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| May 18, 2013
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Smuggler Killed When Hamas Tunnel Collapses

Hamas smuggler dies as another tunnel caves in.

By Gil Ronen

 

An Arab youth was killed when a tunnel linking Egypt to Gaza collapsed on Saturday, Arab medical sources said.

Tunnel smuggler“Mussa Ghonaim, 26 years old, was killed in the tunnel collapse south of the town of Rafah,” the sources said, according to AFP.

In February, the Islamist terror movement Hamas, which governs Gaza, closed hundreds of tunnels used for smuggling in Rafah, which straddles the border between Egypt and the coastal enclave.

Hamas is making at least amillion dollars a day in “tax” money from Gaza smugglers, a senior IDF officer said Monday. Continue Reading »

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| April 5, 2013
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Hamas Arrests 2 Salafists for Rocket Attacks on Israel

Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist movement has arrested 2 hardline Islamists for their participation on rocket attacks at Israel.

By Elad Benari

 

 

The Hamas terrorist movement, which rules Gaza, has arrested two hardline Islamists in connection with rocket attacks on Israel, sources close to a Salafist group told AFP on Thursday.

Gaza Salafists wave Al-Qaeda flag during protest – Photo: AFP

The Hamas interior ministry, however, denied that any arrests had been made for “resistance against the occupation.”

Hamas’s “internal security apparatus in the last two days arrested two mujahedeen. One was released after several hours. The other is still detained,” a Salafist source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Continue Reading »

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| March 12, 2013
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Hamas Seeking Removal from US & EU List of Terrorist Organizations

Hamas says its removal from European & American lists of terrorism organizations is ‘only a matter of time.’

By Elad Benari

 

Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist group said on Monday that the group’s removal from the U.S. and European countries’ lists of terrorism organizations “has become a matter of time.”

Gaza childrenAhmed Youssef, one of Hamas’s leaders, told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, “There are contacts [being] made by the movement, with the help of Arab and Islamic countries such as Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, to convince major and European countries to take Hamas’s name out of the terrorism list.”

Youssef claimed that the contacts received positive responses from some European countries, without naming them, saying that visits from other Western countries are also positive signs. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2012
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How Hamas Is Fooling Everyone

In reality Hamas has not changed or relinquished its dream of replacing Israel with an Islamist state that is funded and armed by Iran. Unless Hamas changes its charter, the talk about changes in its strategy only serves to spread the movement’s campaign of deception.

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Is Hamas really on its way to moderation and pragmatism, as some Western political analysts and diplomats have come to believe?

And what do some Hamas leaders mean when they say that they are ready to accept a Palestinian state “only” in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem?

These questions were raised after CNN recently aired an interview with Hamas “political leader” Khaled Mashaal. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2012
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Hamas leader’s family gets Israeli medical aid as terror group condemn Jewish state

Hypocrisy Epitomized: Ismail Haniyeh immediately turns to Israel when his family needs medical attention.

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HAIFA, Israel –  Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has no problem calling for the destruction of Israel and blaming it for attacks linked to his own party, but when his relative needs life-saving heart surgery, only Israeli doctors will do.

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Hypocrisy Epitomized: Ismail Haniyeh immediately turns to Israel when his family needs medical attention. (AP)

The stunning hypocrisy comes to light after five Hamas-backed terrorists allegedly killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula that borders Gaza. Although evidence points to a Hamas-backed terror operation, Haniyeh inexplicably blamed it on Israel.

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| November 17, 2012
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Hamas HQ Pulverized – ‘Gaza Power Grid Targeted’

Obama, European leaders & even Israeli press is relatively supportive

Israel Air Force operations are seen as very successful thus far

By Gil Ronen

 

The IDF’s pounding of Hamas’ infrastructure in Gaza entered its fourth day Saturday, and is deemed as highly successful until this point.

Rubble of Haniyeh HQ

Rubble of Haniyeh HQ – Reuters

The Hamas government headquarters, which housed Gaza “prime minister” Ismail Haniyeh’s offices, were leveled to the ground. In addition, “security compounds, tunnels and electricity transformers” were hit, according to Al Jazeera. “Missiles also knocked out five electricity transformers, plunging more than 400,000 people into darkness, according to the Gaza electricity distribution company,” the news network reported. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2012
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Terrorists Fire Four Grad Missiles at Netivot

Terrorists from Gaza fire a barrage of four Grad missiles at Netivot. Iron Dome intercepts two of them.

By Elad Benari

 

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a barrage of four Grad missiles at the town of Netivot on Tuesday evening.

The Iron Dome system intercepted two of the missiles, and the other two exploded in open areas. There were no physical injuries and no reports of property damage.

Despite an Egyptian-brokered “ceasefire” announced by Hamas last week, terrorists from Gaza have continued firing rockets at southern Israel. On Tuesday morning, a Qassam rocket hit a kibbutz chicken barn, causing damage but no physical injuries. Continue Reading »

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| June 26, 2012
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‘Ceasefire War’ Continues with Rocket Attack on Kibbutz

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza continue their “ceasefire war” and fire a Kassam rocket on a kibbutz chicken barn, causing damage.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

 

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza continued their “ceasefire war” Tuesday morning and fired a Kassam rocket on a kibbutz chicken barn, causing damage but no physical injuries.

A man runs for cover from incoming rockets sounds in Kibbutz Kfar Aza

A man runs for cover from incoming rockets sounds in Kibbutz Kfar Aza - Reuters

The rocket exploded in the area of Sderot, located less than a mile from northern Gaza.

This week’s unannounced ceasefire, similar to dozens of others the past several years, resulted in a relative quiet after last week’s massive barrage of more than 150 Grad Missiles, Kassam rockets and mortar shells. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2012
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Peres: Israeli patience with rockets wearing thin

Speaking at Jewish Agency Assembly, president says if Hamas continues to endanger civilians, Israel will be forced to retaliate.

 

 

Israel’s patience against rocket attacks was wearing thin, President Shimon Peres implied at the opening of the Jewish Agency Assembly in Jerusalem on Sunday, as he cautioned Hamas against further firing of rockets

As he had at the opening of thePresidential Conference last week, Peres saluted the strength, the courage and the dedication of the residents of southern Israel in coping with the current barrage of rocket fire from Gaza.

President Shimon Peres - Photo: Marc IsraelSellem

President Shimon Peres - Photo: Marc IsraelSellem

“We can stop it and we will stop it,” he said.

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| June 24, 2012
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Report of Slain Gaza Child A Fake, IDF Says

Gaza’s Hamas leaders claim a young child was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Israel: There was no airstrike.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Hamas leaders in Gaza announced Saturday that a young child had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. The child was identified as Ali Muataz al-Shawaf, 4.

Pictures of the child’s bloody body were published in Palestinian Authority media outlets.

However, IDF officials later revealed the story as a lie. There was no Israeli airstrike in the region in which the child was killed, they asserted.

IDF officials confirmed that a Gaza terrorist was killed in an airstrike elsewhere in Gaza.

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| June 23, 2012
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Hamas: Gaza truce as of Saturday night

Ceasefire between Gaza terror groups, Israel achieved via Egyptian mediation, senior Hamas man says; more than 20 rockets hit Israel Saturday, IDF hits terror cell

by Elior Levy

 

A ceasefire between Gaza Strip factions and Israel will go into effect Saturday night following Egyptian mediation efforts, senior Hamas man Ayman Taha said in an interview with a Palestinian televisions station Saturday evening.

Gaza rockets explode in Israel Photo: Eliad Levy

Gaza rockets explode in Israel - Photo: Eliad Levy

Earlier Saturday, Israeli defense officials said that quiet in Gaza will be met with quiet, but denied that ceasefire negotiations were underway or that a truce deal was achieved. Continue Reading »

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| May 31, 2012
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Palestinians may boycott UNICEF over Israel ties

Contractors Union denounce UN Children’s Fund for taking Israeli offers in bid for construction work in Gaza

The Palestinians are threatening to boycott the United Nations Children’s Fund after the agency decided to accept offers from Israeli firms to bid for construction work in the Gaza Strip.
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UNICEF logo - Photo: REUTERS

 

The Palestinian Contractors Union denounced UNICEF and warned Palestinians against cooperating with Israeli firms.

The head of the union, Osama Kahil, said he received complaints from Palestinian contractors who told him that Israeli firms had asked for their cooperation in carrying out construction work in the Gaza Strip, offering them half of the revenues.

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| May 31, 2012
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Israel says Hamas as strong as Hezbollah

Some of Hamas’ military capabilities are even better than Hezbollah’s

The Palestinian group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has an armed force to rival that of Israel’s Lebanese foe Hezbollah, the head of the Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday.

Palestinian Hamas militants hold fake rockets during an anti-Israeli rally in 2009. The Palestinian group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has an armed force to rival that of Israel's Lebanese foe Hezbollah, the head of the Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

Palestinian Hamas militants hold fake rockets during an anti-Israeli rally in 2009. The Palestinian group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has an armed force to rival that of Israel's Lebanese foe Hezbollah, the head of the Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday - AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed

“Hamas has military capabilities almost of a state,” a spokesman quoted Yoram Cohen as telling the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and defence.

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| May 10, 2012
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Hamas Beats Protesters Demanding Freedom

Masked Hamas policemen wielding batons and rifle butts forcibly ‘dissolved’ a rally demanding freedom of expression in Gaza.

Hamas security forces wearing masks and wielding batons and rifle butts forcibly “dissolved” a protest against the “suppression of freedom” in Gaza.

Thursday’s rally was staged by Gaza residents and supporters from Egypt decrying the Hamas administration’s systemic repression of free speech and imposition of Islamic law in the coastal enclave.

Hamas Security personel

Hamas security personnel

Witnesses say Hamas policemen broke into the hall where the event was being held, cut off electricity, detained journalists, confiscated cameras and mobile phones, and forcibly ejected the protesters. Continue Reading »

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