A Palestinian terrorist with multiple murder convictions has been elected as Hamas’ new political leader in the Gaza Strip, an official for the Islamist group confirmed on Monday. Yehya Sinwar, in his mid 50s, is known as an influential and unpredictable hardliner who rejects any reconciliation with Israel. He helped...

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Qatar’s representative in Gaza said last week that he had “excellent” relations with a number of Israeli officials, and also indicated that the Palestinian Authority was standing in the way of solutions to the power shortages and other problems in the Hamas-run coastal enclave. “I am in contact with senior Israeli...

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Dozens of Hamas’ top fighters have defected to the Islamic State’s Sinai-based affiliate in recent years, though cooperation between the two terrorist groups remains strong, Avi Issacharoff reported Wednesday in The Times of Israel. Palestinian sources told Issacharoff that Abed al-Wahad Abu Aadara, the first known member of Hamas’ naval commando unit...

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Israel’s Borders Heat Up Towns on Israel’s northern and southern borders came under attack this week. On Monday, three rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel, leading the Israel Defense Forces to strike three Hamas targets in in response, including a naval base. It still isn’t clear who fired the rockets...

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Hamas released a Hebrew-language animated music video on Tuesday night titled “Zionists, You Will Perish in Gaza,” which threatens to destroy Israel. The video features a barrage of rockets raining down on the Jewish state, Hamas militants blowing themselves up near Israeli soldiers, and Jews being shot in the head. The Jewish...

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Iron Dome batteries intercepted at least three rockets headed towards Eilat from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, the Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday. At least one other rocket was not intercepted and landed in a vacant field, the IDF said. No injuries were reported as a result of the rockets,...

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Hamas confirmed on Wednesday that it has rejected an Israeli offer to help improve the economic situation in the Gaza Strip in exchange for releasing three Israeli hostages and the bodies of two soldiers it is holding, Avi Issacharoff reported in The Times of Israel. Senior Hamas officials acknowledged that Israel...

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The reported death of a Hamas rocket engineer in a work accident on Monday is the latest indication that the Palestinian terrorist group is readying for another round of violence against Israel, Palestinian affairs correspondent Yoni Ben Menachem wrote in an analysis for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Mohammad Walid al-Koka, a...

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The Israel Defense Forces hit three Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon, hours after a rocket fired from Gaza struck an open field just over the Israel-Gaza border. No injuries or damages were reported due to the Palestinian strike, which landed south of the Israeli city of Ashkelon. IDF...

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Hamas has succeeded in rebuilding its military strength to levels before Operation Protective Edge in 2014, including quantities of rockets and the extent of attack tunnels, according to a senior IDF official. According to a Channel Two report on Tuesday, the IDF official said that Hamas’ missile arsenal has been...

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