Israel’s defense minister has allowed Qatari-bought fuel shipments to Gaza to resume, after canceling them a week ago when a rocket launched from Gaza struck and severely damaged a house in Beersheba, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. “In accordance with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s decision from Sunday and in...

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A Hamas official wrote that the inability of his organization and Fatah, the main political organization in the West Bank, to work together has made the Palestinians “beggars,” The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Ahmed Yousef, who had previously been a senior adviser to Hamas leader Ismaiel Haniyeh, wrote his critique on the...

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A woman who saved her sons by dragging them out of bed Wednesday morning before a rocket launched from Gaza hit their home in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, recalled that as soon as she and the boys reached the shelter, an explosion rocked the house, The Times of Israel...

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Incendiary terror kites launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have caused substantive ecological damage, burning half of the forested land near its southern border with Israel a new study has revealed. “Now is the time for decisions. My position is very clear: We must deal a heavy blow against Hamas. This...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that Israel would “act forcefully” to a rocket attack from Gaza that severely damaged a house in Beersheba, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. A rocket launched from Gaza, which is dominated politically and militarily by the terrorist group Hamas, struck a house in...

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The United States Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that would enact sanctions on those who use civilians as human shields as a tactic of war, including terror groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, and ISIS. In a press release on Friday, the office of Sen. Joe Donnelly...

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Three terrorists from Gaza were killed when they charged at Israeli troops, after destroying part of the border fence under the cover of violent riots, and crossed into Israel, The Times of Israel reported Friday. A group of 20 Gazans placed a bomb by the border fence and then charged...

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The IDF announced that it destroyed the fifteenth Hamas-built terror tunnel over the past year, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The tunnel, which extended 200 meters (200 yards) into Israel, was located by using advanced tunnel detection techniques. According to IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis, the just-destroyed tunnel had “different...

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The World Jewish Congress submitted a petition containing 22,000 signatures to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), calling on the body to condemn “this environmental warfare” carried out by Hamas and to “take all necessary measures to ensure that these illegal activities will be stopped immediately,” The Jerusalem Post reported Monday....

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The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, announced the arrests of three members of a Hamas terror cell in the West Bank, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The three suspects were arrested over the summer and charged last month. Two of the suspects — Issa Shalalda and Omar Ma’soud — were...

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