An article published in the latest issue of The Weekly Standard highlighted the IDF’s international law unit, called “Dabla,” and described the lengths the IDF and Dabla go through to avoid civilian casualties when conducting airstrikes. The IDF uses the first document​—​called a “target card”​—​when commanders prepare strikes against enemy targets. During the Gaza...

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A rocket was fired at Israel by militants in the Gaza Strip late Saturday evening, triggering air-raid sirens throughout the southern city of Ashkelon and the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. The rocket struck an open area and no injuries were immediately reported. Hours later, the IDF struck what it dubbed...

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In an essay published Wednesday in the Times of Israel, Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz stated that President Barack Obama does not understand the concerns of the Israeli people, despite Obama’s claims to the contrary. Horovitz stated that he endorses “every word” Obama has said about resolving the conflict with the...

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Three rockets fired from Gaza landed in Israel today, causing no injuries. The rockets came on the fourth day of a five-day security drill to make sure Israeli security systems work in case of rocket attacks from Hezbollah or Hamas. The Times of Israel reported: The Israel Defense Forces said two rockets...

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None of the issues that last year’s Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement were supposed to address have been solved, according to a policy brief written yesterday by Grant Rumley, a research analyst for the Foundation of Defense of Democracies. The decision of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to join a unity government...

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During last summer’s Operation Protective Edge, Hamas summarily executed 23 men and used Shifa hospital to interrogate and torture prisoners according to Amnesty International, The Washington Post reported yesterday. The Amnesty report describes Hamas forces targeting Palestinians suspected of assisting Israel and executing at least 23 people extrajudicially. … Six...

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As many as five rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza this evening, the result of a feud among Palestinian terrorists, The Times of Israel reported today. One projectile was located near Gan Yavneh, minutes after the red-alert sirens sounded in the Lachish region and Ashdod, the Israeli army said...

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Ynet reported Monday that a Hamas terrorist was killed when a tunnel collapsed in northern Gaza. Tunnels in northern Gaza are primarily designed to allow terrorists to infiltrate Israeli territory. The incident occurred amid growing concerns that Hamas is rebuilding its terror infrastructure, much of which was destroyed by Israel...

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An explosion at a terrorist training camp in the Gaza Strip injured fifty people, mostly women and children, Agence France-Presse reported today. “An explosion happened inside a post of the resistance in Beit Lahiya,” said interior ministry spokesman Iyad al-Bozum, in reference to the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military...

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A Salafist group affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fired a mortar at Hamas headquarters in Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reported today. The mortar attack is the latest escalation between the two groups this week. The group, which calls itself “Supporters of Islamic State of Iraq...

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