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| March 11, 2014
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IAF Airstrike Kills 3 Gaza Terrorists After Firing Mortars on Israel

Three Islamic Jihad terrorists killed by Israeli Air Force strike after they fired mortars at Israeli soldiers.

By AFP and Arutz Sheva staff

 

Three people were killed in an Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike in southern Gaza, according to medics quoted by AFP Tuesday.

Al Arabiya said that the strike took place in southern Gaza.

“Three martyrs have died in a Zionist (Israeli) strike east of Rafah,” Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP.

The IDF Spokesman’s Unit announced that the people killed were terrorists from the Islamic Jihad organization. They had fired mortar shells at IDF soldiers performing “routine operational activities” in the Kerem Shalom area. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2014
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Hezbollah: Israel attacked our base, we’ll respond at our convenience

 

Shiite terrorist group denies anyone died in airstrike, contradicting earlier reports that 4 Hezbollah fighters were killed, including a senior commander in the strike near Lebanon-Syria border.

By Reuters

 

After almost two days, Hezbollah admitted Wednesday that an airstrike in Lebanon widely attributed to Israel did hit one of its bases on the Lebanon-Syria border, but insisted that no one had been killed, and vowed revenge.

S-300 anti-air missile system mounted on a trailer [Archive] – Photo: Reuters

“The new aggression is a blatant assault on Lebanon and its sovereignty and its territory…The Resistance (Hezbollah) will choose the time and place and the proper way to respond to it,” a statement on the group’s Al-Manar television station. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2014
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Israeli intel: Hezbollah to target top Israeli officials for assassination

 

Israel can’t officially admit to Monday’s airstrike & Hezbollah is denying any participation in the event, but under the surface, both sides are locked in conflict.

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Hezbollah might start targeting senior Israeli officials, Israeli sources say. The reason: Monday’s attack on a weapons convoy in Lebanon that foreign media are linking to Israel.

Hezbollah supporters listen to Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's speech in Beirut, 2010.

Hezbollah supporters listen to Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s speech in Beirut, 2010.- Photo: AP

It seems Israeli defense officials are preparing accordingly. In any case, Hezbollah is not expected to react immediately. Lebanese websites have attributed the attack to the Israel Air Force, though neither Israel nor Hezbollah have commented.

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| February 25, 2014
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Analysis: Hezbollah exploited stormy weather for missiles transfer – and failed

 

Is it safe to believe Lebanese reports of a midnight airstrike against Hezbollah targets near the Lebanese-Syrian border last night, and it is safe to infer the IAF was behind it.

By Ron Ben-Yishai

 

Judging by the quantity and level of accuracy of the reports in the Lebanese media, it is safe to infer that there was indeed a strike against targets on the ground on Monday night, likely on both sides of the Lebanese-Syrian border. One can also assume, judging by the nature of the reports, that there was intensive Israel Air Force activity during those hours.

Area of reported Israeli strikes (Photo: Google Maps)

Area of reported Israeli strikes – Photo: Google Maps

From all of that, it appears that it would not be far fetched to infer that Hezbollah attempted to smuggle advanced weaponry into Lebanon last night. Continue Reading »

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| February 25, 2014
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Israel Air Force Hits Hezbollah Post in Lebanon on Syrian Border

Israeli planes launch two post-midnight air raids against a Hezbollah weapons post on Lebanon’s border  with Syria.

By Elad Benari

 

Aircraft belonging to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched two air raids against a Hezbollah post on the border between Lebanon and Syria on Monday evening, a security source told the Lebanese Daily Star.

IAF F-16 – Photo courtesy: IAF Website

The source said Israeli planes launched four rockets on the Janta area in the mountains separating the Lebanese village of Nabi Sheet from the Syrian border.

The source noted that the Janta area is known to house a Hezbollah post, where recruitment and training are carried out. Continue Reading »

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| February 11, 2014
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Israeli jets strike 2 Hamas targets following Gaza rocket attacks

 

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit reported that the IAF had successfully destroyed an underground rocket launcher in central Gaza in retaliation for Palestinian rocket attacks.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN
 

 

Following Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel, the Israel Air Force launched air strikes on two targets in Gaza overnight Tuesday.

A Palestinian man removes shattered glass from a window of a building after witnesses said it was hit in an Israeli air strike at Nusseirat in the centre of the Gaza Strip - Photo: REUTERS

A Palestinian man removes shattered glass from a window of a building after witnesses said it was hit in an Israeli air strike at Nusseirat in the centre of the Gaza Strip – Photo: REUTERS

The IDF said an underground rocket launcher in central Gaza, and a second terrorism target in the north of the Strip were hit in the air strikes, adding that both targets were accurately struck before fighter jets returned to base safely. Continue Reading »

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| February 9, 2014
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After Shabbat with Gaza launched rockets, IAF strikes back wounding Global Jihadist

 

 

Palestinian sources in Gaza reported Israel Air Force struck back in central Gaza Strip after its rocket fire on Israel persisted through the weekend.

By Elior Levy

 

The Israel Air Force struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, wounding a motorcyclist who Israel said was a member of the Global Jihad.

Archive: Motorcyclist struck in Gaza (Photo: AFP)

Archive: Motorcyclist struck in Gaza – Photo: AFP

Palestinian sources said that the man was seriously injured in the attack, which followed ongoing rocket fire from Gaza at southern Israel.

Israel named him as Abdullah Harti, 28, a Global Jihad activist and member of the Popular Resistance Committees. Continue Reading »

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| January 31, 2014
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Israel Air Force returns night-time response to Hamas for earlier rocket fired from Gaza

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IAF aircraft hit several of Hamas’ terror-related sites in Gaza, in retaliation for a rocket attack targeting the city of Netivot a few hours earlier.

By Elad Benari

 

Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft targeted several terror-related sites in Gaza on Thursday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.

IAF airstrike in Gaza (archive) – AFP photo

According to the statement, the airstrikes targeted a weapons facility and a terrorist center in northern Gaza, as well as a weapons storage site in southern Gaza.

Direct hits were identified, and all aircraft returned safely to their basis, the IDF said. Continue Reading »

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| January 22, 2014
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Islamic Jihad says ‘blood of martyrs not in vain’, Israel to pay for terrorist assassination

Ya’alon says that Israel will not hesitate to hurt those who threaten its security and PFLP terrorist Ahmed Za’anin, responsible for rockets after Ariel Sharon’s funeral and others, is a prime example of Israel’s commitment.

 

 

The Islamic Jihad’s military wing said it would avenge the Israel Air Force strike Wednesday that killed a terrorist responsible for a series of rocket attacks on southern Israel.

IAF airstrike in Gaza – results of firing rockets into Israel – Screenshot

The terrorist, Ahmed Za’anin was responsible for the rockets fired at the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council shortly after the completion of the funeral of former prime minister Ariel Sharon at the nearby Sycamore Ranch last week. Continue Reading »

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| January 22, 2014
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Israel Air Force Successful in Nighttime Surgical Elimination of Gaza Terrorist

In the successful joint IDF-Shin Bet operation, the PFLP terrorist who was centrally involved in recent rocket attacks on southern Israel was eliminated.

By Elad Benari

 

Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft struck in Gaza on Tuesday night and eliminated a terrorist who was involved in rocket attacks on Israel, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.

The statement identified the terrorist as Ahmed Zaaneen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who in the past was a member of the Islamic Jihad terror group. He was targeted in a joint IDF-Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) operation, said the statement. Continue Reading »

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| January 20, 2014
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Hamas media in Gaza aired a video purportedly documenting an IAF airstrike

 

 

The hand held amateur video shows explosion, which Gaza sources say was result of IDF’s Sunday airstrike on Gaza, that Jerusalem reported to have been in retaliation for Hamas rocket fire on Israel’s south.

By Elior Levy

Hamas-affiliated Gaza media released a video which they claim presents Sunday’s IDF airstrike in Gaza.

#Breaking: picture of the motorcycle in the Israeli assassination in Gaza city. #Israel #Gaza #USA #KSA #Egypt #Syria #Jordan #Lebanon

Tweeted by: Abdulla M. Al Hamarna Translator at Free-lance Journalist

An Islamic Jihad terrorist and a Palestinian boy were wounded in the targeted which the IDF launched in retaliation for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel.

Official Palestinian sources identified the two as a 22-year-old who was seriously wounded, and a 12-year-old boy who sustained moderate injuries. Continue Reading »

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| January 16, 2014
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WATCH: IDF releases video of morning retaliatory IAF airstrike on Gaza terror targets

Watch Israel Air Force’s reaction after Iron Dome intercepted 5 rockets fired from Gaza at Ashkelon.

There were no reports of injury or property damage with the 6th rocket landing in an open, uninhabited area.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted five rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza at Ashkelon early Thursday morning. An additional rocket may have landed in an open, uninhabited area.
There were no injuries in the Palestinian attack.

Israel Air Force - Phot courtesy: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

Israel Air Force – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The IAF responded to the rocket fire on Thursday by attacking four targets in the northern Gaza Strip: a terror site, an underground rocket launcher, a weapons storage facility and a weapons manufacturing site, the IDF Spokesperson said. Continue Reading »

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| January 16, 2014
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Israel Strikes Gaza Back Just Hours After Hamas Rocket Attack on Ashkelon

Israel Air Force jets hit terror-related sites in northern Gaza, a few hours after a rocket barrage targeted the city of Ashkelon.

By Elad Benari

 

Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft targeted terror-related sites in Gaza early Thursday morning, several hours after a rocket barrage targeted the city of Ashkelon.

Early morning IAF retaliatory strikes Gaza (archive) – Reuters

A statement from the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that a concealed rocket launcher, a weapons storage site and a center of terrorist activity in northern Gaza were targeted.

Direct hits were confirmed, said the statement, which noted that the airstrikes came in retaliation to the rocket attack on Ashkelon earlier in the night. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2014
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Israel Air Force hits Gaza in retaliation to Hamas rockets fired at Israel

 

Palestinians in Gaza fire 2 rockets at southern Israel near the site of former prime minister’s burial ceremony at his Negev ranch.

Rockets land in open areas with no damage or reported injuries.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Israel Air Force struck on Monday evening two targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire on southern Israel earlier in the day, the IDF confirmed.

IAF on the way to Gaza : Photo:REUTERS

The targets hit were a military compound and a terror infrastructure site, said an IDF spokesperson, adding that both targets were accurately hit.

Both targets belonged to Hamas, which the IDF holds responsible for failing to prevent Monday’s rocket fire. Continue Reading »

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| January 10, 2014
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Watch: Israel Air Force Eliminates Another Islamist Rocket Squad

The IAF precision airstrike hits a Palestinian terrorist squad in Gaza as they prepare to launch a missile at Israeli civilians.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

The IAF released footage showing a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft wiping out a squad of Gaza islamist terrorists as it was about to launch a rocket at Israeli civilians.

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A moment before the IDF airstrike – Photo: Screenshot

The strike took place Thursday morning.

IDF sources described the airstrike, noting that it had “intercepted terrorists during their final preparations to launch rockets towards Israel”.

From the Gaza side, Hamas-run health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP that “two Palestinians were hit and injured by an Israeli drone while they were riding on a motorbike east of Khan Yunis.” Continue Reading »

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