Iran’s sponsorship of terrorist groups and activities has “only increased” in the year since Tehran reached a nuclear deal with world powers, Matthew Levitt, director of the Washington Institute’s counterterrorism and intelligence program, wrote in a policy analysis published Friday. Citing promises by U.S. officials to curb Iranian aggression irrespective...

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A school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency hid a map depicting what it referred to as “historic Palestine” — a territory that encompasses Israel — on the occasion of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The map, draped with a white sheet, was visible in photos...

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An Israeli minister is advocating for the construction of an artificial island off the coast of the Gaza Strip in order to facilitate the import of goods to the territory, the Associated Press reported Monday. Yisrael Katz, Israel’s transportation minister and one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top deputies, told reporters that he...

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A senior Hamas official with extensive knowledge of the terrorist organization’s network of tunnels has surrendered to Israel, Haaretz reported Tuesday, citing reports from Fatah-affiliated websites. Bassam Mahmoud Baraka, the son of a Hamas-affiliated religious judge, is said to have turned himself in to Israeli authorities at the border fence between Gaza...

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A Palestinian media group produced a video re-enacting a grisly terrorist attack that claimed the lives of four people and wounded 16 others in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The video, titled “Hard Work Pays Off,” depicts a man breaking his Ramadan fast before donning a suit, disguising himself as an...

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World leaders have condemned the deadly terror attack that killed four Israelis at the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. PM: I am sickened by the appalling attack in Tel Aviv. We stand with Israel against terrorism & my thoughts are with the victims & families. — UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov)...

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Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and eastern Jerusalem celebrated news of a terrorist attack that left four people dead and 16 others wounded in a Tel Aviv market on Wednesday. Palestinian residents of Hebron in the West Bank set off fireworks in honor of the killings, local media reported. #عاجل...

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Hamas fighters can travel underground throughout the entirety of the Gaza Strip using the terror group’s tunnel network, according to a Hamas operative who was captured last month after he crossed illegally into Israel from Gaza. “Hamas has dug an extensive network for moving fighters around the Strip exclusively underground,”...

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The Israeli military has stepped up its efforts to locate terror tunnels inside the Gaza Strip in the last week, Walla reported Thursday. Despite claims to the contrary by Hamas, Israeli authorities said they never agreed to stop using bulldozers or other heavy equipment on the Gazan side of the border fence as long as the threat of tunneling persisted. The...

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Iran will be renewing financial support to the Gaza-based terror organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad after two years of strained relations, the Arabic-language London newspaper a-Sharq al-Awsat reported Wednesday. The move comes a month after a delegation of Islamic Jihad officials, headed by leader Ramadan Shalah, visited Iran. The delegation praised...

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