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A Rain of Rockets: How Hamas Terror Works along the Border
A Rain of Rockets: How Hamas Terror Works along the Border
Analysis of Hamas Military Capability After Six-Day Conflict With Israel
Iron Dome: Missile defense system a game changer, Israelis say
Violence in Gaza continued to escalate. The Israeli military attacked 80 sites, including police stations, weapons facilities, and militant buildings. The death toll passed 100. Truce negotiations started in Cairo. Hamas demanded concessions before it halted rocket attacks. A Hamas leader dared Israel to launch a ground invasion and dismissed truce negotiations.
Muslim Brotherhood members from Egypt are also reported to have entered Gaza to fight as Israel pounds Hamas targets during Operation Pillar of Defense.
Brigades That Fire on Israel Show a Deadly New Discipline
Gaza Clash Escalates With Deadliest Israeli Strike
Violence accelerated in Gaza as Israel and Hamas exchanged air and artillery attacks. Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to widen its Gaza offensive. Israel continued to mass troops along the Gaza border. Egyptian and Israeli officials met in Cairo to attempt to mediate a ceasefire. Israeli government websites were hit with 44 million […]
Arms With a Long Reach Help Hamas
Sharia tribunals on the rise in North Sinai
Israel accelerated its air attack in Gaza as Hamas continued to fire rockets into Israel, including one attack on Tel Aviv. Israel’s cabinet authorized the mobilization of 75,000 reservists as it prepared for a possible ground assault on Gaza. Arab leaders talked.
Israel moves on reservists after rockets target cities
In a statement released to jihadist forums, al Salafiyya al Jihadiyya has questioned why the Egyptian army is not doing more to protect Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel and Hamas wage social media fight via social media platforms
Hamas rocket attacks in southern Israel killed three people. Hamas also launched rockets targeting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel responded with air, tank, and gunboat attacks on Gaza. Further air attacks continued on Friday. Israel mobilized 16,000 army reservists for a possible ground attack on Gaza.
Hamas, Emboldened, Tests Its Arab Alliances
Israel, Hamas take war to Twitter
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza strip killed Ahmed Jabari, the leader of Hamas’s military wing. Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to widen its offensive against Hamas and other terrorist organizations in response to recent attacks launched on Israel from Gaza. The “Iron Dome” defense system intercepted 17 of 18 rockets launched into Israeli […]
Syrian rebels seize territory north of Golan Heights
Hamas military chief killed in Gaza air strike
Israel continued its attacks on southern Gaza, targeting smuggling tunnels near the city of Rafah. Palestinians responded with rocket attacks that hit the Negev and Ashkelon region.
Tunisia Battles Over Pulpits and a Revolution’s Legacy
Israel fired “warning shots” into Syria after a mortar shell struck an Israeli post in the Golan Heights. It was the first time Israel fired into Syria during its 19-month civil war. Israel said it may launch an incursion into Gaza after a recent escalation of cross-border attacks.
Since Wednesday, Egyptian authorities have reportedly arrested a number of wanted jihadists operating in the Sinai Peninsula. The brother of one of the arrested has threatened to carry out attacks if his brother, Ahmed Allam el Hefny, is not released.
In a recent interview with AFP, Sheikh Anas Abdul Rahman, a leader in the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, slammed Hamas for targeting Salafi-Jihadists in the Gaza Strip.
Prior to his death on Oct. 13, Ashraf al Sabah, the former emir of Ansar al Sunnah, lambasted Hamas for its treatment of him and fellow Salafi-Jihadists in their prisons.
Red Cross says it cannot cope with Syria emergency
Today Ansar Jerusalem released a video to jihadist forums in which it eulogizes Ibrahim Oweidah Nasser Bereikat, who died on Aug. 26, and shows the interrogation of a “spy” involved in his assassination.
Syria envoy warns country could turn into Somalia
Israel announces plans to boost Iron Dome missile interceptor