Israeli media is reporting the arrest of Hussam Kawasme, the leader of a Hamas cell in the West Bank responsible for the kidnapping and murder last month of teenagers Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Fraenkel, and Gil-Ad Shaer. According to The Jerusalem Post: Hussam confessed not only that he gave the orders, but also that he collected weapons...

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Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip late Monday officially accepted a three-day Egypt-sponsored truce, effective 8 a.m. local time Tuesday and designed as a first step in ending roughly a month’s worth of fighting in the Gaza Strip. The proposal is almost identical to one that Israel accepted weeks...

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Today was the twenty-seventh day of Operation Protective Edge and the sixteenth day of ground operations in Gaza. More proof that the IDF is seriously good at social media — and that they are fighting an evil, despicable enemy. pic.twitter.com/BhkPhMCPrw — Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) August 4, 2014 At a time...

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Israel started redeploying troops out of sections of Gaza over the weekend as it began considering the next stage of Operation Protective Edge. Palestinian civilians confirmed seeing soldiers leaving their cities. Israel has not entirely left the Palestinian coastal enclave with forces positioned up to half a mile inside Gaza...

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Today was the twenty-sixth day of Operation Protective Edge and the fifteenth day of ground operations in Gaza. From left: Hadar Goldin's father, mother, sister, fiancée, twin brother, just hours ago, before he was declared dead. pic.twitter.com/12XcvSULIM — Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) August 2, 2014 The Goldin family was informed late...

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Today was the twenty-fifth day of Operation Protective Edge and the fourteenth day of ground operations in Gaza. Five soldiers were killed yesterday in a mortar attack. Daniel Marash, 22 Omri Tal, 22 Shay Kushnir, 20 Noam Rosenthal,20 Liran Adir,31 Z’L Caídos ayer por Israel y por nosotros Mis hijos — Spain for Israel (@spain4israel) August...

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On Wednesday, ABC’s Terry Moran was embedded with an IDF armored unit going into Gaza to investigate a recently discovered terror tunnel. In the course of the brief excursion into Gaza, Moran saw firsthand the care Israel takes to avoid collateral damage. Moran reported that one of the tanks “spotted what...

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Speaking on CNN this morning, White House spokesman Josh Earnest called the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, identified as Hadar Goldin, a “barbaric violation” of the 72-hour ceasefire that Israel and Hamas had agreed to. “That would be a rather barbaric violation of the ceasefire agreement,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest...

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Hamas launched a major attack on IDF forces shortly after the American-sponsored 72-hour ceasefire took effect this morning, attacking an Israel position and reportedly kidnapping a soldier. Two additional soldiers were killed. The New York Times reports that as Israeli troops were preparing to destroy a terror tunnel, an activity allowed for...

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The twentieth day of Operation Protective Edge and the ninth day of ground operations have concluded. DAILY RECAP: Day 20 of Operation Protective Edge. Since the start of the operation,we have struck 3865 terror targets pic.twitter.com/eSqaeIwnIH — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 28, 2014 Today The Tower covered the recent anti-Israel protests...

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