Posts Tagged: Gaza Rockets
Thousands of Palestinians Riot on Border, Amid Heightened Gaza Tensions
Thousands of Palestinians rioted on the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Friday, hurling rocks, firebombs and explosive devices at IDF troops. Also on Friday, numerous blazes were...
Gaza Rocket Strikes School in Southern Israeli City, No Injuries Reported
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a religious school in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on Thursday night, damaging the building but...
In Response to Rocket Fire, Israel Strikes Hamas Target in Gaza
Israeli aircraft attacked a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a Palestinian rocket strike, the Israeli military said, in the first serious cross-border...
In Letter, Israeli UN Envoy Bemoans Plight of Children Exposed to Hamas Rocket Fire
In a letter sent to a top UN official on Thursday, the Jewish state’s envoy to the global body bemoaned the plight of Israeli children...
Iran’s Faction in Gaza Tries to Drag Israel Into a New Conflict
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an Iranian-backed terrorist faction in Gaza that has an even larger rocket arsenal than Hamas, has been working hard in recent...
Report: 3/4 of Palestinians Killed in Latest Gaza Flare-Up Were Terrorists
Of the 23 Palestinians identified as being killed in last weekend’s violent flare-up in the Gaza Strip, at least 17 (74%) were members of terrorist...
Group of UN Ambassadors Visit Rocket-Battered Southern Israeli City of Ashkelon
A group of UN ambassadors toured Ashkelon on Tuesday, shortly after the southern Israeli city was a target of a two-day rocket assault by Gaza...
Israel-Gaza Border Falls Quiet as Ceasefire Takes Hold
A surge in deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel petered out overnight with Palestinian officials reporting that Egypt had mediated a ceasefire on Monday...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Threatens Rocket Attacks on Major Israeli Cities
The head of Gaza-based Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Thursday threatened rocket attacks on the Israeli homefront if the IDF conducted targeted killings of Palestinian terror operatives. In...
Rockets Fired From Gaza Into Israel in Response to IAF Hitting Hamas Targets
JNS.org - At least two rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel early on Thursday in response to the Israeli Air Force striking a Hamas base...
Hamas Leader Appears in Public as Fighting With Israel Tails Off
The leader of Hamas viewed the rubble of his bombed office in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, appearing in public as an uneasy calm took...
Tense Calm on Israel-Gaza Border After Latest Flareup
Schools reopened in southern Israel and traffic clogged Gaza's streets on Wednesday in signs of a pullback from the most serious escalation of cross-border fighting in months. But...
Israel-Hamas Fighting Abates Along Gaza Border, but Tensions Remain High
Cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas abated on Tuesday after a day of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes, but tensions remained high with Israeli forces massed along...
Israeli UN Envoy: Security Council Must Condemn Hamas for Rocket Attack That Destroyed Home
The Security Council must condemn Hamas for Monday’s rocket attack that destroyed a home north of Tel Aviv, Israel’s UN envoy told The Algemeiner. “It is...
