Posts Tagged: Israel Gaza Border
‘Anyone Who Tests Us Will Be Hit Hard,’ Israeli Minister Says Amid Heightened Gaza Tensions
JNS.org – “Anyone who tests us will be hit hard,” Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said on Thursday while touring the Israel-Gaza border area, where...
Islamic Jihad Raises Combat Preparedness to Highest Level, Monitors Israelis
JNS.org – Amid rising tensions between the Gaza-based terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Israel, PIJ has reportedly raised its level of readiness for conflict...
Israel ‘Will Retaliate to Any Provocation,’ Defense Chief Says After Terror Tunnel Discovery
JNS.org - Israel is not interested in another conflict in the Gaza Strip, but it “will not tolerate any infringement on its sovereignty” and “will retaliate...
Israel Demands That Palestinian Authority Bar Hamas From Gaza Border Crossings
JNS.org - Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai on Wednesday instructed the country’s Coordination and Liaison Authority to set up...
Hamas, Hezbollah Hold Terror Confab in Lebanon
JNS.org - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah met with deputy Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut on Tuesday for talks between the terrorist chiefs. According to the Hezbollah-run...
ISIS Militants Kill 18, Wound 7 in Attack on Police Convoy in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Islamic State militants ambushed a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing 18 police officers and wounding seven others in one of the...
UN Chief Tours Gaza Frontier, Visits Hamas Terror Tunnel
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is on a three-day visit to Israel, traveled to the Gaza border on Wednesday to see first-hand...
Hamas Says New Gaza Security Fence a ‘Declaration of War’
JNS.org - Hamas officials on Thursday reacted harshly to news of Israel’s construction of a new Gaza border fence, which is aimed at thwarting the threat...
IDF Proceeds With Construction of Gaza Border Barrier, Which Includes Sensors to Detect Underground Activity
The head of Israel’s Southern Command announced Wednesday that the IDF will be constructing a barrier along Israel’s border with Gaza, Haaretz reported. Israel Defense Forces Southern Command...
Haley Receives Helicopter Security Briefing in Israel, Tours Hamas Terror Tunnel
JNS.org - US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley received a security briefing on Thursday from Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon and IDF...
Hamas Closes Gaza-Israel Border in Wake of Commander’s Assassination
Hamas closed the border crossing between the Gaza Strip in Israel on Sunday morning in the wake of the assassination of one of its commanders,...
Israel Plans to Evacuate Border Towns If War Breaks Out With Islamic Militants in Gaza or Lebanon
JNS.org - Israel is developing contingency plans to evacuate up to 250,000 civilians living in border communities in the event of a war breaking out with...
Trauma Among Children in Southern Israel Rising Due to Sounds of Battles Between Egyptian Military and ISIS in Sinai
The children of southern Israel -- who have long had to deal with the fear of rocket and mortar attacks from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip...
Construction on Underground Wall Along Israel-Gaza Border Expedited
Construction work on the underground wall designed to prevent tunnel breaches into Israeli territory from Gaza is being expedited. Between 1,500 and 2,000 foreign workers are...
