Israel’s New PM Facing Security Challenges
The people of Israel faced political uncertainty Friday after Yair Lapid became the nation’s interim prime minister with significant security challenges on his plate.
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Hamas restoring ties with Syria ‘source of concern’ for Israel
Reports that appeared in recent days stating that Hamas and Syria have re-established relations after a decade of rupture between them represent a source of concern for Israel, a senior terrorism research has said.
Hamas, Hezbollah wary of Israeli-Arab security cooperation
Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups have been holding meetings in Lebanon over the past few days to discuss the “dangers” of the impending emergence of a security alliance between Israel and some Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia.
Officials unveil ‘Israeli Guard’ riot police unit to handle internal unrest
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and top law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced the formation of a national guard police unit that would be activated in emergencies, citing lessons learned from ethnic unrest amid a war last year.
Hamas, Syria to restore ties after 10-year dispute
Hamas – the Palestinian Islamist ruling group of the Gaza Strip – will restore ties with Syria after a decade-long dispute over President Bashar al-Assad’s crackdown on a revolt against his rule.
World Vision employee found guilty of diverting funds to Hamas
A southern Israeli court on Wednesday convicted an employee of the World Vision Christian charity on charges of diverting millions of dollars in donor funding to the Hamas terrorist organization which controls the Gaza Strip, CBN News reports.
50,000 participate in Jerusalem flag march, record number of Jews ascend Temple Mount
An estimated 50,000 Israelis took to the streets on Sunday and participated in the Jerusalem Day flag march, an event celebrating the reunification of Israel’s capital city in 1967.
We march where we want: Jerusalem Day parade to go ahead through Muslim Quarter
Israeli leaders vowed Friday that they would not be intimidated by threats of violence from Palestinian terror groups over Sunday’s contentious Jerusalem Day Flag March, which will go ahead as planned through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter as in the past.
Judge rules against Jews who prayed at Temple Mount, accepting state’s appeal
The Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday ruled against four Jewish teens who prayed on the Temple Mount, reversing a lower court decision, which Palestinians and Jordan claimed had legitimized the violation of the status quo at the flashpoint site.
U.S. sanctions Hamas official and financial network, Treasury Dept. says
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Hamas finance official and a network of financial facilitators and companies that have generated revenue for the Palestinian militant group, the Treasury Department said.
Hamas claims Ariel terror shooting, says more to come
Hamas on Monday claimed responsibility for the terror attack outside the West Bank settlement of Ariel over the weekend and vowed that more attacks are to come.
Sinwar threatens ‘war’ over Israel Police activity on the Temple Mount
The leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, said on Saturday that a war would erupt unless Israel ceased enforcing the law at the Al Aqsa mosque, and accused Knesset member Mansour Abbas of treachery for joining Israel’s coalition government.
IDF twice hits Hamas sites in Gaza overnight in response to pair of rocket launches
Gaza terror groups fired two rounds of rockets at southern Israel late Wednesday and early Thursday, with each drawing a separate IDF response in what amounted to the largest exchange of fire since last May’s 11-day war.
PA’s Abbas ‘outraged’ as Hamas takes center stage in mediation efforts
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is enraged because Egypt, Qatar and other parties chose to hold direct contacts on ways of preventing further escalation with Israel in the aftermath of the recent tensions in Jerusalem and the West Bank, a senior official with the ruling Fatah faction said.
Israel Shooting Down Palestinian Rocket As Tensions Mount
Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, targeting a “weapons manufacturing site” for Hamas, the Israeli military said.
Israel Downs Gaza Rocket, Admonishes Jordan as Jerusalem Tensions Simmer
Israel shot down a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Israeli military said, the first such attack in months as tensions in Jerusalem drew angry pro-Palestinian rhetoric from Jordan and US mediation efforts.
Hamas calls for escalation against Israel
Leaders of the Hamas terror group which rules Gaza called for an escalation against Israel Wednesday, after Israeli counter-terrorism agents made arrests in the West Bank town of Silwad and after a Jewish extremist group called for sacrifices to be made on the flashpoint Temple Mount during the month of Ramadan, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.
IDF Thwarts Large-Scale Pre-Pesach Terror Attack
IDF forces surrounded a house in the village of Silwad, near Ramallah on Wednesday evening, after receiving credible information of an imminent terror attack that was going to launched before Passover.
Hamas threatens violence if Jews offer Passover sacrifice on Temple Mount
Hamas and other Gaza terror groups threatened violence if a Jewish group follows through with plans to offer sacrifices on the Temple Mount on Friday, the eve of Passover.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad call to increase attacks in West Bank, Jerusalem
In Beirut, Lebanon, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PJI) and Hamas officials met to discuss how the groups should engage and increase their actions against Israel.