Hamas claimed credit for some of the scores of rockets fired towards Israeli civilians over the last week and weekend. A series of barrages over the weekend saw 20 rockets hitting Israel on Sunday night and early Monday. Schools were canceled and over one million Israeli residents, including around 40,000...

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Hamas-led terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired at least 72 rockets and mortars at Israeli civilians overnight. The escalation comes on the heels of a state visit by Qatar’s ruler Emir Hamad bin Khalifa A-Thani, which was hailed as a diplomatic victory by Hamas and condemned by the Fatah-led Palestinian...

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The Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority is condemning the Gaza visit of Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa A-Thani. The much-publicized trip is a diplomatic victory for the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist organization, which has controlled the territory since 2007, when Hamas violently ousted the Palestinian Authority in a bloody coup. Qatari rulers have...

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A bomb attack on the border between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip critically wounded an Israeli officer overnight, increasing tensions after weeks of escalating rocket and mortar barrages which have targeted Israeli civilians. The cross-border attack comes as disturbing parallels emerge between Hamas’s current campaign and its provocation of...

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Palestinian local elections in the West Bank are slated to take place this weekend after several rounds of delays. The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hamas is boycotting the polls, ensuring that the currently ruling Fatah party will dominate the results. Moreover, turnout is expected to be lower than in past Palestinian...

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Reacting to the recent escalation in rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip, which included several salvos over the weekend, the Israeli Defense Forces have ordered all Israelis in rocket range to remain within 15 seconds of bomb shelters. The rocket fire comes from a mix of Al Qaeda-linked...

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor harshly criticized the U.N. yesterday over the Security Council’s failure to condemn Hamas’s escalating rocket fire campaign. The decision contrasted with the UNSC’s prompt condemnation of the Syrian rockets that recently struck Turkey. Prosor’s criticism echoes similar comments made by the ambassador last February, when...

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Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad extended an escalation in rocket and missile fire that began on Monday and included barrages on Wednesday and Thursday, firing rockets at the western Negev and at the Israeli cities of Sderot and Netivot. The IAF responded by striking terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza...

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A Swedish ship carrying anti-Israel activists set sail from Italy on Saturday, in the latest attempt by the Free Gaza movement to breach Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. A comprehensive United Nations investigative committee concluded in 2011 that Israel’s blockade is legal under international law and that Israel...

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The security situation in southern Israel deteriorated rapidly overnight, beginning with a Palestinian terror attempt that was blocked by the IDF. The IAF targeted Gaza-based terrorists Tala’at Halil Muhammad Jarbi and Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Maqawai, both of whom had extensive history and involvement in terror activity and at least one of...

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