ISIS is increasingly using human shields to deter airstrikes conducted by an U.S.-led coalition, CBS reported on Friday. Fighters are even using children as escorts while maneuvering in the street in order to exploit U.S. rules of engagement, which are intended to avoid collateral damage. … By barricading themselves with civilians...
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Shadi al-Menei, the commander of ISIS in the Sinai, is meeting with Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip to discuss ways that the terrorist groups can increase cooperation and coordinate attacks, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday, citing Israel’s Channel 2. Al-Menei was one of the founders of the...
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Israel’s security cabinet declared the Hamas-affiliated northern branch of the Islamic Movement an illegal organization late Monday night, The Jerusalem Post reported. Israel has resolved to outlaw a domestic Islamist movement with ties to Hamas and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, according to a press release distributed early Tuesday morning by...
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An Israeli father and son were killed after Palestinian gunmen fired on the car their family was traveling in near Hebron, The Times of Israel reported Friday. The mother and another son were injured, and three daughters were not injured but treated for shock. Just before 3 p.m. on Friday,...
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Recent changes in the Middle East have given “leading Arab countries” a major role to play in achieving an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today in remarks at the Center for American Progress. He made his point while explaining Israel’s need for a “long-term security presence” in the West Bank in...
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The spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the scandal-ridden UN body that works with Palestinian refugees, spoke Monday at an event sponsored by the UK-based charity Interpal, which was designated a terrorist entity by the U.S. Treasury Department for financing the Palestinian terror group Hamas. UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness spoke at an event for...
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A Hamas official went on the terrorist organization’s TV station to inform Palestinians that Allah had created man “to plunge their knives in the chests and bellies of the enemies,” The Times of Israel reported today. In an address broadcast on Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV on October 19, former Gaza interior minister Fathi...
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The brother-in-law of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas received life-saving surgery in an Israeli hospital, i24 News reported Friday. The brother-in-law of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas underwent life-saving heart surgery at a private hospital in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media reports Thursday. According to the reports, Abbas’s wife’s...
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Terrorist groups across the Middle East have called for increased violence against Israeli civilians in the past 48 hours. The Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas has called for a resumption of suicide bombings against Israeli civilian targets, while the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released five videos glorifying the knife attacks against...
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The Israeli government denounced the government of South Africa after its ruling party, the African National Congress, hosted a senior delegation of officials from the terrorist group Hamas. The Times of Israel reported more: The delegation, which was still in South Africa on Monday afternoon, is headed by the leader of Hamas’s political...
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