Israel is trying both to avoid an escalation with Hamas and to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli diplomatic reporters. While the prime minister didn’t discount the possibility that Hamas might eventually force Israel into an all-out war, he argued...

Israel has blamed a barrage of rockets aimed at Israel from Gaza on Friday night on Hamas and Iran, The Washington Post reported Saturday. “We hold Hamas responsible for everything coming from Gaza,” IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said. “All violence and provocations are Hamas’s responsibility. The humanitarian improvements...

The IDF’s outgoing Gaza Division commander said that the level of violence on the border between Israel and Gaza is controlled by Hamas, the terrorist group that exercises complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs made his remarks...

Israel’s defense minister has allowed Qatari-bought fuel shipments to Gaza to resume, after canceling them a week ago when a rocket launched from Gaza struck and severely damaged a house in Beersheba, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. “In accordance with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s decision from Sunday and in...

A Hamas official wrote that the inability of his organization and Fatah, the main political organization in the West Bank, to work together has made the Palestinians “beggars,” The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Ahmed Yousef, who had previously been a senior adviser to Hamas leader Ismaiel Haniyeh, wrote his critique on the...

At a conference to promote business ventures between Israelis and Palestinians, David Friedman, the United States Ambassador to Israel said that he promised to speak with Israeli officials to help Palestinian businessman, if “any obstacles” impeded their progress, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The closed-door meeting was sponsored by...