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Pompeo: Iran and Hamas sense ‘weakness’ in Biden administration’s Middle East policy

05/18/2021

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iran and Hamas sense “weakness” in the Biden administration’s approach to the Middle East, a perception that emboldened the terror group’s aggression against Israel.

“These are ideologues who believe deeply in the extermination of the Jewish State,” Pompeo said Tuesday at an event hosted…

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Rockets fired into northern Israel from Lebanon amid fighting in Gaza

05/19/2021

Four rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel on Wednesday, catching thousands by surprise as rockets continued to pound the south of the country.

Incoming rocket sirens were activated in the southern Galilee region, as well as the Haifa suburbs of Kiryat Bialik and Kiryat Motzkin at around 4PM.

According to the…

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IDF bombed 120 terror targets in Gaza Strip over past 24 hours

05/18/2021
IDF fighter jets scored direct hits of 10 rocket launchers

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued its daily aerial attacks against terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip amid a constant barrage of rockets fired from the coastal enclave at Israeli communities in southern Israel.
The IDF said on Tuesday that it has bombed 120…

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Iran Deal talks continue as its proxy Hamas bombs Israel

05/18/2021

Talks for the US and Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear deal continued in Vienna over the weekend, even as Iranian proxies Hamas and Islamic Jihad continued to bombard Israel’s cities with rockets. 

Russian Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov tweeted on Sunday that he met with US Envoy for Iran…

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Soldier hurt by mortar fire while assisting in transfer of aid at Gaza crossing

05/18/2021

The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that a soldier was lightly wounded in a mortar attack while assisting in the transfer of humanitarian aid shipments into the Gaza Strip through the Erez Crossing.

The injured 19-year-old was taken to Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center for treatment for shrapnel wounds to his lower body….

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Rockets fired from Lebanon set off sirens in northern Israel

05/18/2021
IDF instructs shelters to be opened after six rockets target northern Israel

Rockets from Lebanon triggered a red alert late Monday in northern Israeli communities Misgav Am and Metula, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Shortly after 11 pm, sirens began in Misgav Am, followed by more sirens in Metula and other communities…

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Rockets fired from Lebanon set off sirens in northern Israel

05/18/2021
IDF instructs shelters to be opened after six rockets target northern Israel

Rockets from Lebanon triggered a red alert late Monday in northern Israeli communities Misgav Am and Metula, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Shortly after 11 pm, sirens began in Misgav Am, followed by more sirens in Metula and other communities…

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Hamas threatens to strike Tel Aviv after top Islamic Jihad commander killed

05/17/2021

Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida warned Israel that the terror group would resume firing rocket toward Tel Aviv after the Israeli Air Force struck another high rise building and several other buildings in the Gaza Strip.

“The criminal Zionist enemy has intensified its bombing of civilian homes and apartments in the last hours,” he said….

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Report: US approves $735 million sale of precision-guided weapons to Israel

05/17/2021
Biden has repeatedly said that Israel ‘has a right to defend itself from rocket attacks’

The administration of US President Joe Biden has earlier this month approved the sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, the Washington Postreported on Monday.
According to the outlet, US lawmakers were notified of the…

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Israel Eliminates Terror Tunnel 163 Football Fields Long, Kills Top PIJ Terror Commander

05/17/2021

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander in its latest strikes on Sunday night and into Monday morning in addition to eliminating miles of an underground terror tunnel used by Palestinian terrorist groups.

“Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Hassam Abu-Arbid was killed in an…

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For the Sake of Peace, Israel Must Rout Hamas

05/16/2021

As of this writing, terrorists in Gaza — the word “terrorist” fits people who take indiscriminate aim at civilians to achieve political goals — have fired some 1,750 rockets at Israel since Monday.

That’s a number worth pausing over, and not just because it has had the effect of overwhelming Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense….

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Netanyahu: ‘We Will Do Whatever it Takes to Degrade Hamas’ Terrorist Capabilites’

05/16/2021

Israel’s security cabinet has decided to continue its military operation in Gaza with full force as heavy rocket barrage is being fired at southern Israel and international pressure mounts to end the fighting.

“We will do whatever it takes to degrade Hamas’ terrorist capabilities which will take time. I will do what I have to do…

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Wide-scale Hamas rocket barrage scores direct hits in southern Israel

05/16/2021

Hamas rocket barrages on southern Israel continued Sunday with almost 300 projectiles launched at Israel from the day before, 120 on Saturday night alone. 

No one was injured but rockets slammed into buildings in Ashkelon and Ashdod. In Ashkelon, a rocket scored a direct hit on a synagogue, causing extensive damage. 

Magen…

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Over 3100 Gaza rockets fired at Israel since Monday

05/16/2021
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system had intercepted over 1,000 rockets

Israel’s army said Sunday about 3,000 rockets had been fired by Islamist terrorists from the Gaza Strip towards the Jewish state since conflict escalated seven days ago, the highest rate ever recorded.
About 450 failed launches fell in the Gaza Strip….

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IDF attacks Gaza rocket launchers, houses of senior Hamas leaders

05/15/2021
IDF says razed Jala twer hosted research and development unit of Hamas military intelligence

The IDF struck on Saturday terrorist rocket launchers in central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, the military said in a statement.
Some of the launch sites hit in the strikes were located underground, the military added.
Other…

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Report: IDF bombing of Hamas ‘metro’ smashed miles of tunnels

05/15/2021

The Israel Air Force’s massive bombardment of Hamas’s internal Gaza tunnel network overnight Thursday-Friday destroyed miles of tunnels and killed what the IDF believes to be dozens of Hamas terrorists, in what it hopes will be a decisive phase of the current conflict, an Israeli TV report said late Friday. “We shut down the Hamas…

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‘He was full of love’: Family and friends mourn fallen IDF soldier

05/14/2021

Hundreds of mourners were present at the cemetery in the Elyakim moshav near Yokne’am on Thursday for the funeral of St.-Sgt. Omer Tabib, who was killed yesterday by an anti-tank missile fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

“He was full of love and calm,” said Tabib’s mother, Tali. “He loved and was loved by people. He…

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AOC, ‘Squad’ members’ anti-Israel comments blasted by lawmakers and pro-Israel groups

05/12/2021
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other members of the left-wing “Squad” are facing backlash for their controversial anti-Israel tweets amid intensifying violence between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas this week.
Republican and Democrat lawmakers, as well as pro-Israel groups, are pushing back against remarks by…