he suffered what the terror organization claimed was an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head.
Rivlin: Gaza about to collapse, epidemics on horizon
The Gaza Strip is headed for a humanitarian breakdown, and Israel is the only country providing its residents with basic essentials, President Reuven Rivlin said on Sunday after touring the area around the coastal enclave.
IDF destroys Hamas attack tunnel that penetrated Israel and Egypt
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday said it had destroyed a border-crossing Hamas attack tunnel, the third in recent months, that penetrated hundreds of meters into both Israeli and Egyptian territory from the Gaza Strip, in an airstrike in southern Gaza on Saturday night.
PA security forces expose Hamas’ top terror architects in West Bank
The Palestinian Authority’s security forces revealed on Wednesday the identities of senior Hamas operatives behind efforts to rehabilitate the group’s terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria, chief among them Maher Obeid, the organization’s newly appointed military commander in the West Bank.
Norway, EU call meeting in bid to ‘speed up’ efforts for 2-state solution
Norway and the European Union said Wednesday they would convene an ‘extraordinary session’ of donor countries to the Palestinians, saying efforts to reach a peace deal needed to be hurried up.
Report: Hamas agrees to give PA control of its weapons
Hamas officials have informed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Hamas will agree to relinquish control of its weapons if it is allowed to join the Palestine Liberation Organization, the London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported on Friday.
Islamic State Affiliate in Sinai Declares War on Hamas in Bloody Execution Video
The Islamic State affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has called for attacks on the Palestinian terror group Hamas in a gruesome execution video posted online.
Multiple rocket attacks within hours raise risk of Gaza flare up
Multiple mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel on Wednesday afternoon, causing no damage or injuries.
Air force hits Hamas camp in Gaza after rocket fire
The Israeli Air Force hit a Hamas camp in the southern Gaza Strip early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired at Israel hours before, the army said.
Hamas calls US ambassador ‘racist,’ says all ties should be cut with DC
The Palestinians should cut all ties with the United States because of ‘racist’ and ‘ignorant’ comments US Ambassador David Friedman made to The Jerusalem Post last week, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said on Saturday.