The United Nations Security Council must “condemn Hamas” and designate it as a terrorist organization, “with consequences for anyone who continues to support it,” United States ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told the council on Tuesday. Haley noted that UN officials recently discovered a terror tunnel beneath two UN schools in Gaza. She...

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on Friday took credit for the killing of Israeli policewoman Hadas Malka in Jerusalem earlier that day, the Long War Journal reported. Hamas official Izzat Risheq wrote on Twitter that Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) had dispatched the three...

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Israel on Monday reduced the amount of electricity it is providing to the Gaza Strip, in compliance with a request from the Palestinian Authority, The Times of Israel reported. The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority (PENRA) announced that Israel would reduce the amount of power it provides to the...

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Iran’s Road to Damascus It was reported earlier this week that Iran is on its way to securing a land bridge to the Mediterranean. Iran-backed forces in Iraq approached the border with Syria at the end of last month. Last Friday, Iran-backed forces and forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad reached the Syrian...

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Gaza’s sole power plant shut down on Sunday for lack of funds, leaving the nearly 2 million residents of the Strip with only four hours of electricity per day. The manufactured crisis is just another example of how “Hamas remains the same cynical organization that exploits the distress of Gaza’s...

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Israel’s prime minister reassured the public on Tuesday that Israel is not looking for a military confrontation over Gaza, despite the ongoing dispute over the supply of energy to the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to clarify Israel’s position two days after the Security Cabinet took the decision...

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The secretary-general of the Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirates accused the Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas on Monday of provoking Israeli forces by firing rockets from a field hospital during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, a war crime under international law, Ynet reported. According to Secretary-General Mohamed Ateeq...

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“Hamas for Israel is like ISIS for the Western world,” the former head of Israel’s Southern Command said on Monday, 10 years since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip. Yoav Galant, the commander of Israel’s Southern Command from 2005 to 2010, is currently a member of Knesset with the Kulanu party and...

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A terror tunnel was discovered under two United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools, prompting Israel to file a letter of protest with the United Nations on Friday. Following discovery of two Hamas #terror tunnels built under @UNRWA elementary schools in #Gaza, Israel submits letter of protest to #UNSC....

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Israel’s security cabinet voted unanimously on Sunday to agree to a request from the Palestinian Authority chairman to reduce the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip. The request from PA President Mahmoud Abbas is part of escalating tensions between his Fatah faction and Hamas, which runs Gaza. Hamas continues...

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