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In The News

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...

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Israel targets Gaza terrorist tunnel network overnight in massive bombardment

05/12/2021
More than 160 fighter jets drop some 450 missiles on 150 targets in northern Gaza Strip

The Israeli military targeted Gaza's terrorist tunnel network Thursday night with a massive bombardment that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said was the first combined use of air and ground forces since the fighting between Gaza terrorists and...

Hezbollah

Austria recognizes all of Hezbollah as a terror group

05/12/2021

Austria recognized Hezbollah’s political arm as a terror organization, after having outlawed its military wing.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has campaigned for European nations to recognize both the military and political wing of the Iranian proxy group based in Lebanon as a terror organization.

It thanked Austria Friday for its...

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IDF strikes Hamas cyber cell, tunnel network in non-stop assault on Gaza

05/13/2021

The Israeli Air Force bombed Hamas's underground tunnel network late Thursday night in the northern Gaza Strip in what military officials said was one of the most aggressive aerial assaults in recent years.

The IDF also bombed the house of Hamas' military official Ayman Nepal, after having removed civilians from their homes,...

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IDF thwarts infiltration attempt from Lebanon, forcing several terrorists to retreat

05/13/2021
'The suspects sabotaged the fence and set a fire in the area before returning to Lebanese territory'

Israel Defense Forces thwarted an infiltration attempt from Lebanon on Friday, forcing several terrorists to retreat back into Lebanese territory.
"A short while ago, IDF tanks fired warning shots towards a number of rioters who...

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IDF: 4 injured after Palestinians fire 100 rockets at Tel Aviv, Beersheba

05/13/2021
At least four Israelis were injured in the latest round of rocket attacks fired from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants, according to the IDF on Thursday.
Some 100 hundred projectiles on Thursday were fired at Israel's center and south, including Tel Aviv and Beersheba.
Among the rockets fired on Thursday included one that...

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US again blocks ‘unhelpful’ Security Council statement on Israel, Gaza violence

05/12/2021

The US once again blocked the release of a UN Security Council joint statement on the ongoing violence in Israel and Gaza, telling member states at the second emergency meeting on the matter in three days that such a public measure would be “unhelpful” in de-escalating the situation, two diplomats involved told The Times of Israel on...

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Biden Pressed to Cancel Iran Talks as Tehran-Backed Terrorists Attack Israel

05/12/2021

The Biden administration is facing new pressure from Congress to immediately end its negotiations with Iran in the wake of continued missile attacks on Israel by Tehran-armed-and-funded terrorist groups.

More than 40 Republican senators led by Marco Rubio (Fla.) petitioned the White House late Wednesday to "immediately end...

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State of emergency as Arab mobs set synagogues on fire

05/12/2021

Intense Arab rioting broke out in the central Israeli city of Lod late Tuesday, with three synagogues and numerous shops reportedly set on fire, along with dozens of cars. The government declared a state of emergency in the Jewish-Arab city, and urgently dispatched several Border Police companies to work to restore order.

Some...

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Six-year-old killed in Sderot rocket attack, sirens sound in Tel Aviv

05/12/2021

A rocket barrage was launched toward central Israel on Wednesday evening and sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and throughout the South as Hamas launched the rockets to avenge the deaths of its top commanders by Israel earlier in the day. 

The rockets either fell in open areas or were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system....

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Netanyahu: We will bring rule of law to Israel’s cities with an iron fist

05/12/2021

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to crack down on rioters on Wednesday, after Arabs in mixed cities attacked their Jewish neighbors’ homes, synagogues and businesses.

“We are in a struggle on multiple fronts,” Netanyahu said on a visit to Acre. “Last night, after the discussions and decisions at the Defense Ministry about...

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IDF soldier killed in Hamas anti-tank missile attack amid rocket fire

05/12/2021

IDF Staff Sergeant Omer Tabib was killed on Wednesday and three others were injured after a Hamas-fired Kornet anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) hit his jeep near the Gaza border. The attack came after a night of intense rocket barrages toward the center of the country.

The jeep belonging to the 931st Nahal battalion was inside the...

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More than 1,000 rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel since start of latest escalation

05/12/2021
Israel expecting massive rocket barrage from 18:00 after senior Hamas commanders killed in tunnel

Israel is bracing for a massive terrorist onslaught from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after a joint IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operation killed six top commanders.
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) released...

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Loud booms reported in Tel Aviv area; Hamas: 110 rockets fired at city, airport

05/11/2021

Loud booms are reported near Tel Aviv as Hamas launches a massive barrage of rockets at the city.

Initial reports indicate several rockets are being intercepted in central Israel. There are no immediate reports of injuries.

The Hamas military wing says it has launched 110 rockets at the city and at the nearby Ben Gurion...

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IDF kills 4 Hamas, Islamic Jihad commanders in targeted strikes in Gaza

05/11/2021

Three Islamic Jihad commanders and one from Hamas were killed in targeted strikes by Israeli forces on Tuesday afternoon, as the Israel Defense Forces expanded its airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the firing of hundreds of rockets at Israeli cities.

The main target of the strike on the Islamic Jihad fighters...

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Netanyahu: ‘Hamas and PIJ will pay heavy price for aggression’

05/11/2021
Netanyahu addresses nation after Gaza groups fire dozens of rockets into central Israel

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist groups "will pay a heavy price for aggression", Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned late on Tuesday.
The remarks were made during a joint press conference with Defense...