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| December 29, 2017
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IDF strikes multiple Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket attack on Southern Israel

Israel Police confirmed that the third rocket fired struck an Israeli community, hitting a building in the Negev region bordering the Gaza Strip, causing damage but no injuries.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on Friday morning, the IDF said, adding that two of the rockets were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.

Israel Police confirmed that a third rocket struck an Israeli community in the Negev region bordering the Gaza Strip, causing damage to a building but no injuries. Police bomb disposal experts are working at the scene.

IDF tanks – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

In response, IDF tanks and aircraft targeted two Gaza Strip outposts belonging to Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2017
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Kuwaiti Report: All Syrian targets hit by IDF jets were Iranian military facilities

According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, all the sites allegedly targeted by Israel Air Force jets have one major common factor, including the factories located within civilian areas: They are all Iranian military facilities built in Syria since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.

By YASSER OKBI/MAARIV

 

In recent months, Israel struck Iranian military factories in Syria, including factories located within civilian industrial areas, according to a report published Saturday by Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida.

The newspaper cited intelligence sources and military experts to shed light on attacks attributed to the Israeli Air Force in Syria in recent months. Continue Reading »

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| December 9, 2017
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IDF destroys four Hamas weapons caches in retaliation for rocket fire on Israeli town

Early Saturday morning Israeli jets bombed rocket building plants operated by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation to earlier rocket fire on the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Friday.

By i24NEWS

 

Israeli fighter jets early on Saturday bombed four Hamas weapon factories and storage facilities in Gaza Strip in retaliation to earlier rocket fire at a southern Israeli town, the military spokesperson confirmed.

No reports of damage or casualties were available.

Hamas photo of rocket fired from family home makes it a target for the IAF – IDF Facebook page

A rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled encalve exploded on a street in Sderot on Friday, the Israeli military and a local official said, after earlier rockets fired from the Strip elicited an Israeli air and artillery bombardment of the coastal territory. Continue Reading »

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| December 2, 2017
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Arab News Report: Israeli aircraft struck Iranian military base near Damascus

Syrian and Lebanese Arab media sources report loud explosions as Israeli Air Force jets attacked a suspected Iranian base near Damascus.
– Assad regime retaliates with 3 of 5 anti-aircraft missiles reportedly downed by Israel.
– Lebanese paper reports Israeli jets conducted dummy raids over Lebanon.

By Roi Kais

 

Arab media outlets reported Saturday Israel attacked an Iranian base near the town of al-Kiswah, 15 kilometers southwest of Syrian capital Damascus. Arab-language Sky News reported that Israeli fighter jets launched air-to-surface missiles from Lebanese airspace at the compound.

Syrian state television corroborated the report, saying Israeli missiles struck a military position near Damascus overnight and Syria’s air defense system thwarted them. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2017
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IDF Fighter Jets retaliate fiercely after Gaza terrorists launch salvo of mortars on Israel

IDF Spokesperson’s unit reports IAF responding for the 2nd time, after IDF tanks & jets fired on 4 terrorist positions in Gaza earlier in the day, when Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired their first salvo of about 12 mortar shells towards an IDF outpost earlier in the afternoon.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

Israel Defense Forces fired on two terrorist positions in the central Gaza Strip with Israel Air Force fighter jets on Thursday in response to mortar fire, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s unit.

Earlier in the day, IDF tanks and aircraft fired towards four positions in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired about 12 mortar shells towards an army outpost earlier in the afternoon. Continue Reading »

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| November 2, 2017
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Israeli jets destroy Syrian arms factory affiliated with Hezbollah

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Lebanese media reports Israeli Air Force jets destroyed an arms facility in an industrial area near Homs, Syria that, according to Russian media, is affiliated with the Lebanese based terrorist group Hezbollah.

By Roi Kais and Yoav Zitun

 

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked an armament factory in the area surrounding the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday, according to Lebanese news site Elnashra. The factory that was attacked was allegedly affiliated with Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, according to Russian broadcasting channel RT Arabic, formerly known as Rusiya Al-Yaum.

A photo posted online after attack, claiming to be of the Israeli strike in Syria – Ynet (not credited)

Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli planes were reported to have flown in the commercial mountain range over the Lebanese Mountains, before a massive explosion was heard on the Lebanese-Syrian border. Continue Reading »

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| October 17, 2017
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REPORT: Israeli jets strike ISIS targets in Sinai after rocket attack

The London-based Arab Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper sites Sinai tribal factions claiming Israel Air Force jets struck targets in Egypt’s peninsula just hours after 2 rockets were fired at Southern Israel.

By Matan Tzuri and Roi Kais

 

Israeli sorties bombed targets in the Sinai Peninsula Sunday evening in retaliation for two rockets launched at Israel from the Egyptian territory hours earlier, according to Tuesday report in the London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

Exploded rocket remnant located in Israel- Photo: Eshkol Regional Council spokesperson

One of the rockets exploded in open space in the Eshkol Regional Council near Gaza and was located following the IDF’s searches of the area. Continue Reading »

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| September 22, 2017
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Arab media report: Israeli aircraft strike Damascus airport

 

Shortly after midnight, a Syrian news outlet reported an air strike at the Damascus International Airport, presumably by the Israel Air Force.
– IDF spokesperson declines to comment on foreign reports.

By i24News

 

Syrian news media outlets early on Friday claimed Israeli aircraft attacked the international Damascus airport.

According to some reports,  an Israeli drone was downed by the Syrian Armed Forces in the course of the operation.

The reports could not be independently verified and the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson declined to comment.

This is a developing story 

 

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| September 11, 2017
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Satellite images of alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria show heavily damaged facility

The Israeli company ImagesSat International, released pictures of the Syrian military facility before and after it sustained heavy damage in an airstrike last week, that has been attributed to Israel’s Air Force.

By Lilach Shoval and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Satellite images taken this weekend and published on Sunday have exposed the damage caused by an airstrike, attributed to Israel, on a military facility in northwest Syria.

A statement from the Syrian army said that Thursday’s strike took place near the town of Masyaf, about 25 miles north of the Lebanon border, and warned against the “dangerous repercussions of this aggressive action to the security and stability of the region.” Continue Reading »

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| September 7, 2017
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After attack on chemical weapons cache, Syria threatens Israel with ‘dangerous consequences’

Following mysterious air-strike on chemical weapons storage center inside a regime military site in western Syria, local and Lebanese news sites reported an air strike on a Syrian “scientific studies and research center.”

By Tal Polon

 

The Syrian army responded this morning in an official statement to the air strike last night on a Syrian military site near the city of Masyaf in the Hamat district in western Syria.

Earlier, Syrian and Lebanese news sites reported an air strike on a Syrian “scientific studies and research center.” The center has been associated with the Syrian regime’s production of chemical weapons. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2017
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Hamas Threatens Israel for Retaliatory Airstrike In Response to Gaza Rocket Fired Into Israel

 

Israel’s Air Force launched an overnight retaliator airstrike on 2 targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in northern Gaza, in response to a rocket fire from the strip that exploded in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council on Tuesday evening.
 – Hysterical Hamas warns the IDF, “This is crossing a dangerous line.”

By AP, AFP, Ynet Reporters

 

The Israeli military says it carried out airstrikes against two Hamas positions in Gaza overnight Tuesday in response to a rocket fired from the strip which landed in open territory in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council.

Border Policeman retrieving remnants of exploded rocket – Photo- IsraelandStuff/PP

Ayman Sahbani, an emergency director at Gaza’s Shifa hospital, says three Palestinians were wounded in the strike, including a 26-year-old man who was in serious condition after being struck in the head by shrapnel. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2017
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WATCH: Israel’s Air Force retaliates after Gaza rocket explodes in Israel

 

IAF F-35i “Adir” stealth fighter jets were reportedly used in the strike on Hamas targets.
 – Palestinian media reports injuries resulting from the IDF strike, with one person rushed to Gaza hospital.
 – IDF Spokesperson after the strike, “Israel holds the terrorist organization solely responsible for activities on the Strip.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Israeli Air Force targeted two Hamas posts on the northern Gaza Strip late Tuesday night following an earlier rocket attack from the Hamas-controlled territory, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

F-35I “Adir” armed and ready. – courtesy

“Israel holds the terrorist organization solely responsible for activities on the Strip,” stated the IDF after the strike. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2017
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Iranian media group claims Israel destroyed ‘entertainment equipment’ at Syria airport

 

An Iranian media NGO named ‘Owj’ claims equipment sent to an ‘entertainment event’ was attacked at the Damascus International Airport by Israel.
– No media outlet in Syria reported any such incident.

By Roi Kais

 

Iranian news agencies Fars and Mehr quoted Owj—a non-governmental organization—on Sunday accused Israel of attacking its shipment on Saturday in the Damascus International Airport.

The reports did not clarify how the alleged attack was carried out and what the contents of the shipment were, although it was defined as equipment intended for an entertainment event in the city of Aleppo.

IAFs new “Adir” F-35i Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Owj Arts and Media Organization is a media non-governmental organization in Iran, active in launching propaganda campaigns, film production and distribution. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2017
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Israeli Air Force retaliates, hits two Hamas military targets after Gaza rocket attack

The IAF airstrikes on two Hamas military infrastructures were carried out in response to a rocket attack on southern Israel that emanated from Gaza Monday evening.

By Elad Benar

 

The Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes on two military infrastructures belonging to Hamas in northern and southern Gaza overnight Monday, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

IAF F-16 fighter jet – Photo: IDF SPOKESMAN’S OFFICE

The airstrikes were carried out in response to a rocket attack on the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council on Monday evening.

“Since the Hamas terrorist organization is the ruler of Gaza, it is responsible for any attempt to harm the State of Israel,” the IDF statement said. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2017
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VIDEO: IDF retaliates again against Syrian targets after continued ‘spillover’ into Golan

 

Israel sends stern warning to Iran & Syria after IDF struck targets Sunday belonging to forces loyal to the Syrian regime, in response to the continued errant fire exploding in northern Israel for the second day.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Several projectiles fired from Syria landed in open territory in Israel’s Golan Heights on Sunday afternoon, the IDF confirmed. No injuries were reported in the incident.

The military added that the errant projectiles were the result of internal fighting in Syria

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