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05/11/2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a situational assessment with Defense Minister Gantz, the military chief and other top brass.
“We are in the midst of a campaign,” he says. “Since yesterday afternoon the IDF has carried out hundreds of strikes against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. We’ve hit commanders and many...
05/11/2021
Targets in the Strip include home of top Hamas commander, Hamas's intelligence headquarters
Rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory continued into Tuesday morning following a barrage of rocket fire overnight with Hamas launching over 200 rockets aimed at Israeli territory, according to the Israel Defense Forces...
05/11/2021
Two women were killed and more than 80 people were injured on Tuesday after rockets, fired from the Gaza Strip, slammed into a number of homes in Ashkelon and Ashdod. Four of the injured were members of the same family.
One of the women was in her 80s and the other was in her 60s.
The four family members were evacuated to...
05/10/2021
Hamas used a new rocket in its attack against Jerusalem on Monday called the A-120 and named for a commander killed by the IDF during the Gaza War of 2014.
The "A-120" is said to have a range of about 120 kilometers and was seen in footage shared by Hamas of a long rocket being loaded by masked terrorists into a launcher in the...
05/10/2021
As violence rages at the Temple Mount, Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, nudging the region closer to all-out war, an American pastor known for his passionate support of Israel is warning that some in the international community and mainstream media are throwing gasoline on a conflagration.
"The international community...
05/10/2021
The IDF warned Hamas that all options, including a ground operation, were on the table after over 160 rockets were fired towards Jerusalem and southern Israel as thousands of Israelis were parading through downtown to celebrate Jerusalem Day.
Following the rocket fire, the Israel Air Force carried out several strikes in Gaza,...
05/10/2021
IDF neutralizes 3 Hamas operatives, says it is ready for days of fighting
The IDF attacked terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday in retaliation for the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said it had neutralized at least three Hamas operatives in the strikes that followed the rocket salvos earlier in...
05/10/2021
Israel announces closure of Erez Crossing until further notice amid continued attacks
Terrorists fired three rockets toward southern Israel early Monday morning with the Iron Dome missile defense system successfully intercepting two of the projectiles, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
In addition, the Coordinator of...
05/09/2021
The IDF said it carried out a retaliatory strike against a Hamas target after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Israeli territory.
No injuries or damage to property has been reported in the incident.
In response to the exchange of fire, the IDF tweeted: “Terror has consequences."
The incident began in the pre-dawn...
05/09/2021
Following days of violent clashes in Jerusalem between security forces and Palestinian rioters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that those disturbing the peace in the holy city will face severe consequences.
"We will not allow extremists to disrupt the peace and order that exists in Jerusalem," Netanyahu...
05/09/2021
The IDF launched the largest military exercise in Israel's history Sunday, which is expected to run throughout the month of May.
Participating units will train for combat and emergency scenarios on Israel's most hostile fronts, while Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi has decided to conduct the training as originally planned,...
05/08/2021
Incendiary balloons launched from Gaza caused numerous fires throughout southern Israel on Friday and Saturday amid rising tensions surrounding West Bank settlements.
Five fires were detected at the Kisufim forest and three others were detected at the Beeri and Besor forests on Friday.
Teams of volunteers and professionals from...
05/08/2021
Israeli security forces killed 2 of the attackers, critically wounding the third
The Palestinian terrorists gunned down by Israeli security forces on Friday were set out to perpetrate a "major" terrorist attack within Israel, security officials said.
The firefight broke outside a Border Police base near the West Bank-Israel...
05/08/2021
A drone packed with explosives hit an Iraqi base housing US troops early Saturday causing damage but no casualties, the US military said.
The attack on the Ain Al-Asad airbase was the fourth in Iraq in less than a week.
"Each attack... undermines the authority of Iraqi institutions, the rule of law, and Iraqi national...
05/07/2021
Iran is using tensions over Jerusalem as an excuse to lead other extremist groups in the region to push for terror attacks against Israel.
It is important to understand the timeline here. The tensions in Jerusalem go back to late April, when Ramadan began, Israeli police restricted access to Damascus Gate and a series of TikTok...
05/07/2021
Three Palestinians who opened fire at Border Police soldiers near a military base in the northern West Bank on Friday initially planned to commit a “major attack” against civilians in central Israel, army and police officials said on Friday.
The three attackers, all in their early 20s, were traveling on a bus with illegal...
05/06/2021
At least six fires were lit in southern Israel on Thursday after balloons carryingincendiary were launched from the Gaza Strip, according to an Israeli Fire and Rescue Services statement.
Two of the fires started in Be'eri Forest and four others in Kissufim Forest, two nature reserves located on the border of Israel and Gaza.
Slight...
05/07/2021
State Dept describes Vienna talks as 'serious and constructive,' says nuclear accord is 'a deal that worked'
If the Vienna talks on the US rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran yield no results, Washington is read "to do whatever needed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons," a senior State Department official told...
05/07/2021
Iran's supreme leader declares that fighting Israel is a 'collective responsibility'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei branded Israel a "terrorist camp" in his speech on the Quds Day.
In his speech, as cited by Iran's state media, Khamenei proclaimed that the Jewish state "usurped Palestine" to convert the area into a...
05/06/2021
The Biden administration is considering granting Iran significant economic sanctions relief, according to U.S. and Iranian officials, confirming that Iran is making headway in its demand that America unwind many of its most crippling measures.
Negotiations with Iran in Vienna are centered around the scope and scale of sanctions...
