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| May 4, 2016
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IDF responds to Hamas shelling IDF in 3rd incident of the day

 

This is the 4th time in the past 2 days that Palestinians in Gaza opened fire at IDF soldiers searching for Hamas terror-tunnels on Israel’s border.

By Yoav Zitun, Elior Levy, Matan Tzuri

IDF troops shelled Hamas military posts in the Gaza Strip for three times on Wednesday in response to mortar shell fire at forces operating near the border fence. There have been four incidents of fire opened on Israel8i troops on the frontier over the past two days. There were no Israeli soldiers hurt in any of the incidents.

On Monday morning, Palestinians fired a mortar shell at IDF soldiers doing engineering work near the border fence, leading the army to respond with tank fire at a Hamas observation point near a landfill in southern Gaza, not far from the Sufa Crossing. Continue Reading »

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| January 29, 2016
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Hamas billionaire & political leader boasts of group building tunnels, rockets

 

Hamas billionaire leader Ismail Haniyeh, says his Islamic group is preparing daily for its next conflict with Israel, and is constantly working on building newer offensive attack-tunnels & replenishing its vast rocket supply.

By Elior Levy and Moran Azulay

 

Deputy Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday that the organization is digging new tunnels and testing rockets in order to develop and improve them. “The resistance is digging east of Gaza and conducting rocket tests west of Gaza on a daily basis,” he said.

Haniyeh, who is Khaled Mashal‘s deputy at Hamas’s political bureau, made the comments in a speech during Friday prayers ahead of the funerals of seven Hamas military operatives killed this week in a tunnel collapse in Gaza, not far from the border with Israel. Continue Reading »

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| June 4, 2015
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IAF Retaliates with Airstrikes in Gaza Following ISIS Rocket Attack on Southern Israel

Israel Air Force responds to 3 rockets fired from Gaza that the Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility for.
• Hamas accuses the Islamic extremists of pulling Israel into another war with Gaza.

By i24news

 

Israeli combat jets struck targets in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip following earlier rocket fire on Israeli communities bordering the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian media reported early Thursday morning.

Hours earlier, three missiles fired from the Strip landed in open areas in the Sdot Negev Regional Council in after sirens warning of incoming rockets blared across the south of Israel Thursday evening.

It appears the attack caused no casualties or damage to property. Continue Reading »

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| June 4, 2015
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Once Again Gaza Launches Rockets at Southern Israel

—– SPECIAL SECURITY ALERT —–

“Red Alert” siren blasts before 2 rockets from Gaza exploded in Sdot region in southern Israel.  • IDF reports no injuries or damage

By Elad Benari

 

The “Red Alert” siren was heard on Wednesday night at around 11:00 p.m. (local time) in some communities in southern Israel.

Sirens were heard, among other places, in the Ashkelon and Netivot areas.

Two rockets from Gaza exploded in the Sdot Negev region. There were no physical injuries or damages.

Just last week, terrorists from Gaza fired a Grad rocket towards southern Israel. The rocket exploded near the community of Gan Yavneh, near Ashdod. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2014
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IDF responds with artillery fire after IDF army jeep shot at near Gaza border

Today was 1st time since Israel’s summer ‘Operation Protective Edge’ that IDF forces opened fire on the coastal enclave.

IDF jeep’s bullet-proof window was damaged, but no one was hurt.

An Israel Defense Forces jeep patrolling the Gaza border was fired at on Thursday, prompting the army to respond with artillery fire, for the first time since the summer’s Operation Protective Edge.

IDF 155m”m self-propelled Howitzer artillery piece responds to attack. – courtesy

The jeep’s window was damaged, but no one was wounded in the incident.

The IDF Spokesman said that light arms were fired at Israeli soldiers along the border near central Gaza, and the army responded with artillery fire. Continue Reading »

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| September 17, 2014
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Hamas Arrests Gaza Terrorists Responsible for Mortar Fire on Israel

 

Israeli defense officials report that Hamas has arrested the renegade terrorists responsible for a non-sanctioned mortar attack on Israel’s southern region.

By Ben Ariel

 

Senior defense officials said on Tuesday night that Hamas has arrested the terrorists who were responsible for the mortar fire on the Eshkol region earlier in the evening.

According to the officials, Hamas had passed a message to Israel after the shooting that it would arrest and punish those responsible for the shooting, and did just that.

One official quoted by Channel 2 News said that Hamas was quick to react and arrest the terrorists, fearing that the fighting in Gaza would resume. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2014
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Israel Air Force strikes terror sites in Gaza

Reason for the air-strike still officially unconfirmed, but likely retaliation for explosive device detonated earlier today targeting IDF soldiers on patrol along the border with Gaza.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Israel Air Force struck terror sites in the central and southern Gaza Strip, Friday afternoon, according to the IDF Spokesman’s Office.

IAF F15 fighter jet – Photo: IDF SPOKESMAN’S OFFICE

The reason for the strike is still unconfirmed.

Earlier in the day, explosive device detonated near the southern border of the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported. No injuries were reported in that incident.

Soldiers from an IDF unit carrying out routine operational activity along the border between Israel and southern Gaza reported hearing a loud explosion. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2014
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Gaza Terrorists Detonate Explosive Device as IDF Patrol Israel’s Security Barrier

—– SPECIAL SECURITY REPORT —–

Explosive device to kill IDF soldiers was next to Kibbutz Nirim, close to Gaza.

IDF tanks fire back at terrorist’s look-out position, reportedly wounding 5.

By Ari Yashar

 

An explosive was detonated on Friday morning on the security barrier right by Kibbutz Nirim, located in the Eshkol Regional Council just outside of the Hamas-enclave of Gaza.

The blast went off as an IDF patrol passed through the area, in what apparently was a targeted attack. IDF reports that no soldiers were injured, although light damage apparently was inflicted on an army vehicle.

IDF tanks began returning fire at suspicious points on the Gaza side of the security border reports Channel 10. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2014
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Palestinian killed in Israel’s retaliatory air strike in Gaza after rocket fired earlier

 

IDF says Air Force strike was a joint operation with Shin Bet, targeting terrorist cell planning future rocket attacks against southern Israel.

By Roi Kais, Yoav Zitun

 

The Israeli Air Force attacked a terror target in Sudaniya in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, Palestinian sources said. According to the Palestinians, one person was killed and two others were wounded in the strike, one critically.

the dead terrorist

the terrorist who was killed in the strike.

The IDF said the strike was a joint operation with the Shin Bet, and that the targets were “global jihad-affiliated terrorists” who were planning attacks against Israel. Continue Reading »

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| January 9, 2014
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Gaza Fired Mortars Directed At IDF Force – No Injuries

 

3 mortar shells were launched towards Israeli soldiers near Israel-Gaza border fence with no injuries or damage reported.

Gaza: Israel’s Air Force retaliated leaving 2 Palestinians moderately injured.

By Yoav Zitun

Palestinians shot three mortar shells Thursday morning on an area where an IDF force was engaging in routine activity on the Israeli side of the security barrier in the southern Gaza Strip. There were no casualties and no damage was caused.

IDF Merkava tank near Gaza Strip (Archive photo: EPA)

IDF Merkava tank near Gaza Strip – Archive photo: EPA

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that the IDF attacked the two-man cell responsible for the mortar fire, causing both moderate injuries. Continue Reading »

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| September 20, 2013
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IDF fires on Palestinians throwing stones & damaging Gaza border fence

2 Gazans moderately hurt from IDF gun fire in stone throwing border incident .

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

 

IDF soldiers on Friday opened fire on a group of Palestinians who breached the security zone approaching Gaza’s border with Israel, damaging the fence and throwing stones at troops.

Gazans at border fence [file]

Gazans at border fence [file] -Photo: IDF Spokesman’s Office

The IDF stated that two Palestinians were injured in the incident. According to Palestinian sources the men were moderately wounded.

The incident came after a rocket was fired from Gaza into southern Israel early on Thursday morning, landing in the Ashkelon Coast Council area.

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| February 14, 2013
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Human Rights Watch: Israel committed war crimes during offensive on Gaza

New HRW report says Israel mounted multiple airstrikes on civilian targets & used disproportionate force during Operation Pillar of Defense against Gaza’s rocket attacks, which claimed the lives of over 40 non-combatant Gazans.

 

A U.S.-based rights group said Israel violated laws of war in a series of airstrikes it conducted during an eight-day military operation last November against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian girl stands next to a relative's house after it was destroyed

A Palestinian girl stands next to a relative’s house after it was destroyed in what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Nov.

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| November 23, 2012
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IDF gunfire kills Palestinian near Gaza border fence

IDF reports: group of Palestinians tried to breach border fence prompting warning shots in air, and then at legs when warnings weren’t heeded.

Hamas accuses Israel of violating truce, vows to complain to Cairo

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, REUTERS

IDF gunfire across the Gaza border killed one Palestinian on Friday and wounded several others, Palestinians medics said, two days after a ceasefire between the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel took hold.

The IDF stated that a group of about 300 Palestinians approached the border fence in the southern Gaza Strip and held a violent disturbance along the border.

Dozens of Gazans hurl rocks on Gaza side of border fence (IDF Spokesman)

Dozens of Gazans hurl rocks on Gaza side of border fence (IDF Spokesman)

A number of the Palestinians attempted to break through the border fence into Israel.

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| November 17, 2012
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Video: Hamas warns Israel it will renew suicide attacks

Qassam Brigade message to the IDF: “Go forth, brave one, to your death.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Hamas’s armed wing on Saturday night released a Hebrew-language video warning that it would renew its deadly suicide bombing campaign in Israel.

Reads: Wait for us soon

Reads: Wait for us soon – screen-shot

Introduced with a message “from the Palestinian nation to the Zionists,” the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades video added “We have missed the suicide [bombs]… wait for us soon in stores, buses and cafes.”

In broken Hebrew with Arabic translations, the video added: “Don’t sleep, because soon we will come to you in your sleep.” Continue Reading »

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| November 17, 2012
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Analysis: Will Ground Incursion Unseat Hamas?

IDF’s options include applying pressure & waiting for Hamas to cry uncle, or finishing what Cast Lead started.

By Gil Ronen

 

The Israeli government has approved the call-up of 75,000 reservists to participate in the Gaza fighting, as infantry, armor and engineering units mass near Gaza awaiting the command to enter the Hamas-controlled terror state.

IDF tank outside Gaza - Reuters

IDF tank outside Gaza – Reuters

No one outside the IDF’s leadership knows if the IDF intends to invade Gaza, when the IDF incursion will start, and what its targets will be.

If an incursion does take place, there are different possible scenarios for it. Continue Reading »

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