IDF officials uncovered an attack tunnel on Monday that opened into Israeli territory near the Israeli community Kibbutz Nir Oz. A similar tunnel was used in the 2006 attack in which Palestinians killed two Israeli soldiers and kidnapped a third Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. Another attack through a tunnel could be...

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Warming ties between Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked government and the Iran-backed terror group Hamas are causing analysts to express concerns over Cairo’s future role in the region. This week Egypt dispatched to Gaza its sports minister, Al-Ameri Farouk, at the head of a 70-strong delegation. Palestinian media outlets carried fulsome praise...

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A just-announced unity deal between the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions risks permanently undermining peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, according to Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas has been at odds with Fatah at least since the Iran-backed terror group violently expelled Fatah officials from...

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Representatives from Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas are in Cairo for reconciliation talks, the progress of which has been at best uneven. Resentment and sometimes open fighting has complicated efforts to bring the two groups together since a violent 2007 coup saw Hamas forces expel Fatah from the Gaza Strip....

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A new study shows massive Iranian support has improved the military capabilities of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organizations. According to Tel Aviv-based Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the massive rocket fire from Gaza in November that targeted Israeli civilian population centers was made possible by Iran’s support....

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is expected to mediate talks in Cairo Wednesday between the leaders of Fatah and Hamas to help implement a unity pact signed in 2011. Egypt helped broker the deal aimed at ending the split between Fatah in the West Bank and Iran-backed Hamas, which seized control of...

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The Israeli Security Agency recorded 112 terror attacks committed against Israelis in December, including six roadside bombs, three grenades, 98 firebombs, and two incidents of gunfire. The number is down significantly from the 637 attacks registered in November, and reflects relative quiet in the aftermath of Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense....

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Citing the risk of spillover from the conflict raging in Syria, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to build a security fence along the Israeli-Syrian border. Western analysts have become increasingly concerned about the degree to which Sunni-backed opposition forces have been infiltrated by hard-line Islamist elements, with the...

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The Palestinian faction Fatah staged celebrations marking the 48th anniversary of its founding on Tuesday, with masked men marching on the outskirts of Bethlehem wielding guns, axes, knives and mock rockets. Fatah politically controls the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority, and is locked in a battle for Palestinian prestige...

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Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank flocked on Friday to a Hamas rally in Hebron, the first such rally that Hamas’s rival Fatah faction, which controls the West Bank, had permitted in years. Waving Hamas banners and carrying fake missiles on their shoulders, the demonstrators subsequently marched toward an...

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