Posts Tagged: gaza
Israel Defense Ministry Announces Successful Upgrades to Iron Dome
Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system successfully passed a series of tests demonstrating new operational capabilities, the Israeli Ministry of Defense reported on Thursday afternoon,...
Israeli Forces on Heightened Alert Along Egyptian Border After ISIS Sinai Attacks
Israel Defense Forces troops stationed on the Egyptian border heightened their alert level in the wake of Wednesday's terrorist attacks against Egyptian army targets by...
Israeli TV Releases Exclusive Footage of Navy’s Dramatic Interception of Gaza Flotilla (VIDEO)
An Israeli television station released exclusive footage on Tuesday showing scenes from the takeover by the IDF's elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit of the...
BBC Interviewer Asks Israel’s Livni: Would You Consider Your Parents Terrorists? (VIDEO)
A journalist for the BBC asked Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni on Tuesday if she believed her parents were terrorists because they fought for the Irgun. Livni,...
IDF Chief of Staff Warns 14% of Gazans Support ISIS, Says Iran Still Israel’s Main Threat
Fourteen percent of Gazans support the bloodthirsty Islamic State terror group, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot told lawmakers at a Knesset hearing on...
Latest Flotilla Leaves Sweden for Gaza, Will Attempt to ‘Break Israel’s Blockade’
A Swedish flotilla of anti-Israel activists has left its home country and is en route to Gaza with the goal of breaking the Israeli naval blockade around...
Yair Lapid: Report on Gaza War Proves United Nations is ‘Out of its Mind’
The chairman of Israel's centrist Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid criticized on Monday a forthcoming United Nations report on last summer's war between Israel and Hamas in...
Gaza Rocket Aimed at Ashkelon Falls Short, Lands in Gaza Strip
Sirens blared around the Israeli city of Ashkelon and the local Hof Ashkelon district late Thursday night after a rocket directed towards Israel was fired from the...
Outrage Over Soccer Match in Gaza Dedicated to Kidnappers of Israeli Soldiers
A flyer advertising Sunday's Palestine Cup Final in Gaza between the Shuja'iyya and Rafah clubs carried the faces of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped and killed during...
Hamas Commander in West Bank Calls for Group to Kidnap Israeli Soldiers
The commander of Hamas' military wing in the West Bank called on members of the terror group on Sunday to attempt to kidnap Israeli soldiers,...
ISIS in Sinai Threatens to Bomb Eilat in Coming Days
An Islamic State affiliate in Egypt's Sinai peninsula posted a threat against Israel on its Facebook page on Thursday, saying the group would shell the...
Like ISIS, An Iranian Organization is Establishing Branches Throughout the Middle East
An Iranian strategic-intelligence organization called "The Headquarters" has been spreading out into Iraq, Syria and even elsewhere overseas. The group -- which was established after the Iran's...
At Upcoming Military Parade, Hamas Will Roll Out Its Tank and Helicopter
In an attempt to demonstrate its strength, Hamas is preparing a parade in Gaza in which it will display its sole helicopter and tank, Israel's...
IDF Commander: Hamas Transformed the Gazan Civilian Sector Into War Zone
Speaking last week at the International Ground Forces Ceremony in Latrun, IDF Col. Uri Gordin -- who commanded the Nahal Brigade during Operation Protective Edge...
