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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...
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...
05/16/2021
An Iranian state TV channel said the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force had a phone call Saturday with the head of the Hamas terror group, as the Gaza rulers’ fighting with Israel intensified and entered the sixth day.
Al-Alam, the Arabic-language service of the Iranian state television, reported that 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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....