Israeli security forces have arrested a five-member Hamas terrorist cell in the West Bank the Shin Bet revealed Monday, as the agency warned that the Gaza-based terrorist group was increasingly trying to carry out attacks in the West Bank and Israel. “Recently, there’s been a marked increase in motivation by...

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Israeli planes and tanks struck two Hamas facilities in the northern Gaza Strip following the firing of three rockets into Israel on Friday. Israel’s Iron Dome intercepted two of the rockets, but a third fell and damaged a building in Israel’s Shaar Hanegev region, on the border with with Gaza, The...

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani pledged all of Iran’s “capabilities and potential” to the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas, the group’s leader said on a pro-Iranian television station, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar: Qods Force Commander Qassem Soleimani Contacted Us and...

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The Israeli army bombed Hamas targets in Gaza in response to missile fire Sunday night. Three missiles were fired from Gaza towards Israel. One exploded in the Ashkelon beach area, damaging the external wall of a house and a family car. A second exploded in open area, causing no damage or...

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The control Hamas exercises over the Gaza Strip was evidenced as Israel once again destroyed a terror tunnel that extended from the Hamas-ruled territory into Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The IDF reported that it tracked progress of the tunnel even before it extended into Israeli territory utilizing “unique...

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Despite a reconciliation agreement with Fatah, the main Palestinian faction, Hamas, the terror group that controls Gaza, still refuses to disarm and has threatened to send its arms into the West Bank to build a terrorist infrastructure there, the Associated Press reported Monday. As part of the reconciliation agreement between...

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The Taylor Force Act and two other anti-terror measures passed the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. All three measures will move to the full chamber, where they will be voted on by all members of the House, The Times of Israel reported. The Taylor Force Act is named for the United States...

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As concerns grow that the Iranian-backed terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) could strike from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that his country would hold Hamas, which rules Gaza, “responsible” for any attack that targets Israel. The prime minister’s warning underscored the complete military and...

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The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) police commander questioned how the PA could provide security to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, when the terrorist organization has “all these rockets and guns,” the Associated Press reported Wednesday, calling the issue the “most significant sticking point” of Palestinian reconciliation talks. Speaking about the reconciliation talks...

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Hamas and Fatah are involved in a major dispute over security control in the Gaza Strip, only one week after the Palestinian Authority (PA) assumed control over the Gaza border crossings from Hamas as part of their broader reconciliation agreement. PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah called for the factions to...

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